Anti-Semitism / Noah Berlatsky, book editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Berlatsky, Noah, editor.

Series:

Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)

Opposing viewpoints series

Standardized Title:

Anti-Semitism (Berlatsky)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antisemitism.

Physical Description:

204 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Detroit : Greenhaven Press, [2014]

Summary:

"Opposing Viewpoints is the leading source for libraries and classrooms in need of current-issue materials. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected sources and publications"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

ch. 1. What social factors contribute to anti-Semitism? Racism and anti-Semitism are often culturally validated / Jack Levin and Jim Nolan ; Is homophobia the new anti-Semitism? / Michelle Goldberg ; Anti-Semitism is worse during an economic crisis / Ira Stoll. ; Anti-Semitism among African Americans was based on cultural factors that have now changed / Jim Sleeper

ch. 2. What is the relationship among Christianity, Islam, and Anti-Semitism? Anti-Semitism has Christian roots / Pieter van der Horst, as told to Manfred Gerstenfeld ; The Christian church opposed the social Darwinism that fed Nazi anti-Semitism / Harry Schnitker ; Anti-Semitism in the Islamic world has deep religious roots / Andrew Bostom, as told to Mark Tapson ; Anti-Semitism in the Islamic world is linked to Israeli actions / Yossi Gurvitz ; There are parallels between Islamophobia and anti-Semitism / Sabine Schiffer and Constantin Wagner ; Anti-Semitism isn't Islamophobia / Phyllis Chesler

ch. 3. Is opposition to Israeli policy linked to anti-Semitism? Anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism / David Solway ; Anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism / Lex Rofes ; Seeds of Anti-Semitism / Michael Gerson ; Did "the Israel Lobby" change anything? / Stephen M. Walt ; Sounding off / Spencer Ackerman ; The term Israel Firster is not an anti-Semitic slur / Philip Weiss

ch. 4. What political groups are linked to anti-Semitism? The Occupy Wall Street Movement is anti-Semitic / Ben Shapiro ; Where are the anti-Semites of Occupy Wall Street? / Richard Cohen ; US conservatives embrace white nationalist anti-Semites and racists / Menachem Z. Rosensaft ; American liberals are guilty of anti-Semitism / Valerie Tarico ; Anti-Semitism is growing among the European right / Alex Pearlman ; The European left is more dangerous to Jews than is the European right / Soeren Kern.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0737769483

9780737769470

0737769475

9780737769487

OCLC:

828890175

Publisher Number:

99958004360