The multiculturalism expert says increased tensions since the October 7 attacks have raised ‘the tideline of hate speech’ in Australia.
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Manchester Jewry has maintained an extraordinarily strong local identity, but is notable in its diversity.
The data on antisemitic attacks is patchy but nevertheless revealing.
Jewish students who identify as politically liberal were especially likely to feel alienated and isolated on college campuses.
Iran has a well-established pattern of targeting dissidents and Jewish institutions. It’s now arrived on Australian shores.
The listing triggers various offences, including for membership, support, or meeting with members of the organisation.
Invites are rescinded, teams and singers are booed, and citizens wonder if they should disclose their nationality. Israelis are feeling the effects of international isolation.
Bendigo Writers Festival has had to cancel 11 sessions, as writers withdraw over a code of conduct sent two days ago.
Harvard University is the latest school that is nearing an expensive settlement with the Trump administration. The different deals are complex, but share a few similarities.
A new book is both a chronicle of pain and upheaval and a testament to strength and resilience.
Left-wing Jewish political journalist Rachel Shabi delivers a nuanced take on antisemitism, legitimate criticism of Israel and the role of race and colonialism.
Seeing objectivity simply as “lack of bias” leaves reporters and newsrooms vulnerable to all sorts of pressures, such as political interest groups.
Universities need to resist the urge to treat difficult conversations as too controversial. Antisemitism must be recognized as a form of racism, not merely religious intolerance.
While Columbia University can afford to pay the government $200 million in order to unfreeze federal grants and contracts it was awarded, many other universities and colleges could not.
The Federal Court recently found it is not inherently antisemitic to criticise the state of Israel or the Israel Defense Forces.
The antisemitism strategy could stoke social divisions due to its reliance on biased arguments, weak evidence and overreach in its recommendations.
What was meant to be a moment of clarity has turned into another headache for the government with its antisemitism envoy’s plan stirring up some controversy.
The plan spans everything from public broadcasting to AI in a bid to curb growing violence. But where does fair criticism end and antisemitism begin?
The plan is broad, also covering security, law enforcement, and online regulation among other areas. But it is unclear how much of it the government will take up.
Germany’s ‘Staatsräson’ has long held Israel’s security as its ‘reason of state.’
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Tackling Hate Lab, Deakin University
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Associate Professor, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University
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Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and English, MacEwan University
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Criminology, City St George's, University of London
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Associate Professor in Modern European History and Jewish History, UNSW
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Faculty, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Gratz College
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Professor Emerita in Hebrew, Biblical & Jewish Studies, University of Sydney
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Director of Research and Policy at The Dor Foundation and Associate Professor of Politics at Deakin University, Deakin University
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Professor and Patrick Clendenen Chair in Women's & Gender History and Director of the Jewish Studies Program, American University
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James Parkes Professor of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations, University of Southampton
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Dennis Altman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice Chancellor's Fellow and Professorial Fellow, Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University
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Lecturer in International History, Aberystwyth University
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Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University