1: The Armenians—The Struggle for Survival 1; 2: Palestine During the First World War; 3: The Reactors; 4: The Nili Group and the Armenians; 5: A Jewish-Arab-Armenian Alliance; 6: Silent Meses—The Armenian Massacre as Seen in the Literature of the Jewish Yishuv in Eretz Yisrael; 7: The Forty Days of Mesa Dagh: Symbol and Parable; 8: The Indifferent; 9: The Attitudes Towards the Armenian Genocide after the Establishment of the State of Israel—A Brief Overview; 10: Conclusion
Yair Auron is professor at the Open University of Israel. He is the author of numerous articles that have appeared in Jewish Political Studies Review, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, and Contemporary Jewry. In addition he is the author of many books on genocide and contemporary Judaism, including A Perfect Injustice: Genocide and Theft of Armenian Wealth, The Banality of Denial: Israel and the Armenian Genocide, and The Banality of Indifference: Zionism and the Armenian Genocide.
-The Holocaust, with its establishment of death factories, marks a
central horror of the 20th century. The Nazis implemented a policy
of killing individuals who they thought might corrupt their race:
Jews, gypsies, and mentally and physically defective Germans. Some
writers have argued that the Nazi Holocaust was -unique,- not
comparable to any other genocidal action. As a consequence, crimes
against other groups become minimized. In a valuable work Auron
examines the genocide of the Armenian population by the Turks,
which peaked during WW I and was one of the greatest atrocities of
the last century. In one of the most valuable sections of the book
Auron examines the debate about the uniqueness of the Holocaust.
Fearing that the enormity of the crime against them may be ignored,
some Jewish writers have thought to view the Holocaust as -a
singular event in human history...- The author holds that
recognizing the Nazi genocide against the Jews as a crime unique in
history does not permit even Israeli Jews to accept or forgive
other 20th-century acts of genocide. Graduate level.- --G. M. Kren,
Choice -Yari Auron has written an engaging well-researched, and
thought-provoking work that examines the attitudes of Zionists and
Israelis to both the Armenian people and the Armenian genocide. His
project engages the deepest ethical traditions of Judaism. It is
perhaps one of the best works on the Armenian genocide to be
written in the past few years and is worth serious consideration by
Israelis and American Jews alike.- --Midstream -Your book, no
doubt, is pioneering research on the subject of the Armenian
massacre. I am aware of the fact that Israeli officials did not
acknowledge that horrible massacre out of concern for the
Holocaust's unique place in the chronicles of human history.-
--Shimon Peres, former prime minister of Israel -Comprehensive and
gripping...The Banality of Indifference is a truly rare history
book: important in all aspects, [to be read] with bated breath,
amid stirrings of conscience and constant shock, and out of
unceasing thought for the present.- --Yohanan Reshet, Ha'aretz
-Auron's book is of great historic and moral valueit shocks the
reader and forces him once more to take a stand on the issue. All
in all, this is a book which must be read by every Israeli with a
social conscience.- --Yitzchak Shur, Israel Radio -The fruits of
seven years of archival research in Israel, England and France [The
Banality of Indifference] can be considered... one of the most
important books published on the subject in the last decade-
--George Hintlian, Globus -The Banality of Indifference and The
Banality of Denial are groundbreaking works of scholarship and will
soon become essential reading for students in a wide range of
fields, including global politics, genocide studies, Zionism, and
international ethics.- --Middle East Journal -What Auron has done,
therefore, is single-handedly to discover and bring to light new
and important sources on the events, namely documents from the
Yishuv and the Zionist archives. His is a pioneering work in
revealing new sources of documentation and new venues for research
on a traumatic and crucial period of recent history.- --Shofar
"The Holocaust, with its establishment of death factories, marks a
central horror of the 20th century. The Nazis implemented a policy
of killing individuals who they thought might corrupt their race:
Jews, gypsies, and mentally and physically defective Germans. Some
writers have argued that the Nazi Holocaust was "unique," not
comparable to any other genocidal action. As a consequence, crimes
against other groups become minimized. In a valuable work Auron
examines the genocide of the Armenian population by the Turks,
which peaked during WW I and was one of the greatest atrocities of
the last century. In one of the most valuable sections of the book
Auron examines the debate about the uniqueness of the Holocaust.
Fearing that the enormity of the crime against them may be ignored,
some Jewish writers have thought to view the Holocaust as "a
singular event in human history..." The author holds that
recognizing the Nazi genocide against the Jews as a crime unique in
history does not permit even Israeli Jews to accept or forgive
other 20th-century acts of genocide. Graduate level." --G. M. Kren,
Choice "Yari Auron has written an engaging well-researched, and
thought-provoking work that examines the attitudes of Zionists and
Israelis to both the Armenian people and the Armenian genocide. His
project engages the deepest ethical traditions of Judaism. It is
perhaps one of the best works on the Armenian genocide to be
written in the past few years and is worth serious consideration by
Israelis and American Jews alike." --Midstream "Your book, no
doubt, is pioneering research on the subject of the Armenian
massacre. I am aware of the fact that Israeli officials did not
acknowledge that horrible massacre out of concern for the
Holocaust's unique place in the chronicles of human history."
