Is the Sun’s ‘save our bacon’ election front page antisemitic?

My thoughts here at The Guardian.

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Tags: Anti-semitism, publications

New Project: My Impossible Books

Over the last few years, I’ve been building up more and more ideas for books I’d like to write. It’s unlikely I’ll ever publish more than a fraction of them, so I wanted to find a way to ‘let go’ …

Tags: books, Impossible Books, keithkahnharrisbooks, publications

One essay and two book reviews

I recently had a length essay on antisemitism published at Open Democracy. I also had two book review published in The Independent: one on the Nazi concentration camps and the other a biography of Joseph Goebbels.

Spot the common …

Tags: Anti-semitism, publications

New articles

Loosening of the Zionist Bound in the Jewish Chronicle, 26 March 2015

From Extreme Metal to Islamic State in Souciant, 27 March 2015…

Recent publications

If British Jews are attacked, respect our dignity – and keep your agendas to yourself in Guardian Comment Is Free, 16 February 2015

(With Helen Lewis) A Civil Conversation About Online Rage, crossposted in The Jewish Quarterly and the New …

Update

It’s been a long time since I updated this website. I’ve now finally brought the site more or less up to date, at least in terms of logging publications and at least some of the talks I’ve given over the …

Call For Papers for a new collection on Jews and Metal

Call for contributions to a new edited volume

Black Shabbes: Jews & Metal

Edited by Shamma Boyarin and Keith Kahn-Harris

When the guitarist Marty Friedman auditioned for Megadeath, singer Dave Mustaine loved his playing but told his manager to …

Tags: Jewish metal, metaljew, publications

Uncivil War – the first review

My book Uncivil War: The Israel Conflict in the Jewish Community has received its first review.

The review is from the official blog of the Forum for the Discussion of Israel-Palestine and discussed both the book and the launch event …

New blog post: ‘Drawing the Lines’

I’ve had a blog post published by Makom on the question of what ‘red lines’ Jewish community institutions should set with regard to Israel. The piece responds to another post by Robbie Gringras of Makom.…

Tags: Israel, Jewish community, publications

My new book: Uncivil War: The Israel Conflict in the Jewish Community

I’m excited to announce that my new book Uncivil War: The Israel Conflict in the Jewish Community will be published by David Paul Books on 12 March 2014 and is available for pre-order now.

The book will be …

Tags: books, Intra-Faith Dialogue (among Jews), Israel, Israel-Palestine, publications