From Antisemitism to Anti-Zionism

Eunice G. Pollack (PhD, Columbia University) is a professor of History and Jewish Studies, University of North Texas. Recent publications include Racializing Antisemitism: Black Militants, Jews, & Israel, 1950 – Present; Antisemitism on the Campus: Past & Present (Ed.); and the prize-winning two-volume Encyclopedia of American Jewish History (coed. with Stephen H. Norwood).

• Preface: From a Pariah People to a Pariah State Eunice G. PollackPart I: DENYING ANTISEMITISM1. How Raising the Issue of Antisemitism Puts You Outside the Community of the Progressive: The Livingstone Formulation David Hirsh2. The Great Failure of the Anti-Racist Community: The Neglect of Muslim Antisemitism in English-Language Courses, Textbooks, and Research Neil J. KresselII. ANTISEMITISM IN AMERICA BEFORE—AND AFTER—THE FOUNDING OF THE JEWISH STATE: THE ELITES AND THE MASSES3. Antisemitism in the White House Rafael Medoff4. Antisemitic Terror, Defeatism, and Anti-Zionism: Coughlinism and the Christian Front, 1934–1955 Stephen H. Norwood5. Entertaining Nazi Warriors in America, 1934–1936 Stephen H. NorwoodIII. ANTI-ZIONISM: ANTISEMITISM SINCE THE HOLOCAUST6. The Wages of Moral Schadenfreude in the Press: Anti-Zionism and European Jihad Richard Landes7. Palestinian Identity Theft and the Delegitimization of Israel Jerold S. Auerbach8. Foundation Myths of Anti-Zionism Eunice G. Pollack9. Past and Present: Plus Ça Change, Plus C’est la Mȇme Chose Edward AlexanderIV. ZIONIST AND ANTI-ZIONIST THEOLOGIES: CHRISTIAN ZIONISTS, ISLAMIC JIHADISTS, AND THE JEWISH STATE10. Christian Zionism: Is It Good for the Jews? Benjamin Ginsberg11. Holy Land, Sacred History, and Anti-Zionism David PattersonV. CONTEMPORARY ANTISEMITISM: THE UNENDING THREAT12. Zionism through the Internet’s Looking Glass Andre Oboler13. Perspectives on Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism in Contemporary Canada Ira Robinson14. The Delegitimization—and Relegitimization—of Israel Joel FishmanContributors

“Pollack’s volume, in sum, furnishes an outstanding introduction to various dimensions of the anti-Zionist strain of anti-Semitism. All of the essays are engagingly written, very informative and completely accessible to the layman.”