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| − | ''' | + | '''Brian Klug''' is Honorary Fellow in Social Philosophy at [[Campion Hall, Oxford]] and an emeritus member of the philosophy faculty at [[Oxford University]]. He is also an honorary fellow of the Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations, University of Southampton and fellow of the College, Saint Xavier University, Chicago. |
| − | == | + | Klug wrote in 2003 in ''[[The Guardian]]'' that "No, [[anti-Zionism]] is not [[anti-semitism]]''.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/dec/03/comment</ref> |
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| + | He is associate editor of ''Patterns of Prejudice'', a peer-reviewed journal examining social exclusion and stigmatization,<ref>[http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/0031322X.asp ''Patterns of Prejudice''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060923094858/http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/0031322X.asp |date=September 23, 2006 }}, Taylor and Francis Group, retrieved September 7, 2006.</ref> and a founder member of the Jewish Forum for Justice and Human Rights, a UK-based group that addresses racism and [[anti-Semitism]], the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]], immigration, and the treatment of [[asylum seeker]]s. | ||
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| + | Klug was one of a number of academics who submitted evidence to the British [[All-Party Parliamentary Group against Antisemitism|All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Antisemitism]], which published its report in September 2006.<ref name=APP58>https://web.archive.org/web/20070614033520/http://thepcaa.org/Report.pdf# page 58</ref> He has criticized the concept of [[new antisemitism]] as being "confused" in his 2004 essay "The Myth of the New Anti-Semitism" published in ''[[The Nation]]'',<ref name=brianklug>Klug, Brian, [http://www.thenation.com/article/myth-new-anti-semitism The Myth of the New Anti-Semitism], ''The Nation'', February 2, 2004, accessed September 7, 2006.</ref> and in several other writings. | ||
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| + | In February 2007, he was a signatory to the declaration of [[Independent Jewish Voices]], a new Jewish group in the UK, which criticized the [[Board of Deputies of British Jews]] for its allegedly unconditional support of [[Israel]]. | ||
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| + | He is a member of the scientific advisory council of the [http://jahrbuch-islamophobie.de/ Islamophobia Studies Yearbook]. | ||
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| Ethnicity | Jewish |
| Interests | • zionism • anti-semitism |
Brian Klug is Honorary Fellow in Social Philosophy at Campion Hall, Oxford and an emeritus member of the philosophy faculty at Oxford University. He is also an honorary fellow of the Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations, University of Southampton and fellow of the College, Saint Xavier University, Chicago.
Klug wrote in 2003 in The Guardian that "No, anti-Zionism is not anti-semitism.[1]
Activities
He is associate editor of Patterns of Prejudice, a peer-reviewed journal examining social exclusion and stigmatization,[2] and a founder member of the Jewish Forum for Justice and Human Rights, a UK-based group that addresses racism and anti-Semitism, the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, immigration, and the treatment of asylum seekers.
Klug was one of a number of academics who submitted evidence to the British All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Antisemitism, which published its report in September 2006.[3] He has criticized the concept of new antisemitism as being "confused" in his 2004 essay "The Myth of the New Anti-Semitism" published in The Nation,[4] and in several other writings.
In February 2007, he was a signatory to the declaration of Independent Jewish Voices, a new Jewish group in the UK, which criticized the Board of Deputies of British Jews for its allegedly unconditional support of Israel.
He is a member of the scientific advisory council of the Islamophobia Studies Yearbook.
References
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/dec/03/comment
- ↑ Patterns of Prejudice Archived September 23, 2006, at the Wayback Machine., Taylor and Francis Group, retrieved September 7, 2006.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20070614033520/http://thepcaa.org/Report.pdf# page 58
- ↑ Klug, Brian, The Myth of the New Anti-Semitism, The Nation, February 2, 2004, accessed September 7, 2006.
