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"The Jewish people in its very being constitutes a living protest against an environment of hatred, violence and conflict." (Emeritus Main Rabbi Lord Sacks) The history of Jewish persecution is as old as the written term, though the epithet anti-Semitism was conceived only in the late 19th hundred years, as it reached the beginning of its most horrifying chapter. Throughout Christian background the hatred and prejudice toward the Jewish people have often been blamed on the betrayal and crucifixion of Christ, but cultural Jewish oppression began long before. It is beyond dispute that antisemitism in our societies is on the increase. Following a Israeli bombing of Gaza, antisemitic sense is continuing to grow significantly - though a prominent band of French Orthodox Jews in Paris lately shown with placards declaring "Israeli action in Gaza is not the action of the Jewish people". Still, Jewish graves are desecrated and synagogues daubed with swastikas. John Mann has put together a reader on the theme of antisemitism ranging from the writings of Charlie Chaplin, Albert Einstein, and Jean-Paul Sartre to George Washington, Jesse Jackson, and Emile Zola. The publication is publicized under the auspices of the All-Party Parliamentary Group Against Anti-Semitism and will come to be regarded as a contribution of major importance on a topic of incipient lethal danger.
