Review: Jews Against Themselves by Edward Alexander
Jewish Quarterly
Publication Date: Winter 2015
Theme: Israel/Palestine, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Book reviews
Writings
Here you can find a record of almost all my publications – from scholarly journal articles to newspaper articles – listed with the most recent first. In most cases there is either a downloadable pdf or a link to the publication itself. You can search by publication type (academic, non-academic, book reviews etc), by theme and by keyword. Enjoy!
Zionism for the people
Jewish Chronicle
Review of: Words of Fire: Selected Essays of Ahad Ha’am, edited by Brian Klug
Publication Date: November 19, 2015
Theme: Israel/Palestine
Category: Book reviews
Pogrom November 1938: Testimonies from Kristallnacht, Edited by Ruth Levitt, book review: Night hope was shattered
The Independent
There are horrific 'treasures' in this collection that gives a voice to Jews who suffered Nazi persecution
Publication Date: November 5, 2015
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Book reviews
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: A Treasury of Solutions
My Impossible Books: 24
Publication Date: October 24, 2015
Theme: Impossible Books, Israel/Palestine
Category: Journalism and essays
Grains of Sand: The Politics of Jewish Surveys
My Impossible Books: 23
Publication Date: October 23, 2015
Theme: Impossible Books, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Journalism and essays
How should we read religious texts?
New Humanist
Britain’s former Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks advocates a more complex reading. But do his ideas fit with the modern world?
[Essay review of Jonathan Sacks’s new book Not in God’s Name]
Publication Date: Autumn 2015
Theme: Conflict Resolution, Civility and Dialogue, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness, Religion
Category: Book reviews, Journalism and essays
Waiting for Lemmy to Die
Souciant
Publication Date: October 19, 2015
Theme: Metal Music and Culture
Category: Journalism and essays
Being Civil Doesn’t Have to Mean Remaining Silent
Chronicle of Higher Education
Publication Date: October 8, 2015
Theme: Conflict Resolution, Civility and Dialogue, Israel/Palestine
Category: Journalism and essays
Marooned: Lives in denial
My Impossible Books: 22
Publication Date: October 7, 2015
Theme: Denial, Ignorance and Stupidity, Impossible Books
Category: Journalism and essays
A Year of Unanswered Emails
My Impossible Books: 21
Publication Date: September 30, 2015
Theme: Impossible Books
Category: Journalism and essays
Internal and external factors in intra-Jewish conflict over Israel and antisemitism
Centre for Research on Migration, Refugees and Belonging, University of East London. Discussion Paper Series 'Anti-Jewish and Anti-Muslim Racisms and the Question of Palestine/Israel '
Also published on Open Democracy website.
Publication Date: September 29, 2015
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Community, Conflict Resolution, Civility and Dialogue, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Academic articles & reports, Journalism and essays
Stop moaning, let’s now try to embrace Corbyn
Jewish Chronicle
I didn't choose the title for this one.
Publication Date: September 17, 2015
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness, Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
It’s vital for Jeremy Corbyn to establish a working relationship with British Jews
The Guardian
The Labour leader’s passionate support for Palestinian causes has worried many. He now needs to build bridges
Publication Date: September 17, 2015
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness, Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
Book Review: A Traveling Homeland: The Babylonian Talmud as Diaspora by Daniel Boyarin
The Tablet
Publication Date: August 29, 2015
Theme: Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Book reviews
Is Corbyn too pally with tyrants and other pariahs?
Open Democracy
Why is it so hard for the left, both pro and anti-Corbyn, to resist the logic of "my enemies' enemies are my friends"? Can we learn to cast a plague on the houses of enemies of progress whoever they are?
Publication Date: August 13, 2015
Theme: Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
Branding Jews Exotic
Souciant
Publication Date: August 4, 2015
Theme: Jews, Judaism and Jewishness, What Does A Jew Look Like?
Category: Journalism and essays
What’s Going On With The Labour Party? Ten Propositions
Medium
Publication Date: July 23, 2015
Theme: Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
A Book Of Very Very Very Short Walks
My Impossible Books: 20
Publication Date: July 21, 2015
Theme: Impossible Books
Category: Journalism and essays