Publisher: Gefen Publishing House
ISBN 13: 9789657801109
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS
“This book has the potential to be a powerful instrument of memory for a generation for whom it is urgent.” — President Isaac Herzog, President of the State of Israel
“In this age of media and social media misinformation, scapegoating, anti-Zionist bullying on campus, disproportionate hate crimes against Jews, and the still insidious manifestations of Holocaust denial, A Brief and Visual History of Antisemitism could not have come at a better and more essential time.” — Thane Rosenbaum, Novelist, essayist, law professor, and author of The Golems of Gotham and Saving Free Speech . . .from Itself
“A Brief and Visual History of Antisemitism is an important book to help one better understand the long, pervasive history of global antisemitism. It is also a very important tool for teachers and all those who need to understand it in order to combat it. Order it and add it to your library.” — Abraham H. Foxman, Director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) 1987–2015, Holocaust survivor
“This book should be required reading by those who seek to eradicate this scourge and educate the public of its dangers.” — Ambassador David Friedman, U.S. Ambassador to Israel (2017- 2021), author of Sledgehammer: How Breaking with the Past Brought Peace to the Middle East
“This book comes at a time it is needed most and should be required reading for Jewish students and all students of Jewish history.” — Ambassador Gilad Erdan, Israel’s 18th Permanent Representative to the United Nations
“A Brief and Visual History of Antisemitism is an impactful work which clearly and creatively explains the concept of antisemitism, its history, how it manifests itself in society, and what we must do to combat it. Informative and engaging and I highly recommend it.” — Ambassador Danny Danon, Israel’s 17th Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Chairman of World Likud
“A Brief and Visual History of Antisemitism… comprehensively and accurately takes us through the timeline of discrimination, bias, and hate towards the Jewish people, all around the world and throughout time. It dispels the myths and transmits the facts and truth enabling good people to call out and confront this pernicious hate.” — Rabbi Efrem Goldberg, Boca Raton Synagogue
“This distinctive textbook, through its contemporary incorporation of multimedia and its inviting design, should be a standard for all those seeking to be adequately informed, in order to repel the scourge of antisemitism from our midst.” — Yaakov Hagoel, Chairman of the World Zionist Organization
ABOUT the AUTHOR
Israel B. Bitton (@IsraelBitton) director of digital education at Project Witness. He holds a BA from SUNY in the history of philosophy, a Masters of Liberal Arts from Johns Hopkins University, and he is pursuing a PhD in criminology at Hebrew University. Bitton is the author of Who Will Remember You? A Philosophical Study and Theory of Memory and Will (Hamilton), A Brief and Visual History of Antisemitism (Gefen), an extensive multimedia textbook, and several studies on anti-Jewish hate crimes, including Chosen for Hate (and Love): A Qualitative, Explanatory Analysis of NYPD Hate Crime Data (ISGAP). Bitton is also the creator of a series of digital learning modules, such as “Anti-Antisemitism: Pedagogy for Countering Jew-Hatred,” “Anti-Antisemitism: A Student’s Guide to Countering Jew-Hatred,” and “Thinking Critically About Antisemitism: 55 Common Cognitive Biases and Logical Fallacies of Antisemites.”
