Everyday Hate
How antisemitism is built into our world - and how you can change it
Published on 16. May 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-1-78590-883-5 (ISBN)
Description
On 7 October
2023, Hamas killed over a thousand Israelis, sparking a devastating new phase
in the long-running conflict in Israel and Palestine. In the days and weeks
that followed, a wave of anti-Jewish hatred swept across the world. Synagogues
were burned, Jews attacked and protests raged, with calls for Israel to be
erased from the map. Despite our abhorrence of racism, this most ancient of
prejudices continues to seduce even the most educated, empathetic and
well-meaning members of society. This, Dave Rich argues, is the particular
quality of antisemitism: it hides in plain sight. Our task is to understand
where it came from in order that it might be rooted out.
This book is
a tour de force of the history and present reality of antisemitism; from
Shakespeare to South Park, Israel to Covid-19, Rich shows us where each
of the enduring stereotypes about Jews came from, what they look like in modern
society and how they can be challenged. Fully updated to address the events of
7 October and all that followed, this book shines a light on the
almost-unnoticed prejudices that perpetuate anti-Jewish hatred, explaining how
antisemitism continues to thrive in the interactions, assumptions and views of
decent people around the world - and how we can change this for the better.
2023, Hamas killed over a thousand Israelis, sparking a devastating new phase
in the long-running conflict in Israel and Palestine. In the days and weeks
that followed, a wave of anti-Jewish hatred swept across the world. Synagogues
were burned, Jews attacked and protests raged, with calls for Israel to be
erased from the map. Despite our abhorrence of racism, this most ancient of
prejudices continues to seduce even the most educated, empathetic and
well-meaning members of society. This, Dave Rich argues, is the particular
quality of antisemitism: it hides in plain sight. Our task is to understand
where it came from in order that it might be rooted out.
This book is
a tour de force of the history and present reality of antisemitism; from
Shakespeare to South Park, Israel to Covid-19, Rich shows us where each
of the enduring stereotypes about Jews came from, what they look like in modern
society and how they can be challenged. Fully updated to address the events of
7 October and all that followed, this book shines a light on the
almost-unnoticed prejudices that perpetuate anti-Jewish hatred, explaining how
antisemitism continues to thrive in the interactions, assumptions and views of
decent people around the world - and how we can change this for the better.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 193 mm
Width: 125 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
310 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78590-883-5 (9781785908835)
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Dr Dave Rich
is one of the UK's leading experts on antisemitism. He has worked for almost
thirty years for the Community Security Trust, a Jewish charity that protects
the UK Jewish community, and has advised the police, the Crown Prosecution
Service, football clubs, political parties and many other organisations on how
to tackle antisemitism. This is his second book, following The Left's Jewish
Problem: Jeremy Corbyn, Israel and Antisemitism (Biteback, 2016 and 2018).
You will regularly find him writing about antisemitism or extremism for
national and international media or appearing on TV and radio broadcasts,
including for The Guardian, New York Times, New Statesman,
Jewish Chronicle, Haaretz, BBC News, ITV News, Sky News, Radio 5
Live, LBC, Panorama, Newsnight and others. Dave is a Research
Fellow at the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and is
on the editorial board of the Journal of Contemporary Antisemitism. His
academic work includes chapters and articles about hate crime, conspiracy
theories, the abuse of Holocaust memory, anti-Israel boycotts, campus
antisemitism and the campaign for Soviet Jewry. Dave blogs regularly about
antisemitism and related topics at his personal Substack, 'Everyday Hate',
where you can subscribe for free articles and updates at https://everydayhate.substack.com
is one of the UK's leading experts on antisemitism. He has worked for almost
thirty years for the Community Security Trust, a Jewish charity that protects
the UK Jewish community, and has advised the police, the Crown Prosecution
Service, football clubs, political parties and many other organisations on how
to tackle antisemitism. This is his second book, following The Left's Jewish
Problem: Jeremy Corbyn, Israel and Antisemitism (Biteback, 2016 and 2018).
You will regularly find him writing about antisemitism or extremism for
national and international media or appearing on TV and radio broadcasts,
including for The Guardian, New York Times, New Statesman,
Jewish Chronicle, Haaretz, BBC News, ITV News, Sky News, Radio 5
Live, LBC, Panorama, Newsnight and others. Dave is a Research
Fellow at the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and is
on the editorial board of the Journal of Contemporary Antisemitism. His
academic work includes chapters and articles about hate crime, conspiracy
theories, the abuse of Holocaust memory, anti-Israel boycotts, campus
antisemitism and the campaign for Soviet Jewry. Dave blogs regularly about
antisemitism and related topics at his personal Substack, 'Everyday Hate',
where you can subscribe for free articles and updates at https://everydayhate.substack.com