Posts Tagged: why do people hate Jews
Do They Admire Us?
Almost hidden in the long speech by Moses in this week's parsha, are two sentences that I have great difficulty reading because even though they...
Freud, Psychoanalysis and Judaism
What does it mean that psychoanalysis was founded by a Jew? Why stop there? What does it mean that special relativity (Einstein); sociology (Durkheim); cultural anthropology...
Now Is the Time to Defeat Antisemitism Once and for All
Whether it is intimidation of Jews on college campuses, institutional antisemitism in the UK’s Labour Party, or the corona-fueled resurgence of ancient anti-Jewish canards, antisemitism...
Anti-Zionism Is Just the Latest Flavor of Antisemitism
Hatred for Israel is indeed a form of antisemitism. Just because it isn't exactly the same as previous incarnations of antisemitism, doesn't mean that it...
Passover: When Jews Stepped Into History on Our Terms
JNS.org - In his important book Power and Powerlessness in Jewish History, the historian David Biale noted that the very first ancient Egyptian reference to...
The Nexus Between Anti-Judaism and Antisemitism
In Civilization and Its Discontents (1930), Freud evoked the historic architecture of Rome in order to explain the structure of the human mind. What if...
The Persistence of European Antisemitism
The fight against antisemitism on the international level continues to be characterized by restraint combined with ignorance -- a potentially deadly combination. European hand-wringing and...
Who Hates Jews? A Historical Travelogue
“Who is a Jew? Who is an antisemite?” These two related questions are at the center of a vexing early 21st century debate that should...
Pittsburgh and the Uniqueness of Antisemitism
Antisemitism is frequently viewed as “the canary in the coal mine.” It signals a more general climate of prejudice that manifests itself in an increasing...
