Antisemitism and the law / Robert Katz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Katz, Robert, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Race discrimination--Law and legislation.

Race discrimination.

Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.

Jews.

Hate crimes--Law and legislation.

Hate crimes.

Hate speech--Law and legislation.

Hate speech.

Online hate speech--Law and legislation.

Online hate speech.

Holocaust denial--Law and legislation.

Holocaust denial.

Antisemitism.

Christianity and antisemitism.

antisemitism.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 725 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2025]

Summary:

"This groundbreaking book serves as a vital resource for understanding the legal history of antisemitism and legal strategies to combat it. It explores how legal systems have been wielded both to oppress Jews and to fight antisemitism, offering a global and historical perspective on the intersection of law and antisemitism. Part One examines Jews within anti-discrimination law in the U.S. and U.K., analyzing their legal construction as non-white, white, or ethnic. It explores how courts have extended race-based protections to Jews and other groups not traditionally viewed as distinct races. Part Two focuses on Jewish identity, addressing legal definitions of "Jew" in Orthodox and Reform Judaism, Israel's Law of Return, the Spanish Inquisition, and Nazi Germany. It also investigates cases where Jewish practices, beliefs, and projects were deemed racist. Part Three analyzes the regulation of antisemitic speech in the U.S., Germany, the U.K., Canada, South Africa, and international human rights law. It evaluates legal efforts to debunk antisemitic conspiracy theories and contain online hate speech. Part Four addresses combating antisemitism through hate crime laws in the U.S. and Germany and federal restrictions on funding for universities that tolerate hostile environments for Jewish students. Part Five highlights the critical role non-Jewish allies have played in opposing antisemitism, featuring J'Accuse, Émile Zola's 1898 exposé of the Dreyfus Affair, and the Catholic Church's evolving stance on antisemitism, culminating in the Second Vatican Council's 1965 exoneration of Jews from collective blame for Jesus' death. Antisemitism and the Law offers an essential framework for understanding antisemitism as a legal phenomenon and addressing antisemitism through legal means"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Jews as non-white

Jews as off-white

Jews as ethnic

Jews as Jewish

Jews as racist

Jews as diabolical

Defamation

Hate speech

Online hate speech

Comparative hate speech

Hate crimes

Campus antisemitism

Émile Zola : Antisemitism is antithetical to liberal democracy

Pope St. John XXIII : Antisemitism Is Antithetical to Christianity .

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781531028428

153102842X

OCLC:

1517254552