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Antisemitism in North America Jewish Identities in a Changing World General Editors Eliezer Ben-Rafael, Yosef Gorny, Judit Bokser Liwerant VOLUME 26 The titles published in this series are listed at brill.com/jicw Antisemitism in North America New World, Old Hate Edited by Steven K. Baum, Neil J. Kressel, Florette Cohen-Abady and Steven Leonard Jacobs LEIDEN | BOSTON Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data 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 | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. Identifiers: LCCN 2015045068 (print) | LCCN 2015039858 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004307148 (E-book) | ISBN 9789004307131 (hardback : alk. paper) | ISBN 9789004307148 (e-book) Subjects: LCSH: Antisemitism—United States. | Antisemitism—Canada. | Antisemitism—Mexico. | United States—Ethnic relations. | Canada—Ethnic relations. | Mexico—Ethnic relations. Classification: LCC DS146.U6 (print) | LCC DS146.U6 A593 2016 (ebook) | DDC 305.892/407—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015045068 Want or need Open Access? Brill Open offers you the choice to make your research freely accessible online in exchange for a publication charge. Review your various options on brill.com/brill-open. Typeface for the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts: “Brill”. See and download: brill.com/brill-typeface. issn 1570-7997 isbn 978-90-04-30713-1 (hardback) isbn 978-90-04-30714-8 (e-book) Copyright 2016 by Koninklijke Brill nv, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Brill Hes & De Graaf, Brill Nijhoff, Brill Rodopi and Hotei Publishing. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill nv provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, ma 01923, usa. Fees are subject to change. This book is printed on acid-free paper and produced in a sustainable manner. 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
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