Contemporary Antisemitism : : Canada and the World / / Janice Gross Stein, Michael R. Marrus, Derek J. Penslar.

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• TeilnehmendeR: Gross Stein, Janice,; Marrus, Michael R.,; Penslar, Derek J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Antisemitism is reappearing in disturbing new ways and in unexpected strength. This resurgence is of deep concern to politicians, practitioners of law, the academic community, and to informed citizens everywhere. To address this, a scholarly conference was assembled at the University of Toronto in 2003. Contemporary Antisemitism is the result of that meeting.Editors Derek J. Penslar, Michael R. Marrus, and Janice Gross Stein, and the contributors to this volume address the following questions: is contemporary antisemitism an eerie echo of the past, or is it driven by new combinations of political, economic, and religious forces? How powerful are the anti-Jewish trends that so many have detected? And how should liberal democratic societies respond to this new threat against them? The essays map the terrain of antisemitic thought and practice, make important distinctions between expressions of antisemitism across time and space, and put various strategies of response into critical perspective.With its combination of voices from both scholarship and leadership - including Chief Justice of Ontario R. Roy McMurtry and former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney - and its unique assessment of antisemitism in Canada and the struggle against it, Contemporary Antisemitism offers new perspectives on one of the world's most ancient and diffuse hatreds.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction / Penslar, Derek J. -- Part I. Canadian Leaders on Antisemitism -- 1. Antisemitism: An Enduring Reality / Mulroney, Brian -- 2. Law and Antisemitism: The Role for the State in Responding to Hatred / McMurtry, R. Roy -- Part II. Scholars on Antisemitism, New and Old -- 3. The Changing Dimensions of Contemporary Canadian Antisemitism / Weinfeld, Morton -- 4. Historical Reflections on Contemporary Antisemitism / Zipperstein, Steven J. -- 5. Antisemitism in Western Europe Today / Endelman, Todd M. -- 6. Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism: A Historical Approach / Penslar, Derek J. -- 7. The Nature and Determinants of Arab Attitudes towards Israel / Tessler, Mark -- Contributors