February 11, 2012

New Article Available On Line: Central Europe, Jews, and Israel

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Barry Rubin, “Unfinished Business and Unexploited Opportunities: Central and Eastern Europe, Jews, and the Jewish State,” Israel Journal of Affairs, Vol. 4, No. 2 (2010), pp. 37-47

http://israelcfr.com/documents/4-2-5-BarryRubin.pdf

This article discusses historical and contemporary relations between Jews, Israel, and Central Europe, explaining how historical issues need to be settled by recognizing each other’s historical experience and suffering along with comprehending how much we have in common today. Dealing with Soviet aggression and oppression against the peoples of Central and Eastern Europe is in no way contradictory to acknowledging the Holocaust and the role of local collaborators in those events

About Barry Rubin

Barry Rubin is director of the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center, editor of the Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA) Journal, and a featured columnist for PajamasMedia at http://pajamasmedia.com/barryrubin/. His latest books are The Israel-Arab Reader (seventh edition), The Long War for Freedom: The Arab Struggle for Democracy in the Middle East (Wiley), and The Truth About Syria (Palgrave-Macmillan)