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Jeffrey Herf: Anti-Semitism and Anti-Zionism in Historical Perspective

The current (vol. 25, no. 1, March 2006) issue of The Journal of Israeli History isa special issue devoted to the theme:"Convergence and Divergence: Anti-Semitism and Anti-Zionism in Historical Perspective."  Viewing abstracts of the articles or ordering the issue can be done at the website of Taylor and Francis publishers. The collection includes essays on Germany, as well as the United States, England, France, Poland, Israel and Iran. .

The Taylor and Francis website URL is:

http://www.journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/(c4qkdg552ngzrym4mgtttank)

Type in"Journal of Israeli History" and click on Vol. 25, No. 1 to view abstracts of articles. The table of contents is below.

The Journal of Israeli History       
Publisher:      Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group
Issue:      Volume 25, Number 1 / March 2006

 
Jeffrey Herf, Introduction    

Derek Penslar,     Anti-Semites on Zionism: From Indifference to Obsession    

David N. Myers,     Can There Be a Principled Anti-Zionism? On the Nexus between Anti-Historicism and Anti-Zionism in Modern Jewish Thought    
 
Shulamit Volkov,     Readjusting Cultural Codes: Reflections on Anti-Semitism and Anti-Zionism
 
Jeffrey Herf,     Convergence: The Classic Case Nazi Germany, Anti-Semitism and Anti-Zionism during World War II    

Andrei S. Markovits,     An Inseparable Tandem of European Identity? Anti-Americanism and Anti-Semitism in the Short and Long Run
 
Joseph, Bendersky,       From Cowards and Subversives to Aggressors and Questionable Allies: US Army Perceptions of Zionism since World War I

David Cesarani,     Anti-Zionism in Britain, 1922–2002: Continuities and Discontinuities

Pierre Birnbaum,      The French Radical Right: From Anti-Semitic Zionism to Anti-Semitic Anti-Zionism    
   
Darius Stola,     Anti-Zionism as a Multipurpose Policy Instrument: The Anti-Zionist Campaign in Poland, 1967–1968    

Anita Timm,       Ideology and Realpolitik: East German Attitudes towards Zionism and Israel    

Arieh J. Kochavi,       Israel and the International Legal Arena    
 
Anita Shapira,           Israeli Perceptions of Anti-Semitism and Anti-Zionism    

Meir Litvak,     The Islamic Republic of Iran and the Holocaust: Anti-Semitism and Anti-Zionism