Why the Jews?

The Reason for Antisemitism

Dennis Prager, Joseph Telushkin

• Publisher: Touchstone
• Year: 2007
• eBook ISBN:
  9781416591238
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Jewish Theology

From the bestselling authors of The Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism, a compelling discussion of the dangerous rise in antisemitism during the twenty-first century. The very word Jew continues to arouse passions as does no other religious, national, or political name. Why have Jews been the object of the most enduring and universal hatred in history? Why did Hitler consider murdering Jews more important than winning World War II? Why has the United Nations devoted more time to tiny Israel than to any other nation on earth?In this seminal study, Dennis Prager and Joseph Telushkin attempt to uncover and understand the roots of antisemitism—from the ancient world to the Holocaust to the current crisis in the Middle East. Why the Jews? offers new insights and unparalleled perspectives on some of the most recent, pressing developments in the contemporary world, including: -The replicating of Nazi antisemitism in the Arab world
-The pervasive anti-Zionism/antisemitism on university campuses
-The rise of antisemitism in Europe
-Why the United States and Israel are linked in the minds of antisemitesClear, persuasive, and thought-provoking, Why the Jews? is must reading for anyone who seeks to understand the unique role of the Jews in human history.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Dedication
• Epigraph
• Acknowledgments (for original 1983 edition)
• Preface
• Introduction
• Part One
• Part Two: The Historical Evidence
• Part Three: What Is to Be Done?
• Epilogue: The Meaning of Antisemitism for Non-Jews
• About the Authors
• Notes
• Bibliography of Cited Works
• Copyright