How Should Israel Respond to War Crimes Accusations from the War in Lebanon?
Discussing how Israel should respond to war crimes accusations diverts the agenda away from Hizballah – a terrorist group that committed war crimes in the recent war that far exceed in gravity and quantity all those Israel is accused of. Hizballah launched thousands of rocket and mortar attacks on northern Israel, deliberately targeting civilians in violation of the laws of war.
Managing Conflict: Can Religion Succeed Where Politics Has Failed? An Israeli Addresses a Global Peace Forum in Malaysia
Ultimately, religion defines identity among Jews and Arabs in the Middle East, and is the basic element upon which the Jewish attachment to the Land of Israel is based. In parallel, the Arab political awakening and worldview also draws its own attachment to the same land from religious sources.
Jew-Hatred in Contemporary Norwegian Caricatures
Many Norwegian journalists and leaders espouse the traditional mainstream European anti-Jewish attitudes. Norwegian anti-Semitism does not come from the grassroots but from the leadership – politicians, organization leaders, church leaders, and senior journalists. It does not come from Muslims but from the European-Christian society.
An American Watching Anti-Israeli Bias in France – Interview with Nidra Poller
From Manfred Gerstenfeld: European-Israeli Relations: Between Confusion and Change? “Few people abroad realize that the French media are government-influenced in a subtle manner. Don’t misunderstand me: this situation is in no way comparable to that of the Soviet Union under communism. The French system operates in a different way. It is hard for a journalist […]
The Jewish Community of Australia and Its Challenges
The internal challenges for the community include preserving Jewish identity in a society that offers numerous choices for an individual’s self-identification, understanding and addressing the particular needs of newer arrivals and their place in the broader Jewish community, and providing for the financial and other requirements of an aging population and of Australian Jews who suffer from social disadvantage.
North Korea and Iran: Will Any Lessons Be Learned?
A nuclear Iran is even more of a threat than North Korea. In East Asia, North Korea lacks allies and can be contained by an alliance of surrounding states. However, in the Middle East, Iran’s close links to Syria and its support for Hizballah make containment more difficult. In addition, in contrast to North Korea, Iran has large oil revenues to finance a major weapons program.
From the Editors
This issue opens with two articles analyzing post-Holocaust topics. A persistent Holocaust myth has portrayed Denmark as a country that under occupation followed a policy as favorable as possible toward Jews. This was based mainly on the highlighting of a single occurrence, the rescue of the Danish Jews to Sweden in October 1943.
Herbert Eiteneier on Amerika, dich hasst sich’s besser: Antiamerikanismus und Antisemitismus in Europa
Amerika, dich hasst sich’s besser: Antiamerikanismus und Antisemitismus in Europa
(America, Hating You Is Easier: Anti-Americanism and Anti-Semitism in Europe)
by Andrei S. Markovits
Reviewed by Herbert Eiteneier
Sarah Schmidt on The Struggle for Soviet Jewry in American Politics: Israel versus the American Jewish Establishment
Are We One?
The Struggle for Soviet Jewry in American Politics: Israel versus the American Jewish Establishment, by Fred. A. Lazin, Lexington Books, 2005, 356 pp.
Reviewed by Sarah Schmidt
Michelle Mazel on Brother Tariq: Rhetoric, Strategy and Method of Tariq Ramadan by Caroline Fourest
A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing?
Frère Tariq: Discours, stratègie et méthode de Tariq Ramadan (Brother Tariq: Rhetoric, Strategy and Method of Tariq Ramadan), by Caroline Fourest, Bernard Grasset, 2004, 425 pp. [in French]
Reviewed by Michelle Mazel
Michelle Mazel on La tentation obscurantiste: Essai
A Timely Warning
La tentation obscurantiste: Essai (The Temptation of Obscurantism: An Essay), by Caroline Fourest, Grasset, 2005, 167 pp. [in French]
Reviewed by Michelle Mazel
Choosing Religious Court Judges in Israel: A Case Study
Israeli rabbinical courts have exclusive jurisdiction over marriage and divorce among Jewish residents. In December 2002, the author was elected to the Commission to Appoint Religious Court Judges and was reelected to a second three-year term in December 2005.
Religious Leadership in Israel’s Religious Zionism: The Case of the Board of Rabbis
The Board of Rabbis was a rabbinical body that was founded in 1948 as part of the Hapoel Hamizrahi movement and united the religious Zionist rabbis. The Board’s experience indicates that to be effective and relevant, a rabbinical body must have a clear and undisputed policy.
Israeli-Ugandan Relations in the Time of Idi Amin
In the context of relations between Israel and African countries that began to develop in the late 1950s, Uganda, which received independence in 1962, has a special place. Israel devoted great effort and resources to cultivating relations with this country, and its activity in Uganda during the 1960s was among its most wide-ranging in Africa. The situation changed abruptly in March 1972 when President Idi Amin expelled all Israelis from Uganda and adopted a hostile stance.
Hatred of the Jews as a Psychological Phenomenon in Palestinian Society
Palestinian hatred of the Jews emanates from three principal sociohistorical sources: (1) Koranic and Hadith injunctions; (2) extremist Islamic militancy; and (3) the highly successful indoctrination and incitement of children established by the Palestinian Authority under Yasser Arafat. The evolution of this hatred is related to psychological processes arising from Arab childrearing practices. An authoritarian upbringing, particularly when severely punitive, is associated with personality char
