‘The Routledge History of Antisemitism’ has been published as a long-awaited paperback. It includes a chapter on Poland written by the ‘NEVER AGAIN’ Association’s cofounder Rafal Pankowski.
The publisher’s announcement states:
Antisemitism is a topic on which there is a wide gap between scholarly and popular understanding, and as concern over antisemitism has grown, so too have the debates over how to understand and combat it. This handbook explores its history and manifestations, ranging from its origins to the internet.
Since the Holocaust, many in North America and Europe have viewed antisemitism as a historical issue with little current importance. However, recent events show that antisemitism is not just a matter of historical interest or of concern only to Jews. Antisemitism has become a major issue confronting and challenging our world. This volume starts with explorations of antisemitism in its many different shapes across time and then proceeds to a geographical perspective, covering a broad scope of experiences across different countries and regions. The final section discusses the manifestations of antisemitism in its varied cultural and social forms. With an international range of contributions across 40 chapters, this is an essential volume for all readers of Jewish and non-Jewish history alike.
The hardback edition was released by Routledge in September 2023, and the paperback followed at the end of 2025.
In the words of Prof. Samuel G. Freedman, Columbia Journalism School: ‘In a more just world, we would not need a book like this one. But in the broken, flawed, real world that we inhabit, the Routledge History of Antisemitism is both morally necessary and intellectually essential. With an impressive range of topics and contributors, this volume provides a sweeping survey of antisemitism over the millenia and around the globe, and it does so in a lucid and accessible way.’
‘The Routledge History of Antisemitism’ was edited by renowned experts. Mark Weitzman is Chief Operating Officer of the World Jewish Restitution Organization, the senior US delegate to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), and Vice President of the Association of Holocaust Organizations (AHO). Robert J. Williams is the CEO and Finci-Viterbi Chair of the USC Shoah Foundation, UNESCO Chair on Antisemitism and Holocaust Research, and the Advisor to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. James Wald teaches modern European history at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts.
The book’s preface was written by the late Professor Yehuda Bauer (1926-2024), one of the founding fathers of Holocaust studies.
Rafal Pankowski is the author of the book’s chapter entitled ‘Antisemitism in Poland: From >Polin< to >Antisemitism without Jews<’. He is a Professor of Sociology at Warsaw’s Civitas University and co-founder of the ‘NEVER AGAIN’ Association. Concurrently, he has been a Rotary Peace Fellow at Makerere University in Uganda. The chapter explores the longevity of antisemitic stereotypes in Poland, even in the absence of a large Jewish population. Pankowski documents ‘antisemitism without Jews’ in the context of far-right groups, football hooliganism, and conspiracy theories, among other things.
The ‘NEVER AGAIN’ Association is an independent civil society organisation founded in Warsaw in 1996. It has campaigned against racism, antisemitism, and xenophobia, for peace, intercultural dialogue, and human rights across the world. ‘NEVER AGAIN’ has actively participated in international civil society networks, including the Alliance Against Genocide (AAG), the European Network for Countering Antisemitism through Education (ENCATE), and the European Practitioners Network Against Antisemitism (EPNA).
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