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Published on 31 August 2015
The Oldest Hatred, by John Mann
Review by Marcus Dysch, published in the Jewish Chronicle August 28, 2015
John Mann is an unlikely candidate to lead the fight against antisemitism in Britain. A blunt-speaking Yorkshireman who sits on Labour's back benches, the Bassetlaw MP came to the cause a decade ago without any apparent prior qualification or motivation. He has subsequently become one of the country's foremost experts on the fight against Jew-hatred.
As chairman, for the past decade, of the All-Party Parliamentary Group Against Antisemitism Mann has been in the front row as the issue has attracted greater interest across society and in the media.
His book provides a user's guide to combating antisemitism in public arenas. And in that respect it is a useful tool, a collection of essays, policy papers and speeches from more than a century of fighting antisemitism. From Einstein to Chaplin, via Obama and Kennedy, Mann pulls together the contributions towards the subject of some great minds... Read more.