Rescue, Expulsion, and Collaboration: Denmark’s Difficulties with its World War II Past
Danish historians averted their gaze from darker aspects of Denmark’s policy, which continued even after the war.
Zionism and Australian Jewry Before 1948: The Battle for Ideological and Communal Supremacy
The ideological conflict between the Zionists and anti-Zionists revolved around fundamental questions of the nature of the Jewish group on the one hand, and political loyalty to Australia and Britain on the other, and became the fulcrum of a struggle for control of communal institutions, in which the Zionists emerged victorious by the mid-1940s. This enabled Australian Jewry’s representative bodies to press the Australian government to support a Jewish state.
An Amer
Nidra Poller observes France through vignettes. She is an American who came to France in 1972 and has worked since as a writer of fiction and translator from French to English. A few years ago she switched to journalism. Poller writes for various American publications, both hard-copy and online.
Irish Attitudes Toward Israel
Violent anti-Semitism is rare in Ireland. Although the Irish government has a strong anti-Israel bias, it cannot be faulted as far as protecting the Jewish community is concerned. Neo-Nazis in Ireland are marginal. Much more of a threat to the Jewish community is the continuous defaming and demonizing of Israel.
Rivkah Duker Fishman on The Man of Vision: The Ultra-Orthodox Ideology of Rabbi Shach
The Worldview of Rabbi Eleazar Schach
The Man of Vision: The Ultra-Orthodox Ideology of Rabbi Shach (Ish Ha-Hashkafah: Ha-Ideologia Ha-Haredit al pi HaRav Shach), by Avishay Ben Haim, Mosaica Publishers, 179 pp. [in Hebrew].
Reviewed by Rivkah Duker Fishman
Malaysia: Anti-Semitism without Jews
Since its establishment (initially as Malaya) in 1957, Malaysia has rejected formal diplomatic relations with Israel and has kept contacts on a low flame at best. Reasons include Malaysia’s desire to cultivate ties with the Arab countries and the power of domestic Islamic trends. Malaysian animus toward Israel grew during the 1960s, although a certain level of commercial activity between the two countries was tolerated. In 1981 the openly anti-Semitic Dato Mahathir bin Muhamad was elected Malays
Joel Fishman on Neu-alter Judenhass: Antisemitismus, arabisch-israelischer Konflikt und europäische Politik
A State-of-the-Art Contribution to Our Knowledge of Contemporary Anti-Semitism
Neu-alter Judenhass: Antisemitismus, arabisch-israelischer Konflikt und europäische Politik
(New-Old Jew Hatred: Anti-Semitism, the Arab-Israeli Conflict, and European Policy) by Klaus Faber, Julius H. Schoeps and Sacha Stawski
Reviewed by Joel Fishman
Kenneth Levin on The Jewish Divide over Israel: Accusers and Defenders
Dissecting Jewish Demonization of Israel
The Jewish Divide over Israel: Accusers and Defenders, edited by Edward Alexander and Paul Bogdanor, Transaction Publishers, 2006, 283 pp.
Reviewed by Kenneth Levin
Apologies for Holocaust Behavior and Refusal to Do So: The Dutch Case in an International Context
The issue of Dutch institutional and governmental apologies for Holocaust behavior came to the fore again with the unexpected apology of Dutch Railways to the Jewish community in September 2005. These belated apologies should be seen in a broader Dutch context. After World War II, many myths about crucial aspects of the Dutch Jews’ fate substituted for history. Currently, the Dutch government’s refusal to apologize to the Jewish community stands out even more.
Manfred Gerstenfeld on “Nur ein Durchgangsland”: Arbeitslager und Internierungsheime für Flüchtlinge unter Emigranten in der Schweiz 1940-1949
Swiss Policy toward Refugees Before, During, and after World War II
"Nur ein Durchgangsland": Arbeitslager und Internierungsheime für Flüchtlinge unter Emigranten in der Schweiz 1940-1949 ("Only a Transit Country": Work Camps and Internment Homes for Refugees among Emigrants in Switzerland, 1940-1949) by Simon Erlanger
Reviewed by Manfred Gerstenfeld
Manfred Gerstenfeld on Germany and Israel in the 1990s and Beyond: Still a“Special Relationship”?
German-Israeli Relations since the 1990s
Germany and Israel in the 1990s and Beyond: Still a“Special Relationship”? by Yves Pallade, Peter Lang, 2005, 598 pp.
Reviewed by Manfred Gerstenfeld
Manfred Gerstenfeld on Die Bombe im Jüdischen Gemeindehaus
The Failed Bombing by Leftists of the Berlin Jewish Community Center on Kristallnacht 1969
Die Bombe im Jüdischen Gemeindehaus, by Wolfgang Kraushaar, Hamburger Edition HIS Verlagsges, 300 pp., 2005.
Reviewed by Manfred Gerstenfeld
Manfred Gerstenfeld on Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories after September 11
Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories in Contemporary Germany
Antisemitische Verschwörungstheorien nach dem 11. September (Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories after September 11) by Tobias Jaecker, LIT, 2005, 208 pp. [in German]
Reviewed by Manfred Gerstenfeld
Europe’s Mindset Toward Israel as Accentuated by the Lebanon War
The European Union has for many years announced its ambition to be a global political actor – to act as a counterweight to the United States on the world scene. The summer war in Lebanon could have been a major opportunity for the EU to show that it could move rapidly to stop a conflict in its tracks by offering a solution in which it would make a major contribution.
Chaim I. Waxman on The Price of Whiteness: Jews, Race, and American Identity
Race, Ethnicity, and Religion in American Jewish Identity
The Price of Whiteness: Jews, Race, and American Identity, by Eric L. Goldstein, Princeton University Press, 2006, 307 pp.
Reviewed by Chaim I. Waxman
