It might seem strange, but as an observant Jew, I feel that I can empathise with trans people. Being Jewish, for me, is more than an identity. It’s in my soul. It’s who I am and impacts everything that I do, even if outsiders might not understand. It seems to me as if some trans people feel the same way about their identity; this is who they are; it’s in their soul...

Boycott, Divest and Sanctions (or BDS) is part of the pro-Palestinian movement, which is pressurising local governments and other organisations to sever their pension funds from supposed investments in Israel and what they perceive as illegal settlements. It might seem an obscure and irrelevant cause to those who know nothing about it. However, and I don’t mean to ...