How the Memory of the Holocaust is Abused in Italy “In January 2012, Ricardo Pacifici, President of the Rome Jewish Community said that every year around National Holocaust Memorial Day on January 27th, ‘we witness outrages and provocations that we … [Read More]
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Polish War-Time Views on Jews: This is Not Your Home “Already in 1941 and 1942, the Allies made preliminary plans for organizing post-Hitler Europe. Yet the Jewish question did not figure into these early American, British and Russianprojects for the future. Neither can … [Read More]
Destroying the Memory of Jewish Presence: Yugoslavia A Case Study: Former Yugoslavia “The memory of the large pre-war Jewish presence in Eastern Europe is increasingly being destroyed. Part of this process is intentional; part because of neglect of Jewish sites … [Read More]
How to efficiently fight anti-Israel propaganda? In the Western world, Israel has largely lost the propaganda battle against the Arabs. More than 40 percent of Europeans believe the conspiracy theory that Israel aims to exterminate the Palestinians. In reality, the … [Read More]
Will Libyan Jews Be Able to Visit Post-Qaddafi Libya? “Libyan Jews almost unanimously greeted the fall of Muammar Qaddafi believing that he deserved his fate. Qaddafi was notorious for being anti-Israeli. With regard to Libyan Jews in Italy, he played … [Read More]
Anti-Semitism is an Integral Part of British Culture “The anti-Zionist discourse in the UK probably exceeds that of most other Western societies. Anti-Semitism has achieved a degree of resonance, particularly in elite opinion, that makes the country a leader in … [Read More]
France: Importing conflict from, and exporting problems to the Middle East It came as a surprise for Israel’s leadership that at the UN Security Council, France voted in favor of Palestinian statehood. This was contrary to the positions held by … [Read More]
Distorted Dutch Views of the Jews “September 11th 2001 was a turning point in the Netherlands. In the following weeks, there was unrest in Amsterdam West where many Muslims live. Around that time I was writing an article about a small … [Read More]
Changes in Jewish LIfe and Knowledge “Jewish life and Jewish knowledge have undergone major changes in the past decades. An insightful way to understand this is to put the new edition of the Encyclopedia Judaica side by side with the … [Read More]
Swiss Anti-Semitism “There are about 18,000 Jews in Switzerland. This is about the same number as in 1900. The general population however, has more than doubled since then to over 7.8 million. The number of Swiss Jews and their descendants living in … [Read More]