October 30, 2024 11:20

I made the mistake of offering a factual comment on Israel

Elon Musk is right to defend his social media platform as a bastion of free speech, but a dark undercurrent has developed since October 7 which affects Jewish users more than most

September 04, 2024 10:33

With Hamas, freeing the hostages will not be the endgame

Awful as Israel’s dilemma now is, history has shown repeatedly that ceding to Hamas’ demands will simply prompt it to take more captives and commit more atrocities

July 08, 2024 16:00

Under Labour, the debate on Israel is only just beginning

We will need to find a way to have a conversation both within the community and with the government about the Jewish state in which not all mainstream Jews take the same position

May 16, 2024 11:28

Despite it all, modern Britain remains one of the best places for Jews to live in history

As my mum put it: ‘Don’t only see the holes in the Emmental’

March 19, 2024 17:45

Israel’s critics aren’t interested in dialogue or compromise, they just want to hate

Without dialogue, how can there ever be progress toward peace?

February 01, 2024 10:50

My family now have a lasting memorial in Amsterdam

Deciding where to put the Stolpersteine, a plaque on the pavement marking the last place my grandmother lived in freedom before her captivity, was a journey of its own

December 14, 2023 13:59

Why people refuse to see Jews as an ethnic minority

The BBC’s mistake is another example of the Baddiel hypothesis

October 26, 2023 11:55

Urging Israel to 'use restraint' is to deny Gazans their only escape from hell

A long as Hamas terrorists dominate there can be no liberty, freedom or security for anyone

September 15, 2023 14:44

Israelophobia review: As original and necessary as Baddiel’s Jews Don’t Count

Jake Wallis Simons' argument that Israelophobia should be added to the lexicon should be listened to

September 07, 2023 17:00

How I learned to fill in the gaps in my family’s Shoah story

Even with the stash of records my relatives kept, I still found dead ends — then I realised that there are ways to use other people’s experiences to build on what knowledge I did have

July 17, 2023 11:30

RFK Jr is just the latest conspiracy theorist to turn on the Jews

With his traumatic, he's ended up reaching for sinister explanations

June 16, 2023 17:55

We were lucky to know Sir Ben Helfgott

Now he has gone, we must make sure his story is never forgotten

June 01, 2023 10:33

The past isn’t dead when its everyday objects are with us

The small reminders of historic moments can tell us so much

April 11, 2023 17:19

Only a democratic Israel can be a true safe haven for Jews

If the Jewish state allows its political system to be eroded until it slides into authoritarianism, it will affect communities throughout the diaspora, which rely on the country as a backstop

February 23, 2023 09:31

When Luciana Berger was hounded out of Labour, I cried

If we are going to ensure that we never return to the trauma of the Corbyn years, we need to identify the key lessons and make sure they are learned

January 05, 2023 12:08

Dear Whoopi, like Jews, racism comes in different colours

The actress’s latest comment about the Holocaust is so wrong, it’s hard to know where to start