The New American Anti-Semitism

The Left, the Right, and the Jews

Benjamin Ginsberg

The New American Anti-Semitism: The Left, the Right, and the Jews is a clarion call—not only to Jews, but to all Americans. As a nation, we must wake up and face the rising anti-Semitic threat and act accordingly.

But that threat is not coming from its usual source. The most virulent form of anti-Semitism today, Ginsberg warns, is the result of toxic identity politics and anti-Israeli sentiment coming from today’s political Left.

Perhaps the most persecuted people in all of history, Jews have stood tall in the face of unprecedented persecution in all places, at all times. Their culture’s rigorous emphasis on education and achievement catapults them, Ginsberg argues, to the upper echelons of the societies in which they live. But their success too often breeds resentment and jealousy, leading to an ugly anti-Semitism that has led, historically, to unspeakable violence.

In this urgent new work, Dr. Benjamin Ginsberg—political scientist, professor, and bestselling author—exposes the ugly face of this new, progressive anti-Semitism (which is also thriving in Europe). To combat it, he urges American Jews to form new political alliances, particularly with evangelical Christians.

The stakes of not doing so, says Ginsberg, are horrifically high—not only for the survival of the Jewish people, but for America’s survival. After all, the Jews have contributed immeasurably to America’s scientific, cultural, and economic achievements. Jews have been good for America; and America has been good to the Jews. But what once was so can change ... and Jews can never afford to forget their history.

Read this book and learn:

• Why Jewish people have always persisted in the face of persecution;
• Why the new face of Jewish persecution has found a home on university campuses, Left-leaning media outlets, and other unlikely places;
• The high and horrible costs of anti-Semitism;
• The profound benefits of philo-Semitism;
• The details of the new alliances that must be made to ensure the continuing success of American Jews—and America itself;
• And much, much more...

In this must-read tour de force, Ginsberg enlightens readers by tracing the history of the Jewish people—starting from the children of Abraham and ending with Jews today—and urging Jews and Americans to learn the lessons of that history. Now.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• 1 Anti-Semitism Today: Three Questions to Ask Anti-Semites
• 2 How Anti-Semitism Became a Progressive Ideology
• 3 Why the Jews Persist
• 4 The Benefits of Philo-Semitism and the Costs of Anti-Semitism: Genesis 12:3
• 5 The Myth of American Exceptionalism
• 6 Why Are the Jews Still Democrats?
• 7 New Alliances: Jews and the Christian Zionists
• Epilogue
• Appendix
• Notes
• About the Author