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Manfred Gerstenfeld

Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld is a senior research associate at the BESA Center and a former chairman of the Steering Committee of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. He specializes in Israeli-Western European relations, anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism, and is the author of “The War of a Million Cuts.”

A view of the Old City of Jerusalem as it seen from a rooftop on Dec. 2, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israel’s multifaceted power

The strengths and weaknesses of the Jewish state are hard to assess. It has a great deal of both hard and soft power, but underperforms diplomatically when it comes to combating anti-Israel propaganda.

Manfred Gerstenfeld

March 8, 2021

Young Israeli volunteers give away hot meals to elderly people unable to leave their homes because of the coronavirus outbreak, in Jerusalem on March 29, 2020. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90.

After the pandemic, governments must promote health, empathy and solidarity

It may sound bizarre, but shoring up morale has to be a conscious government policy and not an informal effort.

Manfred Gerstenfeld

January 18, 2021

A rally in Jerusalem held in solidarity with Jews in the Diaspora following a wave of anti-Semitic attacks. Jan. 5, 2020. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Achievements in 2020 in the battle against anti-Semitism

While the overall situation regarding anti-Semitism in the world continues to deteriorate, the past year has shown some bright spots in the war on this widespread hatred.

Manfred Gerstenfeld

December 30, 2020

A toddler visits his grandmother at her home in Haniel, a moshav in central Israel, on April 5, 2020. Photo by Chen Leopold/Flash90.

Post-pandemic culture shock

A culture shock of this magnitude has not occurred in most Western societies since World War II. When the pandemic ends, societies will be quite different from what they were in the pre-coronavirus era.

Manfred Gerstenfeld

December 21, 2020

Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Omer Yankelevich, Aug. 5, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Diaspora Jews should not be given a formal voice in Israel

A proposed Knesset bill, supported by Diaspora Affairs Minister Omer Yankelevich, would give Jews abroad a say in Israeli decision-making. Given the leanings of world Jewry today, this is a very bad idea.

Manfred Gerstenfeld

December 15, 2020

An image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA's Earth-observing research satellite, Suomi NPP, on Jan. 4, 2012. Photo: Norman Kuring/NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS.

Globalization in a post-COVID world

The global health crisis is intensifying an anti-globalization process that was already well underway before the pandemic began, and that is likely to get stronger as unemployment rises in the West.

Manfred Gerstenfeld

November 17, 2020

Jewish billionaire George Soros. Credit: Harald Dettenborn via Wikimedia Commons.

George Soros’s negative interactions with the Jewish world

The two main issues to look at when analyzing the activities of the American Jewish billionaire are his damaging statements and actions against Jews and Israel, and the anti-Semitic attacks lodged at him.

Manfred Gerstenfeld

October 27, 2020

The “BBC” news building. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Is it possible to curb the extreme bias of the ‘BBC’?

The recent hiring of Tim Davie as the broadcasting corporation’s new director general is cause for optimism.

Manfred Gerstenfeld

October 7, 2020

Wolfgang Benz, former director of the Center for Research on Antisemitism of the Technische Universität Berlin. Credit: Axel Hindemith/Wikimedia Commons.

Germany’s anti-Semitism allies

To expose the high-sounding, pseudo-moral claims of the allies of anti-Semitism, one need only ask how much these individuals have published about the death culture that permeates Palestinian society.

Manfred Gerstenfeld

August 24, 2020