Responses to 7 October: Antisemitic Discourse

Rosa Freedman is Professor of Law at the University of Reading and Research Fellow at the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism, UK. David Hirsh is the Academic Director and CEO of the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.

Introduction Editor’s Note 1. What has changed? 2. 7 October and the precariousness of being Jewish 3. Introduction to Howard Jacobson’s chapter The text of Howard Jacobson's LCSCA Robert Fine Memorial Lecture, 22 October 2023 4. The Ideology of Mass Murder 5. Echoes of the Past: Understanding Today's Antisemitism Through a Medieval Lens 6. Where are Jews at home? 7. Disenchanting Palestine: Moralism and Hyperpolitics in the aftermath of October 7th 8. ‘Little Short of Lunatics’: Post-Trotsky Trotskyism and the radical Left’s degenerate response to 7 October 9. October Reflections: Antisemitism, Antizionism and the Jewish Question 10. The German Press, Israel, and October 7, 2023: Initial research findings on reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 11. The King’s “No”: Anti-Israelism and antisemitism in Norway after the 7 October massacre 12. A View from the “Second World”: Holocaust and Colonialism in Contemporary Contexts of Eastern Europe 13. ‘It’s all about context’: Antisemitism in the discursive space post 7 October