http://www.andersgerdmar.com/blog/the-aftonbladet-%e2%80%98blood-libel%e2%80%99/38/ – English & Swedish Blogs Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:34:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.andersgerdmar.com/blog/the-aftonbladet-%e2%80%98blood-libel%e2%80%99/38/comment-page-1/#comment-10 admin Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:26:06 +0000 http://www.andersgerdmar.com/?p=38#comment-10 Yes, it is remarkable to see how easy it was for a Swedish socialist newspaper to tap into that old malstream. There is a whole story behind it, described in the fine Swedish dissertation Bachner, Henrik, 1959-. <em>Återkomsten: antisemitism i Sverige efter 1945</em> / Henrik Bachner. - 1999. - ISBN: 91-27-07641-5 (<em>The Return: Anti-Semitism in Sweden after 1945</em>). This shows how media and some scholars, especially after 1967, were using classical anti-Semitic motives, however in new clothes. Because of this tradition it is all too easy to continue caricaturing Jews, <em>qua</em> Jews. Yes, it is remarkable to see how easy it was for a Swedish socialist newspaper to tap into that old malstream. There is a whole story behind it, described in the fine Swedish dissertation Bachner, Henrik, 1959-. Återkomsten: antisemitism i Sverige efter 1945 / Henrik Bachner. – 1999. – ISBN: 91-27-07641-5 (The Return: Anti-Semitism in Sweden after 1945). This shows how media and some scholars, especially after 1967, were using classical anti-Semitic motives, however in new clothes. Because of this tradition it is all too easy to continue caricaturing Jews, qua Jews.

]]> http://www.andersgerdmar.com/blog/the-aftonbladet-%e2%80%98blood-libel%e2%80%99/38/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Bernard M. Levinson Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:35:55 +0000 http://www.andersgerdmar.com/?p=38#comment-7 You were principled and courageous to challenge that ugly reporting and identify it for what it was: unprofessional journalism, that did not bother even to investigate its sources, and thereby becomes part of the story, and partisan in perpetuating an act of mindless medieval hatred. You were principled and courageous to challenge that ugly reporting and identify it for what it was: unprofessional journalism, that did not bother even to investigate its sources, and thereby becomes part of the story, and partisan in perpetuating an act of mindless medieval hatred.

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