Brendan McGeever
Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism
Author: 'Antisemitism & the Russian Revolution' (CUP 2019) and 'Britain in Fragments' with Satnam Virdee (MUP 2023)
2024-25 Cornell Visiting Professor, Swarthmore College
- “Racism arises in different ways for different groups, but it’s abhorrent in all cases for the same reasons. Once we see this, we can see that our efforts to combat antisemitism should be allied to 360-degree anti-racism” This is such a great interview with @dmf101.bsky.social in the Guardian.
- Reposted by Brendan McGeeverBISA has received a major grant of USD$650,000 from Open Society Foundations @open-society.bsky.social to support its work. Director David Feldman @dmf101.bsky.social is joined by Brendanmcgeever.bsky.social as Co-Director. Full story www.bbk.ac.uk/news/birkbec...
- Some news: the Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism has received a major grant from the Open Society Foundations (OSF). www.bbk.ac.uk/news/birkbec... 1/5
- "We will not let this horror be weaponized to justify crackdowns on Palestine solidarity movements or violent retribution against Muslim communities". This is such a great piece by @emhilton.bsky.social. Worth your time. www.972mag.com/bondi-massac...
- Tomorrow at the Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism (@bisa-bkk.bsky.social): “The moral panic in America about antisemitism on college campuses” with Prof Dov Waxman (UCLA) (@dovwaxman.bsky.social). Details in the link below. Come! bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/antise...
- Reposted by Brendan McGeeverBISA's @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social, co-author with David Feldman @dmf101.bsky.social and @bengidley.bsky.social, sets out the reasoning behind their recent letter to The Guardian
- Why is support for the @greenparty.org.uk growing among British Jews and how do we understand this? A letter by @dmf101.bsky.social, @bengidley.bsky.social and me for the Guardian. 1/5
- Reposted by Brendan McGeeverThe growing political divisions among British Jews - letter in The Guardian from BISA's David Feldman @dmf101.bsky.social, @bengidley.bsky.social and @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
- Why is support for the @greenparty.org.uk growing among British Jews and how do we understand this? A letter by @dmf101.bsky.social, @bengidley.bsky.social and me for the Guardian. 1/5
- Last week a report by the Institute of Jewish Policy Research found that support for the Green Party among British Jews is 900% the size of the turn to the Greens among the wider electorate. 2/5
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- New article for @prospectmagazine.co.uk with my colleagues David Feldman (@dmf101.bsky.social) and Ben Gidley (@bengidley.bsky.social) in which we critically examine mainstream political responses to the attack on the Heaton Park synagogue in Manchester earlier this month.
- We question the alarmist narrative about a rising antisemitism that dominates the headlines. This narrative is predicated on a narrow and disputable approach to measuring antisemitism.
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- Reposted by Brendan McGeeverMore Jewish people in Britain are concerned by general racism than the number who are worried by antisemitism. This is a building block for anti-racist politics, write three Birkbeck experts. @bisa-bkk.bsky.social
- Reposted by Brendan McGeeverAntisemitism: how to measure it, how to confront it. Read BISA’s David Feldman @dmf101.bsky.social, @bengidley.bsky.social and @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social in www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/religi...
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- “We are in a historical moment in which key parts of the Jewish community are shifting: a moment in which the possibility of a politics of horizontal solidarity can be glimpsed..." (1/2)
- Some reflections on the politics of 'anti-antisemitism' in Britain. An interview with David Feldman, Ben Gidley and me for @vashtimedia.bsky.social. vashtimedia.com/state-of-ant...
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