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The Jews as Contested Ground in Postmodern Conspiracy Theory

October 30, 2007 | Richard Landes

Normally conspiracy theories remain at the margins of a culture. But when conspiracism moves from the margins to the center, and from passive responses to active ones-Nazis and communists in the twentieth century-it can produce convulsions of paranoia and violence that leave tens of millions dead. After World War II, Western culture appeared to have definitively marginalized conspiracy theory. And yet, at the turn of the twenty-first century, there has been an aggressive rise in (traditional) Mu

The Intellectual Assault on Israel and Pro-Israel Advocacy: How the American Jewish Community Should React

October 14, 2007 | Steven Bayme

American support for Israel historically has rested on four main pillars: the high esteem Jews enjoy within American society; the strong base of Christianity within American culture; the kinship Americans have for a fellow democracy; and, especially since 9/11, the common foes that confront both America and Israel. None of these pillars may be taken for granted; nor are they necessarily unequivocal.

What the West Should Learn From the Assault on Israel and the Jews

August 1, 2007 | Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld

European states over the past decades did not understand that the threats Israel was encountering in those years were essentially precursors of the menaces they would face as well. Had leading European politicians realized that a broader assault by radical Islam was underway – ultimately directed at their countries rather than at Israel alone – they likely would not have made the major errors they committed – particularly in the area of immigration – that have undermined European security today.

Post-Soviet Jewry on the Cusp of Its Third Decade – Part 1

May 25, 2007 | Dr. Betsy Gidwitz

Holocaust Inversion: The Portraying of Israel and Jews as Nazis

April 1, 2007 | Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld

Manfred Gerstenfeld on Figli di un dio locale: Giovani e differenze culturali in Italia

March 1, 2007 | Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld

Diaspora Jews Embracing the Indictments of Their Enemies

February 1, 2007 | Dr. Kenneth Levin

The Chief Rabbi’s View on Jews and Poland

November 15, 2006 | Rabbi Michael Schudrich

The Jewish Community of Australia and Its Challenges

October 15, 2006 | Jeremy Jones AM

Hatred of the Jews as a Psychological Phenomenon in Palestinian Society

October 1, 2006 | Daphne Burdman

Malaysia: Anti-Semitism without Jews

October 1, 2006 | Dr. Moshe Yegar

Manfred Gerstenfeld on Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories after September 11

October 1, 2006 | Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld

Chaim I. Waxman on The Price of Whiteness: Jews, Race, and American Identity

October 1, 2006 | Chaim I. Waxman

Referral of Iranian President Ahmadinejad on the Charge of Incitement to Commit Genocide

August 27, 2006 | Justus Reid Weiner, Amb. Meir Rosenne, Prof. Elie Wiesel, Amb. Dore Gold, Irit Kohn, Eytan Bentsur, Dan Naveh

The Future of the Jews in France

August 15, 2006 | Prof. Shmuel Trigano