Revolutionary Jews

An edited version of talk first given at a shul in Nottingham about red Jews. This presentation is a slightly edited version of one that was delivered at the Nottingham Progressive Jewish Congregation’s “Educational Day”, on 24 November 2013. It was written to be accessible to people without much prior knowledge of the subject, so […]

Torah for Trots

In the beginning Lenin created the party.

A Radical Jew in Istanbul

Dispatches from Constantinople

Brits on Ice

How to really give your child a head start this December

They Tried to Kill Us. We Killed Them Instead. Let’s Drink.

The danger of not getting hammered on Purim

An open letter to the Guardian

Dear Guardian errors or inaccuracies department,

Apologies for being a Jewish person who is anally retentive about Israel/Palestine, and writes into the Guardian about it. I’ve heard you get a lot of those.

CHIEF RABBI – IT COULD BE YOU!

Candidates need not be Jewish but those who are excessively sporty, attractive or neat at eating risk immediate disqualification…

Let down by Limmud

Forget celebrity Rabbis, forget controversial politicians, forget the latest techno-Klezma-beat boxing band….

WHY IT DOESN’T MATTER WHETHER KEN IS GOOD FOR THE JEWS

Ken speaks his mind, Jewish London misses the point. Vote for equality.

A Statement of Support for Occupy

Occupy London is in sync with Jewish values and tradition.

¡No Pasaran Cable Street – Party like it’s 1936!

Lineup announced!

If Stalin had at Least Been a Nice Jewish Boy…..

A surreal posthumous interview with Marx

More Top Quality Reporting by the Jewish Chronicle

More top quality reporting by the JC last week. After I read their front page headline, “Reform reject chance to choose Chief Rabbi” I was naturally quite surprised when I read the article and couldn’t find anything to substantiate such a hyperbolic headline. I did find Stephen Pack, the new president of the United Synagogue […]

A New Dating Agency….DJLC

A new Jewish dating agency….with a difference!

JPR: Hackney Parking Services not taking anti-semitic incidents seriously enough

The Institute for Jewish Policy Research (the JPR) published a report yesterday claiming that Hackney Parking Services are failing to take anti-Semitic parking related incidents seriously enough. Hackney is home to a large Charedi population predominantly living in the Stamford Hill area. The report highlights the fact that 3 ‘allegedly’ anti-Semitic events took place in […]

I’m done with the boycott

“Maybe I have been a bit of a self-hating Jew recently…”

Shmuck Wars

A graphic illustration

Stephen Pollard – Uncircumcised

In a story that has rocked north London, Jewish Chronicle editor Stephen Pollard is rumoured to have an uncircumcised penis.

Semi-Secular Jews

Lobster munching, screwing around outside the fold, and semi-secularism….this is what makes real Jewish identity!

We Believe in Kazakhstan!

Dont ask Questions! Only Believe!

Any similarity to the ‘We Believe in Israel’ conference is entirely coincedental……