Mendelssohn is on the Roof
A review of a little-known but darkly satirical novel on Prague under Nazi occupation written by a Jewish survivor of the ordeal
Reviews
48 postsReviews of books, exhibitions, films, television programmes and any other medium on the subject of anti-Semitism.
GUEST POST: Arendt’s judgements on Israel
The great German-Jewish political thinker was fiercely critical of mainstream Zionism but unequivocally supported Israel’s right to defend itself
Jews cast as the devil
A look at the historical origins of the enduring idea that Jews represent a diabolical force
France’s anti-Semitism conundrum
A new biography of Alfred Dreyfus helps explain how anti-Semitism emerged in French society despite the country’s professed attachment to equality and rights
The flawed historicist take on anti-Semitism
A British academic has provided a valuable critique of the view of anti-Semitism propagated by many historians influenced by identity politics