From Extreme Metal to Islamic State
Souciant
Publication Date: March 17, 2015
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Metal Music and Culture, Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
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!
Jewish chronicles
Times Literary Supplement
Review of: British Jewry Since Emancipation by Geoffrey Alderman
Publication Date: March 13, 2015
Theme: Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Book reviews
It Could Have Been So Much Better: How the Modern World Failed and How to Get it Right Next Time
My Impossible Books: 3
Publication Date: March 9, 2015
Theme: Impossible Books
Category: Journalism and essays
Breathe In: Travels in the Narrow Regions of Europe
My Impossible Books: 1
Publication Date: March 9, 2015
Theme: Impossible Books
Category: Journalism and essays
Give Up Hope and Take Up Smoking: Living Well With a Chronic Condition
My Impossible Books: 2
Publication Date: March 9, 2015
Theme: Impossible Books
Category: Journalism and essays
My Impossible Books: An Introduction
My Impossible Books
‘…of making of many books there is no end…’ Ecclesiastes 12:12
Publication Date: March 8, 2015
Theme: Impossible Books
Category: Journalism and essays
If British Jews are attacked, respect our dignity – and keep your agendas to yourself
The Guardian
I dread the cacophony from right and left on how we should react to antisemitism. What’s important is supporting our survival as a community in the UK
Publication Date: February 16, 2015
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness, Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
The Challenge of Mediocre Metal
Souciant
Publication Date: February 12, 2015
Theme: Metal Music and Culture
Category: Journalism and essays
Jewish Quarterly Spring 2015
Publication Date: March 2015
Theme: Jewish Quarterly, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Edited issues and publications
Sound and Fury: A civil correspondence about online rage
New Statesman / Jewish Quarterly
Keith Kahn-Harris, editor of the Jewish Quarterly, and Helen Lewis, deputy editor of the New Statesman, discuss the anger that permeates the online world and how, as editors, they respond to it.
Publication Date: January 12, 2015
Theme: Conflict Resolution, Civility and Dialogue, Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
My Top Ten Musical Anxieties of 2014
Souciant
Publication Date: December 16, 2014
Theme: Metal Music and Culture, Music, Personal/Memoire
Category: Journalism and essays, Music reviews
Jewish Quarterly Autumn/Winter 2014
Publication Date: November 2014
Theme: Jewish Quarterly, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Edited issues and publications
How I Stopped Being a Jew by Shlomo Sand, book review
The Independent
Why secular Jewish identity is a contemporary delusion
Publication Date: October 16, 2014
Theme: Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Book reviews
Unchosen by Julie Burchill, book review: Tribute to Jews mixes humour, passion and bigotry
The Independent
It’s an occasionally touching, sometimes bigoted and sporadically hilarious love letter to a particular kind of Jew and a particular kind of Jewishness
Publication Date: October 2, 2014
Theme: Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Book reviews
Do British Jews Have Better Approach to Strife Over Israel?
The Forward
Publication Date: September 16, 2014
Theme: Community, Conflict Resolution, Civility and Dialogue, Israel/Palestine, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Journalism and essays
How high can grass roots grow?
Jewish Chronicle
Publication Date: September 11, 2014
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Community, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Journalism and essays
Stop the Pretense: There’s No Consensus Among Diaspora Jews on Israel
Haaretz
Those attacking the mainstream institutions of UK Jewry for its stance during the Gaza conflict have come not just from the Israel-critical left - but also a newly combative and vocal pro-Israel bloc.
Publication Date: September 2, 2014
Theme: Israel/Palestine, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Journalism and essays
Jewish Quarterly Summer 2014
Publication Date: August 2014
Theme: Jewish Quarterly, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Edited issues and publications