Transformations in French Anti-Semitism?

The increase in the number of anti-Semitic acts since the start of the Second Intifada has sparked off a broad debate on the return of anti-Semitism in France. This article focuses on the question whether this anti-Semitism is still based on the alleged superiority of the Aryan race as in the time of Nazism, or if it represents the birth of a “new Judeophobia” that is more based on anti-Zionism and the polemical mixing of “Jews,” “Israelis,” and “Zionists.” One supposed effect of this transformation is that anti-Semitism is in the process of changing camps and migrating from the extreme right to the extreme left of the political arena, to the “altermondialistes,” the communists, and the “neo-Trotskyists.” The article provides answers to the following questions: Are anti-Jewish views on the increase in France today? Do these opinions correlate with negative opinions of other minorities, notably Maghrebians and Muslims? Do they tend to develop among voters and sympathizers with the extreme right or on the extreme left of the political spectrum? And how are they related to opinions concerning Zionism and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? My evaluation of the transformations in French anti-Semitism relies on two types of data. The first is police and gendarmerie statistics published by the National Consultative Committee on Human Rights (CNCDH), which is charged with presenting the prime minister with an annual report on the struggle against racism and xenophobia in France. The other is data from surveys, notably surveys commissioned by CNCDH for its annual report and surveys conducted at the Center for Political Research (CEVIPOF) at Sciences Po (Paris Institute for Political Research). The data show that anti-Semitic opinions follow a different logic from acts, that the social, cultural, and political profile of anti-Semites remains very close to that of other types of racists, and that anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism do not overlap exactly.

Vocabulaire de l'angélologie d'après les manuscrits Hébreux de la bibliothèque nationale

Moi͏̈se Schwab

Neue Überlegungen zur Datierung der westlichen Befestigungsanlagen Aššurs

This paper focuses on the construction date of the Neo-Assyrian city walls on the western front of Ashur. W. Andrae and his team excavated the walls on a large scale and established that they were both referred to in Shalmaneser III’s inscriptions. However, a reconsideration of the archaeological and textual evidence suggests that not the „Binnenwall,“ but the „Niederwall“ was constructed at the same time as the „Außenwall.“ This implies that Shalmaneser III’s inscriptions actually never mentioned the „Binnenwall“ which was probably not built until the end or even sometime after of his reign.

Using Factorial Surveys and Stated Choice Experiments to Investigate Discriminatory Attitudes and Preferences

Empirical research on discriminatory attitudes and behaviour grapples with the social undesirability of its object. In many studies using regular survey methods, estimates are biased, and the social context of discrimination is not taken into account. Several methods have been developed, especially to deal with the first problem. In this regard, the estimation of the ‘true value’ of discriminatory attitudes is at the centre of interest. However, methodological contributions focusing on the social context of attitude communication and discriminatory behaviour, as well as the correlation between both, are rare. We present two experimental methods which address those issues: factorial surveys and stated choice experiments. In a first study, the usefulness of factorial surveys is demonstrated with data on German anti-Semitism (N=279). We show that the rate of approval with anti-Semitic statements increases if (a) respondents are told that the majority of fellows agree with such statements, (b) the term “Jews” is replaced by the term “Israelis”, and (c) reference to the Holocaust is made. Apart from the main effects of these experimental factors, significant interaction effects regarding the political attitudes and social status of respondents are observed. In a second study, a stated choice experiment on the purchase of olive oil and tomatoes was conducted in Germany (N=440). We find that respondents prefer Italian and Dutch products (control treatment) compared to Israeli and Palestinian ones (discrimination treatments). There are no significant differences between preferences for a so called ‘Peace product’ (which is produced jointly by Israelis and Palestinians) and products from Italy as well as the Netherlands. Yet, taking discriminatory attitudes (anti-Semitic and anti-Arabic attitudes) into account, a strong correlation between those attitudes and stated behaviour (purchase of Israeli, Palestinian and jointly produced products) can be found. This adds support to the hypothesis that discriminatory attitudes hold behavioural consequences.

