A Convenient Hatred: The history of Antisemitism

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HISTORY/JEWISH STUDIES
PRAISE FOR
A CONVENIENT HATRED: THE HISTORY OF ANTISEMITISM
"With no agenda except enlightenment, A Convenient Hatred allows us to finally comprehend the awful history of
antisemitism. It deserves the widest possible reading—by young, old, Jew and non-Jew."
-CARL BERNSTEIN, JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR
" A tour de force of one of the most intriguing and disturbing phenomena in history should become a basic
tool for educators and an essential textbook for students."
-OMER BARTOV, BROWN UNIVERSITY
"So long as we have language, we will have its abusers on behalf of their pernicious programs. This book reminds
us of the urgent need to defend ourselves against them."
-LAWRENCE L. LANGER, HOLOCAUST SCHOLAR
" Delineates with clarity and intelligence the long history of discrimination, insult, and assault against Jews."
—KWAME ANTHONY APPIAH, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
"Facing History has done a masterful job in exploring antisemitism from... Tovább

Fülszöveg

$17.95 US/$19.95 CAN
HISTORY/JEWISH STUDIES
PRAISE FOR
A CONVENIENT HATRED: THE HISTORY OF ANTISEMITISM
"With no agenda except enlightenment, A Convenient Hatred allows us to finally comprehend the awful history of
antisemitism. It deserves the widest possible reading—by young, old, Jew and non-Jew."
-CARL BERNSTEIN, JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR
" A tour de force of one of the most intriguing and disturbing phenomena in history should become a basic
tool for educators and an essential textbook for students."
-OMER BARTOV, BROWN UNIVERSITY
"So long as we have language, we will have its abusers on behalf of their pernicious programs. This book reminds
us of the urgent need to defend ourselves against them."
-LAWRENCE L. LANGER, HOLOCAUST SCHOLAR
" Delineates with clarity and intelligence the long history of discrimination, insult, and assault against Jews."
—KWAME ANTHONY APPIAH, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
"Facing History has done a masterful job in exploring antisemitism from ancient times to its current
manifestation in a clear and lucid way."
-MICHAEL BERENBAUM, AMERICAN JEWISH UNIVERSITY IN LOS ANGELES
" A work that seeks to dismantle a complex prejudice in order to more swiftly do away with it."
-PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"An unparalleled education on discrimination against Jews "
-THE DAILY BEAST
A CONVENIENT HATRED chronicles a very particular hatred through powerful stories that allow readers to
see themselves in the tarnished mirror of history. It raises important questions about the consequences of our
assumptions and beliefs and the ways we, as individuals and as members of a society, make distinctions between
"us" and "them," right and wrong, good and evil. These questions are both universal and particular. Vissza