The 7 Deadly Myths : : Antisemitism from the time of Christ to Kanye West (Second edition, revised and supplemented) / / Alex Ryvchin.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Complete eBook-Package 2023
• VerfasserIn: Ryvchin, Alex,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (282 p.)

A 2023 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Finalist in the Religion Category“With clarity and penetrating insight, Alex Ryvchin unravels the mystery of antisemitism… Mandatory reading for anyone concerned with the ethical fate of the human race.” - Isaac Herzog, President of the State of IsraelThe 7 Deadly Myths traces antisemitism from its earliest origins to the present day and uncovers the dangerous conspiracy theories that have corrupted reasoning and led people and nations to diabolical acts. Exploring some of the most significant events in history and uncovering little-known villains, this book answers the questions of how antisemitism takes hold, how it is transmitted and how it inspires violence to the present day. Written in a clear and compelling style, this book is essential to understanding why this ancient hatred continues to plague society, inspiring pop stars, athletes and demagogues alike. It is a crucial resource for policy makers, students and the reading public seeking to understand racism and how it can be stopped.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Understanding Antisemitism -- Myth 1. The Blood Libel -- Myth 2. Christ-Killers -- Myth 3. Global Domination -- Myth 4. Chosen -- Myth 5. Money -- Myth 6. Dual Loyalties -- Myth 7. Oppressed to Oppressors -- Epilogue -- Essays and Speeches on Antisemitism -- Why Did Everything Come So Easy to the Enemy? -- Jewish Pride Defies This Ancient Hatred -- Find the Pride and Duty in Our Survival -- Educate, Engage, Enforce: How to Fight Antisemitism -- How We Avenge 9/11 -- Have We Not Avenged? The Destruction of the Soviet Jews and Revenge through Remembrance -- The Crisis of Zionism -- How Blindness to Antisemitism Threatens Parties and Movements -- Lest We Forget? Seventy-Five Years after Auschwitz Plenty Do -- Red Terror – How the Soviet Union Shaped Modern Anti-Zionist Discourse -- The Memory of the Holocaust and the Mystery of Unfathomable Evil -- To Jerusalem and Back -- How a Poet and a Composer Overcame Soviet Censorship of the Holocaust -- A Homecoming: Indifference in Kyiv Seventy-Five Years after the Babyn Yar Massacre of Jews -- Having Lived the Alternative, I Choose Democracy -- Index