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<p>Created page with &quot;{{short description|American writer and critic of left-wing antisemitism}} {{Infobox person | name = Kathleen Hayes | birth_date = | birth_place =...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|American writer and critic of left-wing antisemitism}}<br /> {{Infobox person<br /> | name = Kathleen Hayes<br /> | birth_date = <br /> | birth_place = <br /> | nationality = American<br /> | occupation = Writer, memoirist<br /> | known_for = ''Antisemitism and the Left: A Memoir''; critique of left-wing misuse of Abram Leon<br /> | residence = Los Angeles, California<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''[[Kathleen Hayes]]''' is an American writer and memoirist based in Los Angeles, California. She is best known for her contributions to ''[[Fathom Journal]]'', where she has published essays criticising antisemitism on the political left and the uncritical adoption of certain Marxist texts by radical circles.&lt;ref name=&quot;FathomMemoir&quot;&gt;Kathleen Hayes, [https://fathomjournal.org/antisemitism-and-the-left-a-memoir/ Antisemitism and the Left: A Memoir] ''Fathom Journal'', 12 July 2021.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Hayes is the author of the autobiographical essay ''Antisemitism and the Left: A Memoir'' (Fathom Journal, 2021), in which she reflects on her personal experiences with antisemitism within leftist movements and argues that hostility toward Jews and Israel is not a peripheral “blind spot” but a central and defining feature of much contemporary left-wing ideology.&lt;ref name=&quot;FathomMemoir&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> In September 2023 Hayes published “The Peculiar Afterlife of Abram Leon” in ''Fathom Journal''. In the essay she honours [[Abram Leon]] personally as a courageous young Trotskyist murdered in Auschwitz but sharply criticises the way his 1946 book ''The Jewish Question: A Marxist Interpretation'' continues to be invoked uncritically by sections of the radical left as theoretical justification for anti-Zionism. Hayes contends that Leon’s “people-class” thesis is frequently misused to lend a veneer of Marxist legitimacy to positions that echo antisemitic tropes or ignore the historical specificity of the Holocaust and the post-1948 reality of Israel.&lt;ref name=&quot;FathomLeon&quot;&gt;Kathleen Hayes, [https://fathomjournal.org/the-peculiar-afterlife-of-abram-leon/ The Peculiar Afterlife of Abram Leon] ''Fathom Journal'', September 2023.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Hayes has also written for ''[[Jewish Journal]]'' and ''[[Tablet Magazine]]'', continuing her focus on antisemitism and left-wing politics.&lt;ref name=&quot;Tablet&quot;&gt;Tablet Magazine contributors, [https://www.tabletmag.com/contributors/kathleen-hayes Kathleen Hayes] ''Tablet Magazine'', accessed 21 May 2026.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[Abram Leon]]<br /> * [[Fathom Journal]]<br /> * [[Antisemitism and the left]]<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [https://fathomjournal.org/antisemitism-and-the-left-a-memoir/ Antisemitism and the Left: A Memoir] (Fathom Journal)<br /> * [https://fathomjournal.org/the-peculiar-afterlife-of-abram-leon/ The Peculiar Afterlife of Abram Leon] (Fathom Journal)<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> &lt;references/&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:American writers|Hayes, Kathleen]]<br /> [[Category:American memoirists|Hayes, Kathleen]]<br /> [[Category:Living people|Hayes, Kathleen]]<br /> [[Category:Writers from Los Angeles|Hayes, Kathleen]]<br /> [[Category:Critics of antisemitism|Hayes, Kathleen]]<br /> [[Category:Fathom Journal contributors|Hayes, Kathleen]]</div>

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