Help Deconstructing Common Antisemitic Myths

[This page gets updated as I find more resources. Send me suggested resources at reachpast@gmail.com.]

"The Israel Lobby Controls America" 
"Blaming the Lobby " - Pro-Palestinian Columbia scholar Joseph Massad breaks it all down
"The Israel Lobby: How Powerful Is It Really?" - Middle East politics analyst Stephen Zunes looks at the thesis piece by piece

What's up with the Jewishness of the Neo-Cons?
"What is a neo-conservative anyway?" - Jim Lobe (Asia Times) breaks down what neo-cons are, and contextualizes Jewish neo-cons

           

"The Jews Run Hollywood / Control the Media"
"Do Jews run Hollywood?" - A very funny (and serious and informative) piece by actor Ben Stein

 

"The Jews ran slavery / started racism"
"Jew-Hatred As History" - The ADL's breakdown of the NOI tract, "The Secret Relationship Between Blacks and Jews"
"What's the deal with drunk Noah?"  StraightDope.com article on the misnamed 'Hamitic' Curse and its use to justify anti-Black racism

"Israel made the U.S. go to war with Iraq"
"Sharon warned Bush," - analyst Yossi Alpher notes pre-war Israeli government opposition to Bush's Iraq War
"The U.S. Invasion of Iraq: Not the Fault of Israel and its Supporters" - Stephen Zunes on why Israel is responsible for many things, but not the Iraq war


"The Jews killed Jesus"
"Loosely based on a true story," - Christian scholar John Dominic Crossan contrasts Mel Gibson-style narratives of Jesus' death with the actual historical background of the crucifixion