David Hirsh

David Hirsh is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London and the Academic Director and CEO of the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism. He is the author of Contemporary Left Antisemitism and is editing a multi-authored collection to look back on the rise of antisemitism in the first twenty years of the twenty-first century.
The BDS War: From Academia to Hollywood
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, conceived at the United Nations World Conference against Racism in South Africa in 2001, unleashed the “new” antisemitism which targeted the State of Israel. Ronnie Fraser, in Challenging the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement focuses on the efforts to oppose the academic boycott, while industry insider and author of Artists Under Fire Lana Melman discusses BDSâ€...