Antisemitism in North America - New World, Old Hate

In Antisemitism in North America, leading scholars offer a wide variety of perspectives on why the Jews in North America have sometimes faced considerable bigotry but have, in general, found a home far more hospitable than the ones they left behind in Europe.

About the author

Steven K. Baum is a clinical psychologist and editor of the Journal for the Study of Antisemitism (JSA). He has written several research articles and is the author of Antisemitism Explained, When Fairy Tales Kill and Psychology of Genocide.

Neil J. Kressel directs the Honors Program in the Social Sciences at William Paterson University, and was Visiting Associate Professor at Yale (YIISA). His books include: "The Sons of Pigs and Apes": Muslim Antisemitism and the Conspiracy of Silence and Mass Hate: The Global Rise of Genocide and Terror.

Florette Cohen-Abady is a social psychologist at the College of Staten Island, CUNY. She has authored or co-authored several empirical studies of antisemitism, including an influential study that appeared in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Steven Leonard Jacobs holds the Aronov Endowed Chair of Judaic Studies at the University of Alabama. His most received books are Confronting Genocide: Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the encyclopedia, Modern Genocide: The Definitive Resource and Documents Volume.

Product details

• Assisted by: Steven K Baum (Editor), Steven K. Baum (Editor), Florette Cohen (Editor), Steven Leonard Jacobs (Editor), Neil J Kressel (Editor), Neil J. Kressel (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.02.2016
• EAN: 9789004307131
• ISBN: 978-90-04-30713-1
• No. of pages: 476
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 241 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 795 g
• Series: Jewish Identities in a Changin
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education