Ten years ago I'd have been very hostile to evangelicals like Kate Forbes in politics. One lesson I've taken from the gender wars is that liberals like me should be grateful to conservatives who'll put the brakes on bad progressivism, not snobby about them
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The Times’ Fiona Hamilton writes in support of Merope and all bereaved parents who work so hard to ensure others don’t suffer as they had to

Essential reading: the rise of anti-Jewish racism on the Left in the age of formal ‘anti-racism’. Excellent as always by Hadley Freeman Jewish Quarterly

Why the Left failed on October 7:
- The Corbyn era opened a Pandora’s box
⁦UnHerd⁩ ⁦Hadley Freeman⁩ unherd.com/2024/05/why-th…

UnHerd Hadley Freeman Brava Hadley Freeman for skewering the way identity politics enables misogyny and antisemitism.

‘Only trans people and Palestinians are seen as oppressed, and never women or Jews.’

It’s an especially strange time to be a Jewish woman on the Left, writes Hadley Freeman: 👇 buff.ly/3ydeINK

After a torrid week on America’s campuses, Yonit Levi and I talk to Columbia and Harvard students Noa Fay and Maya Ilany - plus a conversation with the brilliant Hadley Freeman about her essay for Jewish Quarterly on the left and October 7. Latest Unholy open.spotify.com/episode/1cOzBW…

‘The Left doesn’t care about antisemitism if they deem it inconvenient to their cause. They just call it “anti-Zionism” and carry on.’

Hadley Freeman: 👇 buff.ly/3ydeINK

If you missed the formidable Harriet Wistrich on BBC Woman's Hour this morning, you can listen again, here (first item). Spoiler: she's brilliant
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Just catching up with today's judgment from the president of the family division of the High Court in relation to a case involving private hormone provider Gender GP. There's so much that's shocking in these few paras.

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I for one find it heartwarming that the youth had a collective epiphany about why all bad things are connected and that Jews are at the center of it. nytimes.com/2024/05/01/us/…

Last December, the Jewish Quarterly asked if I would like to spend a month writing a 20,000 word essay about October 7 and what Jews then learned about people who we thought were our friends. Because I have much to atone for, I said yes. The essay, Blindness, is published today

Happy Publication day For Sister in Law. A great book about one of most brilliant campaigners.

Here is my interview with Harriet.

Harriet Wistrich: 'The criminal justice system has almost completely collapsed' telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/1…

And Hadley joins Tanya Gold to discuss in a free online event later today
jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/events

Beware the male commentator who dismisses this issue as 'unimportant'. These are the men who have never talked to women who (occasionally) require female-only care.

I have an essay about BABY REINDEER in the London Times. I can’t believe they paid me for writing about such a cool show, but they did. Of course, I DID pay Netflix. 🤣

Some personal news 🚨 The updated paperback of 'Everyday Hate - How antisemitism is built into our world and how you can change it' will be published by Biteback Publishing on 16 May. With 2 new chapters about October 7 & the aftermath, you can pre-order your copy at…