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Leading scholars use the lenses of history, sociology, political science, psychology, philosophy, religion, and literature to examine, disentangle, and remove the disguises of the many forms of antisemitism and anti-Zionism that have inhabited or targeted the English-speaking world in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Although in principle one can be anti-Zionist without being antisemitic, authors document and trace the numerous parallels and continuities between the hoary tropes attached for centuries to the Jewish people and the more recent vilifications of the Jewish state. They evaluate-and discredit-many of the central claims anti-Zionists have promoted in their relentless effort to delegitimize the Jewish state. They show how mainstream anti-racist communities, courses and texts have ignored-or denied-the antisemitic hatred that pervades much of the Muslim world.

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Author:   Eunice G. Pollack
Publisher:   Academic Studies Press
Imprint:   Academic Studies Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.80cm
Weight:   0.896kg
ISBN:  

9781618115652

ISBN 10:   1618115650
Pages:   458
Publication Date:   15 June 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface: From a Pariah People to a Pariah State Eunice G. Pollack Part I: DENYING ANTISEMITISM 1. How Raising the Issue of Antisemitism Puts You Outside the Community of the Progressive: The Livingstone Formulation David Hirsh 2. The Great Failure of the Anti-Racist Community: The Neglect of Muslim Antisemitism in English-Language Courses, Textbooks, and Research Neil J. Kressel II. ANTISEMITISM IN AMERICA BEFORE—AND AFTER—THE FOUNDING OF THE JEWISH STATE: THE ELITES AND THE MASSES 3. Antisemitism in the White House Rafael Medoff 4. Antisemitic Terror, Defeatism, and Anti-Zionism: Coughlinism and the Christian Front, 1934–1955 Stephen H. Norwood 5. Entertaining Nazi Warriors in America, 1934–1936 Stephen H. Norwood III. ANTI-ZIONISM: ANTISEMITISM SINCE THE HOLOCAUST 6. The Wages of Moral Schadenfreude in the Press: Anti-Zionism and European Jihad Richard Landes 7. Palestinian Identity Theft and the Delegitimization of Israel Jerold S. Auerbach 8. Foundation Myths of Anti-Zionism Eunice G. Pollack 9. Past and Present: Plus Ça Change, Plus C’est la Mȇme Chose Edward Alexander IV. ZIONIST AND ANTI-ZIONIST THEOLOGIES: CHRISTIAN ZIONISTS, ISLAMIC JIHADISTS, AND THE JEWISH STATE 10. Christian Zionism: Is It Good for the Jews? Benjamin Ginsberg 11. Holy Land, Sacred History, and Anti-Zionism David Patterson V. CONTEMPORARY ANTISEMITISM: THE UNENDING THREAT 12. Zionism through the Internet’s Looking Glass Andre Oboler 13. Perspectives on Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism in Contemporary Canada Ira Robinson 14. The Delegitimization—and Relegitimization—of Israel Joel Fishman Contributors

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This theme runs throughout Eunice Pollack's insightful - and chilling - anthology of essays on contemporary anti-Semitism. [...] Pollack's volume, in sum, furnishes an outstanding introduction to various dimensions of the anti-Zionist strain of anti-Semitism. All of the essays are engagingly written, very informative and completely accessible to the layman. This anthology is a heartily recommended point of entry for those people interested in learning about leftist and Islamist hate mongering. - Israel Affairs, 24.2

This book is a collection of 14 high-quality scholarly articles by 13 contributors from Canada, the United States, Europe, Australia, and Israel. While most of the contributors are willing to acknowledge a distinction between anti-Zionism and antisemitism, they document the plain fact that much anti-Zionism is rooted in, and derives its special intensity from, hatred for Jews and Judaism. --Joseph S. Spoerl, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

This book is a collection of 14 high-quality scholarly articles by 13 contributors from Canada, the United States, Europe, Australia, and Israel. While most of the contributors are willing to acknowledge a distinction between anti-Zionism and antisemitism, they document the plain fact that much anti-Zionism is rooted in, and derives its special intensity from, hatred for Jews and Judaism. --Joseph S. Spoerl, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs Pollack's volume, in sum, furnishes an outstanding introduction to various dimensions of the anti-Zionist strain of anti-Semitism. All of the essays are engagingly written, very informative and completely accessible to the layman. --David Rodman Israel Affairs The problems are clear: Hostility to both Israel and Jews at large has been on the upsurge in recent years and shows no signs of abating. It warrants serious attention. In its strongest chapters, this book provides it. However, as Pollack asks in the closing words of her introduction, 'Who will listen?' --Alvin H. Rosenfeld, Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism, Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs 2018 --Alvin H. Rosenfeld, Professor of English and Jewish Studies, Irving M. Glazer Chair in Jewish Studies, Indiana University Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs

Author Information

Eunice G. Pollack (PhD, Columbia University) is a professor of History and Jewish Studies, University of North Texas. Recent publications include Racializing Antisemitism: Black Militants, Jews, & Israel, 1950 Present; Antisemitism on the Campus: Past & Present (Ed.); and the prize-winning two-volume Encyclopedia of American Jewish History (coed. with Stephen H. Norwood).

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