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Selected articles, interviews and podcasts by staff and Research Associates of the Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism.

The difficult truth about antisemitism in the UK

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The difficult truth about antisemitism in the UK

David Fedlman, Ben Gidley, Brendan McGeever

Prospect Magazine, 21 October 2025

Diane Abbott’s Suspension Highlights the Complexity of Different Types of Racism

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Diane Abbott’s Suspension Highlights the Complexity of Different Types of Racism

David Feldman, Ben Gidley, Brendan McGeever

The Political Quarterly, 8 August 2025

The truth in Diane Abbot’s ill-judged remarks about racism

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The truth in Diane Abbot’s ill-judged remarks about racism

David Feldman, Ben Gidley, Brendan McGeever

Prospect Magazine, 29 July 2025

Against political purity: A reply to Eli Machover

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Against political purity: A reply to Eli Machover

David Feldman, Ben Gidley and Brendan McGeever

Vashti, 11 July 2025

Was The Violence in Amsterdam an Anti-Jewish Pogrom?

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Was The Violence in Amsterdam an Anti-Jewish Pogrom?

Brendan McGeever

Byline Times, 13 November 2024

October 7 as Turning Point in Jewish History?

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October 7 as Turning Point in Jewish History?

David Feldman and others

The Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, 18 October 2024

A History of Prejudice

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A History of Prejudice

David Feldman

The Ideas Letter, 19 September 2024

Britain’s anti-Semitism problem

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Britain’s anti-Semitism problem

David Feldman

The New Statesman, 19 February 2024

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The founding principle of the Institute is that the study of antisemitism is vital to understanding racialization, racism and religious intolerance.

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