Why the Jews?

The Reason for Antisemitism

By: Dennis Prager, Joseph Telushkin

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Why have Jews been the object of the most enduring and universal hatred in history? Why is the Jewish state the most hated country in the world today? Drawing on extensive historical research, Prager and Telushkin reveal how Judaism''s distinctive conceptions of God, Law, and Peoplehood, have rendered the Jews, and now the Jewish state as well, to other people''s God, laws, or national allegiances. Anti-Semitism is not just another ethnic or racial prejudice, and it is not caused, as so many people falsely believe, by Jewish economic success or the need for scapegoats. Rather, anti-Semitism today, as in the past, is a reaction to Judaism and its distinctive values. Separate chapters document how anti-Semitism is a unique hatred (no other prejudice has been as universal, deep, or permanent), and how the Chosen People idea has spawned hatred. The role of non-Jewish Jews such as Marx and the M.I.T. professor, Noam Chomsky, in provoking anti-Jewish animosity as well is examined and explained. WHY THE JEWS? also provides an authoritative overview of the seven major forms of anti-Semitism the Jewish people have suffered: pagan, Christian, Muslim, Enlightenment, Leftist, Nazi and anti-Zionist anti-Semitism. Prager and Telushkin explain why anti-Semitism poses a mortal danger to moral non-Jews, and what kind of changes would have to happen to produce a world without hatred of the Jews.

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Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction: Is It 1938 Again for the Jews?
Why the Jews? The Explanation	p. 1
Why Jew-Hatred Is Unique	p. 3
Antisemitism: The Hatred of Judaism and Ethical Monotheism	p. 13
The Chosen People Idea as a Cause of Antisemitism	p. 25
The Higher Quality of Jewish Life as a Cause of Antisemitism	p. 30
Non-Jewish Jews and Antisemitism	p. 42
Other Theories of Antisemitism	p. 56
The Historical Evidence	p. 65
Antisemitism in the Ancient World	p. 67
Christian Antisemitism	p. 74
Islamic Antisemitism	p. 94
Secular Antisemitism: The Enlightenment	p. 114
Leftist Antisemitism	p. 123
Nazi Antisemitism	p. 137
Anti-Zionist Antisemitism	p. 154
Eight Lies About Israel	p. 161
What is to Be Done?	p. 177
What Is to Be Done?	p. 179
Epilogue: The Meaning of Antisemitism for Non-Jews	p. 193
Notes	p. 199
Bibliography of Cited Works	p. 222
Index	p. 231
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