Scholars Release Antisemitism Journal

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On October 22, an independent group of scholars posted the first volume of the Journal for the Study of Antisemitism on the web (http://jsantisemitism.org/ ). The Journal for the Study of Antisemitism, which has no institutional affiliation and no single source of funding, is comprised of scholarly research, articles, essays, and book reviews. The authors of the pieces have in common the understanding that antisemitism is a form of social pathology that must be eradicated.

Michael Berenbaum, formerly the director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Holocaust Research Institute and currently the director of the Sigi Ziering Institute at the American Jewish University (Los Angeles), is the guest editor of and a contributor to the first volume. Editors are Steven K. Baum and Neal E. Rosenberg, who note in their article that antisemitism continues rampant and emphasize the current need for a scholarly journal in the battle to eliminate this worldwide prejudice.

The first volume of the Journal for the Study of Antisemitism contains articles on such topics as the formation and transmission of antisemitic beliefs, absurd claims of antisemites, and the relationship of antisemitism to Islamophobia. Book reviews assess Susan Gubar’s Judas: A Biography and Andrei Oistenu’s Inventing the Jew. This volume also contains a section called “Antisemitica,” graphic demonstrations of the hatred for Jews that continues to be a blight on modern civilization.

Contributions to the Journal for the Study of Antisemitism are welcomed. Submission guidelines can be found at the web address listed above.

For more information, write jantisemitism@gmail.com or call 856-983-3247.

Scholars Release Antisemitism Journal

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Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) is not-for-profit [501 (C) (3)], grass-roots community of scholars who have united to promote honest, fact-based, and civil discourse, especially in regard to Middle East issues. We believe that ethnic, national, and religious hatreds, including anti-Semitism and anti-Israelism, have no place in our institutions, disciplines, and communities. We employ academic means to address these issues.

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