Linda Briskman

Linda Briskman holds the Margaret Whitlam Chair of Social Work at Western Sydney University. She is a member of the advisory committee of the Jewish Council of Australia.

Recent articles by Linda Briskman

Be alert and alarmed: Campus silencing on Palestine

Be alert and alarmed: Campus silencing on Palestine

In a number of countries, universities are now to the forefront of punishing and silencing those who challenge dominant constructions of the conflict in Gaza.

Who can make the call on anti-semitism?

Who can make the call on anti-semitism?

The Holocaust was racist genocide of an unprecedented scale of industrial organisation. The ensuing term Never Again applies to all humankind and resonates with Jewish conceptions of justice. This moral value is now in jeopardy, impacting on Australians of conscience.

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