The Green party’s move to equate Zionism with racism ignores the complexity of the term, argues David Davidi-Brown from the New Israel Fund UK

"One side says Zionism equals racism, the other says anti-Zionism equals terrorism. Both take a word that means different things to different people, choose its worst possible meaning, and pin it on everyone who uses it" - @daviddavidi-brown.bsky.social www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/gre...

Friends I was marching with at London Pride were a few weeks later at Christopher Street Day in Berlin. Seeing some responses to an awful attack on our queer community, it feels needed but repetitive to encourage not expecting minorities to compete for compassion. medium.com/@david.brown...

Queer liberation cannot pick whose dignity matters

For the first time in three years, I marched at London Pride with a Jewish bloc. Walking through London with friends and allies, I felt a…

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“not that one minority should fear another…prejudice must be identified, challenged & addressed through education, leadership & sustained contact. Social media rewards outrage & enables misinformation and collective blame... Faith communities must challenge prejudice within their own ranks”

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I welcome this £250m to protect Jewish communities. But what good is it if the hatred persists? | David Davidi-Brown

Shared some reflections @jewishnews.bsky.social on five years @nifuk.bsky.social working with determined and inspiring Jewish and Palestinian colleagues @newisraelfund.bsky.social and people around the world who join them in striving for a safer shared future. www.jewishnews.co.uk/five-years-a...

I visited the powerful 'Testimonies from a Troubled Land' exhibit today in Hoxton, London. It features Israeli and Palestinian photography from Edut Mekomit, including war destruction in Gaza and Israel and life in the West Bank - hosted by the New Israel Fund. Well worth a visit if you’re nearby.

Pride should say come as you are. Queer activism should not be binary. Tired of explaining that caring about Israelis does not make us accountable for the Israeli govt. Fed up being quizzed on conflict overseas before being let in to local queer community. www.jewishnews.co.uk/there-is-no-...

There is no Pride in excluding Queer Jews

We all deserve to enter LGBTQIA spaces without being asked to prove our Jewishness meets the criteria others set for 'good Jews.'

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Powerful photojournalism nurtures nuance and encourages empathy. We at New Israel Fund UK are delighted to be working with Local Testimony and Dana Wohlfeiler-Lalkin to bring a selection of their annual exhibition — including award-winning press photography — to London from 10–12 June.

David Davidi-Brown in Jewish News on why he supported Sunday's rally on antisemitism merging plans for parallel events, but feels that "spirit of civility + consensus did not hold on the day" given divides not just about politics, but boundaries against racism www.jewishnews.co.uk/we-cannot-ef...

We cannot effectively fight antisemitism if we tolerate other forms of hatred

We should be cautious about aligning with anyone who offers vocal support for Jews while expressing or excusing hostility toward Muslims, immigrants, asylum seekers or Palestinians

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We cannot effectively fight antisemitism if we tolerate other forms of hatred Well said as usual from @daviddavidi-brown.bsky.social www.jewishnews.co.uk/we-cannot-ef...

We cannot effectively fight antisemitism if we tolerate other forms of hatred

We should be cautious about aligning with anyone who offers vocal support for Jews while expressing or excusing hostility toward Muslims, immigrants, asylum seekers or Palestinians

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@daviddavidi-brown.bsky.social once again hits the nail on the head. We need more voices like his in our community. www.jewishnews.co.uk/we-cannot-ef...

We cannot effectively fight antisemitism if we tolerate other forms of hatred

We should be cautious about aligning with anyone who offers vocal support for Jews while expressing or excusing hostility toward Muslims, immigrants, asylum seekers or Palestinians

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“let us invest deeply in interfaith friendship, education, and encounter. Because when communities truly know one another, fear begins to lose its power. We need coalitions strong enough, compassionate enough, and courageous enough to build a different future together.”

Jewish News@jewishnews.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The full speech made by the Bishop of Willesden The Rt Revd Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy, at Sunday's rally against antisemitism in central Lodon

A British minority faces a murderous threat on our streets. Where are the so-called anti-racists? Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A British minority faces a murderous threat on our streets. Where are the so-called anti-racists? | Jonathan Freedland

As Jews face the deadly menace of antisemitism, they should not be alone. It’s time for their fellow Britons to step up, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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Our paywall is down until Monday, so you can get your fill of Prospect, including this, my piece about the stabbings in Golders Green www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/argument/731...

In Britain, Jews are demonised—and too few care

The recent antisemitic attacks make plain what many already feared: Jews have become dehumanised as symbols of Israel’s actions

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Prospect Magazine@prospectmagazine.co.uk · 6mo ago

We have dropped the paywall on the Prospect website until 10am Monday 11th May, giving you unlimited access to all our online articles!  Visit: www.prospectmagazine... to start reading now.

I could live to be a thousand years old and not understand how people do not understand that the logic of 'blowback' only motivates you to do something if you are *already* racist.

Danielle Blake@abradacabla.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Every single fucking time there’s an antisemitic attack people immediately jump in with this bullshit. Fuck all the way off.

