Antisemitism : the oldest hatred

Mann, John2015

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Summary

The history of Jewish persecution is as old as the written word, though the epithet 'antisemitism' was only conceived in the late 19th century as it reached the beginning of its most horrifying chapter. Throughout Christian history the hatred and prejudice towards the Jewish people have often been blamed on the betrayal and crucifixion of Christ, but ethnic Jewish oppression began long before. Following the Israeli bombing of Gaza, antisemitic feeling has grown significantly - though a prominent group of French Orthodox Jews in Paris recently demonstrated with placards saying 'Israeli action in Gaza is not the action of the Jewish people'. Yet still Jewish graves are desecrated and synagogues daubed with swastikas. John Mann has assembled a reader on the theme of antisemitism ranging from the writings of Charlie Chaplin, Albert Einstein and Jean-Paul Sartre to George Washington and Emile Zola.