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Real, Imaginary, and Symbolic Roles of Jews in Swiss Society

April 27, 2010 | Dr. Simon Erlanger

Numbering just under eighteen thousand, Jews constitute a tiny fragment of Switzerland's population of 7.7 million. Nevertheless, Swiss public discourse is preoccupied with things Jewish. This goes back at least as far as the first centralized Swiss state. The Helvetic Republic, founded in 1798, fell apart largely over the issue of Jewish emancipation. This issue remained at the very center of the Swiss political discourse up to 1868 when, under U.S. and French pressure, Switzerland granted equ

Antiracism for Anti-Jewish Purposes?: Reflections on the Swedish Mana Affair

April 26, 2010 | Mathan Ravid

At the beginning of 2008, a debate erupted in the Swedish media after members of the Swedish Arts Council (Kulturrådet) had, among other things, accused the left-wing journal Mana of anti-Semitism. Mana's reaction was a categorical denial of all allegations, while suggesting it was the victim of a politically motivated witch-hunt. Although a survey of the journal shows that the accusations were justified, Mana's claims that the criticism was policy-driven appealed to many of its defenders, and

Manfred Gerstenfeld on The Anti-Jewish Riots in Oslo, by Eirik Eiglad

April 17, 2010 | Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld

2009: Norway's Most Violent Anti-Semitic Riots Ever The Anti-Jewish Riots in Oslo, by Eirik Eiglad, Communalism, 2010, 103 pp. Reviewed by Manfred Gerstenfeld

Manfred Gerstenfeld on Pius XII and the Destruction of the Jews

April 15, 2010 | Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld

Wolfgang G. Schwanitz on Die Deutschen und der Iran. Geschichte und Gegenwart einer verhängnisvollen

April 13, 2010 | Dr. Wolfgang G. Schwanitz

Mikael Tossavainen on They’ll Die Anyway: Ten Years in the Swedish Intelligence Service

April 12, 2010 | Mikael Tossavainen

A Crisis in U.S.-Israel Relations: Have We Been Here Before?

April 8, 2010 | Amb. Dore Gold

The Dangerous Bias of the United Nations Goldstone Report

March 24, 2010 | Amb. Dore Gold

Diplomatic Dispute Obscures Israel’s Invaluable Help to U.S. Military

March 23, 2010 | Amb. Dore Gold

Washington Conference on Genocide

March 18, 2010

Lawfare: Abuse of International Law to Delegitimize Israel

March 18, 2010 | Anne Herzberg

Implications of NGO “Lawfare”

March 18, 2010 | Anne Herzberg

Is Israel a Colonial State? The Political Psychology of Palestinian Nomenclature

March 7, 2010 | Dr. Irwin J. Mansdorf

Analyzing the Durban II Conference

March 4, 2010 | Prof. Gerald M. Steinberg

The Aftonbladet Organ-Trafficking Accusations against Israel: A Case Study

March 1, 2010 | Mikael Tossavainen