The emergence of antisemitism

Dr. Esther Webman

When and why does antisemitism begin to evolve in the Islamic and Arab world and what form does it take?

References

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• Sivan, Emmanuel, “A Resurgence of Arab Anti-Semitism,” in William Frankel, ed., Survey of Jewish Affairs, 1988 (London: Associated University Presses, 1989).

• Stillman, Norman A., The Jews of Arab Lands in Modern Times (Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, 1991).

• Stillman, Norman A., “Anti-Judaism and Antisemitism in the Arab and Islamic Worlds Prior to 1948,” in Albert S. Lindemann and Richard S. Levy, eds., Antisemitism: A History (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010), pp. 212 – 221..

• Webman, Esther, “The Challenge of Assessing Arab/Islamic Antisemitism,” Middle Eastern Studies, vol. 46, no. 5 (2010), pp. 677 – 697.

• Webman, Esther, “From the Damascus Blood Libel to the “Arab Spring”: The Evolution of Arab Antisemitism,” Antisemitism Studies, vol. 1, no. 1 (Spring 2017), pp. 157 – 206.