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David Feldman
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South of the Thames, south of the Yarra. Rootless cosmopolitan. Historian. Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism and University of Melbourne. Racism (against). Arsenal.
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bengidley.bsky.social
The Guardian quotes @jprdata.bsky.social calling the Green vote “paradoxical” (“for a significant minority of Jews, domestic priorities and progressive values outweigh foreign policy concerns”) BUT in fact it seems much of the Jewish Green vote comes from the growing minority who are not Zionist…
November 20, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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bengidley.bsky.social
To keep this in perspective: 11% had turned to Reform, 18% to Green. The Green surge among Jews 9 times bigger than in the whole population; the switch to Ref was far smaller than in the whole population. The Green surge is the Jewish-specific story: the switch to Ref a weak echo of national trends.
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Nearly 20% of British Jews are turning to the Green Party, mostly younger and happy to identify as non-Zionist.

Unfortunately, the older generation is turning to Reform, seeking clarity and strength, ignoring Racism.

HT @jprdata.bsky.social
#jewsky

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
British Jews turn to Greens and Reform UK as support for main parties drops
Study finds new party divide as backing for Labour and Conservatives plunges from 84% in 2020 to 58% in 2025
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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bengidley.bsky.social
Feeling physically sick to hear on the news Shabana Mahmood saying that “illegal migration is tearing the country apart” which she must know is not true. What’s “tearing the country apart” is the cynical entrepreneurs of fear and hate who have gleefully pushed this non-issue.
November 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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prospectmagazine.co.uk
More Jewish people in Britain are concerned by general racism than the number who are worried by antisemitism. This is a building block for anti-racist politics, write three Birkbeck experts. @bisa-bkk.bsky.social
The difficult truth about antisemitism
Why don’t we acknowledge that there are different ways of measuring the prevalence of anti-Jewish prejudice?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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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...
The difficult truth about antisemitism
Why don’t we acknowledge that there are different ways of measuring the prevalence of anti-Jewish prejudice?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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This is, I believe, the first official word from the Government on what happened yesterday in London. Not only inaction in the face of violence and hate, but a celebration of it. I passed through London twice yesterday with my two kids & what Labour seem to be missing is that people aren't just...
'Scale of unite the kingdom march shows free speech alive and well in UK, says minister
September 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Important thinking and reading, with the correct David Feldman retagged: @dmf101.bsky.social .
July 29, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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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...
The truth in Diane Abbott’s ill-judged remarks
Politicians need to find better of ways of thinking about racism—and of acting against it
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
July 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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brendanmcgeever.bsky.social
"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)
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
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"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...
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 1:59 PM
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bengidley.bsky.social
It’s published alongside a critique of our report by Eli Machover. @vashtimedia.bsky.social have kindly offered us the opportunity to respond to this in a future issue.

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 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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bengidley.bsky.social
The state of anti-antisemitism

An interview with @dmf101.bsky.social, @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social and me in @vashtimedia.bsky.social about our recent report on antisemitism for @runnymedetrust.bsky.social

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The state of anti-antisemitism
An interview with the authors of a new Runnymede Trust report.
vashtimedia.com
May 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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annaroiser.bsky.social
Everything about this conference is so grim from the speakers to the framing 🤢. Shame on United Synagogue and Rabbi Mirvis for participating.
March 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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bengidley.bsky.social
I’m sorry but Netanyahu’s “antisemitism confidence” is nothing but a fascist rally. Germany’s antisemitism commissioner has pulled out on seeing the full line up. If Chief Rabbi Mirvis has any integrity he should too.

www.international-conference-antisemitism-jerusalem.com
Home | The International Conference on Combating Antisemitism
www.international-conference-antisemitism-jerusalem.com
March 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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runnymedetrust.bsky.social
Combating antisemitism must happen alongside wider anti-racist initiatives, including building alliances with other racialised minorities.

Read the full report here 👉 ow.ly/LEp550UFjVP

Join our report launch this evening at Birkbeck University 👉 ow.ly/T4w650UFjJ9
Facing antisemitism: the struggle for safety and solidarity
Antisemitism is hardwired into UK society, but current methods of tackling it are not working
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January 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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runnymedetrust.bsky.social
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.
January 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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bisa-bkk.bsky.social
Written by BISA’s David Feldman @dmf101.bsky.social, @bengidley.bsky.social‬ and @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social, and commissioned by the @runnymedetrust.bsky.social‬, the report highlights how…
January 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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bisa-bkk.bsky.social
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.
January 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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bengidley.bsky.social
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.
runnymedetrust.bsky.social Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · Dec 19
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 👇
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January 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Finally, my own view is pretty much exactly that of Rachel Shabi here: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

(Not just because she cites another Birkbeck scholar, @dmf101.bsky.social)
Screenshot of top of article: “Opinion— Kneejerk response, then overcorrection: what the aftermath of the Amsterdam violence should teach us Rachel Shabi Assumptions were made about clashes between Maccabi Tel Aviv fans and Amsterdam locals – and the far right took advantage” Screenshot from article: “In Amsterdam, we saw this in the frightening invocation of a “Jew hunt” in a chat coordinating an attack, and the use of a Dutch racial slur translating as “cancer Jew”; in the instances where people deemed to look Jewish were stopped and asked about their nationality, or allegedly forced to say “Free Palestine” in order to escape assault. This is not happening because criticism of Israel and anti-Jewish hatred are one and the same. Rather, it is because antisemitism, as scholars such as Prof David Feldman of Birkbeck, University of London have argued, can be likened to a reservoir that runs deep across European societies: a readily available language of prejudice that is drawn on in moments of provocation, crisis, or tension. The better we understand this as a social force, the more effectively we are able to counter it.”
November 16, 2024 at 11:28 AM
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My friend and colleague Brendan McGeever brings much needed sober context and historical analysis to the Amsterdam events

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@BrendanMcGeever: The violence in Amsterdam last night has been widely described as a pogrom against Jews. This is not only misleading but politically dangerous. A thread. As a scholar of pogroms, I h...
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November 9, 2024 at 12:53 PM