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Jewish people speak out against the censorship campaign targeted at Bristol’s David Miller
Professor Hugh Brady
President and Vice-Chancellor
University of Bristol
Dear Professor Brady,
We are all Jewish or of Jewish origin. We view with dismay the vicious personal, professional and political attacks directed against Professor David Miller at the University of Bristol for critical remarks he recently made about Zionism. Professor Miller was speaking at an event alongside notable anti-racism campaigners, many of them Jewish – including Norman Finkelstein and Ronnie Kasrils, a former minister in Nelson Mandela’s government.
We are extremely disturbed by the calls from pro-Israel organisations demanding Professor Miller be sacked by his university. For two years, Professor Miller has been harassed by such organisations due to his teaching about parts of the Zionist movement promoting Islamophobia. Professor Miller has made highly valuable contributions to his academic field of political sociology, specialising in the analysis of lobbying tactics, corporate and state power.
The attacks on him directly arise from his academic work and they will chill free speech on Israel if left unchallenged.
Jewish opinion on Zionism has always been diverse. But the censorship drive led by the organisations targeting Professor Miller wrongly conflates anti-Zionism with antisemitism. It is a worrying example of how the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism is being used to prevent meaningful debates on Israel and Zionism.
The University of Bristol’s response to the campaign against Professor Miller has left us disappointed. We expect Vice-Chancellor and President Hugh Brady to make an unequivocal public statement in support of Professor Miller’s right to academic freedom.
cc:
Professor Simon Tormey, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences and Law
Professor Sarah Purdy, Pro VC (Student Experience)
Professor Tansy Jessop, Pro VC (Education)
Professor Judith Squires, Provost
Mr Jack Boyer, Chair, Board of Trustees
Dr Moira Hamlin, Vice-Chair, Board of Trustees
Ms Jane Bridgwater, Director of Legal Services
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Alexei Sayle
Andrew Feinstein
Dr Norman G Finkelstein
Rabbi David Mivasair
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Professor David Epstein
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Professor Haim Bresheeth-Zabner
Professor Joseph Levine
Professor Lana Cable
Professor Martin Klein
Professor Emeritus Laurence Dreyfus
Professor Emeritus Moshé Machover
Professor Emeritus Noel Kent
Dr Abby Hoffmann
Dr Andrew Sluckin
Dr Daniel Waterman
Dr David Ellis Butler
Dr David Hanraty
Dr George Wilmers
Dr Gordon Doctorow
Dr Harry Feldman
Dr Heather Mendick
Dr Jo Tulloch
Dr Judy Haiven
Dr Larry Haiven
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Dr Myka Tucker-Abramson
Dr Paul Kelemen
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Dr Richard Hull
Dr Rodney Watts
Dr Ronald Mendel
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