Britain’s increasingly ‘Israel-frei’ cultural festivals
The space for Jewish artists, especially if they are Zionist, is shrinking all the time. Nowhere is that clearer than at Edinburgh
Assessment
The Edinburgh festivals, long a bellwether for British cultural trends, are becoming a testing ground for how far the exclusion of Zionist Jewish artists can go. The shrinking space described suggests a shift from isolated incidents to a more systemic cultural gatekeeping. The key question is whether this pattern will accelerate into a broader norm across UK arts institutions, or whether countervailing pressures will emerge.