Introduction by Manfred Gerstenfeld In recent years the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs has published several articles about the Nordic countries, Jews, and Israel in both the Jewish Political Studies Review and Post-Holocaust and Anti-Semitism. Gradually a picture has emerged of … [Read More]
Category Archives: 2008
From Behind the Humanitarian Mask, by Manfred Gerstenfeld, 2008 Vikings and Jews For nearly 1100 years, Iceland—a rather large island in the North Atlantic with only one religion and one people, who allegedly descended from chieftains and kings in Norway—was a … [Read More]
From Behind the Humanitarian Mask, by Manfred Gerstenfeld, 2008 “A few years ago, it became known that Finland had handed over Soviet prisoners of war—among them a number of Jews—to the Germans during World War II. Finland’s wartime past regarding … [Read More]
From Behind the Humanitarian Mask, by Manfred Gerstenfeld, 2008 The Ministry for Foreign Affairs Development Corporation (FDC) of the Finnish government distributes governmental funds for the “promotion of global security, [a] reduction of widespread poverty [and the] promotion of human … [Read More]
From From Behind the Humanitarian Mask: The Nordic Countries, Israel, and the Jews by Manfred Gerstenfeld, 2008 The Danish World War II legacy is ostensibly a pleasant one. In most international presentations to date, the Danish chapter of World War II history … [Read More]
From Behind the Humanitarian Mask: The Nordic Countries, Israel, and the Jews, 2008 The phenomenon of anti-Semitism has been the object of study and research for almost one hundred years. Yet nobody has, apparently, offered an unambiguous definition of it. A … [Read More]
In recent years Norway’s image has been tarnished by a variety of anti-Israeli and anti-Jewish actions as well as statements from several leading Norwegian institutions, the media, and various personalities. At the end of the previous century Norway’s small Jewish … [Read More]
From Behind the Humanitarian Mask: The Nordic Countries, Israel, and the Jews , 2008 On Friday night, 29 September 2000, this author was watching the evening news on Norway’s most important TV news program, the NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Authority) channel’s Dagsrevyen. The … [Read More]
Published in Behind the Humanitarian Mask, 2008 by Manfred Gerstenfeld The notion of anti-Semitism in today’s Norway may seem strange. The country is often portrayed as a calm and universally friendly corner of the European continent. Although Norway may have … [Read More]
From Behind the Humanitarian Mask: The Nordic Countries, Israel, and the Jews , 2008 Introduction The Nordic countries rarely draw international attention. The five nations discussed in this book cover a large geographic area yet have a combined population of only about … [Read More]