My new book NEW PHILOSEMITISM PARADIGM handed to Pope FRANCIS
(a one-minute video)

Our first item right below is a one-minute video, showing how the new book of Endre MOZES was presented and handed over to Pope FRANCIS, on 30 April 2023, the last day of his visit in Budapest Hungary, by Andras HEISLER, President of the Federation of Jewish communities  of Hungary. 

After watching this video read the two main endorsements of the book (on its cover) written by Cardinal Péter ERDŐ, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest and Primate of Hungary, and András Heisler, President of the Federation of Jewish organizations in Hungary (MAZSIHISZ).

The book’s introduction on its cover:

The Revival of Philosemitism in Europe

    By Endre (Andre) MOZES *                       

beside sincere Holocaust remembrance and vigilance against Antisemitism,
we  should pay more attention to rich traditions and future potentials of Philosemitism;
good coexistence, mutual understanding, cooperation and friendships between Jews and gentiles.

Our Philosemitism Forum’s – and this website’s – purpose is not at all to replace Holocaust remembrance or deny the existence of Antisemitism**; we do not say that Philosemitism is the ruling sentiment. What we do say is that, we should keep in mind and foster the good sides of Jewish-gentile coexistence too, because they are also true, and they are the hope.  

Yes, this website is about Philosemitism – a word almost forgotten – and not about Antisemitism**, everywhere spoken about. Philosemitism has many meanings, even contradictory ones; we selected and shall speak about the meaning of good coexistence, mutual interest in each other, dialogue, useful cooperation and even friendship between Jews and non-Jews.***      [Attention: we’ve redefined the word Philosemitism; we use its positive meanings only – as Wikipedia that is public wisdom also does – and ousted the old negative versions; the usage of the word had faded out anyway. ]

This website is the internet gateway of Philosemitism and our relating projects; researching, re-introducing and reviving in Europe this word and this concept.  Our practical goal is, to raise awareness of the better sides of coexistence between Jews and non-Jews – we call Philosemitism – and to promote it in practice; first in East-Central Europe, then in entire Europe.

We are doing a series of research projects and popular-scholarly books in Europe to promote this concept.  Our greatest achievement till now is the book:  “Ki szereti a zsidókat? A magyar filoszemitizmus”  /  – (Who likes the Jews? Hungarian Philosemitism – Endre MOZES at al., Noran Libro, Budapest 2014,  368pp ). Beside my concepts and several other own writings I invited some 25 renowned contemporary Hungarian co-authors who wrote about as many aspects of the subject.**** Scores of favourable media reflections has been received and, even more significantly, actual applications in education – like in the mandatory course of Holocaust education in the Pazmany Peter Catholic University of Hungary – are in progress. But of course still a long way to go until philosemitism becomes a household word – and value – in Hungary and elsewhere.

The profoundly revised, expanded, sort of “globalised” English version, THE NEW PHILOSEMITISM PARADIGM  was published (l’Harmattan) and handed over to Pope Francis in 2023. But proper international publicity is late, and still hindered by the Hamas war , since its outbreak on 7th October 2023 in the author’s home country, Israel.

The first reaction to our projects is, usually, surprise: Why Philosemitism??? We hear more about Antisemitism, don’t we?
                                                                                                                                                        Read more… 

*E. Mozes, d-05, 2021, revised Oct26, 2023

** Out of the numerous existing spellings we knowingly prefer ‘Antisemitism’ and ‘Philosemitism’.