David Hirsh will talk to Dave Rich on Thursday 6 June about his bestseller which has been updated since the October 7 Hamas attacks.
The Hamas terror attack on Israel on October 7 last year sparked a wave of anti-Jewish hatred across the world. Synagogues were burned, Jews attacked and protests raged, with calls for Israel to be erased from the map. It is as if this most ancient of prejudices continues to seduce even the most educated, empathetic and well-meaning members of society. Dr Dave Rich is one of this country’s leading experts on antisemitism, and his latest book, “Everyday Hate: How antisemitism is built into our world and how you can change it”, is a tour de force of the history and present reality of antisemitism, fully updated to address the events of 7 October and all that followed.
Dr Dave Rich is one of the UK’s leading experts on antisemitism. He has worked for almost thirty years for the Community Security Trust, a Jewish charity that protects the UK Jewish community, and has advised the police, the Crown Prosecution Service, football clubs, political parties and many other organisations on how to tackle antisemitism. This is his second book, following The Left’s Jewish Problem: Jeremy Corbyn, Israel and Antisemitism (Biteback, 2016 and 2018). You will regularly find him writing about antisemitism or extremism for national and international media or appearing on TV and radio broadcasts, including for The Guardian, New York Times, New Statesman, Jewish Chronicle, Haaretz, BBC News, ITV News, Sky News, Radio 5 Live, LBC, Panorama, Newsnight and others. Dave is a Research Fellow at the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Contemporary Antisemitism. His academic work includes chapters and articles about hate crime, conspiracy theories, the abuse of Holocaust memory, anti-Israel boycotts, campus antisemitism and the campaign for Soviet Jewry. Dave blogs regularly about antisemitism and related topics at his personal Substack, ‘Everyday Hate’, where you can subscribe for free articles and updates at https://everydayhate.substack.com
You can purchase his book here: Everyday Hate: How antisemitism is built into our world – and how you can change it
Join us online on Thursday, 6 June at 19:30 UK time. Book your ticket here
