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Antisemitism

Anti-Semitic Cartoons on Progressive Blogs

- Adam Levick

A yet uncharted field of hate cartoons against Jews is that in progressive blogs. The cartoon motif most frequently appearing on the progressive blogs is imagery equating Israel with Nazi Germany. Others reflect Jewish conspiracies, Zionists controlling the world, the blood libel, or show Jews as animals. Most of the progressive blogs discussed, containing such anti-Semitic imagery cited in this essay, generally fail to remove such hateful cartoons, despite blog policies expressly prohibiting posts that contain "hateful" or "inflammatory" content.

 

Exposing How Post-Zionists Manipulate History

- Avi Beker

The New Historians disregarded and omitted the two most critical features of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war: the religious-jihadi nature of the Arab campaign and Arab rejection of the UN partition resolution. The narrative built by the New Historians changed the parameters of political negotiations: a peace agreement between the Palestinians and Israel is not meant to correct the 1967 "occupation" and create a framework for a territories-for-peace exchange but to atone for the alleged atrocities of the Nakba (Palestinian catastrophe) of 1948. The sharp reversal of his positions by Benny Morris, regarded by many as the dean of the New Historians, must be viewed as a full exposure of the fictitious structure and distorted facts of what was an orchestrated, antihistorical, anti-Zionist endeavor.

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Changing Jewish Communities

Highly Engaged Young American Jews: Contrasts in Generational Ethos

- Interview with Steven M. Cohen

Many engaged Jews under the age of forty emphasize, more than their elders and predecessors, Jewish purpose. They have created new minyanim, expanded social justice activities, engaged in various cultural endeavors, undertaken Judaic learning singly and in groups, and established a powerful and significant presence on the Internet and other new media. Alongside these areas of new and sustained emphasis, even the most Jewishly engaged younger adults in the United States express much-diminished sensitivity to matters of external threats to Jews, Judaism, Israel, and the Jewish people. Engaged young Jewish adults resist what they see as coercive expectations. They see once widely accepted normative standards - such as in-marriage and support of Israel - as optional, tentative, and, at best, a means to expressing higher Jewish purpose.

Environmental Activism in the Canadian Jewish Community

- Ira Robinson and Yosef Dov Robinson

While there have been numerous literary efforts to inform the scholarly and lay public concerning ecology and Judaism at least from the 1980s, the penetration of these concepts to the level of ordinary public discourse within the Canadian Jewish community is barely a decade old, and its appreciable impact has been even more recent. The Canadian Jewish community is experiencing a rise in Jewish ecological organizations and activism, largely inspired by similar activism in the United States. The message of the Canadian Jewish public discourse on ecology is that Judaism and environmentalism "re a natural fit," and that environmental concern is a major Jewish value that advances the practice of tikkun olam (repairing the world.) 

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Book Reviews

Political Islam, Word Politics and Europe by Bassam Tibi

- Reviewed by Daphne Burdman

 Bassam Tibi examines Islamist expansionism both in Muslim and Western societies, a phenomenon that appears in violent and deceptively peaceful guises. He presents a penetrating and analytical study of the West's inability to comprehend the underlying ideologies of Islamism, which is crucial if it hopes effectively to confront this increasingly dire situation.

 

 

The Resurgence of Anti-Semitism: Jews, Israel and Liberal Opinion by Bernard Harrison

- Malcolm F. Lowe

 These are people whose criticism of Israel, and collaterally of Jews, has a hardly deniable anti-Semitic resonance, yet who almost invariably believe, with as much sincerity as they can muster, that they are anything but anti-Semites, that they are actively opposed to all racism whether directed at Jews or anyone else. This is the phenomenon with which Harrison's book is concerned.

 

 

 

 

New Book

The Abuse of Holocaust Memory: Distortions and Responses

- Manfred Gerstenfeld

 The broad superficial familiarity with the Holocaust makes it prone to a multitude of distortions. Its history and terminology are abused for a variety of purposes, including using it as a tool against one's enemies and, in particular, Jews and Israel. This book analyzes the categories of distortion and the responses to them. Also included are case studies that analyze Holocaust distortion in several European countries and the Muslim world.

