The collective volume Antisemitism in Greece: New and Contemporary Readings from the 19th Century to the Present is a multidisciplinary, polyphonic intervention in one of the most pressing and historically burdened fields of public debate. With the clear aim of moving beyond the circumstances that took shape after October 7, 2023, the volume examines antisemitism as a long-standing phenomenon that is constantly changing, survives in different ideological environments, and permeates public discourse, institutions, and everyday experience.
Drawing on contributions from historians, social scientists, legal scholars, journalists, and members of the Jewish community, the work combines scholarly analysis with personal testimony, seeking to bridge the gap between theoretical understanding and the experience of trauma. It explores the historical roots and contemporary forms of antisemitism, from its ideological transformations and its relationship with anti-Zionism to its normalization in parts of public and cultural discourse.
At the same time, the volume highlights the lived and social dimensions of the phenomenon, shedding light on its impact on education, culture, the public sphere, and everyday life. Particular emphasis is placed on how the memory of the Shoah, contemporary political conflicts, and mechanisms of public representation shape the perception and reproduction of anti-Jewish stereotypes.
As a whole, the volume seeks to contribute to the systematic study of a field that remains ideologically and academically contentious, while also highlighting the tensions arising from the intersection of historical research, public discourse, and the political climate.
Anna Maria Droumpouki
From Left-Wing Antisemitism to Anti-Zionism: Notes on the “Second Wave of Post-Nazi Anti-Jewish Sentiment”
Moshe Zimmermann
Altneuland: Antisemitism as an Object of Research
Hagen Fleischer
Antisemitism in Greece: Facts, Myths, Stereotypes, and Questions
Filippos Karampot
The Judenfresser Quartet and Antisemitic Discourse in Late 19th-Century Greece
Vasiliki Georgiadou
The Image of Jews in Greek Society: Sociodemographic and Ideological Dimensions (2018–2024)
Iasonas Chandrinos
The Trajectories of Far-Right Antisemitism in Greece from 1960 to the Present
Salomi Boukala
Shadows of Solidarity and Humanitarianism: Antisemitism as “Common Sense” in Left-Wing and Progressive Discourse
Ilias Messinas
Antisemitism in Greece: Synagogues as Victims of an External and Internal Threat
Maria Topali
Delayed Hausaufgaben
Periklis Kortsaris
How Antisemitism Contaminates the Law: The Case of the Court
Hagen Fleischer
Tragicomic Recollections from the Jungle of Conflicting “Racial” Stereotypes and Prejudices
Yaacov Falkov
A Desperate Ode: Explaining the Right to Exist in a Hostile World
Andrea Kirchner
#MeToo ... Unless You’re a Jew: On Feminism’s Silence in the Face of Hamas’s Sexual Violence
Kostas Kosmas
Leitkultur: A Personal Account in Seven Parts
Kostas Alexiou
Palestine über alles: The Anti-Jewish Hysteria after October 7
Dimitris Kravvaris
The Impact of October 7 on Greece: Two Observations
Babis Misailidis
Defamation, Antisemitism, and Censorship in Publishing: The Case of Diethnes Vima Publishers
Tatiana Liani
Ignorance and Antisemitism in Greek Schools: A Personal Testimony
Antzi Saltampasi
The Antisemitism of Good People: Internalization or Costly Dialogue?
Jean Cohen
The Onslaught of Antisemitism in the 1980s
Aliki Arouch
Being an Arouch in Greece
Mariantzela Hatzistamatiou
Scenes of Prejudice: Antisemitism in Song, Opera, and the Performing Arts
Chari Dellopoulou
Experiential Urban Planning
Albert Revach
Antisemitism in the Greek Armed Forces
Rolly (Raphael) Gatenio
Numbers on the Skin, Words in Memory: The Experience of the Second Generation
Marios Iechaskel
Anti-Jewish Hatred
Ilias Kanellis
“Mom, I Killed Ten. I’m a Hero.”
