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Foreword by Harold Evans

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Facing History and Ourselves and the West London Synagogue will host a conversation between Sir Harold Evans and Rabbi Julia Neuberger on May 23.

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Jewish Ideas Daily: A Convenient Hatred 

Over the millennia, antisemitism has indeed become almost metaphysically "impervious to truth." It may be hoisting hope over experience, but let A Convenient Hatred be read worldwide in schools committed to combating bigotry.  Read >>

 

 

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Beliefnet Explores A Convenient Hatred in New Slideshow

Popular spirituality website Beliefnet features A Convenient Hatred in a slideshow that explores the stereotypes and myths at the heart of antisemitism. Read >>

 

 

Publishers Weekly Gives ‘A Convenient Hatred’ Rave Review

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 “Thoroughly researched and meticulous in its treatment of a bleak topic, Goldstein's study does not rest on a recitation of the atrocities of WWII; rather, hers is a work that seeks to dismantle a complex prejudice in order to more swiftly do away with it.” Read >>

 

 

MSNBC Morning Joe

On December 15, 2011, MSNBC's Morning Joe interviewed Sir Harold Evans about our new book A Convenient Hatred: The History of Antisemitism. Evans, longtime journalist and editor-at-large of Thomson Reuters, is the author of the book's foreword.

 

 

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Antisemitism: A Convenient Hatred

In our latest op-ed in The Huffington Post, author Phyllis Goldstein writes, "Some fear that remembering the ugly and horrific moments in our collective past perpetuates hatred.  But histories that are not confronted can never be reconciled."  Read >>

 

 

Read in The Daily BeastConvenient Hatred Is One of "This Week's Hot Reads"

News hub The Daily Beast names A Convenient Hatred as one of "This Week's Hot Reads."

"An unparalleled education on discrimination against Jews." Read >>

 

 

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A Convenient Hatred: The History of Antisemitism is an authoritative new resource that will help readers of all backgrounds explore the roots of this ancient hatred, better understand the present, and help change the future.

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Why this book? Why now?  A Convenient Hatred reveals the ways the stereotypes and myths that lie at the heart of a particular hatred have evolved and why those lies persist despite heroic efforts to counter them. The book also reveals the power of words and the role that leaders (political, religious, economic, and social) play in keeping antisemitism and other hatreds alive.

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“This book is a tour de force of one of the most intriguing and disturbing phenomena in history. Tracing the origins and evolution of antisemitism from antiquity to the present day, this book provides a well-informed, highly accessible, and admirably balanced account.”

     Omer Bartov, John P. Birkelund Distinguished Professor of
European History, Brown University

 

“…Delineates with clarity and intelligence the long history of discrimination, insult, and assault against Jews.”

Kwame Anthony Appiah, Princeton University

 

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