Brendan McGeever
@brendanmcgeever.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism
Author: 'Antisemitism & the Russian Revolution' (CUP 2019) and 'Britain in Fragments' with Satnam Virdee (MUP 2023)
2024-25 Cornell Visiting Professor, Swarthmore College
Author: 'Antisemitism & the Russian Revolution' (CUP 2019) and 'Britain in Fragments' with Satnam Virdee (MUP 2023)
2024-25 Cornell Visiting Professor, Swarthmore College
Responses to Manchester have been predicated on a misrepresentation of what antisemitism in the UK looks like, and a caricature of the Jewish population as a whole. We can and must do better.
October 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Responses to Manchester have been predicated on a misrepresentation of what antisemitism in the UK looks like, and a caricature of the Jewish population as a whole. We can and must do better.
British Jews are more divided now, over this very issue, than they have been for a century, since the debates triggered by the 1917 Balfour Declaration.
October 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
British Jews are more divided now, over this very issue, than they have been for a century, since the debates triggered by the 1917 Balfour Declaration.
This rests on the mistaken idea that British Jews are united in the view that pro-Palestine marches make them less safe. The reality could not be more different.
October 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
This rests on the mistaken idea that British Jews are united in the view that pro-Palestine marches make them less safe. The reality could not be more different.
In drawing a straight line between the attack in Manchester and the Palestine solidarity movement, the British government has taken the dangerous decision to restrict the right to protest in the name of Jewish safety.
October 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
In drawing a straight line between the attack in Manchester and the Palestine solidarity movement, the British government has taken the dangerous decision to restrict the right to protest in the name of Jewish safety.
We question the alarmist narrative about a rising antisemitism that dominates the headlines. This narrative is predicated on a narrow and disputable approach to measuring antisemitism.
October 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
We question the alarmist narrative about a rising antisemitism that dominates the headlines. This narrative is predicated on a narrow and disputable approach to measuring antisemitism.
This rests on the mistaken idea that British Jews are united in the view that pro-Palestine marches make them less safe. The reality could not be more different.
October 22, 2025 at 8:51 AM
This rests on the mistaken idea that British Jews are united in the view that pro-Palestine marches make them less safe. The reality could not be more different.
In drawing a straight line between the attack in Manchester and the Palestine solidarity movement, the British government has taken the dangerous decision to restrict the right to protest in the name of Jewish safety.
October 22, 2025 at 8:51 AM
In drawing a straight line between the attack in Manchester and the Palestine solidarity movement, the British government has taken the dangerous decision to restrict the right to protest in the name of Jewish safety.
We question the alarmist narrative about a rising antisemitism that dominates the headlines. This narrative is predicated on a narrow and disputable approach to measuring antisemitism.
October 22, 2025 at 8:51 AM
We question the alarmist narrative about a rising antisemitism that dominates the headlines. This narrative is predicated on a narrow and disputable approach to measuring antisemitism.
Thank you for sharing, Lia!
July 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Thank you for sharing, Lia!
Thanks for sharing, Sue!
July 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Thanks for sharing, Sue!
Thanks for sharing and for the kind words, Ben!
July 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Thanks for sharing and for the kind words, Ben!
"The politics of purity, of friend and enemy, with us or against us, does not serve the anti-racist movement but undermines it”
David Feldman (@dmf101.bsky.social), @bengidley.bsky.social and I reply to Eli Machover.
Grateful to @vashtimedia.bsky.social for hosting this discussion. (2/2)
David Feldman (@dmf101.bsky.social), @bengidley.bsky.social and I reply to Eli Machover.
Grateful to @vashtimedia.bsky.social for hosting this discussion. (2/2)
Against political purity: A reply to Eli Machover
The authors of Facing antisemitism argue for embracing the shifting ground of the Jewish community.
vashtimedia.com
July 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"The politics of purity, of friend and enemy, with us or against us, does not serve the anti-racist movement but undermines it”
David Feldman (@dmf101.bsky.social), @bengidley.bsky.social and I reply to Eli Machover.
Grateful to @vashtimedia.bsky.social for hosting this discussion. (2/2)
David Feldman (@dmf101.bsky.social), @bengidley.bsky.social and I reply to Eli Machover.
Grateful to @vashtimedia.bsky.social for hosting this discussion. (2/2)
Alongside our interview, Vashti has also published a critical assessment of our work by Eli Machover. Grateful to Vashti for hosting this debate. vashtimedia.com/response-to-...
‘The choice is one between anti-racism and Zionism as such’
A response to the authors of Facing antisemitism.
vashtimedia.com
May 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Alongside our interview, Vashti has also published a critical assessment of our work by Eli Machover. Grateful to Vashti for hosting this debate. vashtimedia.com/response-to-...
Thanks to @runnymedetrust.bsky.social for commissioning this report. You can read it in full here: ow.ly/LEp550UFjVP. 8/8
Facing antisemitism: the struggle for safety and solidarity
Antisemitism is hardwired into UK society, but current methods of tackling it are not working
ow.ly
January 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Thanks to @runnymedetrust.bsky.social for commissioning this report. You can read it in full here: ow.ly/LEp550UFjVP. 8/8