The first in a series of author events in conjunction with South Florida JCC's.
Saying No to Hate traces the history of American antisemitism and the Jewish community’s response. It offers us a deeper understanding of how events in America’s past have informed the meteoric rise in hatred and violence we see today.
Finkelstein’s book is not just a narrative of oppression. It also shares how the American Jewish community, through institutions such as the American Jewish Committee, the ADL, and Hillel, have responded to Jewish hatred. Say No to Hate offers readers an accessible introduction to antisemitism in America. This is particularly important for a generation of Jews who, until recently, were shielded from the overt antisemitism that plagued Jewish Americans of years past.
Norman H. (1941 – 2024) taught Jewish history at Hebrew College for more than thirty-five years and is the author of twenty-one nonfiction histories and biographies. Two of his books, Heeding the Call and Forged in Freedom, won National Jewish Book Awards.