Howard Jacobson

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We have still not been fully liberated from Auschwitz

The lesson of the past 15 months is that the greatest calamity to have befallen a people – to have befallen the Jews – remains unknown or disbelieved, no matter how often we recount it

By Howard Jacobson

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The March Against Antisemitism in November 2023 (Getty Images)
Scenes of houses destroyed when Hamas terrorists infiltrated Kibbutz Be'eri, and 30 other nearby communities in Southern Israel on October 7, murdering over 1200 people and seizing over 200 hostages (Photo by Edi Israel/Flash90

‘Politics stepped in where pity alone, at least for a while, should have spoken’

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Protesters show their support for Palestinians during a rally in front of the Opera House in Sydney on October 9, 2023. (Photo by Izhar KHAN / AFP)

Why are Jews uncomfortable in Australia? Two words: The left

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Gender rights activists and supporters of LGBTQ community express solidarity with Palestinians, as they walk the queer pride parade in New Delhi on November 26, 2023. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP) (Photo by SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images)

Jews don’t need the cult of woke – it doesn’t care for us

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Students, here’s what to say to campus ‘anti-Zionists’

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The snake of UK antisemitism is stirring as Israel is under attack

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