Table of Contents
Foreword Judith Butler vii
A Note about the Spelling of "Antisemitism" xv
Introduction Rebecca Vilkornerson 1
Part I Histories and Theories of Antisemitism 5
Antisemitism Redefined: Israel's Imagined National Narrative of Endless External Threat Antony Lerman 7
Palestinian Activism and Christian Antisemitism in the Church Walt Davis 21
Black and Palestinian Lives Matter: Black and Jewish America in the Twenty-First Century Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 31
Intersections of Antisemitism, Racism, and Nationalism: A Sephardi/Mizrahi Perspective Ilise Benshushan Cohen 43
On Antisemitism and Its Uses Shaul Magid 59
Antisemitism, Palestine, and the Mizrahi Question Tallie Ben Daniel 71
Part II Confronting Antisemitism and Islamophobia 81
Trump, the Alt-right, Antisemitism, and Zionism Arthur Goldwag 83
"Our Liberation is Intertwined" An Interview with Linda Sarsour 91
Centering Our Work on Challenging Islamophobia Donna Nevel 95
Who Am I to Speak? Aurora Levins Morales 103
Captured Narratives Rev. Graylan Hagler 111
"We're Here Because You Were There": Refugee Rights Advocacy and Antisemitism Rachel Ida Buff 121
European Antisemitism: Is It "Happening Again"? Rabbi Brant Rosen 129
Part III Fighting False Charges of Antisemitism 137
Two Degrees of Separation: Israel, Its Palestinian Victims, and the Fraudulent Use of Antisemitism Omar Barghouti 139
A Double-Edged Sword: Palestine Activism and Antisemitism on College Campuses Kelsey Waxman 153
This Campus Will Divest! The Specter of Antisemitism and the Stifling of Dissent on College Campuses Ben Lorber 153
Antisemitism on the American College Campus in the Age of Corporate Education, Identity Politics, and Power-Blindness Orian Zakai 173
Chilling and Censoring of Palestine Advocacy in the United States Dima Khalidi 181
Conclusion 193
Let the Semites End the World! On Decolonial Resistance, Solidarity, and Pluriversal Struggle Alexander Abbasi 195
Building toward the Next World Rabbi Alissa Wise 207
Appendix I JVP Statements on Antisemitism 213
Appendix II Discussion Guide and Additional Readings 217
Contributors 221
Notes 225
Index 255
