Anti-Semitism on the Campus - (Antisemitism in America) by Eunice G Pollack (Paperback)

About the Book

In this volume, 21 leading scholars explore the roots and manifestations of antisemitism and anti-Zionism and the efforts to combat them at American, British, and South African colleges and universities in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Book Synopsis

Antisemitism on the Campus: Past & Present, edited by Eunice G. Pollack, is the first book of a multidisciplinary series on Antisemitism in America to be published by Academic Studies Press. In this volume, twenty-one leading scholars explore the roots and manifestations of antisemitism and anti- Zionism and the efforts to combat them at American, British, and South African colleges and universities in the 20th and 21st centuries. Topics such as antisemitism and anti-Zionism on individual campuses, in black militant groups, on the Far Left, and in academic organizations; students' exposure to antisemitism and anti-Zionism through popular culture and the internet; discrimination against Jewish faculty, students and organizations; the anti- Israel boycott/divestment movement, among others, are covered.

Review Quotes

From Pollack's perspective, and that of many of the articles included in this volume, anti-Zionism appears to have become the latest form of antisemitism. Campus activists unite around the thesis that true peace only will be possible when Zionists give up the idea of creating a Jewish homeland.

About the Author

Eunice G. Pollack (Ph.D. Columbia University) is Professor of History and Jewish Studies at the University of North Texas. She is a member of the Academic Council of the David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies. Her published works include The Childhood We Have Lost: When Siblings Were Caregivers, 1900-1970 and The Encyclopedia of American Jewish History, which she co-edited with Professor Stephen Norwood (2008).