The Four Children and the Jewish State These are difficult times.When even the BBC asks, “Why are British Jews afraid?”, [https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002vfc1/panorama-antisemitism-why-british-jews-are-afraid ] one knows that there are real grounds for concern. To be sure, that documentary had its limitations. In my view, it did not sufficiently address either the role of the Far Left or Islamist extremism. Yet, thankfully, we were spared the usual shpiel about “se

Pornography, Antisemitism and a New Synagogue in Town I would like to propose an analogy between antisemitism and pornography. The two phenomena have something deeply in common: they are difficult to define in the abstract, but when we encounter them, we recognise them. Both inhabit a grey area, both often present themselves in apparently respectable forms, and both help to normalise what, in its more extreme forms, prepares for or accompanies violence. To pursue this line of