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

Watch the launch of ‘Facing antisemitism’, a new report written by BISA’s David Feldman @dmf101.bsky.social, Ben Gidley @bengidley.bsky.social and Brendan McGeever @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social, and commissioned by @runnymedetrust.bsky.social youtu.be/4XAcofFr8-Y

In case you missed it, you can now watch a recording of Rebecca Clifford's Holocaust Memorial lecture on 'The making of child Holocaust Survivors' here: youtu.be/oTUhRUmHUG4

Join us tomorrow to hear Matthew Bolton discuss how UK anti-discrimination law has constructed Jewish identity as a mode of ‘ethnicity’ and encouraged the essentialisation or dehistoricisation of Jewish identity. Book here: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/antise...

In case you missed it, you can now hear a recording of Omer Bartov's lecture on 'Israel: what went wrong?' here: youtu.be/TLNf2WG7u08

Join us on 11 February to hear Matthew Bolton on 'Antisemitism, Israel and the limits of anti-discrimination law'. More information here: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/antise...

Antisemitism is hardwired into UK society, but current methods of tackling it are not working. Our new report, written by colleagues at @bisa-bkk.bsky.social, shows how we can move beyond framing antisemitism in ways that pit communities against one another.

I wrote a response to the @runnymedetrust.bsky.social @bisa-bkk.bsky.social report on antisemitism that was published today. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/identi...

Our report for @runnymedetrust.bsky.social is published today and launched tonight. It’s the first publication on this topic by the Trust for 30 years. Please have a look, share widely and also share your responses and criticisms!

Antisemitism is a stain on UK society. Current responses to tackling the problem are not working, and we urgently need a new approach to both thinking about and combating antisemitism – says a new report out today. Read the report here: ow.ly/LEp550UFjVP. A thread.

Join us & @bisa-bkk.bsky.social for the Holocaust Memorial Lecture on the 29 January at Birkbeck, University of London. This years lecture 'The making of child Holocaust survivors' will be presented by Rebecca Clifford (Durham University). Register now to attend: www.history.ac.uk/events/holoc...

Very honoured to be part of this with @bisa-bkk.bsky.social colleagues @dmf101.bsky.social and @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social and thrilled that the fantastic @rachelshabi.bsky.social and Maya Goodfellow will be speaking too.

Our Center for Museum Cultures, together with @bisa-bkk.bsky.social and the V&A have organised an event 'Restitution, Repair and the Memory Wars' 4 February from 6:30pm. Tickets are free but you must book: www.vam.ac.uk/event/jwGPQk...

Join our CEO Dr Shabna Begum in conversation with Prof David Feldman, Dr Ben Gidley, and Dr Brendan McGeever for the launch a new Runnymede Trust-commissioned report, Facing Antisemitism: The Struggle for Safety and Solidarity. Find out more and reserve a spot 👇 ow.ly/52lQ50UtGPp

We're looking forward to hearing Prof. Douglas Rossinow on Zionism and antisemitism in the USA at 1pm (GMT) tomorrow. Book to join us: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/aliya-... #academicsky

If you missed our November event there's a fantastic opportunity to hear @rachelshabi.bsky.social in conversation with David Feldman (@dmf101.bsky.social) and Shabna Begum (@runnymedetrust.bsky.social) on December 11, organised by Diaspora Alliance. RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/off-white-...

📢 New CFP! 📢 Pleased to announce the 8th Beyond Camps & Forced Labour Conference is now accepting applications. Deadline 31 March 2025. bit.ly/BCFL2026 Pls share widely!

Join us on 3 Dec to hear Prof. Douglas Rossinow on how the Zionist movement in the US was shaped after 1948 by the changing position of Jews in American society and by the changing ways of talking about antisemitism bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/aliya-... #academicsky

First post here. The violence in Amsterdam has been widely described as a ‘pogrom’. This is misleading and politically dangerous. It also does a disservice to Jewish history. My piece for @bylinetimes.bsky.social www.bylinesupplement.com/p/was-the-vi...