Saying No to Hate: Overcoming Antisemitism in America (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780827615236)

Saying No to Hate grounds readers contextually in the history of antisemitism in America by emphasizing the legal, political, educational, communal, and other strategies American Jews have used through the centuries to address high-profile threats.

Norman H. Finkelstein shows how antisemitism has long functioned in America in systemic, structural, and interpersonal ways, from missionaries, the KKK, and American Nazis to employment discrimination, social media attacks, and QAnon. He explains how historic antisemitic events such as General Ulysses S. Grant's General Order No. 11 (1862); the Massena, New York blood libel (1928); and the mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue (2018) galvanized the Jewish community. Finkelstein shines light on Jews such as Louis Brandeis and Admiral Hyman Rickover who succeeded despite discrimination and on individuals and organizations that have tackled legal and security affairs, from the passage of Maryland's Jew Bill (1826) to groups helping Jewish institutions better protect themselves from active shooter threats.

Far from a victim narrative, Saying No to Hate is as much about Jewish resilience and ingenuity as it is about hatred. Engaging high school students and adults with personal narratives, it prepares each of us to recognize, understand, and confront injustice and hatred today, in the Jewish community and beyond.


Author: Norman H. Finkelstein
ISBN-10: 082761523X
ISBN-13: 9780827615236
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2024
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.01h x 6.03w x 0.76d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/12/2024
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2024
Foreword 04/25/2024