Jew-Hatred: The Latest Edition - Paperback

by Simon Schama (Author)

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Send your print-order receipt to enquiries@jewishquarterly.com to receive your free digital copy.From ancient times to the present, antisemitism has proved to be one of the most enduring and adaptable forms of hatred. Across centuries of world-changing ideas and upheavals - from the rise of Christianity and Islam to the Enlightenment, nationalism, globalism and great leaps of technology - the Jewish people have served as a dark mirror for society's fears, anxieties and hatreds. Why does this hostility persist?

In this crucial and unflinching history, acclaimed British historian Sir Simon Schama examines the forces that have enabled this old hatred to mutate and thrive, even within liberal democracies. With his characteristic clarity, erudition and curiosity, Schama looks at the antisemitic myths and imagery that recur throughout Jewish history, culminating in the latest outbreaks since the October 7 attacks and the war in Gaza.

Sir Simon Schama is a professor of art history and history at Columbia University. His award-winning books, translated into fifteen languages, include Rough Crossings, A History of Britain and The Story of the Jews. He is a cultural essayist for The New Yorker and has written and presented more than thirty documentaries.

Author Biography

Simon Schama is a celebrated author and Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University. His books, translated into fifteen languages, include Citizens, Landscape and Memory, Rembrandt's Eyes, A History of Britain, The Power of Art, Two Rothschilds and the Land of Israel, The American Future, The Face of Britain and The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words (1000 BCE - 1492). He has been an essayist and critic for the New Yorker, the Guardian and the Financial Times, where he is contributing editor, and presented over fifty films for the BBC.