The new Anti-Semitism in Europe: the Islamic dimension of, and Jewish belonging in, the EU

This article examines the sense of Jewish vulnerability and exclusion in Europe that has resulted from manifestations, and Jewish perceptions, of the “new anti-Semitism,” and the role of Islamic communities in Europe in propagating this form of hatred of Jews. First emerging in 2000 with the outbreak of the second Palestinian Intifada, and tied in with the Middle East conflict, anger at Israel is directed at Diaspora Jewish communities. This “new anti-Semitism” targets the Jewish collective with the characteristics of anti-Semitism previously aimed at individual Jews. The article focuses on the wave of anti-Semitism that erupted as a result of the 2014 Israeli–Hamas War. Based on an analysis of European Jewish communities, it considers the active part played by European Muslim communities in perpetrating the new anti-Semitism. Using an analysis of survey data, emigration statistics and newspaper opinion articles by leading European Jewish intellectuals, the article considers how the new anti-Semitism is adversely affecting Jewish–Muslim relations and the concomitant sense of “belonging” of European Jewry. The article considers what is required to overcome the new anti-Semitism propagated by Muslim communities to restore a greater sense of Jewish belonging to, and identification with, Europe.

En busca de un pogrom perdido : Diáspora judía, política y políticas de la memoria en torno a la Semana Trágica de 1919 (1919-1999)

El presente trabajo se propone explorar la formación y transmisión de la memoria colectiva relacionada con los hechos antijudíos ocurridos durante la denominada Semana Trágica, transcurrida en Buenos durante enero de 1919. Centrándose en el rol del colectivo judío, pero también considerando el rol de otros agentes de transmisión como escritores e historiadores, se analizarán las vías por las cuales dicho recuerdo circuló así como las diversas coyunturas de activación de dichas memorias a lo largo del siglo XX

En busca de un pogrom perdido : Diáspora judía, política y políticas de la memoria en torno a la Semana Trágica de 1919 (1919-1999)

El presente trabajo se propone explorar la formación y transmisión de la memoria colectiva relacionada con los hechos antijudíos ocurridos durante la denominada Semana Trágica, transcurrida en Buenos durante enero de 1919. Centrándose en el rol del colectivo judío, pero también considerando el rol de otros agentes de transmisión como escritores e historiadores, se analizarán las vías por las cuales dicho recuerdo circuló así como las diversas coyunturas de activación de dichas memorias a lo largo del siglo XX

En busca de un pogrom perdido : Diáspora judía, política y políticas de la memoria en torno a la Semana Trágica de 1919 (1919-1999)

El presente trabajo se propone explorar la formación y transmisión de la memoria colectiva relacionada con los hechos antijudíos ocurridos durante la denominada Semana Trágica, transcurrida en Buenos durante enero de 1919. Centrándose en el rol del colectivo judío, pero también considerando el rol de otros agentes de transmisión como escritores e historiadores, se analizarán las vías por las cuales dicho recuerdo circuló así como las diversas coyunturas de activación de dichas memorias a lo largo del siglo XX

Negative map of Jewish settlements in Ukraine and Crimea

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Precipitation in the regions of Jewish colonization (incomplete)

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Growth of Jewish Land Settlements in Crimea 1924-1934

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Growth of Jewish land setllements in Crimea 1924-1929

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Negative photo map of Jewish settlements in the Krivoy Rog district

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Marginalising the marginal in holocaust films : fictional representations of jewish policeman

This paper explores the issue of how Jewish victims who occupied so-called 'privileged' positions during the Holocaust are represented in fictional films. Such figures, particularly Jewish policemen in the ghettos, may be seen to inhabit the 'marginal' in two ways, both in terms of the unprecedented ethical dilemmas they faced, and the relative lack of attention such figures have received. Taking Primo Levi's paradigmatic essay on the 'grey zone' as a point of departure, this paper analyses how Jewish policemen are represented in mainstream, 'Hollywood' fictional films, namely Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List, in order to reveal that the narrative concerns of such works preclude any serious engagement with themes of moral ambiguity and 'compromise'. Attention will also be given to a more recent trend in the genre of Holocaust film that directly confronts these issues, nonetheless such films may themselves be viewed as marginalised due to their subject matter.

Shared leadership in Queensland schools : a collective case study

Shared leadership has been identified as a key governance base for the future of government and Catholic schools in Queensland, the state’s two largest providers of school education. Shared leadership values the contributions that many individuals can make through collaboration and teamwork. It claims to improve organisational performance and reduce the increasing pressures faced by principals. However despite these positive features, shared leadership is generally not well understood, not well accepted and not valued by those who practice or study leadership. A collective case study method was chosen, incorporating a series of semi-structured interviews with principals and the use of official school documents. The study has explored the current understanding and practice of shared leadership in four Queensland schools and investigated its potential for use.

On collective unintelligence

The idea of collective unintelligence is examined in this paper to highlight some of the conceptual and practical problems faced in modeling groups. Examples drawn from international crises and economics provide illustrative problems of collective failures to act in intelligent ways, despite the inputs and efforts of many skilled and intelligent parties. Choices made of “appropriate” perceptions, analysis and evaluations are examined along with how these might be combined. A simple vector representation illustrates some of the issues and creative possibilities in multi-party actions. Revealed as manifest (un-)intelligence are the resolutions of various problems and potentials that arise in dealing with the “each and all” of a group (wherein items are necessarily non-parallel and of unequal valency). Such issues challenge those seeking to model collective intelligence, but much may be learned.