Why The Jews? The Reason for Antisemitism

Published: May 18, 2016, 4:16 a.m.

Title: \u201cWhy The Jews? The Reason for Antisemitism\u201d\n\nDate: April 24, 2014\n\nSpeaker: Rabbi Joseph Telushkin\n\nAffiliation: Rabbi, Author\n\nLocation: Columbia University, as part of the ISGAP seminar series \u201cAntisemitism in Comparative Perspective\u201d\n\nDescription: Rabbi Joseph Telushkin maintains that there has been no hatred that has been as universal, as deep, or as long as antisemitism and attempts to offer a theory for the reason behind the phenomenon of antisemitism. Rabbi Telushkin argues that ultimately antisemitism is a response to Jews, Judaism, and Jewish values.