Rivkah Fishman-Duker on Rome and Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations, by Martin Goodman
The Challenge of Ancient Judaism
Rome and Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations, by Martin Goodman, London, Penguin Books, 2007, 639 pp.
Reviewed by Rivkah Fishman-Duker
Michelle Mazel on Le Juif Errant est arrivé (The Wandering Jew Is Home), by Albert Londres
The Unseen Writing on the Wall
Le Juif Errant est arrivé (The Wandering Jew Is Home), by Albert Londres, Edition Motifs, 2007, repr., 296 pp.
Reviewed by Michelle Mazel
Laurence Weinbaum on Poland’s Threatening Other: The Image of the Jew from 1880 to the Present, by Joanna Beata Michlic
The Power of Hate
Poland’s Threatening Other: The Image of the Jew from 1880 to the Present, by Joanna Beata Michlic, University of Nebraska Press, 2007, 386 pp.
Reviewed by Laurence Weinbaum
Rolf Behrens on Foxbats over Dimona: The Soviets’ Nuclear Gamble in the Six-Day War, by Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez
Exploring the Six Day War’s Soviet Angle
Foxbats over Dimona: The Soviets’ Nuclear Gamble in the Six-Day War, by Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez, Yale University Press, 2007, 287 pp.
Reviewed by Rolf Behrens
Simon Erlanger on Insel der Aufklärung: Israel im Kontext, vol. 3, Schriften zur politischen Bildung, Kultur und Kommunikation (Island of Enlightenment: Israel in Context, vol. 3, Papers on Political
Israel in Context
Insel der Aufklärung: Israel im Kontext, vol. 3, Schriften zur politischen Bildung, Kultur und Kommunikation (Island of Enlightenment: Israel in Context, vol. 3, Papers on Political Education, Culture and Communication), edited by Alexandra Kurth, Netzwerk für politische Bildung, Kultur und Kommunikation (NBKK), 2005, 232 pp.
Reviewed by Simon Erlanger
Shalom Freedman on The Deadliest Lies: The Israel Lobby and the Myth of Jewish Control, by Abraham H. Foxman
Lies about the Lobby
The Deadliest Lies: The Israel Lobby and the Myth of Jewish Control, by Abraham H. Foxman, Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, 256 pp.
Reviewed by Shalom Freedman
Sarah Schmidt on Bearing False Witness: Jimmy Carter’s Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, edited by CAMERA
CAMERA Fights Back
Bearing False Witness: Jimmy Carter’s Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, edited by CAMERA: Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America, 2007, 99 pp.
Reviewed by Sarah Schmidt
Asaf Romirowsky on Academics against Israel and the Jews, by Manfred Gerstenfeld
Maligning Israel on Campus
Academics against Israel and the Jews, by Manfred Gerstenfeld, JCPA, 2007, 276 pp.
Reviewed by Asaf Romirowsky
Amnon Lord on Jihad and Jew-Hatred: Islamism, Nazism, and the Roots of 9/11, by Matthias Küntzel
An Urgent Wakeup Call
Jihad and Jew-Hatred: Islamism, Nazism, and the Roots of 9/11, by Matthias Küntzel, trans. Colin Meade, Telos Press, 2007, 180 pp.
Reviewed by Amnon Lord
Herbert Eiteneier on Ausgrenzung. Vertreibung. Völkermord. Genozid im 20. Jahrhundert (Exclusion. Expulsion. Genocide. Genocide in the Twentieth Century), by Wolfgang Benz
An Overview of Atrocity
Ausgrenzung. Vertreibung. Völkermord. Genozid im 20. Jahrhundert
(Exclusion. Expulsion. Genocide. Genocide in the Twentieth Century), by Wolfgang Benz, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 2006, 190 pp. [German]
Reviewed by Herbert Eiteneier
Manfred Gerstenfeld on The Jews Are Coming Back: The Return of the Jews to Their Countries of Origin after WWII
European Anti-Semitism Remained after the War
The Jews Are Coming Back: The Return of the Jews to Their Countries of Origin after WWII, edited by David Bankier, Yad Vashem and Berghahn Books, 2005, 319 pp.
Reviewed by Manfred Gerstenfeld
Sarah Schmidt on Uncouth Nation: Why Europe Dislikes America, by Andre S. Markovits
"Uncouth" Nation, or Just a Powerful One?
Uncouth Nation: Why Europe Dislikes America, by Andre S. Markovits, Princeton University Press, 2007, 275 pp.
Reviewed by Sarah Schmidt
From the Editors
This issue opens with an assessment by Steven Bayme of the development of American Jewry’s relationship to Israel. American Jewish leadership helped frame the ongoing special relationship between the United States and Israel, especially since 1967. The main tensions between Israel and American Jewry concern the issues of personal status as well as religious pluralism. Nevertheless, the pro-Israeli consensus has held firm over the sixty years since Israel’s establishment.
An Invented Attack Leads to Decreasing Condemnation of Anti-Semitism in France: A Case Study
The affair of a falsely reported anti-Semitic attack on a woman in a suburban Paris train station in 2004 greatly affected how French politicians and media deal with anti-Semitism. Initially, all voices condemned the incident as the “victim” gave dramatic details. The increase in anti-Semitic acts since 2000 lent credence to the supposed aggression. The revelation that the story had been fabricated was met with almost total political silence. The media focused on apologies to nonintegrated communities, the supposed source of the invented assailants. Three years later, in 2007, a real anti-Semitic attack in Marseilles did not receive any public attention. The precedent of the fabricated 2004 incident appears to have significantly harmed the fight against anti-Semitism.
Joel Fishman on Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis
Eurabia: A New Geopolitical Concept
Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis, by Bat Ye’or, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2005, 384 pp. French version: Eurabia: l’axe euro-arabe, Jean-Cyrille Godefroy, 2006, 348 pp.
Reviewed by Joel Fishman