Sur une inscription hébrai͏̈que relative à la synagogue de Tàdif : extrait

M. Euting

Beiträge zur Lehre von dem zusammengesetzten Satze im Neuhebräischen

von Carl Siegfried (Jena)

Glossaire hébreu-francais du XIII. siècle : recueil de mots hébreux bibliques avec trad. francaise ; Ms. de la Bibliotheque Nationale, fonds hébreu, no. 302

publié sous les auspices de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres par Mayer Lambert et Louis Brandin

Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s "Garbage, The City, and Death". A Four Act Scandal in Post-war Germany

Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Garbage, The City, and Death. A Four Act Scandal in Post-war Germany The paper explores the dramaturgy of the scandals around the play Garbage, The City and Death (Der Müll, die Stadt und der Tod) by German playwright, theatre and film maker Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Published in 1976, the play immediately caused a scandal in West Germany, because it was accused of reproducing anti-Semitic stereotypes. The presentation sheds light on the different phases of the scandal and their historical and cultural contexts in post-war Germany – starting as a literary scandal in 1976, being transformed into a theatre scandal in the 1980ies and finally being dissolved by the German premiere in 2009. The paper is structured as follows: Act One: The Literary Scandal. Destroying Fassbinder’s Garbage, Act Two: Preventing the Staging of the Play, Act Three: Blocking the Opening Night, Act Four: Performing the Play in Germany. By analysing the dramaturgical structure of this specific scandal, the paper discusses the following hypotheses: 1. Scandals arise through the circulation of decontextualised information in public. This is due to either a lack of information about the actual object or incident being scandalised or a lack of information about the context of the object or incident. This lack is caused by the logic of the scandal itself: Because the play or the performance is prohibited, it has been withdrawn from the public, making it impossible to form a well-founded opinion on the controversy. 2. The scandal is driven forward by an emotionalising rhetoric built around the decontextualised information. 3. Once the gap of information is filled, the scandalising rhetoric turns into a rhetoric of irrelevance: Reviews of the first performance of Garbage, The City and Death in Germany considered the play hardly a matter of public concern.

The Prophecies of Zechariah : with special reference to the origin and date of chapters 9-14

Leipzig, Univ., Diss., 1896

Na 1 Nachlass Max Horkheimer, 670 - "Treatise on Antisemitism" und zugehörige Dokumente (p. IX 124-IX 134)

"Treatise on Antisemitism", Unterlagen zur Buchveröffentlichung, 1945-1946; "Tentative Outline of Contens", a) Typoskript, 6 Blatt; b) Typoskript, 2 Blatt; c) Typoskript, 2 Blatt; "Section 2: Modern European Antisemitism". Typoskript, 5 Blatt; "Section 4: Political Antisemitism in America". Typoskript, 5 Blatt; "Section 5: Religious and Social Ideologies". Typoskript, 7 Blatt; "The Nature of Anti-Semitism. Psychologocal Topics to be Surveyed", a) Typoskript, 2 Blatt; b) Typoskript, 2 Blatt; "Proposed Project for a Treatise on Antisemitism" und "Tentative Outline of Contents". Typoskript mit handschriftlichen Ergänzungen, 8 Blatt; "Notes on the Content for Sections on American Antisemitism for the proposed book". Typoskript, 9 Blatt; Über den Aufbau des Buchs, eigenhändige Notiz von Max Horkheimer, 1 Blatt; Löwenthal, Leo: "Memorandum to Max Horkheimer, re: books", 25.11.1946. Typoskript, 6 Blatt; Memoranden über Besprechungen betreffend "Traetise", 28.05-10.10.1945, Typoskript, 6 Blatt; Jaeger, Werner: 1 Brief mit Unterschrift an Gordon W. Allport, Cambridge, Mass., 21.06.1945, 1 Blatt; Statements for AJC on account 'Treatise', Juli 1945 - Mai 1947, 19 Blatt; Unterlagen zur deutschen Ausgabe der "Studies in Prejudice", 1950-1952; "German Version of the Series 'Studies in Prejudice'". Typoskript, 3 Blatt; "Bericht über den Plan zur Herstellung einer deutschen Fassung der Studies in Prejudice". Typoskript, 4 Blatt; Memoranden zur Arbeit an der deutschen Ausgabe, 15.01.1951- 05.12.1952, Typoskript, 7 Blatt; Record of Meeting Commentary and Institute of Social Research", 29.05.1946; Diskussionsteilnehmer: Cohen, Elliot; Glazer, Nathan; Greenberg, Clement; Warshow, Robert; Löwenthal, Leo; Massing, Paul; Pollock, Friedrich; Weil, Felix; Gurland, A.R.L.; Jahoda, Marie; Löwe, Adolf; Typoskript, 19 Blatt; "Some Notes to the 'tentative draft discussed with R.'", Datierung unklar, um 1943? Typoskript mit handschriftlichen Korrekturen, 4 Blatt; "Re: Antisemitism in occupied Europe", Datierung unklar, etwa 1945-1948?; Typsokript, 3 Blatt; "Studies Undertaken in the Project on Political Antisemitism", Tabellarische Aufzählung, Datierung unklar, Typoskript, 1 Blatt; Institut of Social Research: "Instructions", Anweisungen für Interviewer, Fragebogen, Datierung unklar, Entwurf, Typoskript, 4 Blatt; Über Forschungsunternehmungen zu ethischen Vorurteilesstrukturen in den USA zwischen 1928 und 1939, Datierung unklar, Typoskript, 2 Blatt; Institut of Social Research: "Section I: Protestantism and Antisemitism. Section II: Report on the General Body of Protestant Antisemitic Feeling", Datierung unklar, Typoskript, 29 Blatt; Horkheimer, Max: "Re: Anti-Semitism- Spearhead of Nazism", Datierung unklar, Typoskript, 6 Blatt; Adorno, Theodor W.: "Re: Questionaire on Anti-Semitism", Datierung unklar. Typoskript, 5 Blatt; Adorno, Theodor W.: "Outline of a socio-psychological study", Datierung unklar. Typoskript mit eigenhändigen Korrekturen, 4 Blatt; "Sample: Responsiveness of Types of Anti-Semites to Anti-Semitic Propaganda", 2 handschriftliche Tabellen-Schemata, Datierung unklar, 2 Blatt;

