Jewish Pride: Rebuilding a People

by Ben Freeman

Overview

In Jewish Pride: Rebuilding a People, Ben M. Freeman, inspired by his experiences with LGBTQ+ pride, aims to educate, inspire and empower Jewish people to reject the shame of antisemitism imposed on Jews by the non-Jewish world as well as non-Jewish perceptions of what it means to be a Jew. Enabling them to begin the process of defining their own identities as proud Jews through Jewish experience, Jewish history and Jewish values. Jewish Pride is an urgent and essential read.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781913532130
Publisher:	Whitefox Publishing
Publication date:	02/15/2021
Pages:	368
Sales rank:	184,691
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.75(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ben M. Freeman is a Jewish leader, a Jewish thinker and a Jewish educator.

Born in Scotland, Ben is a gay Jewish author and internationally renowned educator focussing on Jewish identity, combatting antisemitism and raising awareness of the Holocaust.

Now living in Hong Kong, he now heads up the Humanities Team at a progressive international school in Hong Kong and lectures on antisemitism at local universities. He regularly carries speaking engagements educating, inspiring and empowering both Jewish and non-Jewish people from all over the world.

Table of Contents

Prologue ix

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 Understanding Antisemitism 23

Chapter 2 The Embedding of Jew-Hatred in the Non-Jewish World 69

Chapter 3 Jewish Responses to Antisemitism: Acculturation 107

Chapter 4 Jewish Responses to Antisemitism: Intemalisation 155

Chapter 5 Rachel Riley 190

Chapter 6 Hen Mazzig 202

Chapter 7 Ashager Araro 216

Chapter 8 Isaac de Castro 230

Chapter 9 Elisheva Rishon 244

Chapter 10 Eliyahu Lann 256

Chapter 11 Amy Albertson 270

Chapter 12 Jewish Pride 285

Notes 324

Index 343