Description:
With its combination of voices from both scholarship and leadership and its unique assessment of antisemitism in Canada and the struggle against it, Contemporary Antisemitism offers new perspectives on one of the world's most ancient and diffuse hatreds.
Brief description: Derek J. Penslar is the Samuel Zacks Professor of Jewish History and the director of the Jewish Studies Program at the University of Toronto.
Review Quotes:
'Clearly focused and exceptionally readable, Contemporary Antisemitism is a model of scholarly intervention on an urgent public issue. The contributors are all recognized authorities in their fields. No one could address these subjects without referring to their work.'
--Louis Greenspan, Department of Religious Studies, McMaster University