Author(s)	Philip Slayton
Publisher	Sutherland House
Publication Year	2023

ISBN: 9781990823107

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Antisemitism

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A startling exploration of the past and present of antisemitism. Starts with the surprisingly complex basics: what is a Jew? what is antisemitism? why does it happen? Looks at the very different experiences of Jews in Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and America, and the long-standing tensions between Jews and Muslims, and Jews and Christians. Examines the Holocaust, which brought the fight against antisemitism to new heights, and Zionism, which has set the fight back immeasurably. Looks at the role of media and particularly social media in spreading antisemitism, and how identity politics have sidelined Jews in favor of other historically oppressed populations. All of which leads to a provocative conclusion: we need to quit worrying so much about antisemitism in the form of incivility, conspiracy theories, and Holocaust denial—and concentrate on expressions that are organized, institutionalized, and violent.

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Philip Slayton

Born in England and raised in Manitoba, PHILIP SLAYTON is a Canadian lawyer and writer. He is the best-selling author of Lawyers Gone Bad: Money, Sex and Madness in Canada’s Legal Profession, and Mighty Judgment: How the Supreme Court of Canada Runs Your Life, among other books, including Nothing Left to Lose. A Rhodes Scholar, he has been a Woodrow Wilson Fellow and President of PEN Canada. Married to writer Cynthia Wine, he lives in Toronto and Nova Scotia.

Chapter	Contributors	Pages	Year	Price
Preface In this preface, Slayton introduces his book as an examination of antisemitism and Jewish identity. View	Philip Slayton	6	2023	$0.60
Antisemitism and Identity In this chapter, Slayton examines the intersection of Jewish identity and antisemitism across three historical phases—religious, racial, and political. View	Philip Slayton	24	2023	$2.40
Jews in the World In this chapter, Slayton traces the history of Jewish displacement, persecution, and community formation across the globe from the late nineteenth to early twenty-first century. View	Philip Slayton	35	2023	$3.50
Jews and Muslims In this chapter, Slayton traces the intertwined history of Judaism and Islam, from their shared reverence for Abraham and Jerusalem to the near-complete disappearance of Jewish communities from … View	Philip Slayton	19	2023	$1.90
Jews and Christians In this chapter, Slayton examines the historical relationship between Jews and Christians from the first century through the early twenty-first century, centring on how the deicide myth and … View	Philip Slayton	10	2023	$1.00
Jews and Zionism In this chapter, Slayton traces the intertwined histories of Jewish identity, political Zionism, and the Palestinian conflict, beginning with Theodor Herzl’s 1896 pamphlet and the 1917 … View	Philip Slayton	21	2023	$2.10
Jews as Victims In this chapter, Slayton explores the tension between two narratives of Jewish identity: victimhood and power, tracing this duality from the Holocaust to Israel’s creation in 1948 and its … View	Philip Slayton	12	2023	$1.20
Jews and the Media In this chapter, Slayton explores how Jewish identity has been shaped by external depictions in media, from fifteenth-century print capitalism to contemporary social platforms. View	Philip Slayton	12	2023	$1.20
Jews as Wanderers In this chapter, Slayton traces the history of Jewish displacement, from the expulsion of Spanish Jews in the fifteenth century to the mass emigration of German Jews between 1933 and 1941. View	Philip Slayton	9	2023	$0.90
Conclusion In this concluding chapter, Slayton presents a four-tier analytical framework for categorizing antisemitism, ranging from “degradation” to state-level institutional discrimination, … View	Philip Slayton	11	2023	$1.10

Antisemitism

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