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Dishonesty, bad judgment at the United Church by Colby Cosh

The United Church of Canada is back in the news this week for having its head trapped in its fundament, as attendees of its upcoming general council will be asked to vote on a resolution boycotting Israeli academic and cultural institutions for...


Antisemitism Vs Antisemitism in Iran by Hamid Tehrani

Hamid Tehrani is journalist, blogger and researcher. He is Iran editor of Global Voices  and co founder of March 18 Movement . President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a Holocaust denier who, for many, is the living symbol of ant...


The Origins of Christian Antisemitism - Interview with Pieter van der Horst

• Christian Antisemitism began much later than Jesus' life. In the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, which are the historically more reliable ones, Jesus views himself as a messenger of God to the Jews and as a member of the Jewish people. ...


What are the origins of Muslim antisemitism? By Dr. Yaron Harel

When he met Pope John Paul II in 2001, Syrian president Bashar Assad surprised the pontiff when he said of the Jews, "They try to kill all the principles of divine faiths with the same mentality of betraying Jesus Christ and torturing him, and in the...


The new antsemitism among European Intelligentsia By Dr. Rivka Shpak-Lissak

The new European antsemitism is a new level of antsemitism and constitutes discrimination against the Jews as a People. This modern antsemitism conceals its true nature by claiming that it is purporting legitimate criticism of Israel's actions in the...


The lessons of antisemitism - By Waler Reich

The slaying of a guard at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington last week was a tragedy. But it's also a reminder of antisemitism's return. The museum is a memorial to, and tells the story of, the greatest s...


Durban 2: The festival of shame and racism – by Ben-Dror Yemini

Durban 2: The festival of shame and racism – by Ben-Dror Yemini The free-world countries should not collaborate with the obscur ones. The Durban 2 Conference is a dangerous landmark. Iran has insisted and won. Its representat...


Islamophobia is not the same as Antisemitism- by Klaus Faber

There's a new debate about Antisemitism in Germany. The Center for Research on Antisemitism at the Technical University of Berlin has compared it with hostility against Islam in a conference called "Perceived Enemy Muslim - Perceived Enemy Jew."...


Using the Holocaust to attack the Jews - By Walter Reich

Dozens of cities held ceremonies last week to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The good news is that the dead were remembered. The bad news is that even as the Holocaust is becoming a fixture in the world's memory, it is also being in...


Europe’s Jewish Problem - By Denis MacShane

In Spain, unfavorable views of Jews climbed from 21 percent in 2005 to nearly one in two this year. As Europe faces up to its old demons of financial breakdown and job losses, a wind from the past is blowing through the continent. The politic...


Russia - Extremist Russian weekly shut down

A judge in Moscow ordered an extremist weekly newspaper with an antisemitic past to stop publishing. The court also revoked the Duel's license this week, according to the court's Web site. It ruled that an article published in the newspa...


Defining Jew-Hatred Down

The curious response to Ahmadinejad at the U.N. · By Matthias Küntzel It is a topsy-turvy world: At the United Nations – an organization born out of the struggle against Nazi Germany and intended to embody the lessons of the Holocaust ...


Will financial crisis encourage antisemitism? - By Kenneth Stern

During times of crisis Jews get nervous, and for good reason. How many generations have learned the meaning of the word “scapegoat” the hard way? Amid the current global financial meltdown, some have pointed out Jewish names in the news o...


2007-2008: Another year of global academic antisemitism and anti-Israelism by Manfred Gerstenfeld

The academic year 2007-2008 saw ongoing anti-Israeli and antisemiticincidents in various countries. Among them is Israel Apartheid Week, which has become an annual ritual in a number of cities on several continents. So have the calls of the Univers...


The return of Hungarian antisemitism By Karl Pfeifer

An old foe of Magyar cosmpolitanism rears its ugly head Antisemitism is tolerated in Hungary, not only in its crudest form when a uniformed rabble marches in the streets or when neo-Nazi provoke Jews before their synagogues. It is also part a...


The Tsunami that Wasn't by Manfred Gerstenfeld

The world financial crisis is said to be monumental, yet where is the wave of Anti-Semitism that was supposed to follow in its wake? An analysis of the world hatred market can explain where the Anti-Semitic merchandise has disappeared to. In...


Britain - Antisemitic Discourse in Britain in 2007

This CST Antisemitic Discourse Report   analyses antisemitism within written and verbal communication, discussion and rhetoric about Jews and Jewishrelated issues in 2007.   This report studies antisemitic discourse w...


The language of antisemitism- By Dave Rich

When, in 2003, the veteran Labour MP Tam Dalyell described the then British Prime Minister Tony Blair as being influenced by a "Jewish cabal," he was roundly condemned for making what many saw as an obviously antisemitic remark. Some, though, sou...


The Roots and Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism - Presentation by Professor Andrew Bostom

At the Hudson Institute in Washington, DC, author Andrew Bostom presented conclusions from his new book, “The Legacy of Antisemitism”. ...


Antisemitism Embedded in British Culture Interview with Robert Solomon Wistrich

 - Antisemitism has been present in Great Britain for almost a thousand years of recorded history. In the twelfth century, Catholic medieval Britain was a persecutory society, particularly when it came to Jews. It pioneered the bl...


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