Fathom - For a deeper understanding of Israel, the region, and …
WEBKnown to Theodor Herzl after all: The late 19th-century American and British bids to establish a Jewish state in Palestine. By Philip Earl Steele. On the 120th anniversary of Theodor Herzl's death, Fathom publishes an extract from Philip Earl Steele's recent book... Read more > July 2024.
Fathom – Leon Trotsky’s Long War Against Antisemitism
WEBTrotsky as Revisionist (1) Rethinking Antisemitism. Like other Marxists, Trotsky had long conceptualised antisemitism as an essentially pre-modern phenomenon; a hangover from feudalism which would disappear as capitalism advanced. However, in 1937 Trotsky acknowledged that capitalism was having no such effect.
‘There is a clash of civilisations’: An interview with Benny Morris
WEBNov 7, 2015 · Options. In this in-depth interview, Israeli historian Benny Morris speaks with Professor Gabriel Noah Brahm about his work, his critics and his regrets. He also charges Western academics with dishonesty about the Middle East, gives his prognosis for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and outlines his view of Israel’s place in the ‘Clash of ...
1967 | How Nasser’s vendetta against America led to the Six-Day …
WEBMay 23, 2017 · For 50 years historians have debated the question of what motivated Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser’s disastrous drift towards a humiliating defeat in the Six-Day War with Israel in 1967. Gabriel Glickman argues that the archives suggest we have underestimated the pivotal role of Nasser’s …
Fathom – TV Review: The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem
WEBNoga Emanuel reviews the TV series The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem, a dramatic adaptation of Sarit Yishai-Levy’s bestselling novel of the same title, set in the Jerusalem of the 1920s and 1940s. She finds a ‘jousting between frivolous liberating modernity and rigid traditions of cultural convention’ that takes the viewer back to ‘a time and a place where every single aspect of life ...
Fathom – Diary from Jerusalem | Calev Ben-Dor | Day 332
WEBDeputy Editor of Fathom Calev Ben-Dor shares his anguished reflections from Jerusalem after six hostages were executed by Hamas and massive street protests demanded an end to the war. “There have been many days since October where the contours of the journey from grief to hope have lacked clarity and direction.
Like a Cloud Contains a Storm: Jean Améry’s Critique of ... - Fathom
WEBI have already noted that Améry wrote in 1969 that ‘Anti-Zionism contains antisemitism like a cloud contains a storm’ (Améry 2005a: 133). Anti-Zionism was the new ‘honorable antisemitism’ that was now turned against Israel as the object of the same old and dangerous resentments (Améry 2005a: 133). The ‘emotional infrastructure ...
Fathom – Topic – Book Reviews
WEBBook Review | Israel’s Moment: International Support and Opposition to Establishing the Jewish State, 1945-1949.
IHRA and JDA: Examining Definitions of Antisemitism in 2021
WEBSeeking to acquit themselves of that sin, on March 25, 2021, a group of liberal and left-leaning scholars in Jewish history, Holocaust studies and research on the Middle East, mostly in the United States, Israel, and Germany posted ‘The Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism.’ [Mathias Kuentzel has made this point effectively.
Fathom – Yair Raveh
WEBYair Raveh is chief film critic of Pnai Plus, Israel’s largest entertainment magazine. He also runs Israel’s most popular film blog, cinemascope.co.il.