Jewish Socialist
No 76
Spring 2022
In print and online
- Features: My Bundism is not just a memory
Print version only
Out now!
Contents
News
Chilean Jews vs the far right
Jewish Socialists support Gypsy, Roma, Travellers
Oil vey! An environmental Hanukkah
Yiddish weekend; Refuseniks
Regulars
Change the World: Grupa Granica – helping refugees in Poland
Wisewords
Ask the Rabbi
Features
Labour’s Jewish problem
Individual stories which tell an abysmal tale
Olive groves trashed year after year
Farmers in the West Bank are regularly attacked by settlers who are supported by the army. Jenny Kassman reports
Challenging Germany’s anti-antisemitism
Wieland Hoban gives an inside view of the context and dilemmas for Jewish activists
From generation to generation
Descendants of those who took part in the Battle of Cable Street were centre stage on the 85th anniversary. David Rosenberg captures the atmosphere
The brave life and mysterious death of Dora Fabian
Mike Peters shines a light on a role model for radicals
My Bundism is not just a memory
Irena Klepfisz describes growing up amongst Bundists and the impact of their philosophy and politics on her life
Singing to change hearts and minds
Lynne Walsh talks to Isabel Frey about how her updated versions of political Yiddish songs are calling people to action
My Nazi Auntie League
Sybil Cock revisits her childhood as she grew up shuttling between Britain and Austria in the decades after the war
A slice of Jewish life
Vivi Lachs looks at a 1930s Jewish writer who brings to life the ethical and political dilemmas of the time
Reviews
Labour’s Antisemitism Crisis
London Yiddishtown
There is Nothing So Whole as a Broken Heart
Poetry
Hanukkah Poem by Michael Rosen
Ten Nights Since They Killed George by Mark Tilsen
Events
- Jewish Bloc on Nakba 75 march
13 May 2023, London
Show the growing Jewish support for justice, equality and freedom for Palestinians on the 75th anniversary of the Nakba. - March with the JSG to show our support for striking workers!
1 February 2023, London
Teachers, university staff, and civil service workers nationally are striking plus ASLEF and RMT. Meeting point for JSG and friends: 11 - 11.20am outside Caffè Nero, 273 Regents Street, London W1B 2EZ. - Britain Is Broken. Strike. Protest. Resist. General Election now!
5 November 2022, London
March with the JSG in this national demo to demand a General Election now. - Roma Holocaust Memorial Day
2 August 2022, London
- Cost of Living demonstration tomorrow!
18 June 2022, London
Join progressive Jewish groups on the Cost of Living March
Jewish Socialist magazine
No 78 out now:
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Repression in Berlin
Protest in Israel
Daniel Kahn interview
New wave of eugenics