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Antisemitism

What It Is. What It Isn't. Why It Matters

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Antisemitism

By: Julia Neuberger
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There has been a disturbing rise in antisemitism in Europe over the last fifteen years or so, with violent attacks on Jewish targets, increased verbal antisemitism, and an acceptability in many circles of what would hitherto have been condemned as outrageous antisemitic discourse. More recently, the Labour party have come under fire for engaging in antisemitic abuse. Yet despite the dramatic increase in debate and discussion around antisemitism, there is a general sense of confusion about what should and shouldn't be defined as antisemitism - and particularly around criticism of the State of Israel.

In this urgently needed book, Rabbi Julia Neuberger uses contemporary examples, along with historical context, to unpack what constitutes antisemitism, building a powerful argument for why it is so crucial that we come to a shared understanding now, and exploring ways of dealing with it.

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©2019 Julia Neuberger (P)2019 Orion Publishing Group Judaism Racism & Discrimination Social Sciences Violence in Society Discrimination Holocaust Middle East

Critic reviews

If you want to understand the recent rise in antisemitism, read this book. Read it now. An important book at a critical time (THOMAS HARDING)
Passionate, principled and necessary - a book for our times (PHILIPPE SANDS)
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I enjoyed this it was a nice balanced read I wanted to gain more insight following this being in the news in the British Labour Party and wanted to gain a better understanding on the subject.

A good explanation to anyone unsure on antisemitis

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I wanted to learn about antisemitism and the writer clearly sets it all out as succictly as the title suggests!

Informative

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Rabbi Neuberger has done us all a service, here. She has teased out the nuances and presentations of Antisemitism in a time when noise and anger seem to blur and distort righteous outrage with half-baked historiagraphies.
Here, for the lay person, is an accessible yet heartfelt survey of how the oldest hatred is manifesting in the West today.
I cannot overemphasise how important it has been to remind myself of multifarious tropes that recur and to educate myself as to how they evolve and reinsert themselves into the national dialogue.
And how imperative it is to call them out and face them down.

A Timely Analysis of the times we live in

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Julia Neuberger is a well known and well respected speaker in the UK, and it is helpful to hear her views on the reemergence of antisemitism in Britain and elsewhere. I was more convinced by her description of antisemitism within the Labour Party than by the proclamations in the right wing tabloid press, who have a long history of anti-Jewish headlines and seemed to me more determined to prevent the election of a Labour government than to support British Jews.
Julia Neuberger is fair minded and balanced in her discussion of the reappearance of a vile prejudice in the 21st century.

An eminent English rabbi’s perspective on antisemitism

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I hadn't realised the extent of anti semitism across continental Europe. Neither had I properly appreciated the extent to which anti semitism had infected the Labour Party under Mr Corbyn. Frightening.

Essential Listening.

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