Book Review: Jerusalem by Guy Delisle
Jewish Chronicle
Publication Date: June 1, 2012
Theme: Israel/Palestine
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!
Shhh! Don’t mention Israel
New Statesman
British Jews are beginning what will be a long and painful process – to recognise the existence of pluralism on Israel, says Keith Kahn-Harris.
Publication Date: May 23, 2012
Theme: Israel/Palestine, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Journalism and essays
A weak ‘revolution’ at the Board of Deputies of British Jews
The Guardian
Having more young people on the board will help, but its a long way from being a fully democratic voice of Anglo-Jewry
Publication Date: April 27, 2012
Theme: Community, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Journalism and essays
Luxembourg: posh restaurants and free clubbing in the party city
The Guardian
Luxembourg City may not be an obvious weekend break destination, but with free entry to clubs and an all-night party bus, it's letting its hair down
Publication Date: April 6, 2012
Theme: Miscellaneous, The Best Water Skier in Luxembourg
Category: Journalism and essays
Contemporary Anglo-Jewish and Community Leadership: Coping with Multiculturalism (co-authored with Ben Gidley)
British Journal of Sociology 63(1), 168-187
In this article, drawing on qualitative interviews and documentary analysis, we argue that the Jewish community in Britain has undergone a fundamental shift since 1990 from a ‘strategy of security’, a strategy of communal leadership based on emphasizing the secure British citizenship and belonging of the UK's Jews, to a ‘strategy of insecurity’, where the communal leadership instead stresses an excess of security among Anglo‐Jewry. We demonstrate this based on two case studies: of the Jewish renewal movement in the 1990s and the ‘new antisemitism’ phenomenon of the 2000s. We conclude that this shift is tied to the shift from a monocultural Britain to an officially multicultural one, and that therefore there are lessons that can be taken from it for the study of British and other multiculturalisms.
Publication Date: March 8, 2012
Theme: Community, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Journal articles
The Neasden Protocol
Despatches from the Invisible Revolution, (Edited by Keith Kahn-Harris and Dougald Hine, Pedia Press, 2012)
Publication Date: February 23, 2012
Theme: Community, Miscellaneous, Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
Pollard and Bright’s Islamist fear betrays our community’s values
Jewish Chronicle
Publication Date: January 5, 2012
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Community, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Journalism and essays
Religious Popular Music: Between the Instrumental, Transcendent and Transgressive (co-authored with Marcus Moberg)
Temenos: Nordic Journal of Comparative Religion 48(1), 87-106
The use of post-rock ‘n’ roll popular music genres by religious groups is accompanied by a notable ambiguity: Is religious popular music designed to be an instrumental tool for outreach/evangelism, or does it have an intrinsic value in summoning and exploring the transcendent? The article focuses on the previously rarely explored idea that the instrumental use of popular music in Christian and Jewish settings is often much more important than its transcendent qualities. The importance of the instrumental in Christian and Jewish popular music reveals itself in subtle and not-so-subtle signifiers and practices that point to an anxious desire to discipline music’s possible transgressive force.
Publication Date: January 1, 2012
Theme: Jews, Judaism and Jewishness, Music, Religion
Category: Journal articles
2011, a year between worlds
Open Democracy
A profusion of innovative projects guided by an ethic of collaboration holds out the possibility of creative responses to today's multiple crises, says Keith Kahn-Harris.
Publication Date: December 24, 2011
Theme: Miscellaneous, Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
Book review: Religion in Human Evolution
New Humanist
Review of: Religion in Human Evolution by Robert Bellah
Publication Date: December 9, 2011
Theme: Religion
Category: Book reviews
From Security to Insecurity: British Jewish Communal Leadership in the Context of Multiculturalism (Co-authored with Ben Gidley)
In: 'Dynamic Belonging: Contemporary Jewish Collective Identities', ed Harvey E. Goldberg, Steven M. Cohen, and Ezra Kopelowitz. Berghahn Books, 65-73
Publication Date: December 1, 2011
Theme: Community, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Book chapters
Non-Jewish Jews
Jewish Quarterly 220
Review of ‘The Wandering Who?’ by Gilad Atzmon and ‘Jewish Identity and Palestinian Rights’ by David Landy
Publication Date: Winter 2011
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Israel/Palestine, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Book reviews
Chayei Sara
Limmud On One Leg
Publication Date: November 2011
Theme: Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Journalism and essays
Heavy Metal Sheep
Publication Date: September 22, 2011
Theme: Metal Music and Culture
Category: Journalism and essays, Music reviews
Jews, Gypsies and Travellers: a particular empathy (Co-authored with Simone Abel and Shauna Leven)
Open Democracy
The legal eviction from their land of a large community on the edge of London raises disturbing questions about deep-rooted discrimination that Jewish historical experience can help to address, say Keith Kahn-Harris, Simone Abel & Shauna Leven.
Publication Date: September 18, 2011
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Conflict Resolution, Civility and Dialogue, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Journalism and essays
Book Review: The Universal Jew: Masculinity, modernity and the Zionist moment by Mikhal Dekel
Times Literary Supplement
Publication Date: September 16, 2011
Theme: Israel/Palestine, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Book reviews
9/11, ten years on: reflections (Contributor)
Open Democracy
A terror-filled day of mass murder in the eastern United States imprinted itself on the world's consciousness - and became the prelude to a decade of further violence. openDemocracy writers reflect on the impact and legacy of the events of 11 September 2001.
Publication Date: September 7, 2011
Theme: Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
Deserving an Audience: The Limits of Scholarly Publishing
Souciant
Publication Date: September 6, 2011
Theme: Personal/Memoire, The Best Water Skier in Luxembourg
Category: Journalism and essays