Antisemitism: A Lethal Obsession

“Antisemitism cannot be regarded as just one more lazy, ill-thought-out bigotry. The anti-Semite hates and fears Jews because he interprets the world through them. Wistrich quotes the French monarchist Charles Maurras’s candid admission that anti-Semitism ‘enables everything to be arranged, smoothed over and simplified.’” From my Jerusalem Post review of Robert Wistrich’s epic new book, A Lethal Obsession.

1 Response to “Antisemitism: A Lethal Obsession”


  1. 1 Hal

    Thanks, Ben. This is the first time I’ve encountered Maurras’ quote - highly pertinent… I’ve ordered a copy of Wistrich’s book.

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