Review by Manfred Gerstenfeld Historian Robert Wistrich, who holds the Neuberger Chair for Modern European and Jewish History at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and is the head of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Anti-Semitism, publishes … [Read More]
Category Archives: 2013
The massive, non-selective immigration of Muslims into Western Europe has had a profound impact on European Jewry that is more than any other development in the last 50 years.1 For Jews, the consequences of this influx are almost entirely adverse. … [Read More]
No. 117 – On the occasion of International Holocaust Memorial Day The Holocaust has become a symbol of absolute evil in Western society. This has happened gradually over the past decades. Many people increasingly mention and discuss the Holocaust. At the … [Read More]
From Ambivalence to Betrayal: The Left, the Jews, and Israel, by Robert Wistrich, University Of Nebraska Press, 2012. 625 pp. Reviewed by Manfred Gerstenfeld Historian Robert Wistrich, who holds the Neuberger Chair for Modern European and Jewish History at the … [Read More]
From Ambivalence to Betrayal: The Left, the Jews, and Israel, by Robert Wistrich, University Of Nebraska Press, 2012. 625 pp. Reviewed by Manfred Gerstenfeld Historian Robert Wistrich, who holds the Neuberger Chair for Modern European and Jewish History at the … [Read More]
Manfred Gerstenfeld reviews: Hetty Berg and Bart Wallet, eds., Wie niet Weg is, is gezien; Joods Nederland na 1945 [Who Is Not Hidden Is Seen:1 Jewish Netherlands after 1945], Zwolle, The Netherlands: Waanders/JHM, 2010, 224 pp. Reviewed by Manfred Gerstenfeld … [Read More]
Existing Tools Can Deal with Iran’s Crimes “Ahmadinejhad’s Iran – I use that term to distinguish it from the people and publics of Iran who are targets of massive domestic repression – constitutes a clear and present danger to international … [Read More]
Israel against the forces of sentimental appeal The worldwide reactions to Israel’s Operation Protective Edge have shown once again the strong impact of sentimental appeal and how it often supersedes rational analysis. In many Western societies, the emotional plea for … [Read More]
Germany Bestows Awards Upon Anti-Israel Inciters “There is growing indifference in the FederalRepublic toward Jew hatred and attacks on Israel. One of the many indicators of this is the awarding of prizes throughout the last decade by German organizations and politicians … [Read More]
Preaching Israel-Hatred at Norway’s Terror Island “On July 22nd 2011, Norwegian fascist terrorist Anders Behring Breivik killed 69 youngsters at a camp of the AUF youth wing of Labor – the leading government party – on the island of Utoya. … [Read More]