Diane Weber Bederman is very passionate in understanding the evil mindset behind hatred against Jews. Her book The Serpent and The Red Thread is a sort of short history of historic incidences related to this evil mindset. This book may provide a reference to our present day world leadership in terms of curbing this hatred. Dealing with controversial and messy religious and political history is not an easy task. Holocaust denial and growing antisemitism can never be addressed precisely without addressing the root causes of these hateful attitudes.
— Tahir Aslam Goram, Television producer and author
Poetic, mystical, and prophetic, The Serpent and the Red Thread is a unique, unflinching look at the history of Jew-hatred from Biblical-era persecution through the Holocaust to today’s Muslim Brothe-hood. It is an essential reminder that the Jewish people have always been stalked by evil, and yet always prevail.
— Mark Tapson, Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center and author of Chivalry and the War on Men
It is quite an achievement. It's the kind of project--terrifying, daunting--that most writers wouldn't even contemplate, let alone carry through--and you did it with style and power. It is riveting.
— Janice Fiamengo, Professor of English at the University of Ottawa
Drawing upon history and characters like Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jesus, Paul and ‘hitler’, Bederman lays bare the human dichotomy between good and evil, and love and hate. Exposing the tug-of-war within the human soul and influenced by cultural impact, this book provides a creative, enlightening and much needed crash course in human responsibility. The Serpent renders an inescapable call to confront one’s deeper consciousness and the question to one’s self: can one remain neutral and in denial in the face of egregious evil without bearing a degree of culpability? as witnessed in the Holocaust.
— Christine Douglass-Williams, International award-winning journalist and best-selling author of The Challenge of Modernizing Islam
From humanity’s first encounter with evil up until our present time, author Diane Weber Bederman lays out the unparalleled, irrational hate of the Jewish people. ... Passionate, personal, and presenting the facts, this is much more than a book. It is an indictment on a world that has forgotten that the mass industrial murder of 6 million Jews on Europe’s soil was done in the name of culture and progression. It is a cry from the heart, a warning. The serpent of antisemitism has never been apprehended. It is on the loose again and it’s ravenous for Jews. Today it leashes it's venom at the Jewish homeland. The author burdens us with the freedom of choice. Whoever we are, we have a moral duty to combat this hate that in living memory saw to the annihilation of millions of human beings in the name of progression.
— Kay Wilson, Author of The Rage Less Traveled
The Serpent and the Red Thread chronicles the miasmal hatred, pogroms, and ruthless antisemitism that continues to persecute the Jewish people today. Bederman manages to bring beauty to this horror, which makes her book an engrossing read for students and scholars alike.
— Linda Goudsmit, Author of Dear America: Who's Driving the Bus? and children's series Mimi's STRATEGY
...treasure of information presented in a read-able, even gripping narrative is placed into the hands of a wider public, but most especially impressionable youths in universities and high schools. A timely document that will enlighten those receptive to thought and the truth.
— Brigitte M Goldstein, Ph.D., historical novelist
