(Jewish Group) A great historian unlocks the key to antisemitism

“Rabbi, can you recommend a good book on Jewish history?”

Believe it or not — even with the plethora of books on that weighty subject, I am hard pressed to recommend a book on that subject for a smart lay person.

I am talking about a good, readable, general book on Jewish history.

Which makes me mourn the late writer, Paul Johnson, even more than most deaths.

Johnson, who died last week at the age of 94, was a prolific journalist, anthologist, speechwriter, and a popular historian. His histories were on such huge subjects as Christianity, England, the United States, modern history, and art, not to mention numerous biographies.

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Interesting take.