Why the Jews?

The Reason for Anti-Semitism, the Most Accurate Predictor of Human Evil

By: Dennis Prager, Joseph Telushkin

Narrated by: Traber Burns

Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins

Publisher's summary

In this seminal work that has spent more than 30 years in print, Dennis Prager and Joseph Telushkin explain the reasons behind anti-Semitism, the world's preoccupation with the Jews and Israel, and why now more than ever the world needs to confront anti-Jewish sentiment.

Why have Jews been the object of the most enduring and universal hatred in history? Why is the Jewish state the most hated country in the world today? Drawing on extensive historical research, Dennis Prager and Joseph Telushkin reveal how Judaism's distinctive conceptions of God, law, and peoplehood have rendered the Jews and the Jewish state outsiders and labeled them as threatening. But as Prager and Telushkin are quick to point out, anti-Semitism is not just another ethnic or racial prejudice and is not caused, as so many people falsely believe, by Jewish economic success or the need for scapegoats. Rather, anti-Semitism today, as in the past, is a reaction to Judaism and its distinctive values.

Prager and Telushkin examine in detail how anti-Semitism is a unique hatred - no other prejudice has been as universal, deep, or permanent - and how the concept of the "chosen people" spawned that hatred. They also explore the role of non-Jewish Jews, such as Karl Marx and Noam Chomsky, in provoking anti-Jewish animosity.

In Why the Jews?, Prager and Telushkin identify the seven major forms of anti-Semitism - pagan, Christian, Muslim, enlightenment, leftist, Nazi, and anti-Zionist - and explain why it is impossible in today's world to be an anti-Zionist without being an anti-Semite.

With an eye on the larger picture, Prager and Telushkin express why anti-Semitism threatens more than just Jews and what kind of changes are necessary to achieve a world without hatred.

©2016 Dennis Prager and Joseph Telushkin (P)2016 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Insightful information

I enjoyed the thorough history of Judaism and application to our day. I would like to have heard it read by Dennis Prager himself.

BECOMING A JEW

This Dennis Prager book made me consider switching to Judaism. On to the next Prager book!

Disturbing Truth

What an eye opener. How can humans be so cruel to other humans! Truth has no followers.

Excellent Historical Book

I loved this book. It really answered so many questions I’ve always had about the Jewish peoples and Israel. Both of the authors do an amazing job and hearing the history is enlightening and frightening. People need to read this book if you ever wondered why the Jewish people have been so persecuted and for so long.

Truth revealed

This book reveals a truth that can only be disputed by those who have already been corrupted by hate and anti-semitism. It’s well worth reading for its wisdom and eye opening incite.

Very informative, worth your time.

A friend told me one day that if you give a person ten minutes they can come up with a reason to discriminate against another. I found this book very informative. As a student of Ancient Religions in the Middle East, it gave me a better understanding of the Jews and the Hebrews. This is one of those books where I purchased the Kindle version for reference.

correct, but preachy

there is Great value in having a touchy subject covered by a disinterested party. this book does not do this. while the content of this book is accurate, the writing does not reflect a necessarily balanced view, suggesting that no Jew has ever done anything wrong ever. the preachy tone is off-putting.

Great book

Excellent book to read says it as it is. For someone like myself what he says is obvious it’s a shame much of the world doesn’t understand it

eye opening

Clear and concise history of anti-semitism. Really opens one's eyes to the brutal history that Jews have endured and the reasons why. Talks about the endless cycle of hatred that the Jews will ever be subject to, as their values are what attract hate, and yet living by their values is the only thing that can stop the hate. A sad irony.

I never knew how deep it was!

The history revealed in this book struck me deeply. The fact that so many people in so many cultures believe so many things that are just not true -- more evidence to me that God is real and He has His people.