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The emergence of antisemitism

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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  • Lewis, Bernard, Semites and Anti-Semites: An Inquiry into Conflict and Prejudice (New York: W. W. Norton, 1986).

  • 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.

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