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Nov 29, 2024 | 
vashtimedia.com | Jacob E. Lazarus |Joana Cavaco |Francesca Newton |Martin Saps
The Pickle — 4 min read The question of assisted dying has a particularly Jewish dimension in my head, probably because the recently-retired rabbi of the shul I grew up in, Jonathan Romain, is also a prominent campaigner in its favour. As the former chair of Dignity in Dying, Romain has drawn on his experience supporting people at the end of life to argue that “letting go of life can be the right and moral decision.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
vashtimedia.com | Joana Cavaco |Francesca Newton |Martin Saps |Kate Greenberg
The olive harvest is a pivotal season in the Palestinian calendar, in both practical and spiritual terms. Families gather with friends and neighbours, climbing trees to reach the fruit high above and lounging on tarpaulins down below to separate olives from branches. The olive tree is a symbol of Palestinian resilience as old as time — its roots stretching deep into the land, some trees thousands of years old.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
vashtimedia.com | Francesca Newton |Martin Saps |Kate Greenberg |Joana Cavaco
Mokum: this Yiddish word is one of my favourite nicknames for the city of Amsterdam. It describes a place that, despite being cold, has become a warm nest for many wandering citizens of the world who are seeking somewhere safe to call home. It is not perfect. For many it is also a symbol of a brutal colonial past, of policy decisions that sideline the most vulnerable – the capital of a country deeply divided.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
vashtimedia.com | Martin Saps |Kate Greenberg |Raphael Mimoun |Francesca Newton
The Pickle — 5 min read In the years before the Second World War, Jews in Europe were believed to have a particular habit for law-breaking. According to John Klier, a former professor of Modern Jewish History at UCL, part of this stereotype followed from a Jewish habit for revolutionary activity; another part came from the breaching of restrictions that applied to Jews only.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
vashtimedia.com | Kate Greenberg |Raphael Mimoun |Francesca Newton |Martin Saps
Marking the one-year anniversary of 7 October, Britain’s chief rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, published an article in the New Statesman presenting an impassioned defence of Zionism. After recycling various well-worn tropes justifying the creation of the state of Israel as a response to the historical persecution of Jews, his argument took an interesting turn.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
vashtimedia.com | Asha Lyons Sumroy |Francesca Newton |Aron Keller |Martin Saps
Over the past few weeks, the UK has witnessed a surge in far-right violence, as well as the mobilisation of anti-fascist counter-demonstrations in response. In light of these events, Vashti editor Emily Coatman sat down with writer David Rosenberg to gain perspective on what a lifetime of principled anti-racist and anti-fascist activism can teach those on the left hoping to make sense of and confront this moment head on.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
vashtimedia.com | Francesca Newton |Aron Keller |Martin Saps |Evan Robins
Culture — 6 min read A building stands on Whitechapel High Street. Rising up over the doorway and to the right of the white sign with dark purple times new roman font that descendsV A PE Down to an easel advertising Jack the Ripper Walking Tours And above the fading building numberIs a large emblem that looks like it's carved out of stone.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
vashtimedia.com | Aron Keller |Martin Saps |Evan Robins |Alexandra Diamond-Rivlin
The Far Right — 6 min read The obvious thing to say is that it could be us. Homes and shops are being vandalised, places of worship are under siege, individuals are being attacked for their ethnic and religious appearance. Jews are familiar with all of these scenarios, either first-hand or from the stories of our parents and grandparents. The history of racist violence and the constant threat of its reemergence is a key part of our religious education.
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Aug 2, 2024 | 
vashtimedia.com | Martin Saps |Evan Robins |Alexandra Diamond-Rivlin |Lev Taylor
There’s no corporation or big advertisers behind Vashti – we're a workers' cooperative and rely on small donations to keep running. Support our journalism to help break the consensus. To donate once, click here. To donate monthly, click here. In 2018, the simmering row over antisemitism in the Labour Party reached a boiling point.
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Apr 4, 2024 | 
outlierventures.io | Martin Saps
What makes a Web3 expert? Is it decades of experience in the industry? Is it a thorough knowledge of financial markets? What about a deep technical knowledge of how dApps work under the hood? The truth is that Web3 is constantly evolving and there’s no such thing as a “Web3 background”; even someone in the space since 2015 might not understand the next wave of innovation. Web3 people are a motley crew to say the least. And so are our Outliers.
