Research Catalog

Title

Comprehending and confronting antisemitism : a multi-faceted approach / edited by Armin Lange, Kerstin Mayerhofer, Dina Porat, and Lawrence H. Schiffman.

Publication

• Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2019]
• ©2019

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Details

Additional Authors

• Lange, Armin, 1961-
• Mayerhofer, Kerstin
• Porat, Dina
• Schiffman, Lawrence H.

Description

xliv, 574 pages : illustrations (some color); 23 cm.

Series Statement

An end to antisemitism! ; volume 1

Subjects

• Antisemitism
• Conference papers and proceedings
• Antisemitism > Congresses
• Jews > Social conditions
• Jews > Congresses

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings.

Note

• Papers from a conference held in Vienna in 2018.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements -- Greetings -- General Introduction "An End to Antisemitism!" / Armin Lange, Kerstin Mayerhofer, Dina Porat, Lawrence H. Schiffman -- Executive Summary / Armin Lange, Kerstin Mayerhofer, Dina Porat, Lawrence H. Schiffman -- Leadership Talk by the Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria (2017-2019) / Sebastian Kurz -- Leadership Talk by the Austrian Federal Minister for Education, Science and Research (2018-2019) / Heinz Fassmann -- Leadership Talk by the Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria (2016-2017); Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Austria (2016-2018) / Christian Kern -- Leadership Talk by the Executive Vice-President and CEO of the European Jewish Congress / Raya Kalenova -- Leadership Talk by the European Commission Coordinator on Combating Antisemitism / Katharina von Schnurbein -- Leadership Talk by the AJC Director of International Jewish Affairs; Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Anti-Semitism / Andrew Baker -- Leadership Talk by the Chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights / Irwin Cotler -- Leadership Talk by the Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel (2009-2018) / Natan Sharansky -- Leadership Talk by the Director of the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe, Venice / Ana Luiza Massot Thompson-Flores -- Leadership Talk by the Bishop of the Protestant Church of Austria (2008-2019) / Michael Bünker -- Leadership Talk by the Chief Rabbi of Vienna, Austria (2016-2019) / Arie Folger -- Leadership Talk by the Imam of the municipal Drancy mosque Seine-Saint-Denis / Hassen Chalghoumi -- Leadership Talk by the Rector of the Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano Buenos Aires / Abraham Skorka -- Jews and Judaism between Bedevilment and Source of Salvation : Christianity as a Cause of and a Cure against Antisemitism / Armin Lange and Maxine L. Grossman -- Redeeming Humanity from the Evil of the Jews : Islamist Rationalization of Antisemitism / Esther Webman -- Scrolls, Testament and Talmud : Issues of Antisemitism in the Study of Ancient Judaism / Lawrence H. Schiffman -- Recommendations regarding Religious Groups and Institutions -- Contemporary Philosophical and Ethical Fights over Jews, Judaism, and the State of Israel / Julius H. Schoeps -- Antisemitism : Sociological Perspectives / Eliezer Ben-Rafael -- The Psychology of Modern Antisemitism : Theory, Research, and Methodology / Florette Cohen Abady -- The Demonization of Judaism / Klaus S. Davidowicz -- "Antisemitism 2.0" : The Spreading of Jew-hatred on the World Wide Web / Monika Schwarz-Friesel -- Combatting Antisemitism : An Interdisciplinary Approach / Martin Rothgangel -- Recommendations regarding Cultural Organizations and Institutions -- Recommendations regarding the Internet, its Influencers and its Users -- Recommendations regarding Academic Organizations and Institutions -- Recommendations regarding Educational Organizations and Institutions -- Jews and Non-Jews in Ancient Cities : Alexandria, Antioch, Caesarea, Rome / Benjamin Isaac -- Jews against Zionism/lsrael : On the Ambivalences of Contemporary Jewish Identity / Evyatar Friesel -- The Fight against Antisemitism and the Iranian Regime : Challenges and Contradictions in the Light of Adorno's Categorical Imperative / Stephan Grigat -- The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism / Mark Weitzman -- The Working Definition of Antisemitism : A 2018 Perception / Dina Porat -- Counteracting Antisemitism with Tools of Law : An Effort Doomed to Failure? / Aleksandra Gliszczyńska-Grabias -- Equal Treatment, not just Religious Freedom : On the Methods of Slaughtering Animals for Human Consumption / Wolfgang Wieshaider -- Recommendations regarding Organizations and Institutions of the Business World -- Recommendations regarding Governments, Political Organizations, and Institutions -- IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism -- Editorial Board -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements.

Call Number

JFE 20-5190

ISBN

• 9783110632460
• 3110632462
• 9783110618594 (canceled/invalid)
• 9783110611410 (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

1096285201

Title

Comprehending and confronting antisemitism : a multi-faceted approach / edited by Armin Lange, Kerstin Mayerhofer, Dina Porat, and Lawrence H. Schiffman.

Publisher

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2019]

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

An end to antisemitism! ; volume 1

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Lange, Armin, 1961- editor.

Mayerhofer, Kerstin, editor.

Porat, Dina, editor.

Schiffman, Lawrence H., editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 20-5190