Na 1 Nachlass Max Horkheimer, 674 - Forschungsprojekte über Antisemitismus, Vorurteil, Autorität: Einzeluntersuchungen (p. IX 141.1-24- IX 142.1-6)

Bettelheim, Bruno; Janowitz, Morris: "A Study on Anxiety and Social Aggression Among Different Groups of War Veterans", 1945-1947; Über die Anfälligkeit der Veteranen für antisemitische Propaganda, Typoskript, englisch, 1 Blatt; "Preliminary Study on the Evaluation of Intolerance Propaganda". Typoskript, 29 Blatt; "Isolationg the Patterns of Intolerance". Typoskript, 30 Blatt; "Distribution of Ethic Intolerance". Typsokript, 18 Blatt; "The Social Characteristics of the Intolerant". Typoskript, 22 Blatt; "Addendum to Social Characteristics of the Intolerant". Typoskript, 16 Blatt; "Impact of War Experiences". Typoskript, 26 Blatt; "Pattern on Sterepotypes". Typoskript, 14 Blatt; "Appendix No. 1: Schedule of Questions Employed in Interview". Typoskript, 6 Blatt; "Appendix No. 2: The Verteran´s Comment on the Interview Situation". Typoskript, 7 Blatt; "Preliminary Report of the Evaluation of Tolerance Propaganda". Typoskript, 19 Blatt; Einleitung zur Beschreibung des Forschungsprojekts, Typoskript, englisch, 1 Blatt; "Instructions for Interviewers". Typoskript, 2 Blat; "Questionaire". Typoskrip, 10 Blatt; "Prupose of the Investigation". Typoskript, 4 Blatt; "Schedule for Interviewers". Typoskript, 6 Blatt; "Appendix: Chicago Veterans Project". Typoskript, 3 Blatt; Memodanden zu Sitzungen mit Bruno Bettelheim, Edward Shils und Theodor W. Adorno; Memorandum 03.04.1945, Typoskript, 2 Blatt; Memorandum 15.03.1945; a) Typoskript, 3 Blatt; b) Typoskript, 4 Blatt; Memorandum 07.03.1945; a) Typoskript, 5 Blatt; b) Typoskript, 6 Blatt; University of Chicago: 1 Brief an Max Horkheimer, Chicago, 29.10.1945; University of Chicago, 1 Brief an Edward Shils undBruno Bettelheim, Chicago, 05.07.1945; Fine, Benjamin: "For Education against Intolerance and Prejudice"; Sonderdruck aus: The Menorah Journal, 1944, Vol. XXXII, No. 2, S. 161-180; Drucksachen, Materialien, 10 Blatt; Ackerman, Nathan W.: zum 'Psychoanalyst Project', 1945-1946; "Towards a Dynamic definition of Anti-Semitism". Typoskript, 13 Blatt; "The Use of Psychoanalytic Case Histories for the Study of Anti-Semitism". Typoskript, 14 Blatt; "Case Material Summary", Tabelle, 5 Blatt; "From for the Collection of Clinical Data on Anti-Minority and Anti-Semitic Attitudes". Als Typoskript vervielfältigt, 5 Blatt; "Case 2". Typoskript, 5 Blatt; "Case 24". Typoskript, 8 Blatt;

