On 2 March, Michael Berkowitz will discuss the role of Jewish Hollywood during World II, exploring the work of Jewish writers and directors – including Leo Rosten, George Coker and Stanley Kramer – the movies they created and why. Book here: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/hollyw...

Join us on 2 March at Birkbeck to hear Michael Berkowitz on the elusive story of Jewish Hollywood’s role in World War II. Book here: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/hollyw...

We’re looking forward to hearing Tova Benjamin online tomorrow at 1pm (GMT) on ‘When is Violence ‘Ethnic’? On Jews as Victims and Perpetrators”. Book here: bit.ly/3NOQv8o

Tova Benjamin will join us online on 11 February to discuss the place of ‘ethnicity’ in new forms of late 19th century popular violence, and developing shared understandings of Roma and Jewish histories of marginalization in the East European borderlands. Book here: bit.ly/3NOQv8o

In case you missed it, watch @dmf101.bsky.social on 'Mourning, memory and politics: memorialization of the Holocaust in Britain from the 1940s to the present day' here: bit.ly/4k6OXCF @ihr.bsky.social

In case you missed it, watch Pavel Brunssen discuss "The making of "Jew Clubs": performing Jewishness and antisemitism on European football and fan cultures" here: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/the-ma...

Join us online on 11 February to hear Tova Benjamin discuss “When is Violence ‘Ethnic’? On Jews as Victims and Perpetrators”. Book here: bit.ly/3NOQv8o

BISA's David Feldman discussing the memorialisation of the Holocaust in Britain from the 1940s to the present day at our annual Holocaust Memorial Lecture in partnership with the Institute for Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social @dmf101.bsky.social

We're looking forward to hearing BISA's @dmf101.bsky.social on "Mourning, memory and politics: memorialization of the Holocaust in Britain from the 1940s to the present day" this evening. More info: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/mourni...

There are still tickets left for our annual Holocaust Memorial Day lecture in partnership with @ihr.bsky.social on Monday. Prof. @dmf101.bsky.social will discuss 'Mourning, memory and politics: memorialization of the Holocaust in Britain from the 1940s to the present day'. Book here: bit.ly/3M31Tgr

BISA’s David Feldman on antisemitism in Britain and what can be done www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Join us online tomorrow at 13:00pm (GMT) to hear Pavel Brunssen on ‘The making of “Jew clubs”: performing Jewishness and antisemitism in European football and fan cultures’. Book here: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/the-ma...

BISA has received a major grant of USD$650,000 from Open Society Foundations @open-society.bsky.social to support its work. Director David Feldman @dmf101.bsky.social is joined by Brendanmcgeever.bsky.social as Co-Director. Full story www.bbk.ac.uk/news/birkbec...

In case you missed it, you can now watch @dovwaxman.bsky.social's lecture on our website: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/antise...

Join us online tomorrow to hear Diana Popescu speak on 'Jewish refugee artists in Britain: an untold story of visual resistance to fascism, 1930s–40s'. BISA lunchtime seminar, for more information and to register: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/jewish...

On 9 December, join us online to hear Dr. Diana I. Popescu speak about ‘Jewish refugee artists in Britain: an untold story of visual resistance to fascism, 1930s–40s’. Book here: bit.ly/48zt3Uy

Speaking at BISA this evening, @dovwaxman.bsky.social on ‘The moral panic in America about antisemitism on college campuses’

In case you missed it, you can now watch @kenanmalik.bsky.social's lecture, 'How racism reclaimed its identity', here: youtu.be/oNOzOS4ACxo

BISA's @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social, co-author with David Feldman @dmf101.bsky.social and @bengidley.bsky.social, sets out the reasoning behind their recent letter to The Guardian

Join us tomorrow to hear Prof. @dovwaxman.bsky.social discuss the problem of antisemitism on US campuses and how it has become a subject for political intervention and controversy. Book here: bit.ly/49Bp4Ia

The growing political divisions among British Jews - letter in The Guardian from BISA's David Feldman @dmf101.bsky.social, @bengidley.bsky.social and @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

📜 Our 2025 bulletin is live! Read a message from our incoming president @bengidley.bsky.social, a report from this year's conference, details of our book prize, the CFP for our 2026 conference @bisa-bkk.bsky.social, reports from institutions & more ➡️ bajsbulletin.wpcomstaging.com/wp-content/u...

Join us on 2 December to hear Prof. @dovwaxman.bsky.social on ‘The moral panic in America about antisemitism on college campuses’. Book here: bit.ly/49Bp4Ia

Packed house at @bisa-bkk.bsky.social for a brilliant lecture by @kenanmalik.bsky.social on the deep roots of the re-emergence of white identity and mainstreaming of racism

@kenanmalik.bsky.social discussing race, identity and antisemitism at BISA this evening.

Tomorrow I’m giving a talk at the Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism (@bisa-bkk.bsky.social) on “How racism reclaimed its identity”. Do come along bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/how-ra...

