Lesley Klaff is Senior Lecturer in Law at Sheffield Hallam University and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Contemporary Antisemitism.
Derek Spitz is a barrister at One Essex Court Chambers. He acted along with Adam Wagner of Doughty Street Chambers for the Campaign Against Antisemitism in the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s Investigation into Antisemitism in the Labour Party.
Our Voice of the Fortnight is from the Times of Israel's 'Wartime Diaries' podcast. In the immediate aftermath of October 7th, Shai Davidai – an Assistant Professor at Columbia University – became an unlikely public defender of Israel. And truthfully, even he was surprised by this turn of events: As a committed left-wing Israeli, he had spent years criticizing the government, and often took to the streets to demonstrate against its policies. But the atmosphere he witnessed on college campuses (and specifically on his own campus at Columbia), compelled him to speak up and speak out.