{"product_id":"the-engine-of-blame","title":"The Engine of Blame","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAntisemitism is not random.\u003c\/strong\u003e It is not simply ignorance or hatred. It is a machine – a set of recurring mechanisms that have powered anti-Jewish hatred across every era, culture, and ideology in history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Engine of Blame\u003c\/em\u003e names thirteen of those mechanisms, traces each one from its historical origin to its present form, and gives readers the language and tools to recognize and fight them. Ideologies come and go, Oz Laniado argues, but the machinery underneath keeps running – which is why the same hatred can surface on the political right and left, in religious language and in the language of human rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe thirteen engines:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Religious Engine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Economic Engine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Scapegoat Engine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Assimilation Paradox\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Conspiracy Engine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sovereignty Shock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Survival Paradox\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Narrative Engine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Media and Framing Engine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Moral Certainty Engine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Envy Engine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Eternal Foreigner Engine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Victim Inversion Engine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBegun before October 7, 2023, and finished after it, the book draws on history, personal experience, and more than a decade of the author's work in Jewish communal life. Its examples range from the plague-era massacres of 1349 to the 2023 congressional hearing with three university presidents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a foreword by Roz Rothstein, CEO of StandWithUs, the book closes with specific steps for Jewish organizations, universities, governments, faith leaders, and individuals. An appendix pairs each engine with a practical counterforce, and a reader's guide supports reading groups, synagogue and church communities, and university courses. Written for Jewish and non-Jewish readers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oz Laniado","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68058587988288,"sku":"7864-48","price":78.0,"currency_code":"ILS","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0873\/3340\/4992\/files\/Full_Cover_-_front.jpg?v=1794141092","url":"https:\/\/israelbooks.com\/products\/the-engine-of-blame","provider":"Gefen Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}