Non­fic­tion

Safe­ty Through Sol­i­dar­i­ty: A Rad­i­cal Guide for Fight­ing Antisemitism

  • From the Publisher
September 1, 2024

Two activist jour­nal­ists present a pro­gres­sive, inter­sec­tion­al approach to the vital ques­tion: What can we do about anti­semitism? Anti­semitism is on the rise today. From syn­a­gogue shoot­ings by white nation­al­ists, to right-wing politi­cians and media fig­ures push­ing George Soros con­spir­a­cy the­o­ries, it’s clear that exclu­sion­ary nation­al­ist move­ments are grow­ing. By spread­ing divi­sion and fear, they put Jews, along with oth­er mar­gin­al­ized groups and mul­tira­cial democ­ra­cy itself, at risk. And since the out­break of war in Gaza, debates around anti­semitism have become more polar­ized and high-stakes than ever. How can we stand in sol­i­dar­i­ty with Pales­tini­ans seek­ing jus­tice while also avoid­ing anti­semitism — and resist­ing those who seek to con­flate the two? How do we forge the coali­tions across com­mu­ni­ties that we need, in order to over­come the pol­i­tics of divi­sion and fear? Using per­son­al sto­ries, his­tor­i­cal deep-dives, front-line report­ing, and inter­views with lead­ing change-mak­ers, Bur­ley and Lor­ber help us break the cur­rent impasse to under­stand how anti­semitism works, what’s miss­ing in con­tem­po­rary debates, and how to build true safe­ty through sol­i­dar­i­ty for Jews and all people.

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