A Convenient Hatred The History of Antisemitism
by Evans, Harold; Goldstein, PhyllisEdition: 1st
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Pub. Date: 2011-12-06
Publisher(s): Facing History and Ourselves
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Summary
From Facing History and Ourselves, a non-profit organization that helps millions of citizens of all ages confront the lessons of history, comes an approachable, well-researched narrative of the world's oldest consistent hatred and its implications for the moral choices we make. A Convenient Hatred: The History of Antisemitismintroduces this very particular hatred through powerful stories that allow readers to see themselves in the tarnished mirror of history. In doing so, the book raises important questions about the consequences of our assumptions and beliefs and the ways we as individuals and as members of a society make distinctions between "us" and "them," right and wrong, good and evil. Those questions are both universal and particular.
Author Biography
Harold Evans is editor-at-large of Thomson Reuters, the world's largest international multimedia news provider. He is also the author of two critically acclaimed best-selling histories of America: The American Century and They Made America. His most recent book is his memoir, My Paper Chase, which covers his early life and his years as editor of The Sunday Times and The Times of London. On the 50th anniversary of the founding of the International Press Institute, Evans was honored as one of 50 World Press Heroes. Phyllis Goldstein is the senior writer and researcher on key Facing History and Ourselves publications including the latest edition of Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior, as well as The Jews of Poland and Race and Membership in American History. She graduated from the University of Chicago and holds a master's degree in teaching from Harvard University. She has worked as a teacher, author, editor, and editorial director.
Table of Contents
| foreword | p. iii |
| To Victims of Prejudice | p. xi |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Beginnings (586 bce-135 ce) | p. 7 |
| People on the Move | |
| Antisemitism in Elephantine? | |
| Antisemitism in Alexandria? | |
| Wars with Rome | |
| Antisemitism in the Roman Empire? | |
| Separation: Synagogue and Church, Jew and Christian (29-414 ce) | p. 23 |
| Jesus and His Follcnvers | |
| A Owing Separation | |
| The Fourth Century: A Turning Point | |
| Jewish Christians and judaizmg Christians. | |
| Conquests and Consequences (395-750 ce) | p. 39 |
| Waring Empires | |
| Oases in the Desert | |
| The Prophet Muhammad | |
| Jewish Tribes in Medina | |
| Building an islamic Empire | |
| Holy Wars and Antisemitism (700s-1300) | p. 55 |
| "Us" and "Them" in Northern Europe | |
| A Call to Arms | |
| A New Kind of War | |
| Crimes and Punishment | |
| The Consequences of 1096 | |
| The Power of a Lie (1144-1300) | p. 75 |
| Charges of Ritual Murder | |
| Tragedy in Blois | |
| The Death of "Little Hugh" | |
| Blood and the Blood Libel | |
| Jews and judaism Redefined | |
| Attacks on the Talmud | |
| Refugees from Intolerance (1347-1492) | p. 93 |
| The Black Death | |
| "The Money Was Indeed the Thing..." -Spain: An Exception? | |
| Riots and Conversions | |
| Expulsion from Spain | |
| Jews without a Home | |
| In Search of Toleration (1500-1635) | p. 113 |
| New Outlooks | |
| The Battle of the Pamphlets | |
| A Religious Revolution | |
| Luther and the Jews | |
| In Search of Compromises | |
| Taking Sides | |
| Speaking Out | |
| Catholic Responses | |
| The Fight against Heresy | |
| Paul IV and the Jews | |
| Other Reforms and Reformers | |
| Safe Havens?: Poland and the Ottoman Empire (1200s-1666) | p. 137 |
| Toward Toleration in Poland | |
| Responses to Toleration | |
| Jewish Self Defense | |
| Catastrophe in the East | |
| Jews in the Ottoman Empire | |
| In the Interest of the Empire | |
| Protecting Jews | |
| A False Messiah | |
| The Age of Enlightenment and the Reaction 1600s-l 848) | p. 157 |
| Mendelssohn and the Enlightenment | |
| Germany: In Search of "Useful Jews" | |
| Toleration in Austria | |
| England's Jews: Hidden in Plain Sight | |
| The French Revolution and the Jews | |
| Reactions and Doubts | |
| German Nationalism and German Jews | |
| Antisemitism in an Age of Nationalism (1840-1878) | p. 183 |
| Murder in Damascus? | |
| The Power of Publicity | |
| Mission to the Middle East | |
| Outcomes and Legacies | |
| The Limits of Publicity's Power | |
| In Defense of Jews | |
| Old Myths in Modern Dress | |
| Antisemitism in France and Russia: "The Snake... Crept out of the Marshes" (1880-1905) | p. 207 |
| France: Antisemitism in a Democracy | |
| The Dreyfus Case: More Than a Trial | |
| Russia: "Beyond the Pale" | |
| "Living on Top of a Volcano" | |
| Courage at Home, Outrage Abroad | |
| Disapproval at Home | |
| New Pogroms and New Responses | |
| Lies, Stereotypes, and Antisemitism in an Age of War and Revolution (1914-I920s) | p. 233 |
| Questions of Loyalty in Wartime | |
| The Power of Old Myths in a Modern World | |
| Revolutions and Civil Wars | |
| The Protocols and the White Army | |
| Protecting Minorities | |
| The Protocols Reach the West and Beyond | |
| The Protocols in the United States | |
| The Doors Close | |
| In the Face of Genocide (1918-1945) | p. 259 |
| "Backstabbing" in a Defeated Germany | |
| Hitler's Rise to Power | |
| Dismantling Democracy | |
| The Search for Refuge | |
| The Night of the Pogrom | |
| A Racial War within a World War | |
| 194 J: A Turning Point | |
| The Acceleration of the "Final Solution" | |
| Resistance and Rescue | |
| World Responses | |
| At War's End | |
| Antisemitism after the Holocaust (1945-1979) | p. 289 |
| "Is It... Antisemitic?" The Allies and Jewish Refugees | |
| No Place to Go | |
| Poland after the Holocaust | |
| Antisemitism: An InternationalJEmergency | |
| Antisemitism and Nationalism | |
| The Palestinian Dilemma | |
| Arab Nationalism and a Jewish State | |
| Antisemitism and the Cold War (1945-2000) | p. 313 |
| Changing Attitudes | |
| In Search of "Traitors" | |
| Confronting the Past | |
| Breaking the Silence-Egyptian Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism | |
| Politics and War in the Arab World | |
| Consequences Abroad-Confrontation at the United Nations | |
| The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict | |
| Antisemitism Today: A Convenient Hatred | p. 339 |
| When "the Impossible Became Possible" | |
| A Terrorist Attack and an Aggressive Lie | |
| "Ritual Murder" in the Twenty-First Century | |
| "Infection" | |
| Nationalism, Xenophobia, and Antisemitism | |
| Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial | |
| Memory and Education | |
| Selected Bibliography | p. 363 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 375 |
| Credits | p. 377 |
| Index | p. 381 |
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