Looking at Anti-Semitism and Anti-Zionism From a Literary Perspective

Interesting essay by Nora Gold on why she wrote her novel, Fields of Exile, on the issue of anti-Israel sentiment on campus:

I spent years writing a novel on this topic because I was so distressed about the anti-Israelism around me that I really couldn’t write about anything else. It was like having a fish hook in my stomach.

I was pained not only by the most obvious manifestations of anti-Israelism, like Israel Apartheid Week – during which, year after year, I witnessed the emotional and psychological damage wreaked on Jewish students and professors – but also the increasing normalization of Israel-bashing in classes, in faculty meetings, and at conferences. I was appalled that in certain disciplines it was almost de rigueur to trash Israel.‎

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