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What is an English Jew?: The legal construction of Jewish Identity under the UK Equality Act of 2010
Author(s): Klaff, Lesley
Date: 2023
Topics: Main Topic: Identity and Community, Jewish Identity, Law
Fraser v. University and College Union: Anti-Zionism, Antisemitism, and Racializing Discourse
Author(s): Klaff, Lesley
Editor(s): Rosenfeld, Alvin H.
Date: 2019
Topics: Antisemitism: Left-Wing, Main Topic: Antisemitism, Anti-Zionism, Universities / Higher Education
Political and legal judgment : misuses of the Holocaust in the UK
Author(s): Klaff, Lesley
Date: 2013
Topics: Antisemitism, Antisemitism: Discourse, Antisemitism: New Antisemitism, Antisemitism: Left-Wing, Antisemitism: Muslim, Holocaust, Anti-Zionism, Main Topic: Antisemitism
Abstract: Political debates in the UK concerning the Israel-Palestine conflict frequently use the Holocaust as a means to criticise Israel and "the Jews". They do this by comparing Israel with Nazi Germany or by characterising the Holocaust as a 'moral lesson' for, or a 'moral indictment' of, "the Jews". Those who raise concerns that such expressions of hostility to Israel cross the line into anti-Semitism are frequently told that they are acting in bad faith to deflect criticism of Israel. This moves the debate from legitimate questions about contemporary anti-Semitism to questions about acting dishonestly to defend Israel. As a result contemporary antisemitism is not acknowledged and resisted. The unwillingness to acknowledge contemporary forms of anti-Semitism is linked to an association of the Holocaust with genocidal antisemitism that has been consigned to the 'old' Europe and an associated failure to accept that antisemitism exists at the level of discourse of discourse (indeed, discourse often informs practice or activity). The aim of this paper is to understand why and how the Holocaust informs contemporary manifestations of antisemitism in the UK.
The Robert S. Wistrich Memorial Lecture 2017: Robert Wistrich and Holocaust Inversion: The British Context
Author(s): Klaff, Lesley D.
Date: 2019
Topics: Antisemitism, Holocaust, Antisemitism: Discourse, Main Topic: Antisemitism
Abstract: This is the text of a lecture written and delivered by Lesley Klaff on May 19, 2017, at the Berlin International Center for the Study of Antisemitism to mark the second anniversary of the death of Robert S. Wistrich. It reviews and discusses his work on Holocaust inversion and British antisemitism.
Anti-Zionist Expression on the UK Campus: Free Speech or Hate Speech?
Author(s): Klaff, Lesley
Date: 2010
Topics: Antisemitism, Antisemitism: Left-Wing, Anti-Zionism, Main Topic: Antisemitism, Universities / Higher Education
Abstract: The last few years have witnessed an explosion of anti-Zionist rhetoric on university campuses across the United Kingdom. Encouraged by the University and College Union's annual calls for discriminatory measures against Israeli institutions and academics, the rhetoric has become even more strident since Operation Cast Lead. University codes of conduct and UK law recognize that an important university goal is the promotion of equality of opportunity for minority students and their protection from discrimination, including harassment. Given the growing consensus that anti-Zionism is in fact anti-Semitism in a new guise, this goal is flouted with respect to Jewish students every time that anti-Zionist expression takes place on a university campus.