Jewish Socialist

No 82
Spring 2026

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Contents

News

3 A polarising community

4 Against Trump’s terror, at home and abroad; Israelipolice

break up protests against the Iran war and settlerviolence

5 Roti and roses and bagels too – Zohran Mamdani

6 Reform UK or revolution?; A song, a laugh and a tear

Regulars

4 Change the World

8 Wisewords

Features

7 A straw fire
Richard Braude reflects on Italy’s vast but ephemeral Palestine solidarity demonstrations

9 In the interests of justice
Australian Zionists are using the law as a weapon in an attempt to silence supporters of Palestine. Raf Salkie reports on how two academics are fighting back

10 Higher fences will not protect us
Joseph Finlay looks at the responses to the Manchester synagogue attack and proposes a radical change to how we keep communities safe

12 Treasure lost and found
Majer Bogdanski was a shining light in the Bund both before the war in Poland and later in London. Through a chance discovery David Rosenberg learnt more about his early years

16 Fabric of resistance
Sue Bard visited a stunning exhibition of Palestinianembroidery, which is an evolving library of memory

18 A warm Spanish welcome
Ilana Lesser Cravitz comes from a long line of activists. The legacy left by her relatives who joined the International Brigades in Spain includes the honour of receiving Spanish citizenship

20 A star is worn
Ruth Lukom is defiant and refuses to be defined. So is it time to retrieve her Star of David necklace?

22 Left? Right? Antisemitic? Not antisemitic?
Julia Bard finds disturbing expressions of hostility to Jews amongst supposedly progressive campaigners

24 All that remains
Photographer Dave Gilchrist captures the atmosphere of the Jewish cemetery in Lodz, in Poland, a city that was once home to a vibrant, mainly working class community

25 A potent combination
Violinist and composer Anna Lowenstein describes the background and influences for her new album, Through the Walls, a Yiddish string quartet

Reviews

26 Jews without Money

27 Time’s Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust and the Music of Remembrance

28 The Message

29 On Antisemitism: A Word in History

30 Small Boat

31 Off the shelf
Raf Salkie gives a critical round-up of recent books

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