- Summary
- Against a backdrop of concerning political developments such as rising nationalism and illiberalism on the right, new forms of intolerance and anti-liberal movements on the left, and militant deeds and demands by Islamic extremists, the contributors to this timely and necessary volume seek to better understand and effectively contend with today's antisemitism.
- Series
- Studies in Antisemitism Ser.
- Format
- Online resource
- Author/Creator
- Rosenfeld, Alvin H. (Alvin Hirsch), 1938-
- Published
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2021
©2021
- Contents
-
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Foreword / Dina Porat
Introduction / Alvin H. Rosenfeld
I. The IHRA Definition of Antisemitism and Its Ramifications
1. The IHRA Definition and Its Critics / Bernard Harrison and Lesley Klaff
2. Applying the IHRA Working Definition to the UN and Human Rights NGOs / Gerald M. Steinberg
II. Intellectual and Ideological Currents of Antisemitism
3. Israel as a White Colonial-Settler State in Activist Social Science / Balázs Berkovits
4. Traditionalism or the Perennial Philosophy: Religionism, Politics, and the New Right / Mark Weitzman
5. Antisemitism on the Left: The Case of Jewish Voice for Peace / Miriam F. Elman
III. Antisemitism on College and University Campuses
6. Contending with Antisemitism in Its Many Forms on American Campuses / Kenneth Waltzer
7. In the Context of a Coarsened Climate: Campus Antisemitism and the Alt-Right, Alt-Lite, and Far Left / Linda Maizels
8. Rethinking Campus Antisemitism in America and How to Address It / Tammi Rossman-Benjamin
IV. The Global Reach of Antisemitism
9. Orchestrating Public Blindness in Contemporary France / Daniel Dayan
10. Legislating and Distorting the History of the Holocaust: The Polish Case / Jan Grabowski
11. The Changing Faces of European Antisemitism-the Hungarian Case: Attitudes toward Jews in Viktor Orbán's Semiauthoritarian Regime / János Gadó
12. Contradiction as Program: The German AfD between the Rejectionof the Memory of the Holocaust and a Self-Proclaimed Political Home for Jews / Marc Grimm
13. A "Serious Attack on Jewish Life": Antisemitic Stereotypes in the Public Debate about Ritual Male Circumcision in Germany in 2012 /Dana Ionescu
14. What Role Does Antisemitism Play in Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party? / Dave Rich.
15. Antisemitism and the Left in the UK and the Global Significance of the Return of the "Jewish Question" / Philip Spencer
16. Rethinking the Role of Religion in the Arab-Israeli Conflict and Its Reflection on Arab Antisemitic Discourse / Esther Webman
17. Can the European Institutions Combat Antisemitism Effectively? / Michael Whine
Index
About the Author.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Harrison, Bernhard.
Steinberg, Gerald M.
Porat, Dina.
Elman, Miriam F.
Rossman-Benjamin, Tammi.
Grabowski, Jan.
Grimm, Marc.
Webman, Esther.
Rich, Dave.
- Notes
-
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword / Dina Porat -- Introduction / Alvin H. Rosenfeld -- I. The IHRA Definition of Antisemitism and Its Ramifications -- 1. The IHRA Definition and Its Critics / Bernard Harrison and Lesley Klaff -- 2. Applying the IHRA Working Definition to the UN and Human Rights NGOs / Gerald M. Steinberg -- II. Intellectual and Ideological Currents of Antisemitism -- 3. Israel as a White Colonial-Settler State in Activist Social Science / Balázs Berkovits -- 4. Traditionalism or the Perennial Philosophy: Religionism, Politics, and the New Right / Mark Weitzman -- 5. Antisemitism on the Left: The Case of Jewish Voice for Peace / Miriam F. Elman -- III. Antisemitism on College and University Campuses -- 6. Contending with Antisemitism in Its Many Forms on American Campuses / Kenneth Waltzer -- 7. In the Context of a Coarsened Climate: Campus Antisemitism and the Alt-Right, Alt-Lite, and Far Left / Linda Maizels -- 8. Rethinking Campus Antisemitism in America and How to Address It / Tammi Rossman-Benjamin -- IV. The Global Reach of Antisemitism -- 9. Orchestrating Public Blindness in Contemporary France / Daniel Dayan -- 10. Legislating and Distorting the History of the Holocaust: The Polish Case / Jan Grabowski -- 11. The Changing Faces of European Antisemitism-the Hungarian Case: Attitudes toward Jews in Viktor Orbán's Semiauthoritarian Regime / János Gadó -- 12. Contradiction as Program: The German AfD between the Rejectionof the Memory of the Holocaust and a Self-Proclaimed Political Home for Jews / Marc Grimm -- 13. A "Serious Attack on Jewish Life": Antisemitic Stereotypes in the Public Debate about Ritual Male Circumcision in Germany in 2012 /Dana Ionescu -- 14. What Role Does Antisemitism Play in Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party? / Dave Rich.
15. Antisemitism and the Left in the UK and the Global Significance of the Return of the "Jewish Question" / Philip Spencer -- 16. Rethinking the Role of Religion in the Arab-Israeli Conflict and Its Reflection on Arab Antisemitic Discourse / Esther Webman -- 17. Can the European Institutions Combat Antisemitism Effectively? / Michael Whine -- Index -- About the Author.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
