The new anti-Zionism and the old antisemitism: transformations.

From: Midstream | Date: May 1, 2006| Author: Jospe, Raphael | Copyright information

I. INTRODUCTION: THREE THREATS TO JEWISH EXISTENCE

In his "Letter to Yemen" (1), Maimonides (1135-1204) describes three types of Judeophobia, that is, fear of and antipathy towards the Jews and Judaism. In his analysis, Judeophobia is characterized by three different types of attempts to eliminate the Jewish people, contradict the Torah, and to abolish Jewish religion:

1) Physical eradication. Enemies of the Jews, such as the Biblical Amalek, Sisra, Sancherib ...

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