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Book SynopsisLeading 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.
Trade Review"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, 24.2Table 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
