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Antisemitism: here and now by Deborah E. Lipstadt
To say anything worthwhile about antisemitism you need calm, lucidity, intelligence, and a faultless moral compass, all powered by a proper feeling for racial justice. Deborah Lipstadt has the entire skillset. That’s why her new book is so welcome, so necessary, and so clear.
David Hare
Antisemitism comes in different shades, all of them ugly — not least when it comes from those who regard themselves as champions of liberation. To fight this abomination in all its shades, Deborah Lipstadt has given us a sage, sober, and lucid manual for the perplexed and willfully blind. An outstandingly useful book.
Todd Gitlin, Author of The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage>/i>
A must read at the time of a mounting wave of aggressive nationalism and xenophobia in the world today.
Professor Jan Gross, Author of Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland
A leading scholar of Judaism explores just about every manifestation of contemporary antisemitism, with plenty of history included for context … A didactic tour de force approachably presented.
Kirkus
The most powerful and important element of Antisemitism is Lipstadt’s clarity on the impact of words. Violence doesn’t just appear out of the blue – it is enabled and encouraged by language … Her book is essential reading for anyone perplexed about antisemitism and how we got to this point.
Ruth Smeeth, Mail on Sunday
[Lipstadt] has written a book that combines erudition, clarity, accessibility, and passion at a moment when they could not be needed more.
The New York Times Book Review
The book deals with Trump, the alt-right, social media and Holocaust denial, European populism, Islamism, leftist anti-Zionism and Jeremy Corbyn. So it covers, and covers well, the big concerns of modern Jewry. … a valuable book.
The Times
A timely book about contemporary anti-semitism — timely because all the signs are that we are entering an era when this ancient prejudice is having new life breathed into it.
Hugh Linehan, The Irish Times
This is not an academic history of antisemitism. It’s something more valuable—an act of zooming in the moral lens on what is happening in the world today ... Read Lipstadt’s new book. And then give it to your children and grandchildren. It is that good—and it is that relevant.
Jeffrey Salkin, Religion News Service
Lipstadt’s insight and perspective contextualise current events ... crafting an informative read for those interested in social justice and political and Jewish history. STARRED REVIEW
Library Journal
Keeping her tone measured and carefully noninflammatory, Lipstadt presents an intelligent, evenhanded explanation of why Jews come under attack today. Informed, historically sound, and deeply rational, her book offers both convincing reasons for the recent rise of antisemitism and apt advice to ‘call out and combat’ it.
Publishers Weekly
The present book is not a history but a reckoning with antisemitism in its current guises and contortions.
Geoffrey Brahm Leven, Canberra Times
[T]he timeliness of Lipstadt’s nuanced and accessible discussion of contemporary antisemitism cannot be overstated ... Lipstadt provides a useful taxonomy of antisemites ... Antisemitism: here and now is a sobering but accessible read by an eminent scholar.
Helene Meyers, Washington Independent Review of Books
A rigorous examination of [antisemitism’s] alarming rise worldwide ... Her central thesis, that
“genocide begins with words not with acts of violence” is a reminder of the urgent need to call out and resist anti-Semitism in all its guises.
Australian Financial Review
In a very accessible and thoroughly interesting book, the author has managed to pack in a terrific amount of thoughtful material, ranging from why she prefers to spell it ‘antisemitism’ (no hyphen or capitalisation) through to her rugged defence of free speech.
Anthony Smith, NZ International Review
Lipstadt isn’t just interested in compiling a list of affronts, abuses, and attacks, which would be, in itself, a substantial achievement. She also explores with remarkable insight and balance the difference between anti-Semitism and racism ... [A] timely, nuanced, clear, accessible, and ultimately optimistic book.
Ilana Snyder, Australian Book Review
Professor Lipstadt traces a dramatic rise in antisemitism since about 2000 with a particular uptake since 2016.
Nick O’Malley, Sydney Morning Herald
David Hare
Antisemitism comes in different shades, all of them ugly — not least when it comes from those who regard themselves as champions of liberation. To fight this abomination in all its shades, Deborah Lipstadt has given us a sage, sober, and lucid manual for the perplexed and willfully blind. An outstandingly useful book.
Todd Gitlin, Author of The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage>/i>
A must read at the time of a mounting wave of aggressive nationalism and xenophobia in the world today.
Professor Jan Gross, Author of Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland
A leading scholar of Judaism explores just about every manifestation of contemporary antisemitism, with plenty of history included for context … A didactic tour de force approachably presented.
Kirkus
The most powerful and important element of Antisemitism is Lipstadt’s clarity on the impact of words. Violence doesn’t just appear out of the blue – it is enabled and encouraged by language … Her book is essential reading for anyone perplexed about antisemitism and how we got to this point.
Ruth Smeeth, Mail on Sunday
[Lipstadt] has written a book that combines erudition, clarity, accessibility, and passion at a moment when they could not be needed more.
The New York Times Book Review
The book deals with Trump, the alt-right, social media and Holocaust denial, European populism, Islamism, leftist anti-Zionism and Jeremy Corbyn. So it covers, and covers well, the big concerns of modern Jewry. … a valuable book.
The Times
A timely book about contemporary anti-semitism — timely because all the signs are that we are entering an era when this ancient prejudice is having new life breathed into it.
Hugh Linehan, The Irish Times
This is not an academic history of antisemitism. It’s something more valuable—an act of zooming in the moral lens on what is happening in the world today ... Read Lipstadt’s new book. And then give it to your children and grandchildren. It is that good—and it is that relevant.
Jeffrey Salkin, Religion News Service
Lipstadt’s insight and perspective contextualise current events ... crafting an informative read for those interested in social justice and political and Jewish history. STARRED REVIEW
Library Journal
Keeping her tone measured and carefully noninflammatory, Lipstadt presents an intelligent, evenhanded explanation of why Jews come under attack today. Informed, historically sound, and deeply rational, her book offers both convincing reasons for the recent rise of antisemitism and apt advice to ‘call out and combat’ it.
Publishers Weekly
The present book is not a history but a reckoning with antisemitism in its current guises and contortions.
Geoffrey Brahm Leven, Canberra Times
[T]he timeliness of Lipstadt’s nuanced and accessible discussion of contemporary antisemitism cannot be overstated ... Lipstadt provides a useful taxonomy of antisemites ... Antisemitism: here and now is a sobering but accessible read by an eminent scholar.
Helene Meyers, Washington Independent Review of Books
A rigorous examination of [antisemitism’s] alarming rise worldwide ... Her central thesis, that
“genocide begins with words not with acts of violence” is a reminder of the urgent need to call out and resist anti-Semitism in all its guises.
Australian Financial Review
In a very accessible and thoroughly interesting book, the author has managed to pack in a terrific amount of thoughtful material, ranging from why she prefers to spell it ‘antisemitism’ (no hyphen or capitalisation) through to her rugged defence of free speech.
Anthony Smith, NZ International Review
Lipstadt isn’t just interested in compiling a list of affronts, abuses, and attacks, which would be, in itself, a substantial achievement. She also explores with remarkable insight and balance the difference between anti-Semitism and racism ... [A] timely, nuanced, clear, accessible, and ultimately optimistic book.
Ilana Snyder, Australian Book Review
Professor Lipstadt traces a dramatic rise in antisemitism since about 2000 with a particular uptake since 2016.
Nick O’Malley, Sydney Morning Herald