Dave Rich

Nov 16, 2024 | theguardian.com | Dave Rich

The president of the United States does not normally tweet, as he did last week, about football fans fighting in a European city. But as reactions to the violence in Amsterdam have shown, this was no ordinary outburst of football hooliganism, but another polarising moment in the debate about antisemitism. The trouble in Amsterdam after the Europa League game between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv was not even a traditional fight between rival football fans.

Nov 10, 2024 | everydayhate.substack.com | Dave Rich

There has been much said and written about the violence in Amsterdam before and after the football match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax this week, and it’s been interesting, if rather odd, to watch my two worlds of football and antisemitism come together. I’ve been a match-going Man United fan all my life - I’m even writing this on the train to today’s game - which means I’ve seen a lot of football violence, thuggery and generally bad behaviour over the decades.

Oct 27, 2024 | everydayhate.substack.com | Dave Rich

Yesterday there were two marches in central London, part of the never-ending stream of political demonstrations in our capital city. One, the ‘Uniting the Kingdom’ demonstration, was a far right march called by Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (better known as Tommy Robinson). The other was a Stand Up To Racism counter-protest against Robinson and his followers.

Oct 7, 2024 | theguardian.com | Dave Rich

“Good morning darling,” said the anonymous phone caller to the administrator at my local synagogue last week. “I just wanted to know how much you charge for the kids’ blood that you drink, I wanted to place an order.”It’s the blood libel revived: a medieval anti-Jewish myth invented almost 900 years ago, reheated for 2024 – in the cauldron of emotions kept boiling away by conflict in Israel and Palestine. I’d call this unusual, except it is a lot less unusual than it used to be.

Oct 6, 2024 | share.transistor.fm | Dave Rich

God is fully sovereign, ordaining all that comes to pass—including every human action and thought, even sinful ones. In this passage, Peter reassures his readers by showing that their persecutors' actions are not beyond God's sovereign will. This all-encompassing sovereignty offers profound comfort to the suffering believer's soul.