Fiesta en Noviembre de Eduardo Mallea : la experimentación formal en función del relieve semántico de preocupaciones éticas

El análisis de la novela está precedido por una síntesis del pensamiento de Eduardo Mallea sobre la caída de los valores de la sociedad argentina. En esta introducción se incluye asimismo información que atañe al contexto referencial de la novela y que se vincula con las consecuencias de la crisis económica de 1929 en la Argentina. Una aproximación global al texto adelanta componentes referenciales de la diégesis que hacen presentes manejos económicos espurios, el brote de racismo antisemita que precedió a la Segunda Guerra Mundial y el asesinato de Federico García Lorca. La cuarta sección del estudio enfoca la superficie textual de la novela. Dos vertientes diegéticas dan lugar a segmentos que se alternan en la que fue, para su época, una innovadora estructuración textual. Las voces narradoras, los monólogos interiores, los procedimientos del lenguaje figurado, la relación adentro-afuera en el desarrollo de la acción completan el análisis. La quinta sección del trabajo aborda la diégesis y la estructura semántica profunda del texto.

Benvenuto Terracini y Demetrio Gazdaru : Dos lecturas desplazadas del archivo glotológico de Graziadio Isaia Ascoli

En este trabajo proponemos centrarnos en dos intervenciones de lectura sobre la obra del lingüista italiano Graziadio Isaia Ascoli, producidas por lingüistas europeos instalados en la Argentina: el italiano Benvenuto Terracini, que ejerció como profesor de Lingüística en la Universidad de Tucumán entre 1941 y 1946, y el rumano Demetrio Gazdaru, que fue docente de materias lingüísticas en diferentes universidades del país desde 1949 hasta 1973. Entendemos esas relecturas como un momento sustancial en los respectivos diseños de la historia de los estudios sobre el lenguaje que ambos especialistas llevan adelante en ámbito argentino. Asimismo, interrogamos esas relecturas como dos intervenciones por la definición de un saber lingüístico legítimo desde lugares periféricos, en la medida en que apuntalan una tradición romanista alternativa a las diferentes inscripciones hispanistas hegemónicas en los discursos académicos sobre el lenguaje en la Argentina

Infanticidios : Historias de vida

Este trabajo de investigación busca encontrar articulaciones entre situaciones de violencia en la vida de las victimarías y el acto infanticida. Se ha considerado fundamentar la misma en la perspectiva de los estudios de género, por cuanto entendemos que no pueden recortarse ni ignorarse las marcas e inscripciones de violencia material y simbólica, así como las significaciones imaginarias que producen la subjetividad femenina. El acto infanticida, en tanto acto humano, tiene múltiples atravesamientos, entre los cuales hemos privilegiado las líneas antropológica, psicológica y sociológica. La elección de una metodología cualitativa de investigación y las técnicas de historia de vida y entrevista en profundidad, dentro de ella, dan cuenta de este propósito de comprender cómo se inscribe el acto infanticida en la vida de estas mujeres que cumplen sentencia en establecimientos penitenciarios bonaerenses. La constitución interdisciplinaria del equipo de investigación busca una síntesis integradora de los enfoques interdisciplinarios