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Sloin Studies Anti-Semitism In Relation To Global History, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

“I think what got me into history was the realization that history was the most political and dangerous subject one could study.” That’s the way Dr. Andrew Sloin explains how he became a historian.

Sloin was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He received his bachelor’s degree in history and political science from Sarah Lawrence College in New York and his masters in social sciences, and his doctorate in history and Jewish studies from the University of Chicago. Today he is an assistant professor in the History Department of the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences at Baruch College/CUNY.

Review Of Muslims And Jews In France. History Of A Conflict By Maud S. Mandel, Bryan Turner

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The mood of European scholarship with respect to the recognition and integration of Islam is typically pessimistic. The rise of anti-immigrant and anti-Islam political parties – Golden Dawn in Greece, the Northern League in Italy, Marine Le Penn and the National Front in France, and the English defense league in Britain – have exposed a hitherto hidden or ignored under-current of resentment against foreigners. In the context of these developments, Maud Mandel’s study of Muslims and Jews in France is a welcome corrective to the dominant focus on anti-Islam in the academic literature and in the popular media. The historical …

Felix Posen Bibliographic Project On Antisemitism, John A. Drobnicki

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A review of the Felix Posen Bibliographic Project on Antisemitism.

Untruth In The Classroom, John A. Drobnicki

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Although historical revision is a valid practice, Holocaust revisionism is based on deliberate fabrications of the historical record and does not reinterpret a past event. The author believes that Holocaust revisionist materials should not be ignored by teachers, but should be used in classrooms as primary source material on anti-Semitism and intolerance.

The Auschwitz Convent Controversy, John A. Drobnicki

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A review article of Carol Rittner and John K. Roth (eds.), Memory Offended: The Auschwitz Convent Controversy (Praeger, 1991), which discusses the controversy over the presence of a Carmelite convent at the Auschwitz concentration camp.

A Touch Of Controversy, John A. Drobnicki

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A review article of Antony Polonsky (ed.), My Brother’s Keeper?: Recent Polish Debates on the Holocaust (Routledge, 1990), which discusses accusations against Poles of having been indifferent toward the Nazis' attempted extermination of Jews.