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  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (November 9, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0230623859
  • ISBN-13: 978-0230623859
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2.0 out of 5 starsHe'accuse
By G.X. Larson on April 22, 2011
Format: Hardcover
Abe Foxman's new book, Jews & Money: The Story of a Stereotype, is not worth very much. It is extremely short: 233 double-spaced pages with wide margins. It also simply doesn't add much to the conversation: if you have ever read a book about anti-Semitism before, such as Perry and Schweitzer's Anti-Semitism or Jerry Muller's recent Capitalism and the Jews, then you will learn scant anything. Foxman's book begins with a summary of the history of the Homo judaicus economicus stereotype, a stereotype that is discussed in much more detail in the two books listed above (I highly recommend Muller's book). Foxman's discussion of this history is superficial, as he makes several mistakes and rhetorical sleights of hand: for example, he says that Constantine made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire; that anti-Semitism is the oldest racism; and that the "den of thieves" passage of the Christian New Testament (Synoptic Gospels) is not a reference to the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem but to some sort of "Court of the Gentiles".

Further in the book Foxman mines the depths of the internet in order to find examples of money-related anti-Semitism in today's world: that is to say, he relies on anonymous comments in forums and news websites ad nauseam. Foxman's discussion of the internet, like most of his other discussions, is terribly cliched: he says things like, "most people use the internet for benign purposes, but some don't", repeatedly in the chapter "When Everyone has a Megaphone".Read more ›
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3.0 out of 5 starsNot All Jews Looki Alike
By Dav Lev on March 6, 2013
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Foxman should have given more history of the Jews going back 2,000 years, including their
existence in other than the USA. Russian pale
Jews were confined to ghettos, not able to
mix with the rest of the population. Most of them were dirt poor, baring existing. Yes, there were others, who managed successful enterprises..trade, etc., who we don't hear about. There are millionsof Jews in the USA and Israel at the poverty line (US definition) who depend on charity, food stamps, SNAP, SSI, etc.
But the media, and entertainment give the wrong impression that we are all in the top 1 percent, Wall Street banker types. For every
CPA and attorney, there are 100 who have ordinary trades, or work in factories. But Foxman knows that the haters will never mention these people. To that extent Foxman and his
organization are a counter to the radicals, both left and right.
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4.0 out of 5 starsUseful and Timely
By Ira E. Stoll VINE VOICE on November 15, 2010
Format: Hardcover
Having covered Abraham Foxman as a journalist for more than 15 years now, I've come to marvel at his ability to insert himself into the center of newsworthy controversies, whether it is by angering left-wingers by opposing the mosque and swimming pool near ground zero, or angering right-wingers by denouncing Glenn Beck's coverage of George Soros only weeks after sending Mr. Beck a letter lauding Mr. Beck as "a friend of the Jewish people, and a friend of Israel."

So leave it to Mr. Foxman to find an angle into the story of the worldwide financial downturn, which he does in his new book, Jews and Money.

There are some real insights here. Much of the book is an argument that, when it comes to money, Jews aren't really all that much different from anyone else, and a complaint that the perception that the Jews are different is a powerful and potentially pernicious stereotype.

Mr. Foxman notes, for instance, that a profile of Bernard Madoff published in the New York Times two days after his arrest "managed to use the word 'Jewish' three times in its first nine paragraphs," while a similar Times profile of another person accused of Madoff-style financial fraud, Robert Allen Stanford, mentioned Stanford's religion (Southern Baptist, apparently) not once.

Mr. Foxman marshals statistics and anecdotes to debunk some of the stereotypes about Jews and money. Plenty of Jews are poor -- hundreds of thousands of them in America alone. And plenty of rich people aren't Jewish, including Warren Buffett and Bill Gates. Plenty of powerful people in Hollywood aren't Jewish, either.

Yet the stereotypes about Jews and money seem to have a powerful hold, Mr. Foxman records.Read more ›
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1.0 out of 5 starsJews & Money Review
By Gderf on July 24, 2011
Format: Hardcover
There's no telling why this book was written. Anti-Semitism of Hitler, Father Coughlin and Louis Farakhan is very old news. Reaction to Bernie Madoff is newer, but hardly a reason to revive this issue. It is only halfway through the book before anything new is presented.

Deploring stereotypes, Foxman rightly cites Jewish devotion to charitable principles in refutation and some observations that Jews are pretty much like everyone else in terms of wealth. He then introduces the reader to what he calls the three pillars of anti-Semitism. No compensating analysis is presented on why Jews are over represented in the fields of economics, finance and physical science. More interesting is the author's personal observations in Poland and a chapter on Internet blogging arranged by nationalities.

The worst thing about the book is the blatant use of the anti-Semitism theme for politicizing. According to Foxman, Hispanics are undergoing the same struggles as earlier Jews. He attributes anti-Semitism to followers of the Tea Party. Claiming anti-Semitism as a political issue destroys credibility of the writer and his ADL sponsor.

Foxman says that he declines to debate the anti-Semitic issue on the grounds that anti-Semitism has no logical basis. The reluctance is understandable as Foxman would be grossly over-matched by the likes of Edward Said, Hanan Ashrawy, Noam Chomsky or even Pat Robertson. His reluctance to debate brings up the obvious question: why write this book? Lucky Foxman, being able to pick his own opponents, Pat Robinson and Rush Limbaugh. Foxman is disingenuous in setting up Limbaugh as the most influential conservative spokesman. The writer then treats us to some vague religious allusions by his imaginary dragon.Read more ›
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