Links and Readings     (Updated continually)

Organizing

Facing A Challenge Within: A Progressive Scholars' and Activists Conference on Antisemitism and the Left - A groundbreaking conference that took place in 2004 in Oakland, CA, and, for its East Coast debut, in March 2006 in Newark, NJ.

Monitoring

The Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism [including their helpful annual reports on global expressions of antisemitism]


         More general human rights monitoring:

                    AlertNet.org - Selected coverage of humanitarian crises from Reuters news service. [Be aware that Palestinian news is listed under Israel.]

Jewish media   (that's right, the actual Jewish media)

JTA (Jewish Telegraphic Agency) - like a Jewish version of Reuters or Associated Press

The Jewish Forward - Once a socialist paper, it was the most widely read Jewish newspaper in the world for decades.
(And you can still read it in Yiddish.)


       And Israeli media:

           Ha'aretz - A leading daily newspaper, considered liberal.

Further Resources after "The Past Didn't Go Anywhere" - www.pinteleyid.com/past/links.html
Click here to be redirected to links to "Further Resources" from the back cover

Suggested Readings

Classics & Should-Be-Classics

Skit: "The Cyclical Nature of Jewish Oppression," by Progressives Challenging Anti-Semitism Among Progressives, Oakland, CA (1998)

"That's Funny, You Don't Look Anti-Semitic: An Anti-Racist Analysis of Left Anti-Semitism"  by Steve Cohen (1984)

"Antisemitism and National Socialism," by Moishe Postone. A key text for understanding the links between antisemitism and capitalism; parts have highly technical Marxist vocabulary, but other parts are widely understandable.

"O Havruta O Mituta" ["Give me friendship, or give me death"],  A pamphlet by Ella Goldman & Guy Austrian encouraging Palestine solidarity activists to act as allies to Jews & strengthen their movement in the process.

Yours In Struggle: Three Feminist Perspectives on Anti-Semitism and Racism, by Elly Bulkin, Minnie Bruce Pratt, and Barbara Smith. (Long Haul Press, 1984 and Firebrand Books, 1988)

"I'm Not White, I'm Jewish: Standing As Jews in the Fight for Racial Justice"  A talk by Paul Kivel delivered at the "What is White?" conference, University of California at Riverside, 1998. [For more from Paul Kivel, see www.paulkivel.com]

A Working Perspective On Jewish Liberation, by Ricky Sherover-Marcuse (b.1938 - d.1988)

Several pieces in New Internationalist # 372 - Judeophobia  (Oct. 2004)

Readings for the "Allies to Jews" training group

"Offers We Couldn't Refuse: The Decline of Actively Secular Jewish Identity in the 20th Century U.S." by April Rosenblum [This article is not posted because it's a draft in revision. Please contact me personally if you would like to read it, at aprilrosenblum@gmail.com]

A two-part reading on Soviet treatment of Jews and its impact on the Left , including an excerpt on anti-Jewish policies in revolutionary and Soviet Russia, from Michael Lerner's The Socialism of Fools: Antisemitism on the Left, and an excerpt from the Chutzpah Collective's "That's Funny, You Don't Look Anti-Semitic: Perspective on the American Left."

"Recent Expressions of Antisemitism: An Informal Sampling"  by April Rosenblum

          
           And to get extra smart, these optional readings...
          
           "Campaign Against the MAI is Potentially Anti-Semitic" by Eric Krebbers and Merijn Schoenmaker of the Dutch anti-racist and                                  immigrant solidarity group, De Fabel van de Illegaal (July 1999). Check out also De Fabel van de illegaal quits Dutch anti-MAI campaign.
             "Building Alliances: Antisemitism and Racism" - Opening panel remarks by Kenji Liu at Facing a Challenge 2004 (Oakland).

Selected news articles about contemporary antisemitism

"The hate that will not die," by Linda Grant, The Guardian, Dec. 18, 2001
"Hate-hate relationship," by Linda Grant, The Guardian, Sept. 5, 2001

Selected opinion pieces about mainstream & Left responses to antisemitism

"Slipping standards," by David Hirsh, blogging on the Guardian website, April 28, 2006
"The new fault line on the left," by Jon Pike, blogging on the Guardian website, March 22, 2006
"Urban legends," by Rachel Kamel, Peacework, November 2002
"Terms of abuse," by Gary Younge, The Guardian, February 25, 2002.

General resources about antisemitism:

A helpful timeline of anti-Jewish oppression, ancient times to 2006   from Wikipedia/Answers.com
"The Longest Hatred," New Internationalist's bite-sized summary of the history of Jewish oppression
Details of historic Christian persecution of Jews  [Caution - The site this comes from (which is not a Jewish one) is not shy about proclaiming its general bitterness toward Christianity]

If you're looking to learn about the experiences of Jews of color:

"For Jews of every culture and color, identity and belonging are key issues,"  by Loolwa Khazzoom, for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 3/20/05
"my choice/my identity/my struggle," by Loolwa Khazzoom, for GenerationJ.com, reprinted at InterfaithFamily.com (1998)
"Travels through my identity," by Loolway Khazzoom, excerpts also published in Moxie (1997)  

[Find more resources at www.loolwa.com, especially at her Jewish MultiCultural Corner's culture, politics and Israel pages.]

For help deconstructing antisemitic charges:

(Keep scrolling down, or use the direct link to this page: www.pinteleyid.com/myths.html)

   

Going deeper: Are we a Left movement, or a "my enemy's enemy" movement?

General links - (Beyond issues of antisemitism/Jewish liberation)

Helpful glossaries of political & philosophical terms
http://www.soci.canterbury.ac.nz/resources/glossary/

Texts worth reading
"You Can't Blow Up A Social Relationship: The Anarchist Case Against Terrorism"