Connections Episode 53
The UK Labour Party Antisemitism Crisis
Mouin Rabbani Interviews Jamie Stern-Weiner
Wednesday, 25 January 2023
10:00 AM EST | 15:00 BST | 16:00 CET
Join us on Wednesday, 25 January for a discussion about the UK Labour Party’s “Antisemitism Crisis” with Jamie Stern-Weiner and Jadaliyya co-editor Mouin Rabbani. This episode of Connections will examine the extent to which this crisis was real and contrived, and its political impact on the UK Labour Party.
Connections offers timely and informative interviews on current events and broader policy questions, as well as themes relevant to knowledge production. It combines journalism, analysis, and scholarship.
Guest
Jamie Stern-Weiner is a doctoral candidate at the University of Oxford where he researches the politics of antisemitism. His edited book on the Israel-Palestine conflict, Moment of Truth, was published by OR Books in 2018. His edited collection on Antisemitism and the Labour Party is available as a free ebook from the Verso Books website.
Host
Mouin Rabbani has published and commented widely on Palestinian affairs, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the contemporary Middle East. He was previously Senior Analyst Middle East and Special Advisor on Israel-Palestine with the International Crisis Group, and head of political affairs with the Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria. He is Co-Editor of Jadaliyya Ezine.
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