First the Jews
Combating the World's Longest-Running Hate Campaign
“All Jews must die.” Robert Bowers screamed these words as he walked into a temple and murdered eleven people.
Where does this hate come from? Why is it rising again in America? What do we need to do to stop it?
Prepare to be stunned, shocked, and illuminated as Rabbi Evan Moffic answers these questions. He reveals why the world’s oldest hatred—once thought to be over after the Holocaust—keeps coming back to life. This book gives the clearest and most concise explanation of where antisemitism comes from, why it continues, and how to stop its resurgence today.
Interwoven is Moffic’s personal story as a rabbi who led his community in responding to antisemitic attacks and working with Christian leaders to stand up to them. He answers the age-old charge that Jews killed Jesus and that Jews still dominate the media and Hollywood.
In the end, you will discover the path to moving beyond old ways of thinking. You will enter into the redemptive story of overcoming the extremism and hatred spreading across our world today.
- Opening
- Introduction
- What Is Antisemitism
- The Journey
- One - Surprise, The Rise Of Left Wing Antisemitism
- Beginning
- A Warning At Harvard
- Chicago Parade
- Intersectionality
- Dangerous Praying
- Apartheid
- Media Bias
- B D S
- D Discrimination
- Mainline Churches
- From Right To Left And Back Again
- Amy-Jill Levine
- Two - Mainstreaming Hate
- The Alt Right
- The Old Antisemitism
- The Alt Right Is Different
- Elitism
- More Elitism
- Wall Street
- What Next
- Jake Owensby
- Three - An Optimist Faces Reality
- Turning Inward
- Gazing Outward
- Shut Out
- Survival By Torah
- Christian Allies
- Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows
- Four - The World's Oldest Hatred
- The First Antisemite
- Why Them
- The Deeper Reasons
- Always Different
- More At Stake
- Is It Antisemitism
- Lasting Influence
- Five - The Devil And The Jews
- The Beginning
- Theology
- Supersessionism
- Just Desserts
- The Crusades
- Jews And The Devil
- Ritual Murder
- Host Desecration
- Making Sense Of Antisemitism
- Martin Luther And Antisemitism In The Protestant Reformation
- Foundations And The Future
- Mike Slaughter
- Six - Is Christianity Still Antisemitic
- Law In Judaism
- Most Important Laws
- When Is The Law, Love Dichotomy Antisemitic
- Jesus Was Jewish
- A New Bridge
- Justin Coleman
- Seven - He Jewed Me Down
- The Beginning
- For The Love Of Money
- Middlemen Minority
- Evolving Economy
- Conclusion
- Katharine Jefferts Schori
- Eight - Messianic Promise And A Demonic Reality
- From The Renaissance To Modernity
- The Persistence Of Christian Antisemitism In The Modern Era
- Early Signs, Nationalism
- Antisemitism In Central And Eastern Europe
- A New Vocabulary For Antisemitism
- Eugenics
- Intelligence, Prejudice, And Genocide
- Hitler's Science
- How The Holocaust Helps Us Think About The Present
- Teesha Hadra And John Hambrick
- Nine - Islam, Israel, And Antisemitism
- Origins
- Beginning Of Islam
- Major Change
- Zionism And Muslim Antisemitism
- Modern Israel
- Three Antisemitic Claims
- Blood Libel
- Human Rights
- Combatting Islamic Antisemitism
- Imam Hassan Selim
- Ten - George Washington's Vision
- Politics
- Civil Society
- Religion
- Washington's Dream