Rumor about the Jews

Stephen Eric Bronner is Board of Governors Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Director of Global Relations at the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights (CGHR), and on Executive Committee of the UNESCO Chair for Genocide Prevention at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Antisemitism for Popular Consumption: Selections from the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion.- 3. The Text in Context: The Protocols and the Varieties of Antisemitism.- 4. The Tale of a Forgery: Inventing the Protocols.- 5. Spreading the News: The Protocols Triumphant.- 6. Intermezzo: American Populism and the Jews.- 7. The Legacy of a Lie: Contemporary Antisemitism and Its Future.

“A timely and important document for such a time as this. Bronner’s work is focused on the political with a strong interest in the historical, the cultural, and the religious. … From a Religious Studies perspective, Bronner’s analysis of the future of organized religion is important to consider.” (Michael Gillingham, Reading Religion, June 26, 2019)From the reviews of the first edition:“A coherent treatment of a complex issue and its most significant secular document. ... Bronner may have written the best short book on anti-Semitism.” (Kirkus Reviews, March 15, 2000)