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The Holocaust Industry is a book by Norman G. Finkelstein, an American political scientist. He contends that leaders of the Jewish community inappropriately use the Holocaust to whip up fear of anti-Semitism, in order to raise money and boost support for Israel.

Finkelstein believes that many American Jews are not practising Judaism, and have replaced it with mere fear of anti-Semitism and fund-raising for Jewish causes. His book has been criticised by some other scholars as being exaggerated.


External links

  • For a review, see
    • Viktor Frölke, Shoah business, at salon.com, (aug. 30, 2000)
    • Andrew Ross, Review: 'The Holocaust Industry', at cnn.com, (sep. 6, 2000). Notice that Andrew Ross is writing for salon.com.