Colin Shindler

An antisemite who has long loathed Israel

Why do Strictly Orthodox Jews refuse to serve in the IDF?

The Charedi refusal to serve in the armed forces is based on an ideological split dating back to the French Revolution

Independence Day: Alice Shalvi's story is Israel's story

On Israeli Independence Day, historian Colin Shindler interviews the pioneering educator whose story spans the entire history of the Jewish state

The man who woke America up to the Holocaust

Ben Hecht offended many during his campaign to open people’s eyes to the Holocaust. He didn’t care a jot

Obituary: Sylvia Becker

Woman in Black who gave unwavering support for the freedom of Soviet Jewry

Like Corbyn, Lenin had his own team of 
anti-Zionist Jews

Historian Colin Shindler sets out how the Yevsektsia, the Jewish section of the Communist Party, used its influence to stamp out Hebrew life

Flawed but intact: 40 years of Israel and Egypt's peace treaty

The events of March 1979 showed what can achieved with political will and moral courage

Book review: Perlzweig: Pioneer of British Zionism

a series of interviews reveals the author's uncle

Kahane taught his followers hate and violence. Netanyahu wants them in government

Colin Shindler recounts how Meir Kahane 'exuded authenticity in his militancy' when he visited Britain

Corbyn's blind-eye approach to Venezuela mirrors his prejudice over the Middle East

Whether it's Gaza or Caracas, the Labour leader is willing to ignore Jew-hate in order to satisfy his ideological position

How Mossad misread the Iranian revolution

The Israeli spy agency was asked by the Iranian prime minister to assassinate Khomeini. It refused and, within months, thousands of Jews had left the country

Thieves who became heroes

Australia's first Jews arrived as convicts. But some soon achieved success