A Kid's Review

We just had this book pulled from our curriculum as it turned out to be an example of misinformation -- bordering on hate speech -- itself.

The topic of Antisemitism is very important. It certainly needs to be exposed and condemned. The problem arose from lumping John Chrystomdom with David Duke.

Chrsystodom is mistranslated here and misrepresented. His positions on the amount of Judiac influence which should remain in Christianity is perverted - like John Chrystodom -- about the asserting a clean break from cultureal influecne and syncretism?

In our discussion what came through was that if one is going to term Chrystosomos a pureyor of hate speech then one must also in curriculum define the Talmud as hate speech.

It is a shame that irresponsible authors such as this fall on their own ignorance of other cultures -- and their own prejudice s -- and dilute and overbroaden a topic, thereby doing a diservice in the fight against Antisemitism.

Part of ther truly outstanding ABC-CLIO's "Contemporary World Issues" series, Antisemitism: A Reference Handbook begins with an introductory essay and chronological discussion of the topic, moving to biographies of individuals involved on all sides, charts and documents, and details on organizations and agencies. Biographical sketches are followed level and advanced high school collections alike.