2023 Bernard Lewis PrizeEuropean anti-Semitism, in both its theological and racist versions, was essentially alien to Islamic traditions, culture, and modes of thought. But to an astonishing degree, the ideas, the literature, even the crudest inventions of the Nazis and their predecessors have been internalized and Islamized. The major themes—poisoning the wells, the invented Talmud quotations, ritual murder, the hatred of mankind, the Masonic and other conspiracy theories, taking over the world—remain; but with an Islamic, even a Qur’anic twist. - Prof. Bernard Lewis The 2023 Bernard Lewis Prize is awarded to scholars or practitioners engaged in the study of issues on antisemitism that were of great importance to our founding chairman, Prof. Bernard Lewis. While Christian antisemitism is well-studied, a stigma remains around addressing antisemitism in the Muslim world. Beyond this, relatively few scholars focus on the Middle Eastern dimensions of Christian antisemitism in religious and cultural terms, much less the political impacts in the West.
An Age of Hate—The Tunisian Jews During the Holocaust Can "The Whole World" be Wrong? Lethal Journalism, Antisemitism and Global Jihad Anti-Jewish Hate-Speech under Mubarak Reexamined After the Holocaust Worse than Jahiliyya? The Jew as the Muslim’s Nemesis in Sayyid Qutb’s Thought Watch the ceremony at the Sixteenth Annual ASMEA Conference:
Professor Monty Noam Penkower Honored for ‘After the Holocaust’, The Jewish Link, 11/16/23 |
The winners of the 2023 Bernard Lewis Prize are: