How the myth of the ‘collective Jew’ shields Israel from criticism

What’s Wrong with the ‘New Antisemitism’ Project

Rebecca Ruth Gould, Medium 1 Apr 24

Whatever Happened to Antisemitism?: Redefinition and the Myth of the ‘Collective Jew’ (Pluto Books, 2022), Antony Lerman examines what happened to antisemitism during the past five decades. How did the effort to define antisemitism become aligned with the silencing of Israel-critical speech? The story is complex and has never been told in the detail and depth that Lerman tells it in this book.

Lerman writes as a central figure in the antisemitism debates. In addition to being a lifelong observer of the struggle against antisemitism, he has also been a participant in making this history. He served as Director of the Institute of Jewish Affairs from 1991, in which capacity he founded the Antisemitism World Report, which was published from 1992 to 1998…………………………….. https://medium.com/deterritorialization/whats-wrong-with-the-new-antisemitism-project-3b44ab8c5840

Rebecca Ruth Gould

April 3, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Religion and ethics