Uncomfortable Conversations With a Jew

Uncomfortable Conversations With a Jew

First Simon Element hardcover edition

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For Emmanuel Acho and Noa Tishby no question about Jews is off-limits. They go there. They cover Jews and money. Jews and power. Jews and privilege. Jews and white privilege. The Black and Jewish struggle. Emmanuel asks, Did Jews kill Jesus? To which Noa responds, "Why are Jewish people history's favorite scapegoat?" They unpack Judaism itself: Is it a religion, culture, a peoplehood, or a race? And: Are you antisemitic if you're anti-Zionist? The questions, and answers, might make you squirm, but together, they explain the tropes, stereotypes, and catalysts of antisemitism in America today. The topics are complicated and Acho and Tishby bring vastly different perspectives. Tishby is an outspoken Israeli American. Acho is a mild-mannered son of a Nigerian American pastor. But they share a superpower: an uncanny ability to make complicated ideas easy to understand so anyone can follow the straight line from the past to our immediate mome

Book information

ISBN: 9781668057858
Publisher: Simon Element
Imprint: Simon & Schuster
Pub date:
Edition: First Simon Element hardcover edition
DEWEY: 296
DEWEY edition: 23/eng/20240409
Language: English
Sales rank: 2276
Weight: 408g
Height: 213mm
Width: 147mm
Spine width: 33mm