The Hebraic Roots of John Locke’s Doctrine of Charity
In her path-breaking essays on political Hebraism, Professor Fania Oz-Salzberger identifies John Locke as belonging to the class of "moral economists" whose reading of the Hebrew Bible as a historical and political text caused him to argue for the hungry man’s "right to surplusage"[1] This means that even though Locke championed the idea that man’s labor entitles him to unlimited acquisition of material possessions, God remains the ultimate owner of all property and as such
The Holocaust in Arab Public Discourse: Historicized Politics and Politicized History
The Holocaust has become increasingly important in international historical culture, and the murder of six million Jews during the Second World War is arguably the ultimate symbol of evil in Western politics, culture and academia. This fact has had its consequences in the Arab world as well, even though the effects there have been significantly different than in the West. Traditional Arab public discourse has a history of feelings of superiority vis-à-vis the Jews, largely based on Muslim theolo
Michelle Mazel on Islamistes et naïvetés: Un acte d’accusation (Islamists and Naivists – an indictment) by Karen Jespersen and Ralf Pittelkow
A Danish Critique of Islamic Radicalism
Islamistes et naïvetés: Un acte d’accusation (Islamists and Naivists – an indictment) by Karen Jespersen and Ralf Pittelkow, Panama Editions, Paris 2007, 234 pp. [French] Translated from Danish by Nils Ahl
Reviewed by Michelle Mazel
Sarah Schmidt on Menachem Begin: The Absent Leader, by Ofer Grosbard
A Tragic Tale
Menachem Begin: The Absent Leader, by Ofer Grosbard, Strategic Research and Policy Center, National Defense College, IDF, 2007, 384 pp.
Reviewed by Sarah Schmidt
The University of Toronto – The Institution where Israel Apartheid Week was Born
The University of Toronto is one of the most highly regarded academic institutions in Canada. A coalition of anti-Israel groups initially used the university campus as a launching pad for what has become an annual series of events that take place in dozens of cities around the world. Protesters call for a one-state solution, crippling divestment from Israel, and heavy sanctions. Parallels are drawn between Israel and the Apartheid system as it existed in South Africa. Thus thousands of students
Isabella Ginor And Gideon Remez Respond To Rolf Behrens’ Review Of Foxbats Over Dimona: The Soviets’ Nuclear Gamble In The Six-Day War
Letter to the Editor
Rebuttal
Isabella Ginor And Gideon Remez Respond To Rolf Behrens’ Review Of Foxbats Over Dimona: The Soviets’ Nuclear Gamble In The Six-Day War (Yale University Press, 2007).
Moshe Yegar on Islamic Radicalism and Political Violence. The Templers of Islam and Sheikh Ra’id Salah, by Raphael Israeli
Supporters of Islamic Terrorism among the Israeli Arabs
Islamic Radicalism and Political Violence. The Templers of Islam and Sheikh Ra’id Salah, by Raphael Israeli, Vallentine Mitchell, 2008, 175 pp.
Reviewed by Moshe Yegar, Translated from Hebrew by Shammai S. Fishman
Michelle Mazel on Al III-lea Reich si Holocaustul din Romania 1940-1944. Documentele din arhivele germane. (The Third Reich and the Rumanian Holocaust 1940-1944. Documents from the German Archives) by
A Long-Dormant Truth Finally Revealed
Al III-lea Reich si Holocaustul din Romania 1940-1944. Documentele din arhivele germane. (The Third Reich and the Rumanian Holocaust 1940-1944. Documents from the German Archives) by Ottmar Trasca and Dennis Deletant, Eli Wiesel National Institute for the Study of the Holocaust in Rumania, 2007, 831pp. [Rumanian]
Reviewed by Michelle Mazel
Symbolic and Other Roles of Jews in Dutch Society
Out of the total Dutch population of 16 million, Jews represent about two in every thousand. Jews often play a symbolic role in Dutch society which exceeds their actual importance. One facet of this is their image as absolute victims. Second, the Jewish community has on various occasions been used by Dutch authorities as instruments in achieving political goals. The Jews have also been the typical outsiders in Dutch society and anti-Semitic stereotypes are still very much alive. In addition, Dut
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
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
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
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
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
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
