Course: Antisemitism: From Its Origins to the Present

Dr. Esther Webman, Prof. Meir Litvak Scholars trace a direct connection between the Muslim Brotherhood and Jihadist organizations such as Al-Qaeda and ISIS. What are the common characteristics of the …

Prof. Bassam Tibi, Dr. Esther Webman Under Islamism, a new interpretation of history arose, and resentment toward the Jews of the early Islamic period was translated into an emotional and …

Prof. Bassam Tibi Some scholars and historians trace the birth of Islamism and modern day Islamist movements, such as Al-Qaeda and ISIS, to the Muslim Brotherhood and to the ideological …

Prof. Meir Litvak An important force in the formulation of antisemitism in the Arab and Islamic world was the transnational organization called the Muslim Brotherhood. Let us go back to …

Prof. Meir Litvak Both the infiltration of European concepts into the Muslim world and the changing social structure and the loss of dominance, affected the development of antisemitism in the …

Prof. Meir Litvak This increasing foreign political and cultural presence, together with the geopolitical weakness of the Muslim world at the time, created a sense of deep crisis among Muslims …

Dr. Esther Webman One of the ideologies brought to the Middle East in the 19th century by European forces was nationalism, which spread across the Arab world, gaining prominence mainly …

Dr. Esther Webman When and why does antisemitism begin to evolve in the Islamic and Arab world and what form does it take? References Frankel, Jonathan, The Damascus Affair: ‘Ritual …

Prof. Mark R. Cohen Though there were indeed exceptional cases of anti-Jewish violence, one thing appears to be clear when discussing Jewish life under Islam until the modern period – …

Prof. Meir Litvak The vast territories that came under Islamic rule over the years, brought with them large numbers of non-Muslim groups and peoples. This diversity demanded a practical policy …

Dr. Esther Webman, Prof. Meir Litvak One of the most prominent contemporary anti-Jewish motifs present in antisemitic discourse in the Arab and Islamic world is that of a global Jewish …

Prof. Meir Litvak, Dr. Esther Webman Several attitudes evolved with regard to the Holocaust in the Arab and Islamic World, influenced by those we have become familiar with when discussing …

The following are excerpts from a TV program on the Holocaust and antisemitism, and a studio debate with Dr. Sa’id Okasha of the Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies. …

Prof. Meir Litvak, Dr. Esther Webman In modern times, the media has become a powerful tool in shaping the collective consciousness. It is therefore extremely interesting to see how antisemitic …

The focus of the previous week was on the contemporary European and American Far-right and Far-left. This week we will explore a third realm – the Arab and Islamic world. …