1st Edition

The Left, the Right and the Jews

By W.D. Rubinstein Copyright 1982
236 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1982, this book examines anti-semitism in the Western world. The author concludes that, fringe neo-Nazi groups notwithstanding, significant anti-semitism is largely a left-wing rather than a right-wing phenomenon. He finds that Jews have reacted to this change in their situation and in attitudes towards them by making a shift to the right in most Western countries, with the... Read more

1. The Pattern of Modern Jewish History  1.1. The Jewish Community in Britain  1.2. The Jewish Community in the United States  1.3. The German Jewish Community  1.4. The French Jewish Community  1.5. Conclusion  2. Power, Elites and the Jews in the Post-War World  2.1. Power and Modern Society  2.2. The Jews as an Elite  2.3. Power and the Problem of the Jews  2.4. Elites and Jewish Self-Perception  3. The Realignment of Anti-Semitism  3.1. Anti-Semitism and Philo-Semitism  3.2. The Western Establishment and the Jews  3.3. The Left and the Jews  3.4. The Left and the Jews in Toady’s World  3.5. Social Democracy and the Jews Today  4. The Jewish Reaction  4.1. The Jewish Political Response  4.2. The Jewish Intelligentsia  4.3. The Jewish Reaction  5. The Western Democracies  5.1. The United States  5.2. Britain  5.3. Australia  6. The Soviet Union  7. Israel  8. Conclusions

Biography

Rubinstein, W.D.