Dismantling the Big Lie: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion - Softcover

Jacobs, Steven L.; Weitzman, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0881257850 ISBN 13: 9780881257854

Publisher: Ktav Pub & Distributors Inc, 2003

Synopsis

Published in association with the Simon Wiesenthal Center, this volume debunks a major propaganda source for justifying anti-Semitism from tsarist Russia to today's online conspiracy theorists. Jacobs (Judaic studies, U. of Alabama) and the Center's Weitzman trace its nefarious history and refute the 24 protocols item-by-item. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

About the Author:

Mark Weitzman is the Director of the Task Force against Hate and Terrorism and the Associate Director of Education for the Simon Wiesenthal Center and is the chief representative at the United Nations in New York.

From Booklist:

The Protocols, purportedly the text of a secret Jewish plan to establish world supremacy, is a book that has enjoyed sustained and vibrant life despite the fact that it has long been discredited as a forgery. First published in Russia in 1903, it became a keystone first of Russian anti-Semitism and then of the Nazi movement. Today, it is still sold all over the world and appears to have found new footholds on the Internet. Of all the anti-Jewish writing, it is perhaps The Protocols that has empowered anti-Semites the most. Although other anti-Semitic works may have a sharper intellectual base, The Protocols' conspiratorial imagery has been more effective in fueling the hatred of Jews and Judaism. The authors examine the current use of the book by extremists, but the core of the work is a point-by-point refutation of all 24 charges against the Jews. This compelling and scholarly work draws on many resources, including authentic Jewish texts, to clearly expose The Protocols as a cruel hoax. George Cohen
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About this edition

• Publisher: Ktav Pub & Distributors Inc
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0881257850
• ISBN 13: 9780881257854
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232