"In German Idealism and the Jew, Michael Mack uncovers the deep roots of anti-Semitism in the German philosophical tradition. While many have read German anti-Semitism as a reaction against Enlightenment philosophy, Mack instead contends that the redefinition of the Jews as irra…
A handbook containing essays (written by various authors) on the history of antisemitism in 85 countries or regions throughout the world and throughout history. A handbook containing ca. 700 brief biographies (written by various authors) of persons who played a role in the hist…
"Banal, oui, l'antisémitisme l'était dans les années 1930. Aussi ordinaire que la détestation de la vermine. L'idée d'un complot mondial des Juifs n'avait pas besoin d'être argumentée : elle allait de soi. Cette banalité -- pour reprendre le mot de Hannah Arendt -- soutenait une…
"In After the Black Death, Susan L. Einbinder uncovers Jewish responses to plague and violence in fourteenth-century Provence and Iberia. Einbinder's original research reveals a wide, heterogeneous series of Jewish literary responses to the plague, including Sephardic liturgical…
Today many Germans remain nostalgic about "classic" film comedies created during the 1930s, viewing them as a part of the Nazi era that was not tainted with antisemitism. In Antisemitism in Film Comedy in Nazi Germany, Valerie Weinstein scrutinizes these comic productions and de…
Today many Germans remain nostalgic about ""classic"" film comedies created during the 1930s, viewing them as a part of the Nazi era that was not tainted with antisemitism. In Antisemitism in Film Comedy in Nazi Germany, Valerie Weinstein scrutinizes these comic productions and …
Today many Germans remain nostalgic about "classic" film comedies created during the 1930s, viewing them as a part of the Nazi era that was not tainted with antisemitism. In Antisemitism in Film Comedy in Nazi Germany, Valerie Weinstein scrutinizes these comic productions and de…