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lilcaitstephenson's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
medium-paced
5.0
snorkmidden's review against another edition
5.0
A brilliant book that clearly outlines anti-semitism, including the micro-aggressions and history, as well as addressing complex situations like the Israel-Palestine conflict and Jeremy Corbyn
I feel I have a much better understanding, I was shamefully ignorant of the extent before.
I feel I have a much better understanding, I was shamefully ignorant of the extent before.
sorayee's review against another edition
5.0
I probably have needed to read this book for a long time. When the Labour Party controversy was raging I was frankly reserving judgement because I didn’t feel I understood the issue enough. I feel quite ashamed that I was sceptical about the levels of antisemitism in Labour, because of how badly Corbyn had previously been smeared by the press, but reading this I can tell I was being overly conspiratorial and clearly antisemitism is a serious issue in Labour. I think the section on Israel gives a really good account of when discussion on Israel can become antisemitic and importantly WHY those things are antisemitic. It’s something I’ll feel a lot more able to look out for now, especially in the left-leaning media I consume, which is really important to me. I think the other thing that I took from this (that I partly knew already) is that by far the most dangerous antisemitism is to be found on the far right, not the left. I recently heard someone describe violent and revolutionary rhetoric of the left and right like a psychologists distinction between suicidal ideation and suicidal intent. The far left are more looking at revolutionary ideation - imagining overthrowing capitalism and installing a communist utopia or whatever.. whereas the far right have intent. They stockpile weapons, actively vandalise and generally are much more likely to carry out an actual attack causing physical injury and this seems to be true for antisemitic violence too. Yes look out for it and certainly don’t accept it on the left, but don’t let that distract you from the rising antisemitism on the far right which in the last 5 years has had growing support from a younger and more galvanised online audience than ever before.
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