Antisemitism in the 21st Century Shtetl
https://isgap.org/flashpoint/antisemitism-in-the-21st-century-shtetl/
Click here to read full article in pdf format. The words “antisemitism in the shtetl” might evoke recollections of Fiddler on the Roof, a touch of family lore “from the old country” way back when, or for those familiar with modern Yiddish literature, a scene from this or that writer. Baffling as it may sound, however, […]
Butchering History but Not the Jews, the Case of Post-Revolutionary Ukraine
https://isgap.org/flashpoint/butchering-history-but-not-the-jews-the-case-of-post-revolutionary-ukraine/
“Glory to the nation! Death to the enemies!” This chant was heard across Kiev’s central Maidan Square in late 2013 as thousands of Ukrainians massed in protest against the corruption and brutality Viktor Yanukovych, their pro-Russian President. It was a chilling slogan, bearing harsh connotations for those who understood its identification with the Ukrainian nationalist […]
Dovid Katz “The Special Case of Baltic-Ukrainian Holocaust Inversion”
https://isgap.org/media/2016/05/dovid-katz-the-special-case-of-baltic-ukrainian-holocaust-inversion/
APRIL 5, 2016 “THE SPECIAL CASE OF BALTIC-UKRAINIAN HOLOCAUST INVERSION” Dr. Dovid Katz, Author, Editor of DefendingHistory.com Location: ISGAP Center, 3rd Floor Time: 6:00 PM
ANTISEMITISM IN POLAND
https://isgap.org/flashpoint/antisemitism-in-poland/
If one compares the scale and manifestations of antisemitism in Poland today with the scale and manifestations of this phenomenon in France, Austria, the Netherlands or some Scandinavian countries, one could argue that Poland ought to be declared a kind of safe-haven for Jews in Europe. Alas, this is not the case since antisemitic posters […]
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 […]
Dovid Katz – “The Unique and ‘Successful’ Antisemitism in the East of the European Union”
https://isgap.org/media/2011/04/the-unique-and-successful-antisemitism-in-the-east-of-the-european-union/
Title: “The Unique and ‘Successful’ Antisemitism in the East of the European Union” Speaker: Professor Dovid Katz, Editor, DefendingHistory.com; Chief Analyst, Litvak Studies Institute (Vilnius) Date: Thursday, April 14, 2011 Location: The Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism (YIISA), Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Antony Polonsky – “Poles, Jews, and the Problems of Divided Memory” & Jan T. Gross – “Polish Anti-semitism after Auschwitz”
https://isgap.org/media/2007/01/poles-jews-and-the-problems-of-divided-memory-polish-anti-semitism-after-auschwitz/
Lectures: Professor Antony Polonsky Albert Abramson Chair of Holocaust Studies, Brandeis University, and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum – “Poles, Jews, and the Problems of Divided Memory” Professor Jan T. Gross Professor of War and Society, Princeton University – “Polish Anti-semitism after Auschwitz” Date: January 25, 2007 YIISA/ISGAP Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective Seminar Series
Jonathan Brent – “The Uses of Antisemitism in Russia’s New/Old Cold War”
https://isgap.org/media/2006/10/the-uses-of-antisemitism-in-russias-new-old-cold-war/
Lecture: The Uses of Antisemitism in Russia’s New/Old Cold War Speaker: Jonathan Brent, Associate Director/Editorial Director, Yale University Press Date: October 19, 2006