professionally curious, communally engaged
Is Corbyn too pall with tyrants and other pariahs? in Open Democracy, 14 August 2015
What’s going on with the Labour party? Ten propositions, 23 July 2015
George Galloway is Tony Blair. Jeremy Corbyn is neither, 7 July …
Recently, I’ve been noticing a lot of stories about Jews in the media illustrated with photos such as this one:
It strikes me as an interesting phenomenon – clearly, strictly orthodox Judaism is, for some at least, the public face …
My thoughts here at The Guardian.
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Tags: Anti-semitism, publications
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
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
Loosening of the Zionist Bound in the Jewish Chronicle, 26 March 2015
From Extreme Metal to Islamic State in Souciant, 27 March 2015…
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 …
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 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
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 …