Anti-Semitism

Letter from Steven Baum

Letter to Genocide Scholars from Steven K. Baum 5 June 2016 Dear Colleagues, I am the editor of the Journal for the Study of Antisemitism and author of several works on antisemitism, and I am also a genocide scholar who has published The Psychology of Genocide: Perpetrators, Bystanders, and Rescuers by Cambridge University Press. We have now published on the website of the journal an article, “Holocaust Minimization, Anti-Israel Themes, and

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Iran’s Holocaust denial is part of a malevolent strategy

Iran’s Holocaust denial is part of a malevolent strategy Reuel Marc Gerecht and Ray Takeyh, The Washington Post May 27 2016 Image: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif last month in New York. (Frank Franklin II/Associated Press) The Islamic Republic of Iran held another Holocaust cartoon festival this month, inviting the usual despicable cast of characters. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif assured the New Yorker that although

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The Outrage of Comparing Israel to the Nazis

The Outrage of Comparing Israel to the Nazis Seth Frantzman, The Algemeiner 10 May 2016 Image: Comparing lesser events to the meticulously planned genocide of Europe’s Jews in the Holocaust is both cheapening and a cheap trick, says the author. (Illustrative.) Photo: Wikimedia Commons.   At a UN meeting last Friday, the Venezuelan ambassador Rafael Ramirez listened to a presentation by an Israeli human rights organization about attacks on

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Iran’s ‘moderates’ and the Holocaust

Iran’s ‘Moderates’ and the Holocaust Editorial Board, The Washington Post 9 May 2016 image: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks to the media on April 22 in New York. (Frank Franklin II/Associated Press) AT THE heart of the Obama administration’s diplomatic engagement with Iran is the notion that the regime is divided among hard-liners who foment its terrorism and regional aggression and more moderate forces who are open

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France: an Uncertain Future for Jews

In France, an Uncertain Future for Jews James McAuley, The Washington Post 9 May 2016 image: Roger Cukierman, president of the Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions, says that Jews in France feel that they are looked upon as second-class citizens. (Michel Euler/AFP/Getty Images) PARIS — France is home to the largest Jewish community in Europe, and its most troubled. A wave of anti-Semitic violence in recent years has shaken Jews

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Anti-Semitism is on the rise in Germany. But is Angela Merkel doing anything about it?

Germany's Jewish Problem Anti-Semitism is on the rise in Germany. But is Angela Merkel doing anything about it? Foreign Policy 25 September 2014 By Benjamin Weinthal   BERLIN — With anti-Semitism on the march, Germany's politicians and opinion makers are grappling with what went wrong with the country's seven-decade-long struggle to come to terms with its past, or as they call it, Vergangenheitsbewältigung. Since the Holocaust, Germany has measured

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Europe’s Anti-Semitism Comes Out of the Shadows

Europe’s Anti-Semitism Comes Out of the Shadows By Jim Yardley/ The New York Times 23 September 2014   SARCELLES, France — From the immigrant enclaves of the Parisian suburbs to the drizzly bureaucratic city of Brussels to the industrial heartland of Germany, Europe’s old demon returned this summer. “Death to the Jews!” shouted protesters at pro-Palestinian rallies in Belgium and France. “Gas the Jews!” yelled marchers at a similar

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Europe has had a growing anti-Semitism problem for years now

Europe has had a growing anti-Semitism problem for years now By Timothy McGrath, Global Post   August 6, 2014   Many news outlets, including the New York Times, are reporting that — since Israel launched its military operation against Hamas on June 8 — there have been alarming spikes in incidents of anti-Semitism across Europe. This is true. But there’s an even scarier truth: Europe has had a growing anti-Semitism problem for years

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Anti-Semitism Rises in Europe Amid Israel-Gaza Conflict

Anti-Semitism Rises in Europe Amid Israel-Gaza Conflict By Melissa Eddy, The New York Times   August 1, 2014   BERLIN — Across Europe, the conflict in Gaza is generating a broader backlash against Jews, as threats, hate speech and even violent attacks proliferate in several countries. Most surprising perhaps, a wave of incidents has washed over Germany, where atonement for the Holocaust and other Nazi crimes is a bedrock of the modern

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The Holocaust is not a he-said, she-said debate

The Holocaust is not a he-said, she-said debate By Michael Gerson, The Washington Post 19 May 2014 Several years ago, I attended the bar mitzvah of a friend’s son. Uniquely in my experience — and, I’d bet, most people’s experience — all of the boy’s four grandparents were Holocaust survivors. In the middle of the ceremony, one grandfather interrupted: “I have something to say.” He recalled holding his grandson for the first time 13

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