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Gabriel A. Sivan, Rivkah Fishman, Jeanette Dershowitz, Morris Karlin, Paul Berman, Nancy Milgram, Levy Winsom, Menny Klausner, Hannah Bloom, Mike Eckler

2005

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Sir, - As Prof. Amnon Rubinstein sagely observed, the Israel- bashers of today are simply a new form of the \"biological anti- Semite\" (\"A world without Israel,\" November 16). In recent studies I have identified Jewish self-hatred with the Naumann-Schoeps syndrome, which developed in German Jewry between 1920 and 1935. Max Naumann headed the Association of National-German Jews, which denounced Zionism and Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. Hans- Joachim Schoeps led a group of assimilationists, the German-Jewish Vanguard. Sir, - Prof. Amnon Rubinstein rightly points out the alarming increase in the number of books written by American, British and European university professors advocating the end of Zionism and the dismantling of the State of Israel. I wish I could share his optimism about the eventual disregard of such works. However, as students and doctoral candidates depend on these professors for their grades, promotions and job placements, I fear that this anti- Jewish and anti-Israel propaganda, masquerading as scholarship, will be with us for some time. Sir, - Greek President Karolos Papoulias's visit to Israel to attend the coronation of the new but disputed Greek Patriarch of Jerusalem on Tuesday was characterized by an Israeli Foreign Ministry official as a \"private\" visit (\"Greek Orthodox ignore Israeli opposition,\" November 17). Therefore, his attendance at the coronation is not viewed by Israel as a diplomatic affront, even though Minister-without-Portfolio Tzahi Hanegbi said the ceremony was against Israeli law.

• Publisher: The Jerusalem Post Ltd
• Subject: Barak, Ehud