Jonathan Fox and Lev Topor's Why Do people Discriminate against Jews? is not another book on antisemitism. It is a pioneer survey that provides unique data on the nature and causes of discrimination against Jews across a wide range of countries. The results are impressive and unexpected and will change the debate on antisemitism by obliging scholars to revisit and nuance the expected causes of discrimination: religious beliefs, Zionism, and conspiracy theory.
Jonathan Fox is the Yehuda Avner Professor of Religion and Politics, director of the Religion and State project, and a senior research fellow at Bar-Ilan's Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies.
Lev Topor is a senior research fellow at the Center for Cyber Law and Policy at the Haifa University in Israel.