I wrote about Golders Green. And Kenton. And Finchley. And Hendon. Are you getting the picture yet? Because if not, I can draw you a map. www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...

‘Allies need to understand distinct ways anti-Jewish racism manifests, including around Israel. Jews & Israelis should be afforded compassion, not conflated with actions of Netanyahu’s govt. Jews shouldn’t have to disavow connection with Israel to be accepted in progressive spaces, arts or academia’

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 6mo ago

I have seen how afraid Jews in Britain have become. We need our allies now more than ever | David Davidi-Brown

Those supporting Israel need to challenge violence against Palestinian communities in West Bank. Silence is complicity. Those aligned with the Palestinian cause must confront globally growing attacks on Jewish people, communities and property. Minimising that threat undermines justice.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 7mo ago

As Jewish ambulances are set ablaze, we must quell the flames of hate from Golders Green to the West Bank | David Davidi-Brown

‘Thousands of miles away, in activist and online discourse, Israeli civilians under missile fire – Jewish and Palestinian citizens – are reduced to symbols of a state rather than recognised as people seeking shelter. Jewish fear and grief are treated as inconvenient, or worse, simply ignored.’

Whilst worrying and being in touch with family and friends in Australia, I’ve been thinking about those murdered by terrorists and those whose loved ones were killed in terror attacks encouraging us not to succumb to rage and hate. @jewishnews.bsky.social www.jewishnews.co.uk/defiance-mus...

Defiance must be matched by compassion

Governments, politicians, the police, faith leaders, friends, and colleagues can—and must—do more to ensure Jewish communities are safe everywhere, writes David Davidi-Brown

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In the gloom, there are points of light - and what connects them is courage. Last column of 2025 offers some reasons to be hopeful www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

At the dark end of a brutal year, I’m grateful to these heroes for showing us the light | Jonathan Freedland

From Palestinians standing up to Hamas to the Bondi beach rescuers, great acts of courage offer hope even in the bleakest times, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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“We are losing the ability to distinguish between critique and contempt, between condemning violence and condemning entire peoples. “We should be sceptical of commentary that sensationally casts aspersions on whole groups…beyond the noise lies a quieter, braver reality” medium.com/@david.brown...

Ceasefire Abroad; Can We Heal Hostilities at Home?

Ceasefire Abroad; Can We Heal Hostilities at Home? As a fragile ceasefire holds and families are reunited, the scars of conflict run through Britain’s streets and social fabric. If we are to …

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Painful to read and reckon with, powerfully and movingly written by Alona 🙏 For Israelis & Palestinians, those connected to them in UK, and cohesive communities everywhere, we have to hold multiple painful truths. We must avoid simple often hateful responses framing one “side” as innately evil.

Alona Ferber@aloner.bsky.social · last yr.

"In two years everything can break. All norms, all decency. In two years you can take a big idea, like shared humanity or international law, and empty it of all meaning" My attempt at articulating what has happened to us since 7th October www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/israel...

Two years after 7 October and the kidnap of my parents, hate is in fashion. For all our sakes, we need compassion | Sharone Lifschitz

Two years after 7 October and the kidnap of my parents, hate is in fashion. For all our sakes, we need compassion | Sharone Lifschitz

So many were killed – yet on her release, my mother said ‘shalom’ to her captors. Let’s learn from that moment of grace, says Sharone Lifschitz, London-based film-maker and academic

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Tommy Robinson is a thug and no ally to Jews. He is a criminal dressing up prejudices as courage. We cannot fight hatred by legitimising those who thrive on it. Security for Jews cannot be built on scapegoating our neighbours. www.jewishnews.co.uk/opinion-brit... @jewishnews.bsky.social

Like all of us, I am frightened, angry and upset after the Manchester attack. If we allow fear to turn into hatred of Muslims or immigrants, terror will brought bloodshed & poisoned our society. Jews know we can stand firm in who we are, not allowing fear to define us. medium.com/@david.brown...

What homophobia taught me about holding communities together I’ve spent decades working with and for those who believe my love is wrong. That experience taught me we can overcome divisions if we stop using “unity” to silence dissent @jewishnews.bsky.social www.jewishnews.co.uk/opinion-what...

OPINION: What homophobia taught me about holding communities together - Jewish News

I’ve spent decades working with and for those who believe my love is wrong. That experience taught me we can overcome divisions if we stop using “unity” to silence dissent

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"Calls are growing for an end to war in Gaza and urgent action to address a worsening humanitarian crisis, including widespread hunger affecting children." “It is possible—indeed essential—to hold commitment to Israelis alongside compassion for Palestinians.” www.jewishnews.co.uk/opinion-reco...

OPINION: Recognition of a Palestinian state won't end the war - but it might end the silence - Jewish News

UK plans to recognise Palestine come amid rising Jewish calls to end the war and alleviate Gaza's suffering

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Nuanced essential reading for all seeking future with Jewish & Palestinian collective & individual rights upheld. “question is not whether Israel has the right to exist. It is whether Israel has the right to dominate…domination by the ethnic majority is what Jews have been taught to fear most”

Ezra Klein@ezrakleinbot.bsky.social · last yr.

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