ISBN:
9798887193151
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
pages cm
Ausgabe:
Updated edition
Erscheinungsjahr:
2023
Serie:
Critical contemporary antisemitism studies
Paralleltitel:
Online version Poisoning the wells
Schlagwort(e):
Antisemitism / United States
;
Jews / United States / Politics and government
;
Antisémitisme / États-Unis
;
Antisemitism
;
Jews / Politics and government
;
Race relations
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United States / Race relations
;
États-Unis / Relations raciales
;
United States
Kurzfassung:
"In twenty-first century America, antisemitism is on the rise, especially on the extreme left, the radical right, and within political Islamism. Expressions of this oldest hatred are also increasingly prevalent in popular culture, where they are spread by politicans, entertainers and celebrities, the media, social justice activists, and religious leaders, as well as in universities, in schools, on the streets, and even, in some instances, by Jews. Once, Jews regarded the United States as die Goldene Medina--the Golden Land--where they could escape persecution and finally be free. However, this dream has not been realized and major trends are moving in the opposite direction. In Poisoning the Wells, leading scholars analyze contemporary antisemitism in the United States"--
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
The End of Jewish Innocence : Antisemitism in Contemporary America / Corinne E. Blackmer and Andrew Pessin -- Antisemitism in Jewish American Academia / Edward Alexander -- Pinkwashing Antisemitism : The Origins of Queer Anti-Israel Discourse / Amy Elman -- Left Antisemitism : The Rhetoric and Activism of Jewish Voice for Peace / Miriam F. Elman -- Holocaust Denial on the Web : Confronting the Future of Antisemitism / Joel Finkelstein, Corinne E. Blackmer and Charles Rubin -- Intersectionality and the Jews : Theory and Praxis / Elliot Kaufman -- The Rise of Black Antisemitism : An All Too Familiar Tension Returns / James Kirchick -- Why So Many Social Scientists Misunderstand Contemporary Antisemitism / Neil Kressel -- "Falling Down a Rabbit Hole" : Antisemitism Becomes the New Normal at Oberlin College / Melissa Landa -- Micro-Boycotts : Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism in the Personal Boycott Movement / Cary Nelson -- "Happy Dhimmis, Happy Darkeys" : Myths Past and Present / Steven H. Norwood and Eunice G. Pollock -- Crusaders for Armageddon : Christian Zionism and Antisemitism in the United States / Molly Benjamin Patterson -- Epistemic Antisemitism, or "Good People Gone Wild" : How Decent People Can Be Antisemites and Not Even Know It / Andrew Pessin -- The Perpetual Scapegoat : Antisemitism in the Ideology and Activities of Hate Groups in the United States before and after Trump's Election / Ashley Reichelmann, Jack Levin, and Stanislav Vysotsky -- Antisemitism, Soft Jihad and Extremism in U.S. and Canadian Universities : The Contextualization of National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP) / Charles Asher Small and David Patterson -- The UC Principles against Intolerance : Efforts to Integrate Them into Campus Policy and Practice / Kenneth Waltzer -- Israel as the Repugnant Other : Anti-Zionism in Liberal Protestant Denominations / Dexter van Zile
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