Not Your Father's Antisemitism: Hatred of Jews in the 21st Century

by Michael Berenbaum (Editor)

Overview

Michael Berenbaum and his colleagues have produced a truly significant collection of essays which not only furthers our understanding of antisemitism at the present moment, but underscores the importance of recognizing that the world's oldest hatred has taken a new turn: that the antisemitism of the past is not the antisemitism of the present.These important essays need to be read, digested, and placed in the hands of everyone who remains concerned that hatred against Jews continues to rear its ugly head and the solution is not beyond our willingness to confront it boldly and with knowledge.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013752573
Publisher:	Paragon House Publishers
Publication date:	01/10/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	953 KB

About the Author

MICHAEL BERENBAUM was the Director of the United States Holocaust Research Institute of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Goldman Adjunct Professor of Theology at Georgetown University. From 1988-1993, he served as Project Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, where he was responsible for the conceptualization and development of the Museum's permanent exhibition. Berenbaum is the President and CEO of The Survivors of the Shoah, A Visual History Foundation, located in Los Angeles, CA.

Editorial Reviews

"Highly recommended. All levels/libraries."

Choice - Book Reviewer

"This collection of essays by a variety of authors coming from diverse perspectives brings to our attention that the anti-semitism we are witnessing today is not the same as what we have seen in the past.
One clear lesson of this book is that the responses of the past will not necessarily work today. The book shows clearly that we have to come to a new and considered understanding of the social, political and religious underpinnings of the “new anti-Semitism”. While this collec

Samuel Rosenthal Center for Judaic Studies - Peter J. Haas