Hen Mazzig

Hen Mazzig is a former lieutenant in the Coordination of Government Activities in the Terrorities. He shares his story with campuses and Jewish communities around the world.

Students at the Horev girls high school in Jerusalem in a Purim skit mocking Mizrahi Jews. (Screenshot)

April 18, 2023, 11:53 am

OPINION: Blackface, cultural appropriation and Jew-on-Jew racism

"Racism is never a prank," writes Hen Mazzig following the release of a racist YouTube video made by Israeli students stereotyping Mizrahi Jews.

By Hen Mazzig

March 25, 2023, 7:57 pm

OPINION: I’m a vocal pro-Israel voice; here’s why I protested the Israeli government in London

Nothing is as challenging-yet-powerful as criticising your home in a foreign land, writes author and campaigner Hen Mazzig. It is a testament to how far Israel has come as a country and as people.

By Hen Mazzig

David Baddiel and David Schwimmer in Jews Don't Count

November 24, 2022, 11:23 am

OPINION: David Baddiel’s harmful stereotypes about Jewish people count

Any gains made by David Baddiel's book and TV documentary Jews Don’t Count are negated by the creator himself engaging in dangerous generalisations, writes Hen Mazzig.

By Hen Mazzig

March 2, 2022, 9:33 am

OPINION – Hen Mazzig: Volodomyr Zelensky makes me proud to be Jewish

By Hen Mazzig

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during his address to the nation at the end of the first day of Russia's attacks on Thursday. (Credit Image: © Ukrainian President's Office/ZUMA Press Wire Service)

March 1, 2022, 3:40 pm

OPINION: Volodomyr Zelensky makes me proud to be Jewish

At the darkest hour, the Ukraine president perfectly embodies the Jewish spirit of resistance, courage, and hope when all odds are against you, writes Hen Mazzig

By Hen Mazzig

February 10, 2022, 12:03 pm

OPINION: The only abomination is Smotrich’s words and agenda

Calling out Israeli far-right politician Bezalel Smotrich upon his visit to the UK is not 'cancel culture'. It's accountability for anti-LGBT, anti-progressive, anti-Palestinian views, writes Hen Mazzig

By Hen Mazzig

January 10, 2018, 4:41 pm

OPINION – Hen Mazzig: Universities must celebrate rather than silence debate

Israeli writer, speaker and activist says UCL should take appropriate security measures to counteract violent protest rather then attempting to silence it

By Hen Mazzig

November 2, 2016, 4:43 pm

Opinion – Hen Mazzig: UCL protest resembled a scene from a horror film

When protesters tried to shout down an Israeli speaker with chants of 'intifada intifada', he was determined he would 'not be silenced'

By Hen Mazzig

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