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This booklet is a compilation of three stories that demonstrate the martyrdom of the refuseniks in the Communist USSR in the late 1970's. Each story includes moving personal accounts of tragedy, redemption and return to Judaism. The introduction contains some suggested activities for educational settings.
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This is the main – probably most comprehensive – Antisemitism ‘watchdog’ site. In a nutshell, according to its mission statement, the ADL seeks to “…stop…the defamation of the Jewish people.” It campaigns against antisemitism, hate, racism, including Holocaust denial, and Arab Antisemitism. It also seeks – on a generalized theme – to secure justice in religious freedom and law enforcement. The A...
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Online publication analyzing contemporary Antisemitism in the context of the Durban conference which was meant to attack and denounce racism at its core and ended up attacking Israel, Zionism and Jews. It was a conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance but actually ended up supporting these ideologies. It showed how despite the Holocaust having happened ...
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This site looks at racism, xenophobia, with a special focus on antisemitism. Comprehensive web site with data and analyses of European antisemitism throughout 2002. Focuses on strategic policy and philosophy for the Jewish community, forever in flux, especially in this century with its technological advances. Since often neither the communities themselves, or even governments can implement such c...
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This journal – in line with its publisher the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism – seeks to assemble and disseminate knowledge “necessary for understanding the phenomenon of antisemitism.” In this special issue, published in August 2003 Wistrich, the editor-in-chief begins with a diary of events. He gives a personal touch to the ongoing story of terrorism as a manife...
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An informative film about Arab Jewish refugees – Jewish people who lived in Arab countries, for centuries. Since 1948, over 800,000 Arab Jewish people fled these countries, the majority to Israel, where according to this film they constitute half of the population.
Filmed in 1976, interviews with refugees from Arab countries who had fled to Israel as well as interviews with professionals...
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In this video, Bill Moyer investigates the origin and impact of hatred on its victims and attempts to move beyond it. Through interviews with Elie Wiesel (who features prominently), Nelson Mandela, White Supremicists, gang leaders, renowned journalists, experts in the field and black and white youth victims of racial hatred and Arab and Israeli teenagers, Moyer attempts to probe the many dimension...
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The phenomenon of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish Jews is examined in this article, which appeared in FrontPageMagazine.com in November 2003. It focuses in particular on Martin Jay, a professor at Berkeley University, who blames the Jews themselves for causing antisemitism, not only in its current manifestations but also historically. Jay bases his theories largely on a book by Albert Lindemann, “Esau...
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During the summer of 1940, the British government arrested thousands of German refugees, most of them Jews, who were suspected of being "dangerous enemy aliens," and were sent to POW camps in Canada and Australia. Through interviews and archival materials, this documentary traces the internees' experiences at Camp "B" in New Brunswick, Canada as well as Britain's policies toward German-Jewish refu...
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This pamphlet, developed by educational psychologists, educators, parents and Jewish communal leaders, provides guidelines to American Jewish parents on how to help their children respond to antisemitic incidents. Suggestions on what actions parents should take in their communities are also provided.
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This video cassette features dramatized simulations of real antisemitic incidents that have been reported to the Anti-Defamation League. After each scenario, a set of questions appear on the screen asking Jewish teenagers about how they would have reacted in a similar situation. In addition, students are also asked to react to the following situations: Your teacher schedules an exam on Yom Kippur ...
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This is the official Israeli government site which monitors worldwide antisemitism. There is a forum report updated daily, detailing antisemitic events that took place in the last 45 days, press releases (most recent one on 25 March 2003), articles (first one written by Natan Sharanksy who is leading – in his capacity as Minister of Diaspora Affairs – the global coordinating conference on antisemi...
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This book provides a comprehensive account of modern European Jewish history from the French Revolution until 1958. The author depicts eighteenth century ghetto life and the emergence of the Jewish Community toward emancipation. The Holocaust, Jewish American life and the founding of the State of Israel are highlighted.
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This booklet provides historical and background information on the British student scene. It explains the political and ideological backing of the different student unions. In addition, examples of anti-Israel propaganda are analyzed and suggestions for response are given.
