Bibliographic Information Lessing, Theodor, Peter C. Appelbaum, and Benton Arnovitz, Jewish Self-Hate (New York: Berghahn, 2021) ISBN: 978-1-78920-987-7 Summary Lessing was an anti-Nazi journalist who attained a…

Bibliographic Information: Mann, John. Antisemitism: The Oldest Hatred ; [Essays, Speeches and Other Writings]. London: Bloomsbury, 2015. ISBN: 978-1-4729-2076-8 978-1-4729-2075-1 Summary John Mann is a…

Summary Dr. Gotz Aly presents a sober study of the German Occupation’s success in generating local cooperation with the project of annihilating the Jews. He…

Bibliographic Information Reitter, Paul, On the Origins of Jewish Self-Hatred (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012) ISBN: 9780691119229 Summary Paul Reitter’s short book is a well-written and scholarly…

Professors Banaji and Greenwald performed a tremendous public service in writing this book. It deals judiciously and scientifically with the sources of human bias in our psychology, upbringing, and culture.

David Baddiel wrote the book “Jews Don’t Count” for his fellow political progressives. In it he laments the widespread attitudes and behaviors concerning Jews in the British Labour Party under the leadership of Corbyn. The message is polemic (aggressive).

Summary Walter Ze’ev Laqueur was a prolific historian, journalist, and observer of international relations in the 20th and early 21st Centuries. A refugee from Nazi…

Bari Weiss wrote this book as a polemic rather than an academic attempt to engage in the study of the ideas behind antisemitism. Nevertheless, she read widely on the topic with a journalist’s flair for contextualizing and summarizing the material. Hers is a call to action. She directs her appeal toward American Jews, yet it will be relevant to all people who resist antisemitism. She seeks to help readers understand what they are up against, to act individually, as a community, and as members of the broader society, to counter bigotry while protecting democracy.

Professor Deborah Lipstadt is a renowned scholar on the subject of the Shoah. The US government recently appointed her as its Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combatting Anti-Semitism (sic).