October 22, 2020 11:50

Trump cannot be the leader of the free world

'Donald Trump is not a reliable ally for free nations nor a consistent critic of those that aren’t free'

September 04, 2020 15:03

Out and proud about my Jewish background

'In the last 20 years I have been a public Jew in a way I wasn’t really in the 20 years before that.'

July 23, 2020 16:23

Some answers are beyond our reason

'We use reasons to explain why we do things, but they aren’t necessarily actually why we do things'

June 15, 2020 18:36

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.'

April 30, 2020 08:55

My son Isaac's Zoomitzvah was loving and moving

'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?'

March 19, 2020 09:58

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.'

February 10, 2020 09:31

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

December 30, 2019 11:16

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

November 13, 2019 18:18

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.'

October 04, 2019 14:49

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

August 23, 2019 13:35

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

July 11, 2019 14:04

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?'

May 30, 2019 14:54

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

April 24, 2019 11:10

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

March 11, 2019 14:56

Can you make a difference to Labour, Charlie?

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

January 24, 2019 16:09

This is the place for our Holocaust memorial

There are many reasons to go ahead with the proposed plans for a Holocaust Memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens - not least, says Daniel Finkelstein, because if we sacrifice the location, will we ultimately be sacrificing the memorial too?