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The Age-Old Iberian Rivalry and the Jews

The Age-Old Iberian Rivalry and the Jews

March 21, 2004 | Norman Berdichevsky
Psychiatrists use the term "sibling rivalry" to express the jealous and sometimes resentful feelings between brothers and sisters in the same household and apparently this applies to nations as well as individuals. This rivalry has had the unintended consequence of benefiting the Jews on four major occasions - the temporary refuge offered by Portugal from 1492 to 1497, the Portuguese twenty-year moratorium on the activities of the Inquisition in the early 1500s, the Spanish policy dur
Austria, the Jews, and Anti-Semitism: Ambivalence and Ambiguity

Austria, the Jews, and Anti-Semitism: Ambivalence and Ambiguity

December 1, 2003 | Karl Pfeifer
Austria has made a major effort to suppress the memories of its institutional and popular behavior during the war. Unlike Germany, there is until today no feeling of shame for what the Austrians did to the Jews. In its hypocritical atmosphere it is the role of the Jewish functionary to say 'here everything is normal.' Anti-Semitism remains part and parcel of Austrian culture with its strongest hold in politics and the media. It can be found both on the right and the left.
Naive Spanish Judeophobia

Naive Spanish Judeophobia

October 21, 2003 | Gustavo D. Perednik
Jews currently make up less than 0.05 percent of Spain's population, where they were ambivalently rediscovered after four centuries of absence and demonization. Although deep and intense, Judeophobia in Spain is less scrutinized than in other Western countries. Spanish traditions, media, and vocabulary, even among intellectuals, point to a rooted hatred about which Spaniards are utterly naive. This can be traced to a national obsession about unity and homogeneity, which may be related to the fr
Neo Anti-Semitism in Today’s Italy

Neo Anti-Semitism in Today’s Italy

October 21, 2003 | Prof. Sergio Itzhak Minerbi
The Development of Arab Anti-Semitism

The Development of Arab Anti-Semitism

February 2, 2003 | Dr. Meir Litvak
The Jews in Plans for Post-War Germany

The Jews in Plans for Post-War Germany

November 13, 2002 | David Bankier
Emotional Wounds that Never Heal

Emotional Wounds that Never Heal

October 21, 2002 | Dr. Nathan Durst
The Jews of Japan

The Jews of Japan

March 1, 2000 | Stephen Levine, Daniel Ari Kapner
The Ultra-Orthodox Community and Environmental Issues

The Ultra-Orthodox Community and Environmental Issues

October 1, 1999 | Prof. Avraham Wyler, Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld
Wartime and Postwar Dutch Attitudes Toward the Jews: Myth and Truth

Wartime and Postwar Dutch Attitudes Toward the Jews: Myth and Truth

August 15, 1999 | Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld
Re-Thinking Jewish – Latino Relations in Los Angeles

Re-Thinking Jewish – Latino Relations in Los Angeles

June 1, 1999 | Dr. Steven Windmueller
Virtual Reality Comes to Canadian Jewry: The Case of the Canadian Jewish Congress Plenary

Virtual Reality Comes to Canadian Jewry: The Case of the Canadian Jewish Congress Plenary

February 11, 1999 | Prof. Ira Robinson
The Jews of Moldova, 1998

The Jews of Moldova, 1998

September 15, 1998 | Dr. Betsy Gidwitz
Jews, Israelis and Citizens – National Identity and Patterns of Political Involvement among Israeli Adolescents

Jews, Israelis and Citizens – National Identity and Patterns of Political Involvement among Israeli Adolescents

October 30, 1994 | Hanna Adoni, Uri Adoni
Communal Organization of the Jews of Tripolitania During the Late Ottoman Period

Communal Organization of the Jews of Tripolitania During the Late Ottoman Period

October 27, 1993 | Harvey Goldberg