--Shimon Peres, former prime minister of Israel "Comprehensive and
gripping...The Banality of Indifference is a truly rare history
book: important in all aspects, [to be read] with bated breath,
amid stirrings of conscience and constant shock, and out of
unceasing thought for the present." --Yohanan Reshet, Ha'aretz
"Auron's book is of great historic and moral valueit shocks the
reader and forces him once more to take a stand on the issue. All
in all, this is a book which must be read by every Israeli with a
social conscience." --Yitzchak Shur, Israel Radio "The fruits of
seven years of archival research in Israel, England and France [The
Banality of Indifference] can be considered... one of the most
important books published on the subject in the last decade"
--George Hintlian, Globus "The Banality of Indifference and The
Banality of Denial are groundbreaking works of scholarship and will
soon become essential reading for students in a wide range of
fields, including global politics, genocide studies, Zionism, and
international ethics." --Middle East Journal "What Auron has done,
therefore, is single-handedly to discover and bring to light new
and important sources on the events, namely documents from the
Yishuv and the Zionist archives. His is a pioneering work in
revealing new sources of documentation and new venues for research
on a traumatic and crucial period of recent history." --Shofar
"The Holocaust, with its establishment of death factories, marks a
central horror of the 20th century. The Nazis implemented a policy
of killing individuals who they thought might corrupt their race:
Jews, gypsies, and mentally and physically defective Germans. Some
writers have argued that the Nazi Holocaust was "unique," not
comparable to any other genocidal action. As a consequence, crimes
against other groups become minimized. In a valuable work Auron
examines the genocide of the Armenian population by the Turks,
which peaked during WW I and was one of the greatest atrocities of
the last century. In one of the most valuable sections of the book
Auron examines the debate about the uniqueness of the Holocaust.
Fearing that the enormity of the crime against them may be ignored,
some Jewish writers have thought to view the Holocaust as "a
singular event in human history..." The author holds that
recognizing the Nazi genocide against the Jews as a crime unique in
history does not permit even Israeli Jews to accept or forgive
other 20th-century acts of genocide. Graduate level." --G. M. Kren,
Choice "Yari Auron has written an engaging well-researched, and
thought-provoking work that examines the attitudes of Zionists and
Israelis to both the Armenian people and the Armenian genocide. His
project engages the deepest ethical traditions of Judaism. It is
perhaps one of the best works on the Armenian genocide to be
written in the past few years and is worth serious consideration by
Israelis and American Jews alike." "--Midstream" "Your book, no
doubt, is pioneering research on the subject of the Armenian
massacre. I am aware of the fact that Israeli officials did not
acknowledge that horrible massacre out of concern for the
Holocaust's unique place in the chronicles of human history."
--Shimon Peres, former prime minister of Israel "Comprehensive and
gripping..."The Banality of Indifference" is a truly rare history
book: important in all aspects, [to be read] with bated breath,
amid stirrings of conscience and constant shock, and out of
unceasing thought for the present." --Yohanan Reshet, "Ha'aretz"
"Auron's book is of great historic and moral valueit shocks the
reader and forces him once more to take a stand on the issue. All
in all, this is a book which must be read by every Israeli with a
social conscience." --Yitzchak Shur, "Israel Radio" "The fruits of
seven years of archival research in Israel, England and France
["The Banality of Indifference"] can be considered... one of the
most important books published on the subject in the last decade"
--George Hintlian, "Globus" ""The Banality of Indifference" and
"The Banality of Denial" are groundbreaking works of scholarship
and will soon become essential reading for students in a wide range
of fields, including global politics, genocide studies, Zionism,
and international ethics." "--Middle East Journal " "What Auron has
done, therefore, is single-handedly to discover and bring to light
new and important sources on the events, namely documents from the
Yishuv and the Zionist archives. His is a pioneering work in
revealing new sources of documentation and new venues for research
on a traumatic and crucial period of recent history."
"--Shofar"
"Yari Auron has written an engaging well-researched, and
thought-provoking work that examines the attitudes of Zionists and
Israelis to both the Armenian people and the Armenian genocide. His
project engages the deepest ethical traditions of Judaism. It is
perhaps one of the best works on the Armenian genocide to be
written in the past few years and is worth serious consideration by
Israelis and American Jews alike."--"Midstream"
"Your book, no doubt, is pioneering research on the subject of the
Armenian massacre. I am aware of the fact that Israeli officials
did not acknowledge that horrible massacre out of concern for the
Holocaust's unique place in the chronicles of human
history."-Shimon Peres, former prime minister of Israel
"Comprehensive and gripping..."The Banality of Indifference" is a
truly rare history book: important in all aspects, [to be read]
with bated breath, amid stirrings of conscience and constant shock,
and out of unceasing thought for the present."-Yohanan Reshet,
"Ha'aretz"
"Auron's book is of great historic and moral valueit shocks the
reader and forces him once more to take a stand on the issue. All
in all, this is a book which must be read by every Israeli with a
social conscience."-Yitzchak Shur, "Israel Radio"
"The fruits of seven years of archival research in Israel, England
and France ["The Banality of Indifference"] can be consideredone of
the most important books published on the subject in the last
decade"-George Hintlian, "Globus"
""The Banality of Indifference" and "The Banality of Denial" are
groundbreaking works of scholarship and will soon become essential
reading for students in a wide range of fields, including global
politics, genocide studies, Zionism, and international ethics."- "
Middle East Journal " "What Auron has done, therefore, is
single-handedly to discover and bring to light new and important
sources on the events, namely documents from the Yishuv and the
Zionist archives.l
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