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{en} Phyllis Goldstein. A Convenient Hatred: The History of Antisemitism. Brookline, MA: Facing History and Ourselves, 2012.

Abstract

"A Convenient Hatred chronicles a very particular hatred through powerful stories that allow readers to see themselves in the tarnished mirror of history. It raises important questions about the consequences of our assumptions and beliefs and the ways we, as individuals and as members of a society, make distinctions between 'us' and 'them, ' right and wrong, good and evil. These questions are both universal and particular"--Page 4 of cover.

Contents

Beginnings (586 BCE-135 CE) -- Separation : synagogue and church, Jew and Christian (29-414 CE) -- Conquests and consequences (395-750 CE) -- Holy wars and antisemitism (700s-1300) -- The power of a lie (1144-1300) -- Refugees from intolerance (1347-1492) -- In search of toleration (1500-1635) -- Safe havens? : Poland and the Ottoman Empire (1200s-1666) -- The age of enlightenment and the reaction (1600s-1848) -- Antisemitism in an age of nationalism (1840-1878) -- Antisemitism in France and Russia : "The snake ... crept out of the marshes" (1880-1905) -- Lies, stereotypes, and antisemitism in an age of war and revolution (1914-1920s) -- In the face of genocide (1918-1945) -- Antisemitism after the Holocaust (1945-1979) -- Antisemitism and the Cold War (1945-2000) -- Antisemitism today : a convenient hatred.

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