JCC Author Series/Featuring Phyllis Goldstein authr of A Convenient Hatred

In recent years, a variety of groups, including human rights
organizations and government agencies, have documented a surge in anti-Jewish
rhetoric and acts of violence in countries around the world.  Facing
History and Ourselves—a non-profit organization whose mission is to combat
antisemitism, racism, and other hatreds through education—has monitored this
surge with great concern (www.facinghistory.org).
To further their mission, Facing History will publish this fall a history of
antisemitism that documents the way antisemitism has evolved over the centuries
and how it continues to shape attitudes and beliefs in the world
today.   

In A CONVENIENT HATRED: The History of Antisemitism by
Phyllis Goldstein with a foreword by Sir Harold Evans (Trade Paperback
Original; $17.95; December 6, 2011), Facing History helps readers of all
backgrounds understand how this pernicious hatred began and why it persists
despite heroic efforts to overcome it.  Goldstein, Facing History’s senior
writer on the Holocaust and issues of race, spent more than five years
researching this book, and masterfully communicates the magnitude of this
hatred over the centuries and reveals why so many people in so many places have
found antisemitism a most “convenient hatred.”

Through powerful stories that will inspire deep
conversations about hatreds in general as well as this particular hatred, the
book raises important issues, including:

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Questions of membership and belonging

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The vulnerability of minorities in times of political, social, and economic
crisis.

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The importance and value of education.

Phyllis Goldstein will give a talk and sign copies of her
new book at the Jewish Community Center in Worcester on February 15^th
at 7:30pm.  The event is free and open to the public.

A CONVENIENT HATRED is an authoritative new
resource that will help readers explore the roots of this ancient hatred,
better understand the present, and help change the future.  For more
information about the book and author visit http://convenienthatred.facinghistory.org/.