Stephen D. Smith is a Christian theologian in his early forties. Together with his brother James, he founded the Beth Shalom Holocaust Centre near Nottingham, England, which opened in 1995. Smith presently heads the Shoah Foundation Institute in Los Angeles … [Read More]
Category Archives: Publications
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]
Moral relativists justify immoral practices. Such justifications can lead to extreme implementations of moral relativism, for example, equating the values of the Nazis with those of the Allies, indirectly justifying the Holocaust, or justifying it by stating that the Holocaust … [Read More]
Manfred Gerstenfeld reviews: Muslimischer Antisemitismus: Eine Aktuelle Gefahr [Muslim Anti-Semitism: Anti-Semitism: A Present Danger], by Robert S. Wistrich, Edition Critic, 2011, 161 pp. Published in the Jewish Political Studies Review Vol 24 3-4: Fall 2012 Historian Robert Wistrich holds 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]
Greece, the Euro and Israel The year 2011 has so far been problematic for the European Union. Revolutions or riots have taken place in most countries at its southern border and a civil war in Libya is still raging. European … [Read More]
Protocols of Elders of Holland? Why are the Protocols of the Elders of Zion still reprinted in so many languages despite being an obvious falsification? Some insight into how one stirs up emotions of hate can be gained from studying … [Read More]
Dutch Stunning Law Aimed at Jews In the last few weeks, religious slaughter seems to have become the main issue in public debate in the Netherlands. It all started a few months ago with a private law proposal by Marianne Thieme, … [Read More]