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Major Anti-Semitic Motifs in Arab Cartoons

- Joël Kotek

 The main recurrent motif in Arab cartoons concerning Israel is "the devilish Jew." This image conveys the idea that Jews behave like Nazis, kill children and love blood. The similarity with themes promulgated by the Nazis is evident. Many Arab cartoons praise suicide bombing or call for murder. The collective image of the Jews thus projected lays the groundwork for a possible genocide. 

Antisemitism Embedded in British Culture

- Interview with Robert S. Wistrich

 The anti-Zionist narrative probably has greater legitimacy in Great Britain than in any other Western society. Antisemitism of the "anti-Zionist" variety has achieved such resonance, particularly in elite opinion, that various British media are leaders in this field. The UK holds a pioneering position in promoting academic boycotts of Israel. The same is true for trade-union efforts at economic boycotts. There is also no other Western society where jihadi radicalism has proved as violent and dangerous as in the UK.

Jewish Political Studies Review

Benedict XVI, the Lefebvrians, the Jews, and the State of Israel

- Sergio I. Minerbi

 This article explores the relations between the Catholic Church and the Jews from the middle of the previous century until the present day. It will focus on how the Catholic Church has dealt with memory of the Shoah and how this has affected the Church's relations with the Jews. It will look at the most recent developments in dialogue between the Church and the Jews under Pope Benedict XVI and the impact of his visit to Israel in May 2009.

The Jewish Community in Germany: Living with Recognition, Anti-Semitism and Symbolic Roles

- Susanne Y. Urban

 This article deals with the diverse images of Jews in Germany: which roles they take upon themselves and which symbolic roles German society sees in the Jewish community. The author tries to unfold the origins and the meaning of these roles including Jews as victims, as sensors toward anti-Semitism and right-wing extremism. The symbolic roles of Jews in Germany cannot be compared to those in other countries, as in Germany the real presence of Jews is publicly very important as "proof" that the country has developed into a democracy and a diverse, open society. Nevertheless Jews are also taken as responsible for Israel's policies and as such are targets for condemnation. Therefore, the roles which are put upon the Jewish communities and citizens are exchangeable depending on what German society needs and wants to see in the Jews.

Lectures (Watch Online)

How the Media Distorts Israel and How Israel PR Could Be Improved: An Insider's View

- Tom Gross

The way the media covers the Mideast has been central to creating the atmosphere that has allowed Israel to be increasingly vilified and demonized among many opinion-formers in Europe and elsewhere. This delegitimization has gained ground recently, even leading to the issuing of an arrest warrant for Tzipi Livni by a London court. Tom Gross will explore the way in which the media is covering - and "miscovering" - the Mideast, and discuss ways Israeli PR could be improved.

Anti-Israelism and Anti-Semitism in Sweden

- Dr. Mikael Tossvainen

 Swedish anti-Israelism and anti-Semitism have recently attracted much attention due to the Aftonbladet Organ Affair. During Israel's Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip, around the turn of the year 2008/2009, there were several anti-Semitic attacks in Sweden. There is substantial anti-Israeli media bias in several Swedish papers.

Jewish Environmental Studies

Technology and Jewish Life

- Manfred Gerstenfeld and Avraham Wyler

Technology continues to have a strong and specific impact on Jewish life. From a socio-halakhic viewpoint, technology influences Jews' choice of residence, has socialized and politicized kashrut certification, and has changed modes of Jewish study. The development of new technologies has brought with it many halakhic challenges and decisions, on Shabbat observance among other things.

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Recent Events

Prof. Steven Windmueller

The Jewish Communities of the Western United States

Date: July 15, 2010

Dr. John Ruskay

Navigating the Financial Crisis while Maintaining a Global Perspective: The New York Jewish Federation Experience

Date: June 21, 2010
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