The ISGAP Papers: Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective, Volume Three

The "Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective" seminar series of the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) continues to generate a steady flow of high-quality presentations and papers on a wide range of topics relating to antisemitism. Between 2015 and 2017, ISGAP hosted seminars at numerous academic institutions, including Harvard University, McGill University, Stanford University, Columbia University Law School, the University of Miami, Sapienza University (Rome), Sorbonne University (Paris), the National University of Kyiv, and the American College of Greece (Athens). The present volume - a worthy follow-up to The ISGAP Papers: Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective, Volume Two (2016) - contains a selection of papers presented during this period. Like the seminars on which they are based, these papers cover topics that have profound implications for our understanding of contemporary antisemitism, its impact on Jews and non-Jews, and our efforts to combat this irrational yet enduring prejudice.

It is the hope of all those connected with ISGAP that the papers in this volume will stimulate and inspire readers, help them understand the changing realities of contemporary antisemitism, and encourage them to develop policies and strategies to combat and defeat this and other destructive hatreds. With the publication of this latest volume, as well as all its other academic efforts, ISGAP continues to fight antisemitism on the battlefield of ideas.

Table of Contents:

Introduction, Charles Asher Small; Antisemitism and the Problem of Jewish Firstness, Adam Katz; Theodor Lessing and Jewish Self-Hatred, Alon Segev; Trends in the Psychological Study of Contemporary Antisemitism: Conceptual Issues and Empirical Evidence, Neil J. Kressel and Samuel W. Kressel; The German People and the Holocaust: New Sources, New Insights, Susanna Schrafstetter and Alan E. Steinweis; Resentment, Anxiety, and Careerism: Accounting for Antisemitism in the Academy and among the Intelligentsia, Barry A. Kosmin; Gaza = Auschwitz: The Logic of Holocaust Inversion, Martin Kramer; Anti-Zionism: The Soft Underbelly in Jihad’s Cognitive War on the Western World, Richard Landes; From Christian Antisemitism to New Antisemitism: The Case of Philoumenos of Jacob’s Well, David Gurevich and Yisca Harani; The Three Totalitarian Temptations: A Different Look at an Essential Aspect of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, Col. (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman; The Political and Intellectual War on Israel in Latin America, Luis Fleischman; Primary Holocaust Inversion and Eastern European Antisemitism, Dovid Katz; Post-Communist Russia and Ukraine: Countries with Philosemitic Pretensions and Societies with Antisemitic Sentiments?, Vladimir (Ze’ev) Khanin; Butchering History But Not the Jews: The Case of Post-Revolutionary Ukraine, Samuel Sokol; Friends or Foes? Attitudes of the Czech Antisemitic Scene toward Islam and Muslims, Zbynek Tarant.

Dr. Charles Asher Small is the Founder and Executive Director of the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP). He is also a Goldman Fellow at the Harold Hartog School of Government and Policy and a Senior Research Fellow at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University, as well as a Visiting Scholar at St Antony’s College, Oxford. Charles holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from McGill University, Montreal; an M.Sc. in Urban Development Planning in Economics from the Development Planning Unit (DPU) of University College London; and a Doctorate of Philosophy (D.Phil) from St. Antony’s College, Oxford.

Charles was the founding Director of the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism (YIISA), the first interdisciplinary research center on antisemitism at a North American university. At Yale he taught in the Political Science Department and the Program on Ethics, Politics and Economics, and ran a post-doctorate and graduate studies fellowship program at YIISA. He was also an Associate Professor and the Director of Urban Studies at Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU), as well as an Assistant Professor at Tel Aviv University in the Department of Geography. He has lectured internationally and worked as a consultant and policy advisor in North America, Europe, Southern Africa, and the Middle East. Charles specializes in social and cultural theory, globalization and national identity, socio-cultural policy, and racism(s) - including antisemitism.