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White Supremacists Among Us—Discomfiting but True

Lewis R. Gordon
February 2, 2021February 3, 2021

The idea that “real Jew” must be white is a feature of unfortunate misrepresentations of Jewish people primarily during the twentieth century, with steam gathered in its support since the late 1960s.

Weaponizing Antisemitism is Bad for Jews, Israel, and Peace

Atalia Omer
January 21, 2021January 27, 2024

Antisemitism, like other forms of racism and bigotry, should be rejected by appeals to human rights and justice, not through the closure of critical thinking and blind acceptance of official Israeli state policies.

France: A Sacred Union against Terrorism or against Muslims?

Series: Secularism in France

Houria Bouteldja
November 24, 2020November 25, 2020

The main aim of the establishment becomes clear: to foreclose the emergence of other interpretations of the tragic murder. To use all means possible to prevent the meeting of the two angers (white anger and the anger of racialized populations) and the possibility of their convergence. These must be separated and partitioned.

Weaponizing Antisemitism under the Guise of Care

Series: Trump and Dual Loyalty

Joyce Dalsheim
September 16, 2019September 16, 2019

Suggesting that Jews are disloyal to the modern state of Israel is a form of antisemitism, thinly veiled in terms of caring about Jews.

On Disloyalty and Dual Loyalty: Is President Trump a Brandeisean Zionist?

Series: Trump and Dual Loyalty

Shaul Magid
August 28, 2019September 16, 2019

Trump’s comment on Jews’ “great disloyalty” wasn’t accusing Jews of dual loyalty; in fact, he was suggesting Jews are not exercising dual loyalty enough.

Islamophobia Beyond Christchurch: Muslims as Tamed Others

Series: Christchurch and Beyond

Lailatul Fitriyah
June 18, 2019August 7, 2019

Islamophobia is intertwined with state-sponsored violence and securitization, narratives of nationalism, and the flows of the global market and commodification.

Beyond the Performance of Interfaith Solidarity

Series: Christchurch and Beyond

Atalia Omer
June 11, 2019August 23, 2019

Profound expressions of interfaith solidarity must disrupt the deep legacy of “faith” as an instrument of empire.

From “Shooting and Crying” to “Shooting and Singing”: Notes on the 2019 Eurovision in Israel.

Gil Hochberg
May 17, 2019May 17, 2019

The days of shooting and crying are over. Shooting continues, but crying has stopped. It has been replaced with laughter: hysterical, cynical, crude, perhaps even desperate laughter.

Freedom of Speech? Palestine as an Exception

Gil Hochberg
January 26, 2019February 20, 2019

Can a Jew speak about Palestine not as a Jew, but in the name of solidarity? Can the question of Palestine ever become more than essentially a Jewish question?

Pluralism, Secularism, and Anti/Philo-Semitism

Series: Reexamining Religion and Modernities

Geneviève Zubrzycki
August 24, 2018January 24, 2024

How can Poland, one of the most ethnically, denominationally, and religiously homogenous nation-states in the world, counter the empirical absence of ethnic, racial, and religious plurality to meet the modern political goals of pluralism and multi-culturalism?

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