Tag: Contemporary Antisemitism

Benjamin Weinthal, “Europe’s Economic War On Israel: The Role of Antisemitism in BDS and Product Labels”

https://isgap.org/media/2016/04/benjamin-weinthal-europes-economic-war-on-israel-the-role-of-antisemitism-in-bds-and-product-labels/

MARCH 31, 2016 “Europe’s Economic War on Israel: The Role of Antisemitism in BDS and Product Labels” Benjamin Weinthal, European Affairs Correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) Location: ISGAP Center, 3rd Floor Time: 6:00 PM Convener: Vivaldi Jean-Marie

Islamist Terrorism and Antisemitism

https://isgap.org/flashpoint/islamist-terrorism-and-antisemitism/

Combating Islamist ideology and understanding the Islamism-Antisemitism nexus will be key in the battle against terrorism and antisemitism A review of terrorist acts over the last 15 years shows a sharp rise of Islamist terrorism–[1] that is, terrorist acts justified by an Islamist-Jihadist ideology, the perpetrators’ interpretation of “true” Islam. Most indications suggest that Jihadist […]

Jews in Post-Communist Russia: A State with Philosemitic Pretensions, a Society with Antisemitic Sentiments

https://isgap.org/flashpoint/jews-in-post-communist-russia-a-state-with-philosemitic-pretensions-a-society-with-antisemitic-sentiments/

What is the government policy today vis-a-vis the still quite substantial Jewish communities in two major post soviet republics, the Russian Federation and Ukraine? Did state antisemitism, once abolished, cause antisemitism to disappear or is there something in the Russian public and political culture which threatens to make antisemitism surface once again? In Poland or […]

West is West, East is East: The Specific East European Incarnation of Antisemitism

https://isgap.org/flashpoint/west-is-west-east-is-east-the-specific-east-european-incarnation-of-antisemitism/

Note: This op-ed is a partial summary of Dr. Katz’s talk at ISGAP in New York City on 5 April 2016. A PDF of his power point presentation on the evening (©Dovid Katz) is available online. Antisemitism in Western Europe is nowadays overwhelmingly a product of the (far) left. Its practitioners are socially, educationally and demographically […]

Israel and Europe After Brussels: What Insights Can We Share?

https://isgap.org/flashpoint/israel-and-europe-after-brussels-what-insights-can-we-share/

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Israel, which unfortunately has had a great deal of experience with terrorist violence, has much to offer Europe in its own confrontation with Islamist terror. Once Europe has internalized the reality that it is fighting a war, Israel can advise it regarding strategies like effective intelligence collection, disruption of enemy money supply, and […]

“ANTISEMITISM IN FRANCE”

https://isgap.org/media/2016/03/antisemitism-in-france/

Dr. Marc Knobel Research and Director of Studies at CRIF (Conseil representative des institutions Juives de France) January 28, 2016 Location: Leacock Building, Room 738 Time: 6:00 P.M. Convener: Michelle Whiteman, Director, ISGAP Canada

Vladimir Khanin, “Jews in Post-Communist Russia: A State with Philosemitic Pretensions, a Society with Antisemitic Sentiments”

https://isgap.org/media/2016/03/vladimir-khanin-jews-in-post-communist-russia-a-state-with-philosemitic-pretensions-a-society-with-antisemitic-sentiments/

MAR. 7 “JEWS IN POST-COMMUNIST RUSSIA: A STATE WITH PHILOSEMITIC PRETENSIONS, A SOCIETY WITH ANTISEMITIC SENTIMENTS” Dr. Vladimir Khanin Associate Professor, Department of Political and Middle Eastern Studies, Ariel University of Samaria Location: Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall, WCC Room 3015 Time: 7:00 P.M. Convener: Vivaldi Jean-Marie

Vitaly Portnikov, “The Phenomenon of the Ukrainian Jewry: Life After Death: Antisemitism without Jews”

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FEB. 18 “THE PHENOMENON OF THE UKRAINIAN JEWRY: LIFE AFTER DEATH: ANTISEMITISM WITHOUT JEWS” Vitaly Portnikov Ukrainian Journalist, Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe Location: Voloska Street 8/5, Building 5, Basement Time: 6:00 P.M.

Hate Week: Why the “Israeli Apartheid” Canard is Antisemitic

https://isgap.org/flashpoint/hate-week-why-the-israeli-apartheid-canard-is-antisemitic/

It’s back. Every year at this time, some extreme anti-Israel activists invoke the worst terms of abuse they can think of to try to stigmatize the Jewish state. Jewish students on college campuses around the world call it “Hate Week”—for good reason. They feel the sting of potent antisemitic imagery on public display, aggressively deployed […]

Israeli Apartheid Week in Britain: Why Students’ Unions Are Acting Unlawfully

https://isgap.org/flashpoint/israeli-apartheid-week-in-britain-why-students-unions-are-acting-unlawfully/

Israeli Apartheid Week sits within a global social movement, the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions or BDS movement, which aims to exclude Israel from the economic, cultural and educational life of the rest of the world. It has been a feature of city and campus life since 2004 when it burst onto the scene with the […]