Manfred Gerstenfeld
ARTICLES BY: Manfred Gerstenfeld
The Evergreen Antisemitism of Malaysia’s Prime Minister
Earlier this year, the student union at Cambridge University hosted Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. If there was a list of the world’s top antisemites,...
Did Dutch Jews Really Go Like Lambs to the Slaughter?
Retired General Toine Beukering is a freshman Dutch nationalist senator. He represents the right-wing "Forum for Democracy," a new party that has become the biggest...
Sweden Is a Perplexing Location for an International Antisemitism Conference
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven has announced that his country will host an international antisemitism conference to commemorate the Holocaust. This gathering of heads of...
What the Kippa Controversy Says About Europe and Its Jewish Population
Yet another public taboo about antisemitism in Germany has been broken. The country's antisemitism commissioner, Felix Klein, recently said: “I cannot advise Jews to wear...
Antisemitism in the Western World and the UK Labour Party
Antisemitism is rising in many places in the Western world. But for the purpose of efficiently studying antisemitism and the fight against it in a...
Antisemitic Cartoons in Newspapers Are Hardly New
Foreign media outlets that frequently incite against Israel are much more likely than others to slip into antisemitism. The recent cartoon of Israeli Prime Minister...
The Cleverest Kind of Lie: Accusing Israel of Future Crimes
One tool of verbal demonization that is extremely difficult for Israel to combat is accusations of crimes it supposedly will commit in the future. These...
Antisemitism Is Alive — and Thriving — in Modern-Day Germany
The German national antisemitism commissioner, Felix Klein, published an article on May 3, titled, “There is a threat of unrestrained Jew-hatred in Germany.” He started...
European Hypocrites on US Peace Plan for Israel
Donald Trump’s Mideast peace plan has yet to be published, but that hasn’t stopped 37 former Europeans politicians and officials from publishing a joint letter...
Official German Report Acknowledges Islamist Antisemitism in the Country
In a major break with the past, the German agency for domestic security -- Bundesamt fuer Verfassungsschutz -- has published a 40-page report whose title...
New Study Claims That the UK Labour Party Is Institutionally Antisemitic
British scholar Alan Johnson has published a 135-page report that concludes that the UK Labour Party is institutionally antisemitic. Its title indicates this: Institutionally Antisemitic:...
The Multiple Faces of Whitewashing Antisemitism
Major cases of antisemitism are usually accompanied by a variety of whitewashing statements. Yet this whitewashing is rarely looked at as a widespread and multi-faceted...
Antisemitism Is an Integral Part of European Culture, and the EU Can’t Fight It Effectively
There has been an explosive growth in antisemitism since the beginning of the 20th century in many European Union countries. Occasionally, European leaders mention the...
How Israel Should Handle Poland’s Holocaust Crimes and Antisemitism
“Calibration” is crucial in diplomacy. And when it comes to Israel's relations with Poland, calibration is the key condition. While both countries have an interest...
