Tag: western europe

Assessing the New Wave of Judeophobia in France

https://isgap.org/flashpoint/assessing-the-new-wave-of-judeophobia-in-france/

Today, few commentators deny the new wave of hatred against Jews in France. Indeed, many increasingly acknowledge that this is a global phenomenon. Assessing antisemitism in France is not only important for an evaluation of the threat for Jewish communities, but for French society in general. Moreover, the French case, in which this new wave […]

Dr. Glen Feder, Director of ISGAP France, i24 News Interview

https://isgap.org/post/2016/02/dr-glen-feder-director-of-isgap-france-i24-news-interview/

Dr. Glen Feder, Director of ISGAP France and Senior Research Fellow, sat down with i24 News to discuss the connection between increasing emigration to Israel and antisemitism. Interview in French.  Click here to watch. 

Angry Germans, Inept Leaders

https://isgap.org/flashpoint/angry-germans-inept-leaders/

German topics rarely make it into American cable news. Recently, however, a leading TV show put Chancellor Angela Merkel into the category of “villain of the week.” The reason given: she allowed an invasion of mostly young men from Arab and North African lands into Germany. Assaults during the Cologne New Year’s Eve celebrations seem […]

Israel and the Belgian Media: A Mirror of the Israel-Gaza Conflict (July-August 2014)

https://isgap.org/post/2016/01/israel-and-the-belgian-media-a-mirror-of-the-israel-gaza-conflict-july-august-2014/

By: Dr. Joel Kotek, ISGAP Research Fellow Focusing on the Belgian francophone media’s coverage of the 2014 Gaza conflict, this paper traces the specific ways in which news reporting on the Middle East manifests an inherently anti-Israel bias that draws upon a Western tradition of antisemitic figures and motifs. The Belgian media’s systematically negative predisposition […]

The Paris Attacks, Antisemitism and the Elections

https://isgap.org/flashpoint/the-paris-attacks-antisemitism-and-the-elections/

The mass terror attacks which took place in Paris and the nearby town of Saint-Denis on the evening of November 13 did not specifically target Jewish individuals, property or events (in fact, the attacks occurred on the Jewish Sabbath in the French capital). Although at least two Jews were killed at the Bataclan concert hall, […]

How Not to Grieve for Victims of Terrorism: Judith Butler’s Hypocritical Response to the Paris Attacks

https://isgap.org/flashpoint/how-not-to-grieve-for-victims-of-terrorism-judith-butlers-hypocritical-response-to-the-paris-attacks/

Three days after the obscene terror attacks of November 13, 2015, in Paris, Judith Butler—a leading BDS philosopher, who has called for an end to Jewish sovereignty and self-determination in Israel[1]—had this to say. Quit whining, Paris. It’s not all just about you. Consider the Palestinians. I am paraphrasing, of course. Here are Butler’s original […]

Antisemitism, Made in France (2000-2015)

https://isgap.org/flashpoint/antisemitism-made-in-france-2000-2015/

(English translation) For several years within the contentious field of antisemitism, we have seen a routine emerge of obscene words, selective outrage and blatant antisemitic assaults. But this violence forms part of a more general pattern, starting from the time of the second Intifada (2000) when anti-Jewish violence swept almost simultaneously across France and throughout […]

Professor Alan Steinweis, “The German People and the Holocaust: New Sources, New Insights”

https://isgap.org/media/2015/04/professor-alan-steinweis-the-german-people-and-the-holocaust-new-sources-new-insights/

Seminar Series: Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective “The German People and the Holocaust: New Sources, New Insights” Professor Alan Steinweis Professor of History and Distinguished Professor of Holocaust Studies, University of Vermont Monday, March 23, 2015, 6PM Leacock Building, Room 738 McGill University

Dr. Glen Feder, “A Third Exodus: The Historic Plight of Jews in France”

https://isgap.org/media/2015/04/dr-glen-feder-a-third-exodus-the-historic-plight-of-jews-in-france/

Seminar Series: Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective “A Third Exodus: The Historic Plight of Jews in France” Dr. Glen Feder Senior Research Fellow, ISGAP, Paris Monday, February 9, 2015, 6PM Leacock Building, Room 738 McGill University

Dr. Günther Jikeli, “Muslim Antisemitism in France and Western Europe”

https://isgap.org/media/2015/04/dr-gunther-jikeli-muslim-antisemitism-in-france-and-western-europe/

Seminar Series: Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective “Muslim Antisemitism in France and Western Europe” Dr. Günther Jikeli MMZ, GSRL, Senior Research Fellow, ISGAP, Paris Tuesday, March 31, 2015, 6PM ISGAP Center, 3rd Floor