Anti-Semitism on the Campus: Past and Present

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.

Author: Eunice G. Pollack
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Published: 02/28/2018
Pages: 474
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.95d
ISBN13: 9781618113245
ISBN10: 1618113240
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social
- Social Science | Violence in Society
- Social Science | Jewish Studies

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).