Author Edward Alexander presents readers with a collection of essays focused on the historical and contemporary phenomenon of anti-Zionism among Jews. The author argues that anti-Zionist sentiment is akin to Jewish self-hatred over eighteen chapters that focus on Disraeli and Marx, liberalism and Zionism, Noam Chomsky, the Holocaust, anti-Semitism, Hillary Clinton and Michael Lerner, Oslo and Intifada II, boycotts against Israel, and a wide variety of other related topics. The author is a retired faculty member of the University of Washington. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
This volume features powerful essays by Edward Alexander on the phenomenon of anti-Zionism on the part of the Jewish intelligentsia. It also analyzes the explosive growth of traditional anti-Semitism, especially in Europe, among intellectuals and Muslims. Alexander notes that anti-Zionism has established a presence even in Israel, where it frequently takes the form of intellectuals sympathizing with their country’s enemies and perversely apologizing for their own existence.
Alexander begins with an examination of the origins of Jewish self-hatred in nineteenth-century Europe. He then explores the mindset of disaffected Jews in reacting, or failing to react, to the two events that shape modern Jewry: the Holocaust and the founding of the State of Israel.
The book concludes with a focus on contemporary anti-Zionism, including three essays about the role played by Jews in the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement to expel Israel from the family of nations. A final essay addresses the need for American Jews to decide whether they are going to judge Judaism by the standards of TheNew York Times or The New York Times by the standards of Judaism.
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