The flawed historicist take on anti-Semitism
A British academic has provided a valuable critique of the view of anti-Semitism propagated by many historians influenced by identity politics
Daniel Ben-Ami
from London / 304 postsI am responsible for the Radicalism of Fools site. My current focus is anti-Semitism but I have specialised in several different topics as a journalist. Email me at daniel@radicalismoffools.com
Beyond free speech
Free speech means being allowed to express outrageous views but it does not extend to physical intimidation or destruction
The World After Gaza: turning the Holocaust against Israel
Pankaj Mishra's polemic features what may be the most shameful minimisation of 7 October committed to print.
The left’s historic capitulation to anti-Semitism
The radical left’s blindness to anti-Semitism and its view of Jews as fundamentally racist goes back well before Israel’s establishment
The ‘Jews as Jews’ code
Anti-Zionists typically make the disingenuous claim that they cannot by definition be anti-Semitic
Our Fight conference remarks online
My remarks at the recent Our Fight conference on Remaking the Promise of Never Again are now available to watch online (see...
The ‘what about Islamophobia?’ question
A new report fails to grapple with what distinguishes anti-Semitism from other forms of racial thinking
The tragic myth of ‘never again’
The idea that there was a promise of 'never again' to the Jewish people after the horrors of the Holocaust is sadly untrue
Quarterly Review of Anti-Semitism - January 2025
The quarterly report for paid supporters of this project.
How Jews were turned into the ‘new Nazis’
Eighty years on from the liberation of Auschwitz, the Holocaust is now routinely weaponised against Israel
Judaism is closer to Islam than to Christianity
Differences in religious doctrine do not explain the widespread hostility to Israel or Jews in the contemporary Islamic world
The evolution of Omer Bartov
How a distinguished Israeli-American expert on the Holocaust is leading the charge of those falsely accusing Israel of genocide
Merry Christmas / day 446
A friend who I have had several heated rows with about Israel told me recently that he thought I must have had...