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. Linda is a panel member on the People’s Inquiry.

Recent articles by Linda Briskman

Don't talk or write about Palestine. It's a career killer

Don't talk or write about Palestine. It's a career killer

The new McCarthyism sweeps through the university sector at a terrifying pace. At the core is conflation of antisemitism with criticism of Israel, spurred on by the pro-Israel lobby that has convinced or recruited governments and large sections of the media.

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.