Raphael Mimoun

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.

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.

Nov 15, 2024 | vashtimedia.com | Raphael Mimoun |Francesca Newton |Alice Austin |Kate Greenberg

The Pickle — 5 min read In a lecture delivered at a literary prize ceremony in Florence last May, American-Libyan writer Hisham Matar stood up and confronted his audience with the second person.

Nov 14, 2024 | vashtimedia.com | Raphael Mimoun |Francesca Newton |Alice Austin |Eden Pearlstein

On 11 November, Vashti editors Kendall Gardner and Francesca Newton spoke to JVP's Rebecca Vilkomerson and Rabbi Alissa Wise, co-authors of the new book Solidarity is the Political Version of Love: Lessons from Jewish Anti-Zionist Organizing published by Haymarket Books.

Mar 8, 2024 | vashtimedia.com | Raphael Mimoun |Francesca Newton |Alice Austin |Eden Pearlstein

Jewish Identity — 6 min read Crossing over to the other side of the mechitza in your early twenties leaves much to be desired.