Paranoia or prejudice?
Eliane Glaser reports on the perceived rise in anti-Semitism in Europe. Howard Jacobson and Brian Winston respond.
Human Rights & Ethics
A very French affair
Vera Lustig unwraps the hijab debate
‘Without anti-Semitism Sharon would be impossible’
Brian Winston on anti-semitism
‘There is an obduracy in anti-Semitism’
"It is a source of great comic consolation to Jews to recognise their paranoia and make light of it." Howard Jacobson on anti-Semitism
Animal Wrongs
Would you eat test-tube lamb? asks Finn Bowring
Take it on the chin
Having banned the wearing of Muslim headscarves in schools, the French government is now considering excluding beards if worn for religious reasons. Sally Feldman wonders what other reasons there might…
The final cut
Jodie Reed cautiously applauds new legislation against a cruel cultural practice
Soviet antisemitism
Eliane Glaser learns about two extraordinary Russian matriarchs
Bones of contention
Robert Foley on why science still needs anthropological remains
Jailhouse Reels
The release of Carandiru prompts Andrew Tudor to reflect on the prison movie genre