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Very pleased to have the opportunity to write for Prospect on the incessant pressure to 'speak out' (on Gaza and other things). I suggest that "Posting Pastor Niemöller’s 'First they came for…' on Facebook doesn’t make you Pastor Niemöller"
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https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/war/70239/what-it-means-to-speak-out-about-atrocities
I wrote this essay for New Humanist on Rachel Shabi's book Off White. While I'm sympathetic to her project of ensuring opposition to antisemitism remains part of anti-racist coalitions, I'm also much more pessimistic about its chances.
https://newhumanist.org.uk/articles/6395/solidarity-splinters
I wrote something for the publication Unseen Histories on how Britain's built Jewish heritage can sometimes give a misleading impression of Jewish communal vitality - it's often the dullest, most utilitarian synagogue buildings that contain the most vibrant communities.
https://www.unseenhistories.com/the-humble-beauty-of-britains-synagogues-keith-khan-harris
There's a fairly lengthy interview with me in today's Haaretz, discussing my book and why I argue that the Jewish people should be more boring and mediocre. Hopefully this will be published in the English edition soon.
Publication day and I wrote this proud statement of defiant acknowledgement that no one asked me to write this book.
To mark the launch of Dr Keith Kahn-Harris's new book Everyday Jews, come and join the author and friends for an evening of silliness with a serious message. At a heavy and significant time for the Jewish people, Dr Kahn-Harris and guests will remind us that Jewish life can also be trivial and parochial. There will be interesting talks on boring Jewish things, there will be affectionate celebrations of Jewish communal incompetence, there will be Palwin cocktails, and an Adon Olam karaoke session.
I wrote about my upcoming book launch and my amateurish attempts to be funny. I also discuss my long-overdue 'retirement' from Limmud Not The Gala.
I wrote about the disaster that is the TV version of The Day of the Jackal and the persistent tendency of popular culture to seek an illusory 'depth'
