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Volume 4 No 1 - Journal for the Study of Antisemitism

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320 JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF ANTISEMITISM [ VOL. 4:315<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir various ancillary institutions, <strong>the</strong> work <strong>of</strong> Gerstenfeld and o<strong>the</strong>rs and<br />

<strong>the</strong> Israeli think tank <strong>the</strong> Jerusalem Center <strong>for</strong> Public Affairs (JCPA) and its<br />

Institute <strong>for</strong> Global Jewish Affairs (IGJA) remain valued as primary<br />

sources not only <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> past but <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> present and future as well. While<br />

guaranteeing nei<strong>the</strong>r Jewish safety, security, nor survival, armed with this<br />

in<strong>for</strong>mation, we realize that what is now called <strong>for</strong> is a worldwide movement<br />

committed to <strong>the</strong> survival <strong>of</strong> one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> world’s oldest contributory<br />

groups whose own difficult journey continues to benefit humankind.<br />

*Steven Leonard Jacobs is a rabbi and <strong>the</strong> Aaron Aronov Endowed Chair <strong>of</strong> Judaic<br />

Studies at <strong>the</strong> University <strong>of</strong> Alabama Tuscaloosa. He is an associate editor <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

JSA and <strong>the</strong> author <strong>of</strong> several books, including his most recent, The Jewish Experience<br />

(Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2010).<br />

1931), U.S. president Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), and/or American abolitionist<br />

Wendell Phillips (1811-1884).

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