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Apr 3, 2018, 3:48 PM

Jeremy Corbyn will not divide Jew from Jew

Just short of two years ago I set up a secret Facebook group. It was the last thing I should have done on my first day at home, still weak and recuperating from over three weeks in hospital with a serious rare illness. It was...

Jan 25, 2018, 4:38 PM

Bacon and Democracy

• Get real, you’re trying to stop a train with your foot. • The Labour Party was always a waste of time, they’re just a bunch of lefties and so are you. • Jewish Labour members should resign en masse. • A new real Labour...

Jan 5, 2018, 10:10 PM

From here to eternity – Labour’s unresolved antisemitism

An Israeli MP is ‘the type of scum all over the world that should be classed as sub-human and put to sleep like the rabid dogs they are”. “The zionists (sic) are powerful and have their tentacles all over the world especially in Britain” Comments...

Dec 10, 2017, 6:55 PM

Antisemitism in the British Labour Party

‘Staunch are the friends that greet you’ is a line from Scotland the Brave. Here’s what happened when we took The Whitewashed Project to Glasgow. The tone is set on the long train journey from London to Glasgow when two women across the aisle loudly...

Oct 18, 2017, 1:06 PM

Whitewashed and Labour’s response

Many of us were brought up within a British zeitgeist to censor our own suspicions of anti-Semitic intent. There’s still a temptation to see other people’s accusations of anti-Semitism as an excuse for failure; to try to believe it does no more harm than any...

Jun 5, 2017, 7:53 PM

Is Jeremy Corbyn antisemitic?

People in the U.K. are asking if Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labour Party and potential Prime Minister, is an antisemite. This question is extraneous. How do I know if Corbyn is an antisemite or has antisemitic leanings? How does any one of us know...

Sep 26, 2016, 4:11 PM

A Tale of Two Jew Hating Threads

Checkpoint Exhibition, Hinde Street Methodist Church, London on Facebook For the whole of last week this church displayed a replica checkpoint ‘put together on the basis of principled impartiality’. (statement) 25/9/16 This blog begins as one story but unfolds differently. Here’s how. 24/9/16 is the...

Jul 14, 2016, 1:55 PM

Are you Wild about Boycotting?

‘Have you seen’ Wild’ at the Hampstead Theatre?’ ask my friends. ‘Have you seen ‘The Threepenny Opera’ at the National?’ No. I haven’t and I won’t. Why? Because the director of ‘Wild’, James MacDonald, and the adapter of ‘The Threepenny Opera’, Simon Stephens, have both...

Feb 22, 2016, 10:20 AM

National Disasters

Cultural Boycotting Failures in London Please forgive me if I am mistaken, but if you went to the theatre in London or New York, or anywhere, during the past year, you may inadvertently have given moral and financial support to cultural boycotters of Israel. Let’s...

Jan 21, 2016, 7:27 AM

Did You Enjoy the Play?

The loss of the fine actor Alan Rickman has understandably sparked differences of opinion. I empathise with people who thought it was premature to talk about his contribution to the Israel/Palestine narrative. I do hope he is now free from pain and send condolences to...

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About Me

Judith Ornstein is UK based and a passionate supporter of the arts, who combats the cultural boycott of Israel. She is the instigator of the Whitewashed Project, fighting Labour's problems with Jews. The book, the film, and valuable links can be found at www.whitewashed.co.uk