Anti-Semitism and ethnicity in Europe

Rosenthal observes that it has of late become common for liberal commentators to charge that reports of European anti-Semitism are greatly exaggerated, part of yet another vast right-wing conspiracy fostered by powerful media moguls, and designed to delegitimize European support of the Palestinian c...

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Published in:Policy review (Washington, D.C.) D.C.), 2003-10 (121), p.17-38
Main Author: Rosenthal, John
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anti-Semitism
Antisemitism
Ethnicity
Europe
European Jews
International aspects
Jewish people
Jews
Jews, European
Media coverage
Minority & ethnic groups
Motor Vehicles
Murders & murder attempts
Noncitizens
Political aspects
Propaganda
Racial discrimination
Regionalism
Social aspects
Suburbs
Synagogues
Violence
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Summary:Rosenthal observes that it has of late become common for liberal commentators to charge that reports of European anti-Semitism are greatly exaggerated, part of yet another vast right-wing conspiracy fostered by powerful media moguls, and designed to delegitimize European support of the Palestinian cause and deflect European criticisms of Israel. He points out that European regionalism and the law of ethnic groups represent a threat to the Jews. They convert an individual's "Jewishness" from a private matter of personal history into a matter of public interest. Moreover, he claims that the danger represented by a resurgent ethnicist or ethnic-national ideology for Jews in Europe are especially grave in light of the simultaneous resurgence, under the banner of anti-globalization, of a vaguely leftist ideology that stigmatizes cosmopolitanism, and blames the anonymous power of financial markets for much of the world's problems.
ISSN:0146-5945
2169-6802