Anti-Semitism and Anti-Zionism in Historical Perspective: Convergence and DivergenceJeffrey Herf Previously published as a special issue of The Journal of Israeli History, this book presents the reflections of historians from Israel, Europe, Canada and the United States concerning the similarities and differences between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism primarily in Europe and the Middle East. Spanning the past century, the essays explore the continuum of critique from early challenges to Zionism and they offer criteria to ascertain when criticism with particular policies has and has not coalesced into an "ism" of anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism. Including studies of England, France, Germany, Poland, the United States, Iran and Israel, the volume also examines the elements of continuity and break in European traditions of anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism when they diffused to the Arab and Islamic. Essential course reading for students of religious history. |
Contents
From Indifference to Obsession | 1 |
2 Can There Be a Principled AntiZionism? On the Nexus between AntiHistoricism and AntiZionism in Modern Jewish Thought | 20 |
Reflections on AntiSemitism and AntiZionism | 38 |
The Classic Case Nazi Germany AntiSemitism and AntiZionism during World War II | 50 |
5 An Inseparable Tandem of European Identity? AntiAmericanism and AntiSemitism in the Short and Long Run | 71 |
US Army Perceptions of Zionism since World War I | 92 |
Continuities and Discontinuities | 115 |
From AntiSemitic Zionism to AntiSemitic AntiZionism | 145 |
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