Shmuel Lederman

Research Associate

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Dr. Shmuel Lederman teaches in the Department of History, Philosophy and Jewish Studies at the Open University, and in the International Program for Holocaust Studies at the University of Haifa. See list of publications here.

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Starvation and Denial: Israel’s Use of Starvation as a Weapon of War in Gaza

Shmuel Lederman|23.08.2026

Introduction In this report, I examine Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon of war...

Introduction In this report, I examine Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza, as well as the mechanisms behind its denial. The report demonstrates that the starvation in Gaza was rooted not in error, but in deliberate planning, calculated experimentation, and...

Shmuel Lederman|23.08.2026

The Politics of Holocaust Remembrance

Shmuel Lederman|25.04.2021

The International Holocaust Remembrance Day last January was accompanied by discord- the court case against...

The International Holocaust Remembrance Day last January was accompanied by discord- the court case against two prominent Holocaust researchers in Poland – Jan Grabowsky and Barbara Engelking, who were accused of slandering the mayor of a Polish town along with the whole Polish nation because...

Shmuel Lederman|25.04.2021

Anti-Semitism in Labor? Only if any pro-Palestinian voice is “anti-Semitism”

Shmuel Lederman|01.12.2020

The former Chairman of the British Labor Party, Jeremy Corbyn, was recently expelled, following a...

The former Chairman of the British Labor Party, Jeremy Corbyn, was recently expelled, following a post that was perceived as an expression of his unwillingness to take responsibility for an outbreak of anti-Semitism within his party over the course of his tenure, and even as...

Shmuel Lederman|01.12.2020

Black Lives Matter? On Politics as Cultural Code

Shmuel Lederman|05.07.2020

Shlomit Volkov’s article, “Antisemitism as a Cultural Code”, published in 1978, is one of the...

Shlomit Volkov’s article, “Antisemitism as a Cultural Code”, published in 1978, is one of the most influential works in the study of antisemitism. One of the unique aspects of German antisemitism during the end of the 19th century, Volkov sought to show, was that it...

Shmuel Lederman|05.07.2020

”We are all Post-Traumatic”: On the Legacy of the First Lebanon War

שמואל לדרמן|03.06.2020

A new Facebook group called “Stories from Lebanon- What Happened on the Posts”, which was...

A new Facebook group called “Stories from Lebanon- What Happened on the Posts”, which was created to mark the 20th anniversary of the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Lebanon has made waves over the last few weeks. It already has more than 30 thousand members,...

שמואל לדרמן|03.06.2020

The Palestinian Feminist and the Jewish Candidate

Shmuel Lederman|29.12.2019

Recently, the Palestinian-American activist, Linda Sarsour, published an article endorsing Bernie Sanders, who is running...

Recently, the Palestinian-American activist, Linda Sarsour, published an article endorsing Bernie Sanders, who is running to win the nomination of the Democratic Party for president of the United States. In the article, Sarsour mentions the criticism she encountered for her support for Sanders, criticism that...

Shmuel Lederman|29.12.2019

Israel and the Politicization of Antisemitism

שמואל לדרמן|24.07.2019

In recent years, antisemitism has once again become a topic of discussion in the political...

In recent years, antisemitism has once again become a topic of discussion in the political arena of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Three phenomena are particularly notable: a rise in violent expressions of antisemitism by the far-right in the West; a rise in the expression of antisemitic...