Antisemitism is a topic on which there is a wide gap between scholarly and popular understanding, and as concern over antisemitism has grown, so too have the debates over how to understand and combat it. This handbook explores its history and manifestations, ranging from its origins to the internet.
Since the Holocaust, many in North America and Europe have viewed antisemitism as a historical issue with little current importance. However, recent events show that antisemitism is not just a matter of historical interest or of concern only to Jews. Antisemitism has become a major issue confronting and challenging our world. This volume starts with explorations of antisemitism in its many different shapes across time and then proceeds to a geographical perspective, covering a broad scope of experiences across different countries and regions. The final part discusses the manifestations of antisemitism in its varied cultural and social forms.
With an international range of contributions across 40 chapters, this is an essential volume for all readers of Jewish and non-Jewish history alike.
Antisemitism is a topic on which there is a wide gap between scholarly and popular understanding, and as concern over antisemitism has grown, so too has the debates over how to understand and combat it. This handbook explores its history and manifestations, ranging from its origins to the internet.
Preface: Antisemitism A Comment. Foreword. Introduction SECTION I:
Chronology
1. Jews and Non-Jews in Ancient Cities: Alexandria, Antioch,
Caesarea, Rome
2. Medieval Antisemitism
3. Antisemitism: The Last 150 Years
4. Contemporary Antisemitism SECTION II: Geography
5. American Antisemitism
6. Argentina and the Jews: Between the Privileges of "Whiteness" and the
Curse of "Badness"
7. East Asia and Antisemitism: A Vast Region Immersed in
Admiration and Consternation
8. Antisemitism in Australia
9. The
Judeo-Bolshevik Myth and Contemporary Antisemitism in the Baltic States
10.
What is the Role Played by Antisemitism in the History of the Jews in Brazil?
11. English Antisemitism
12. Antisemitism in France
13. Antisemitism in
Germany
14. Anti-semitism in Hungary
15. Antisemitism in North Africa
16.
Antisemitism in Mexico
17. Antisemitism in the Middle East
18. Antisemitism
in Poland
19. Antisemitism in Russia
20. Antisemitism in South Africa
21.
Antisemitism in Spain A Historical Survey
22. Antisemitism in Turkey
23.
Antisemitism in Ukraine SECTION III: Topics
24. Christianity and Antisemitism
25. Muslim Antisemitism: Religion, Politics, and Israel
26. Blood Libel and
Its Persistence in Antisemitic Imagination
27. Antisemitism and the
Persistence of the "Protocols"
28. The Long Term and the Short Term:
Antisemitism and the Holocaust
29. Antisemitism and Diseases, Pandemics, and
Public Health Crises
30. Antisemitism and Art
31. Philosophy and Judeophobia
32. Gender and Antisemitism
33. Discourse and Antisemitism
34. BDS and
Antisemitism
35. Antisemitism 2.0 and the Cyberculture of Hate: Opening
Pandoras Box
36. Algorithmic Antisemitism on Social Media
37. Holocaust
Denial and Distortion
38. Antisemitism in the Study of Ancient Judaism
39.
Zionism: A Response to Antisemitism?
40. Some Traditional Jewish Perspectives
on Antisemitism
Mark Weitzman is Chief Operating Officer of the World Jewish Restitution Organization, the senior US delegate to the International Holocaust Remembrance Authority (IHRA), and Vice President of the Association of Holocaust Organizations (AHO).
Robert J. Williams is the Andrew J. and Erna Finci-Viterbi Executive Director Chair of the USC Shoah Foundation, UNESCO Chair on Genocide Education at the University of Southern California, and Advisor to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.
James Wald teaches modern European history at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts.
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