Author Archives: Antony Lerman
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A damp squib? Doubts about the new UK ‘pro-Israel, pro-peace’ movement
1June 15, 2011 by Antony Lerman
Yachad, a new ‘pro-Israel, pro-peace’ movement, inspired by the American J Street liberal, political lobby group, was launched in the UK in …
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How feelings of Jewish insecurity are aggravated by the Community Security Trust
Leave a commentJune 13, 2011 by Antony Lerman
I have always given credit to the Community Security Trust, the private charity that monitors and combats antisemitism in the UK, …
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Antisemitism research just improved: Yale’s ‘Initiative’ for the study of antisemitism is axed
Leave a commentJune 10, 2011 by Antony Lerman
For some years now I have argued that the academic study of contemporary antisemitism has been badly compromised by the …
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Don’t Distort Macpherson Report’s Recommendations on Racism to Attack the UCU
Leave a commentJune 6, 2011 by Antony Lerman
One highly significant consequence of the UCU vote on the EUMC ‘working definition’ of antisemitism has been the claim that …
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The Wall: a moving and controversial play on the Israel-Palestine conflict
Leave a commentJune 3, 2011 by Antony Lerman
By Merav Pinchassoff The Wall, a highly controversial play about the Israel-Palestine conflict by Douglas Watkinson, is on at the …
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UCU farcically attacked for voting against use of the EUMC ‘working definition’ of antisemitism
Leave a commentJune 3, 2011 by Antony Lerman
There’s been much wailing and gnashing of teeth from those sickened by the Universities and Colleges Union’s decision to ban …
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A millstone round his neck: Obama’s yes to Bibi’s ‘no negotiations unless Palestinians recognize Israel as Jewish state’
Leave a commentMay 31, 2011 by Antony Lerman
I watched live coverage of the press conference given by President Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron at Lancaster House …
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Bibi’s speech to the US Congress: a flagrant denial of the autonomy and diversity of Jews worldwide
Leave a commentMay 26, 2011 by Antony Lerman
There were so many fictions and distortions in Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech to the US Congress on 24 May, so many …
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From ‘Yes We Can’ to ‘No We Can’t’: Obama’s Middle East Speech Lowers Expectations of American Power
Leave a commentMay 23, 2011 by Antony Lerman
In a relatively low-key speech on his administration’s Middle East policy, deliberately short on high-flown rhetoric and, in terms of grand design, …
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Israel Doesn’t Reciprocate Devotion of Diaspora Jews
Leave a commentMarch 28, 2011 by Antony Lerman
Clear signs of changing attitudes towards Israel among British Jews have been emerging in recent years. And yet old thinking …
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