October 7

Reviews / Votes

"This ambitious collection tackles a controversial topic, and it does so boldly and thoroughly. The essays provide a rich variety of views, diverse in focus, methodology, and findings. There are scholars of gender here, as well as military strategists, but also those who study terrorism, domestic politics, and antisemitism. There are humanities and social science scholars, quantitative and qualitative. An important, ambitious, and provocative read! - Ron Hassner, Helen Diller Family Chair in Israel Studies, University of California, Berkeley


"An essential volume for anyone concerned to understand Hamas's October 7 massacre, the ensuing war, and their many ramifications for the Jews, Israel, the West, and the world as a whole. Particularly invaluable for its analyses of the massive failure of the academy, whose professors and students, guided by their corrosive ideology, somehow mistook a barbaric medieval atrocity for virtuous freedom-fighting, while the administrators looked on in effective complicity. When academics openly endorse terror, the surrounding society is in trouble-and this volume is an indispensable first step in mounting a truly appropriate 'resistance' to the ideological capture of the academy." - Andrew Pessin, Professor of Philosophy, Connecticut College


"Hamas's 10/7 massacres were the deadliest terrorist atrocity of modern times and the largest massacres of Jews since the Holocaust. Yet rather than awaken the world to the global danger of genocidal jihadism, it stirred an unprecedented wave of antisemitism and glorification of the decades-long Palestinian attempt to destroy the world's only Jewish state. Donna Robinson Divine and Asaf Romirowsky have done an indispensable job in debunking this collective madness by exposing the true nature of the 10/7 monstrosity and its far-reaching regional and global implications. A must read." - Efraim Karsh, Emeritus Professor of Middle East & Mediterranean Studies, King's College London


"These rich, compelling, thought-provoking, scholarly essays seek to assess a cataclysmic event which is still unfolding, with an academic rigor increasingly out of fashion. The authors-and the editors-have done a remarkable job of fulfilling both ambitious goals. It's not easy to resist political posturing or moralizing when analyzing the horrific violence of October 7, and the resulting challenges Israel faced, while exposing the global campaign on campuses and elsewhere to demonize the Jewish state and justify mass murder and mass rape. But trusting the facts, their training, and their judgment, these meticulous scholars illuminate the confusing but monumental war over words and deeds that continues to reverberate worldwide, not just in the Middle East. Together, they have produced a volume that should launch the kind of balanced, reflective conversations we need in the classroom, in the media, in government offices, and in the public square." - Professor Gil Troy, author, To Resist the Academic Intifada: Letters to My Students on Defending the Zionist Dream and The Essential Guide to October 7 and its Aftermath.