Daniel Finkelstein

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The depressing truth about the left and Jews

'The left are so bound up with the interchangeable use of Zionist and Jews, and so committed to their attempt to describe the antisemitism problem as merely being about defending Israel from criticism, that they have become tangled up in their own argument.'

By Daniel Finkelstein

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The depressing truth about the left and Jews

Trump cannot be the leader of the free world

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Out and proud about my Jewish background

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Some answers are beyond our reason

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More from Daniel Finkelstein

The issue that made me act out of character

'It may be that Israel’s friends abroad can see things that some people living there cannot.'

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June 15, 2020 17:36

The issue that made me act out of character

My son Isaac's Zoomitzvah

'It seemed unlikely to be a very satisfying arrangement. Our family wouldn’t be in synagogue. Our friends wouldn’t be in synagogue. We wouldn’t be in synagogue. How emotionally impactful could be it be?'

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April 30, 2020 07:55

Community is the way we can beat selfishness

'We are, unfortunately, quite self-centred but our sense of obligation stretches to our families. And beyond that to our friends and acquaintances. We can build a better society where people share and don’t fight, but these are the building blocks.'

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March 19, 2020 09:58

Community is the way we can beat selfishness

The heroic Poles who saved my mother’s life

Seventy-five years after his mother was liberated from Bergen Belsen, Daniel Finkelstein has learned about the brave Polish diplomats who saved her life

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February 10, 2020 09:31

The heroic Poles who saved my mother’s life

Always look beyond the holes in the cheese

It was affirming and very encouraging people turned out to understand and to care about racism against Jews, says Daniel Finkelstein

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December 30, 2019 11:16

Always look beyond the holes in the cheese

Voices from the past telling truth to the future

'As my sister always says, there is always a miracle in every survivor story. Because, if there wasn’t a miracle, you didn’t survive.'

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November 13, 2019 18:18

Voices from the past telling truth to the future

Tradition and progress need not be in conflict

It is ahistorical to suggest that Judaism must stay as it always has been, because the one thing it has always been doing is changing, says Daniel Finkelstein

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October 4, 2019 13:49

Tradition and progress need not be in conflict

We should be asking the right questions about Holocaust memorials

Daniel Finkelstein says some disputes may not be resolved, but we shouldn't be lead to believe Holocaust memorials do not work

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August 23, 2019 12:35

We should be asking the right questions about Holocaust memorials

It’s make your mind up time for Labour MPs

'So what would you do today if you wanted to be in the position of not supporting Mr Corbyn as prime minister come election time?'

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July 11, 2019 13:04

It’s make your mind up time for Labour MPs

I was attacked for exposing Corbyn's endorsement of an antisemitic book but I had to do it

'I knew I had it. I had it cold. But what should I do now? I knew the answer to that too, it’s just that I wished I didn’t,' writes Daniel Finkelstein

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May 30, 2019 13:54

I was attacked for exposing Corbyn's endorsement of an antisemitic book but I had to do it

People we have loved and lost from our Seders

There are always Seder place-settings in my heart for those who aren’t here any more, says Daniel Finkelstein

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April 24, 2019 10:10

People we have loved and lost from our Seders

Can you make a difference to Labour, Charlie?

Daniel Finkelstein has a few words of advice for a fellow peer

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March 11, 2019 14:56

Can you make a difference to Labour, Charlie?

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