“PJ Media Writer Releases ‘Most Important Book Ever’ on Antisemitism”

That writer would be me, and the book Antisemitism: History and Myth, in this extraordinary review by my PJ Media colleague Scott Pinsker: “PJ Media Writer Releases ‘Most Important Book Ever’ on Antisemitism,” by Scott Pinsker, PJ Media, April 17, 2025:

Here’s an old Jewish joke: The 102-year-old Rabbi died and went to Heaven. Because he had lived such a long and honorable life, he was told he could ask God one question — absolutely anything he wanted.

The Rabbi thought for a moment. He reflected on a lifetime of bigotry, pain, loss, and torment: Pogroms, Kristallnacht, the Holocaust, and Islamic terrorism.

“God,” he asked, “is it true the Jews are your chosen people?”

“Yes, my son.”

“So, maybe next time, choose someone different?”

This weekend, two Abrahamic holidays intersect: Passover and Easter. The former is directly tied to Zionism and the Jewish homeland; the latter embodies renewal, rebirth, and the enormity of God’s sacred promise. The timing isn’t coincidental, of course; it’s widely believed that the Last Supper was a Passover seder.

As such, the two holidays are destined to walk hand-in-hand until the end of time. That’s probably not coincidental, either. (I’m thinkin’ Whoever planned it this way was probably pretty smart.)

It even ties to Israel — a reborn country. Easter winds were whirling in 1948.

And this makes it the perfect time to talk about a monumentally important new book: Robert Spencer, who writes here for PJ Media when he’s not touring the country (and melting liberal minds) on behalf of the Young America’s Foundation, has just released his latest soon-to-be-best-seller, “Antisemitism.”

(Here’s a link to the Amazon page, if you’d like to read excerpts and reviews.)

Before I tell you what I think, let me share with you the opinion of someone a helluva lot more credentialed than me: Dennis Prager. The Dean of PragerU read the book and said simply, “I do not believe a more important book on antisemitism has ever been written.”

(This is an enormous compliment, and not just because Prager has written books on the exact same topic, too!)

But to the credit of Prager, he didn’t hold back, urging Americans to heed Mr. Spencer’s adhan: “What Robert Spencer has achieved in Antisemitism in terms of information and breadth of subjects is unparalleled. …[W]hat is urgent is that this generation read it. It is the antidote to the greatest eruption of Jew-hatred since the Holocaust.”

Mr. Prager, of course, was referring to October 7, 2023 — the day Islamic terrorists invaded Israeli territory, attacked Jewish civilians, and raped, kidnapped, and butchered thousands. It was the greatest one-day loss of Jewish life since the days of der Führer….

There is more. Read the rest here.