Antony Lerman

Antony Lerman is Senior Fellow (visiting) at the Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue in Vienna and Honorary Fellow at the Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations, Southampton University. He is the former founding director of the Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR), is Associate Editor of the international academic journal on racism Patterns of Prejudice and has written widely on antisemitism, Middle East politics, multiculturalism for such periodicals as the Guardian, Independent, London Review of Books, Prospect, New York Times, The Nation, Haaretz, Jewish Chronicle and tachles.

Günter Grass, antisemitism and the inflation of evil

The Israel factor has politicised the business of assessing antisemitism such that the vitriolic disagreement surrounding it has become about far more than just facts, intelligent judgment and expertise. What does Israel, what does anyone gain from this?

By Antony Lerman

/ 16 Apr 2012

9/11 and the destruction of the shared understanding of antisemitism

The links between the Israeli far right and Islamophobic groups in Europe follow a certain inexorable logic of the post 9/11 world. These alliances, encapsulated as well as encouraged by the redefinition of the "new antisemitism", make it very hard for Israel to overcome the monomaniacal war spiri

By Antony Lerman

/ 14 Sep 2011

Israel and the anti-boycott law: the wider implications of popular indifference

The motivation for the law is not primarily to give voice to the sentiments of the Israeli-Jewish majority, although it relies on the existence of those sentiments to achieve its goal - and that is something altogether more far-reaching.

By Antony Lerman

/ 19 Jul 2011

"Racism" or "Racist incident", what's the difference? UCU and the EUMC ‘working definition’ of antisemitism

Is it good to pretend that racism can be identified simply with reference to the victim's perception of racism? The Macpherson report into the conduct of the police in investigating the killing of Stephen Lawrence is being mis-read

By Antony Lerman

/ 7 Jun 2011

Celebrity anti-semitism teaches us very little about the reality of prejudice

Galliano, Sheen, Assange: three unrelated episodes of alleged celebrity antisemitism have been transformed into a story of a general resurgence of prejudice. But does the story stand up to careful examination?

By Antony Lerman

/ 10 Mar 2011

The pro-Israel lobby in Britain: Antony Lerman's foreword

Lobbies, interest groups, policy think tanks and the like are an integral part of our political system and of practically all liberal democratic societies. And it is perfectly right that

By Antony Lerman

/ 13 Nov 2009