'… a deeply insightful exposé of anti-Semitism alongside a powerful affirmation of Jewish life amid the desolation of the post-Holocaust world … Highly recommended.' P. K. Steinfeld, Choice
Introduction; Part I. Judaism; 1. What makes Jews Jewish?; 2. The stranger, my brother; 3. Exile and the movement of return; 4. A reflection on the Messiah; Part II. Antisemitism: 5. The why of antisemitism; 6. Word, blood, redemption: The essence of antisemitism; 7. Anti-Zionism: A morally required antisemitism; 8. Islamic Jihadism: The legacy of Nazi antisemitism; Part III. Holocaust: 9. The philosophical foundation of the Holocaust; 10. Killing God; 11. The Nazi refashioning of the image and the likeness: The Muselmann; 12. The recovery of a name after the assault on the name: The testimony of diaries and memoirs.