Tuesday, February 16, 2010

A Lethal Obsession: Anti-Semitism from Antiquity to the Global Jihad

Is there a unifying set of factors behind the diverse strains that have made anti-Semitism, in the phrase of Robert S. Wistrich, the world's "longest hatred"? In A Lethal Obsession, Wistrich has now written a global history that reaches back to antiquity and forward to the latest jihadist preachings of hate. Although no book can produce a unified field theory of so mutable and seemingly ineradicable a phenomenon, this one has been hailed as at once a "monument to scholarship, precision, and passion" and an indispensable source for anyone seeking not only to understand the scourge but to combat it.

Back to the Future  Ruthie Blum,  Jerusalem Post.  In a 2007 interview, Robert Wistrich describes the return of apocalyptic anti-Semitism, its perpetrators, its enablers and fellow-travelers, and its global implications.  SAVE

An Implacable Hatred  Jonathan Kirsch,  Los Angeles Times.  Alert to linkages and convergences across time and space, A Lethal Obsession unfolds both the nature of the disease and its apparent immunity to cure.  SAVE

The New Anti-Semitism and the Old  Jerome Chanes,  Forward.  Robert Wistrich is a formidable researcher and analyst. The unanswered question remains: just how lethal is the current threat?  SAVE

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