Anti-Jewish sentiments and prejudices are no longer fringe-group phenomena. Judeophobic ideas
have in recent years been widely accepted into the mainstream of society with Israel
frequently serving as a substitute for views with clearly anti-Jewish content. Verbal
anti-Jewish utterances are increasingly common in public and media discourse and are met by
public opinion with indifference or even acceptance. While the coarse Judeophobic expressions
of extremist groupings are frowned upon anti-Jewish views relating to Israel are common in
civil society not causing much concern and meeting with little protest.This new form of
anti-Semitism is the theme of this interdisciplinary volume of essays in which experts
critically analyze Judeophobic resentments and prejudices - frequently directed at the Jewish
state - that have widely reasserted themselves among the broader sectors of Western society.
