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Far-right antisemitism in the United States

Expressions of Far-right antisemitism in the United States

Prof. Alvin H. Rosenfeld (winter-spring 2017)

The current rise in the power of the Far-right is not exclusive to Europe. Worrying developments have also been taking place in other parts of the world, including the United States, and movements villainizing a variety of groups, are on the rise.

What place does antisemitism hold for the Far-right political spectrum in United States and how is it expressed?

References

  • Atkins, Stephen E., Encyclopedia of Right-Wing Extremism In Modern American History (Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 201).

  • Baum, Steven K., Neil J. Kressel, Florette Cohen and Steven Leonard Jacobs, eds., Antisemitism in North America: New World, Old Hate (Leiden: Brill, 2016).

  • Hawley, George, Making Sense of the Alt-Right (New York: Columbia University Press, 2017).

  • Mudde, Cas, The Far Right in America (New York: Routledge, 2018).

  • Weitzman, Mark, “Antisemitism in North America,” in Naomi Kramer, ed., Civil Courage: A Response to Contemporary Conflict and Prejudice (New York: Peter Lang, 2007 ).

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