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Some of those identified as neoconservatives refuse to embrace the term. Critics argue that it lacks coherent definition, or that it is coherent only in a [[Cold War]] context.   

Some of those identified as neoconservatives refuse to embrace the term. Critics argue that it lacks coherent definition, or that it is coherent only in a [[Cold War]] context.   

Many writers, such as [[Barry Rubin]], director of the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Institute, argue that the neoconservative label is used as a pejorative by [[anti-Semites]]: <blockquote></blockquote>"neo-conservative" is a codeword for Jewish. Some{{Who?|date=November 2007}} claim that just as antisemites did with big business moguls in the nineteenth century and [[Communist]] leaders in the twentieth, the term is used to take all those involved in some aspect of public life and single out those who are Jewish, implying that this is a Jewish-led movement conducted not in the interests of all the, in this case, American people, but to the benefit of Jews, and in this case Israel. Barry Rubin, director of the [[Global Research in International Affairs]] (GLORIA) Institute, Interdisciplinary Center of [[Herzliya]], in a [http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=vx&list=h-antisemitism&month=0304&week=&msg=4zdiWX1EuCVzeRLDdQySKA&user=&pw= letter from Washington for Sunday, April 6, 2003]  

Many writers, such as [[Barry Rubin]], director of the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Institute, argue that the neoconservative label is used as a pejorative by [[anti-Semites]]: <blockquote></blockquote>"neo-conservative" is a codeword for Jewish. Some{{Who?|date=November 2007}} claim that just as antisemites did with big business moguls in the nineteenth century and [[Communist]] leaders in the twentieth, the term is used to take all those involved in some aspect of public life and single out those who are Jewish, implying that this is a Jewish-led movement conducted not in the interests of all the, in this case, American people, but to the benefit of Jews, and in this case Israel. Barry Rubin, director of the [[Global Research in International Affairs]] (GLORIA) Institute, Interdisciplinary Center of [[Herzliya]], in a letter from Washington for Sunday, April 6, 2003]  

Critics of Rubin's position might argue that because neoconservatives aren't necessarily Jewish, this criticism is not valid. As with the contested concept of the "[[New Anti-Semitism]]", these critics claim that it is anti-Semitic to identify support for Israel with the Jewish people. For example, according to [[Norman Finkelstein]], it would be anti-Semitic "both to identify and not to identify Israel with Jews." [[Norman Finkelstein|Finkelstein, Norman]]. ''Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History'', University of California Press, 2005, p. 82.

Critics of Rubin's position might argue that because neoconservatives aren't necessarily Jewish, this criticism is not valid. As with the contested concept of the "[[New Anti-Semitism]]", these critics claim that it is anti-Semitic to identify support for Israel with the Jewish people. For example, according to [[Norman Finkelstein]], it would be anti-Semitic "both to identify and not to identify Israel with Jews." [[Norman Finkelstein|Finkelstein, Norman]]. ''Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History'', University of California Press, 2005, p. 82.