Who Is a Jew?
<p>Iam not a specialist in Jewish studies, let alone in the study of antisemitism. Nor, according to most conventional definitions, am I a Jew. Yet I wrote a <a href="https://www.versobooks.com/products/2903-erasing-palestine" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">book</a> about the weaponization of antisemitism for the purposes of erasing Palestine.</p>
<p>What qualifies me to comment on this matter, as if the fate of being Jewish could be chosen and discarded at will? Just who do I think I am? What right do I have to speak at all?</p>
<p>I am someone who was <a href="https://medium.com/illumination/censored-for-criticizing-israel-561da8d55ac6" rel="noopener">accused</a> of being an antisemite after I returned from living in Palestine, and whose personal and professional life was transformed by that accusation.</p>
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