Antisemitism in North America: New World, Old Hate

475 Pages·2016·1.895 MB·English

by  Steven K. Baum, Neil J. Kressel, Florette Cohen, Steven Leonard Jacobs (eds.)

Antisemitism in North America
Jewish Identities in a
Changing World
General Editors
Eliezer Ben-Rafael,
Yosef Gorny,
Judit Bokser Liwerant
VOLUME 26
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Antisemitism in North America
New World, Old Hate
Edited by
Steven K. Baum, Neil J. Kressel, Florette Cohen-Abady
and Steven Leonard Jacobs
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Names: Baum, Steven K., 1953– editor.
Title: Antisemitism in North America : new world, old hate / edited by Steven
 K. Baum, Neil J. Kressel, Florette Cohen-Abady, and Steven Leonard Jacobs.
Description: Boston : Brill, 2016. | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016] | ?2016
 | Series: Jewish identities in a changing world, ISSN 1570–7997 ; volume 26
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Subjects: LCSH: Antisemitism—United States. | Antisemitism—Canada. |
 Antisemitism—Mexico. | United States—Ethnic relations. | Canada—Ethnic
 relations. | Mexico—Ethnic relations.
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In memory of
Robert S. Wistrich
(1945–2015)
Eminent historian, spokesman and founder of antisemitism studies
*****
In memory of Jack Martin Baum
(1933–2015)
A mi amiga y el amor de mi vida Mary Juanita
—Steven K. Baum
In memory of Betty Kressel
(1918–2014)
—Neil J. Kressel
To husband Glen, children Elie, Becky, Michael, Kelly and Adelle
and mother Cohava. Thank you for supporting me. Your love and
understanding make the hard work worth it.
—Florette Cohen-Abady
To my wife Louanne who supports me in this fight and makes all things
possible.
—Steven Leonard Jacobs
∵

Contents
Foreword xi
Michael Berenbaum
Acknowledgements xv
List of Contributors xvi
Part 1
The Situation in the United States
1 How to Interpret American Poll Data on Jews, Israel and
Antisemitism 3
Neil J. Kressel
2 Esau Hates Jacob: What’s New About the New Antisemitism? 33
Jerome A. Chanes
3 My Assessment of American Antisemitism Today 53
Leonard Dinnerstein
4 Religion, Theology and American Antisemitism 60
Steven Leonard Jacobs
5 The Growth of Anti-Israeli Sentiment in the American Intellectual
Community: Some Cautionary Tales 81
Asaf Romirowsky
6 The Modern Antisemitism–Israel Model (MASIM): Empirical Studies
of North American Antisemitism 94
Florette Cohen-Abady, Daniel Kaplin, Lee Jussim and Rachel Rubinstein
PART 2
Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean
7 Antisemitism in Mexico and Latin America: Recurrences and
Changes 121
Judit Bokser Liwerant and Yael Siman
viii contents
8 Antisemitism—Canadian Style 174
Steven K. Baum and Anita Bromberg
9 Teaching Islamic Antisemitism in Toronto 190
Andrew G. Bostom
10 Where Have All the Caribbean Jews Gone? 196
Florette Cohen-Abady
11 Reflections on Crypto-Jews in North America 210
Steven K. Baum
PART 3
Fighting Antisemitism in North America
12 Antisemitism and Law 225
Frederick M. Schweitzer
13 Holocaust Denial in North America 301
Kenneth Lasson
14 Antisemitism in North American Higher Education 348
Kenneth L. Marcus
15 The Role of the ADL: Past and Present 374
The Anti-Defamation League
PART 4
Antisemitism and Hollywood
16 When Hollywood Was Scared to Depict Antisemitism, It Made
‘Gentleman’s Agreement’ 395
Saul Austerlitz
17 Antisemitism in Hollywood: An Endangered Species List 401
Steven Alan Carr
contents ix
Concluding Remarks 414
The Editors
Addendum 426
Daniel Kaplin and Florette Cohen-Abady
Selected Bibliography 431
Index 442