The Enlargement of the Circle of Perpetrators of the Holocaust
When looking back on sixty years of Holocaust research, it is evident that the research community has broadened. The most striking result of the focus on the practical implementation of the Holocaust, as the new brilliant synthesis by Saul Friedländer also demonstrates, is the enlargement of the circle of perpetrators and accomplices. Now that this circle has come to include all Europeans with the exception of the tiny minority who rescued Jews, the vague terms which are used to describe the com
Rolf Behrens on Deutsche Orientalistik zur Zeit des Nationalsozialismus 1933 – 1945 (German Oriental Studies during the time of National Socialism 1933 – 1945), by Ekkehard Ellinger
Scientists for the Regime
Deutsche Orientalistik zur Zeit des Nationalsozialismus 1933 – 1945 (German Oriental Studies during the time of National Socialism 1933 – 1945), by Ekkehard Ellinger, Deux Mondes, 2006, 595 pp. [German]_
Reviewed by Rolf Behrens
Malcolm F. Lowe on The Resurgence of Anti-Semitism: Jews, Israel and Liberal Opinion, by Bernard Harrison
Anatomy and Physiology of Anti-Semitism
The Resurgence of Anti-Semitism: Jews, Israel and Liberal Opinion, by Bernard Harrison, Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2006, xv+219.
Reviewed by Malcolm F. Lowe
Malcolm F. Lowe on Männer – Bunde – Rituale: Studentenverbindungen seit 1800, by Alexandra Kuerth
Swords and Sociology
Männer – Bunde – Rituale: Studentenverbindungen seit 1800, by Alexandra Kuerth, Campus Verlag, 2004, 213 pp. [German]
Reviewed by Malcolm F. Lowe
Michelle Mazel on Aristote au Mont Saint Michel by Sylvain Gougenheim
Forgotten Paths to Knowledge?
Aristote au Mont Saint Michel by Sylvain Gougenheim (Aristotle on Mount Saint Michael). Seuil, 2008. 278pp.[French]
Reviewed by Michelle Mazel
Michelle Mazel on La bombe et le Coran, une biographie du president iranien Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (The Bomb and the Koran, a Biography of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad) by Michel Taubman
Doctor Strangelove?
La bombe et le Coran, une biographie du president iranien Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (The Bomb and the Koran, a Biography of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad) by Michel Taubman, Editions du Moment, 2008, 255 pp. [French]
Reviewed by Michelle Mazel
Daphne Burdman on Political Islam, World Politics and Europe, by Bassam Tibi
The Potential for a Democratic Islam
Political Islam, World Politics and Europe, by Bassam Tibi, Routledge, Taylor and Francis Books, 2008, 311 pp.
Reviewed by Daphne Burdman
Raphael Israeli on Army of Shadows: Palestinian Collaboration with Zionism 1917-1948, by Hillel Cohen
Collaboration in the Crosshairs of History
Army of Shadows: Palestinian Collaboration with Zionism 1917-1948, by Hillel Cohen, UC Press, 2008, 268 pp + notes, bibliography and index
Reviewed by Raphael Israeli
Raphael Israeli on The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, by Ilan Pappe
Alice in Ethnic Cleansing Land
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, by Ilan Pappe, One World, Oxford, 2006, 261pp + endnotes, chronology, maps and index.
Reviewed by Raphael Israeli
Israel and the Egyptian-Gazan Border
CAMERA has put out an excellent summary of the status of border controls along the Egyptian-Palestinian border of Gaza.
Policy Implications of the Gender Imbalance among America’s Jews
Within the liberal wings of American Judaism, women are increasingly prominent both as leaders and participants, and men are increasingly marginal. This gender imbalance differs from most Jewish communities historically and from many other Jewish communities around the world today, in which men characteristically played the most prominent roles in Jewish affairs as well as public religious settings and rituals.
An Ugly Truth? Le village de l’Allemand ou le journal des Frères Schiller [The German Man’s Village or the Diary of the Schiller Brothers] a novel by Boualem Sansal. Paris: Gallimard 2008, 264pp.* Reviewed by Michelle Mazel
“When I see what the Islamists are doing where we live and elsewhere, I tell myself they will do worse than the Nazis if they take over one day,” says Malrich, one of the book’s two main protagonists, a young Muslim born in Algiers who lives in a dreary Paris suburb. (222) A suburb he says is becoming more and more like a concentration camp ruled by its two leaders he calls the Emir and the Imam. (257) The author of these inflammatory statements, the man who puts these words in the mouth of his young hero, is a Muslim himself, a man born and bred in Algiers.
Decoupling Syria from Iran: Constraints on U.S.-Syrian Rapprochement
While moving Syria into the Western camp would be a great accomplishment, it’s not clear that this development would necessarily constitute a long-term strategic setback for Iranian efforts to undermine U.S. policy in Lebanon, the Palestinian Authority, and Iraq. In the absence of Syria, Iran would still be capable of supporting Hizbullah, Hamas, and its Shiite allies in Iraq.
Trade Union and Other Boycotts of Israel in Great Britain and Ireland
The United Kingdom more than any other country in the world has embraced the Palestinian call for academic, trade union, media, medical, architectural, and cultural boycotts of Israel. The driving force for this campaign is Britain’s trade union movement and its anti-Zionist activists on the far Left, such as the Socialist Workers Party (SWP).
The Destruction of the Memory of Jewish Presence in Eastern Europe; A Case Study: Former Yugoslavia
The memory of the large pre-war Jewish presence in Eastern Europe is increasingly being destroyed. Part of this process is intentional; part is because of neglect of Jewish sites, monuments, and memorials.