An article by David Feldman @dmf101.bsky.social, @bengidley.bsky.social and @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social published today.

Antisemitism: how to measure it, how to confront it. Read BISA’s David Feldman @dmf101.bsky.social, @bengidley.bsky.social and @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social in www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/religi...

Join us online this Wednesday (22 Oct, 13:00 BST) to hear Profs. Devorah Baum and Stephen Frosh discuss the interplay between Jewish Studies and psychoanalysis. Book here: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/psycho...

Check out BISA's autumn 2025 events programme on our website bisa.bbk.ac.uk/whats-on/eve.... We’ll be hearing from Professors Stephen Frosh and Devorah Baum on ‘Psychoanalysis and Jewish Studies’ online on 22 October. Sign up here to join us: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/psycho...

In case you missed it...

The challenge of developing an anti-racist politics that is universal and sensitive to the experience of different minorities. Read David Feldman @dmf101.bsky.social, @bengidley.bsky.social and @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social in ‪@prospectmagazine.co.uk

Diane Abbot, anti-Black racism, antisemitism - read David Feldman @dmf101.bsky.social, @bengidley.bsky.social and @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social in ‪@prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/identi...

Read BISA's David Feldman @dmf101.bsky.social‬, @bengidley.bsky.social and @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social in @vashtimedia.bsky.social ‬on how Jewish politics is in flux and why Jewish people and Jewish organisations should build the widest possible anti-racist coalition.

"We are in a historical moment in which key parts of the Jewish community are shifting: a moment in which the possibility of a politics of horizontal solidarity can be glimpsed." @dmf101.bsky.social, @bengidley.bsky.social, and @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social reply. vashtimedia.com/against-poli...

We're looking forward to hearing from Eliana Hadjisavvas tomorrow, discussing Jewish detention and displacement in the British Empire after WWII. If you haven't booked yet, please get in touch to receive a link to join us: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/detent...

On 10 June, join us online to hear BISA’s Eliana Hadjisavvas explore the complexities of empire, race and migration after the Second World War. More information here: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/detent...

On 10 June, join us online to hear BISA’s Eliana Hadjisavvas discuss Jewish detention and displacement throughout the British Empire in the aftermath of WWII. More information here: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/detent...

There’s still time to register to hear BISA’s @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social discuss ‘Pogroms, politics and memory: rethinking anti-Jewish violence from the Harlem Renaissance to October 7th’ online TODAY at 1pm (BST). More info here: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/pogrom...

Join us online on 14 May as BISA’s @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social discusses how we might reframe definitions of the pogrom, drawing on an analysis of race and class developed by Black radicals during the Harlem Renaissance. More info here: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/pogrom...

On 14 May, join us online to hear BISA’s @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social on ‘Pogroms, politics and memory: rethinking anti-Jewish violence from the Harlem Renaissance to October 7th’. More information here: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/pogrom...

Call for papers: FINAL WEEK FOR APPLICATIONS Applications close 31 March 2025 for the 8th International ‘Beyond Camps and Forced Labour’ Conference (7–9 January 2026). www.lbilondon.ac.uk/call-for-pap...

Join us online tomorrow to hear Prof. Adam Sutcliffe as he charts the increasing emphasis across the West since the 1900s of ‘redemptive anti-antisemitism’ and considers its problematic role in contemporary politics. More information here: bit.ly/3CLwbQp

In case you missed it, Prof. Samuels' talk on 'The Dreyfus Affair, antisemitism, and the transformation of Jewish identity' is now available to watch online: youtu.be/OlTJkOABGiM

We’re marking our anniversary with a new short film! Discover our mission, our history, and why our work remains vital today. Watch now: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/lbi-70-video @bisa-bkk.bsky.social @wienerlibrary.bsky.social @ghilondon.bsky.social

Join us tomorrow to hear Prof. Maurice Samuels discuss how the antisemitism unleashed during the Dreyfus Affair transformed the nature of Jewish identity, changing how Jews saw their place in the world and their relation to other Jews. Book here: bit.ly/3X3YCQg

Applications for the eighth Beyond Camps & Forced Labour Conference are due soon! Deadline: 31st March 2025. Find out more and submit here: wienerholocaustlibrary.org/what-we-do/r... @bcflconference.bsky.social

On 18 March, join us online to hear Prof. Adam Sutcliffe on ‘the politics of redemptive anti-antisemitism’. More information here: bit.ly/3CLwbQp

Next Social Scientists Against the Hostile Environment webinar is 17 March 5 pm GMT, on antisemitism, with Nira Yuval-Davis, @shabna.bsky.social (@runnymedetrust.bsky.social) and me. Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/racism-and... @bisa-bkk.bsky.social

Join us at Birkbeck on 11 March to hear Prof. Maurice Samuels, Yale University on ‘ The Dreyfus Affair, antisemitism, and the transformation of Jewish identity’. Book here: bit.ly/3X3YCQg