Jew-Hating: The Black Milk of Civilization edited by Merle Molofsky

This is a rich, intriguing and often innovative collection of essays regarding anti-Semitism, opened by Celan’s startling poem “Death Fugue.” Many of the chapters were written in response to the first paper by Arnold Richards, dealing with “Freud’s godlessness”; but they also open additional new horizons. The twenty authors—psychoanalysts, psychologists, psychiatrists and creative artists—bring up social, theological and political perspectives on their topics. The historical perspective discussed starts from ancient Greek and Roman cultures, touches upon the origins of Christianity, often focuses on Freud and his early circle, and leads to the holocaust and to contemporary American society. Any reader interested in these issues will find here sophisticated food for thought. —Emanuel Berman, Ph.D., University of Haifa and the Israel Psychoanalytic Society

This collection of articles explaining the proliferation of disturbing anti-Semitic outbreaks in the past and present is mind-blowing. It is a brilliant exploration detailing the underpinnings of hatred that is directed toward the Jews. It stands as an impressive collection of articles, provocative and profound, that will leave the reader informed, stimulated, and shaken. —Harvey A. Kaplan, Member and Former President, National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis; Member, Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research and the Contemporary Freudian Society; Former President, Council of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists

“My language is German. My culture, my attainments, are German. I considered myself German intellectually, until I noticed the growth of anti- Semitic prejudice in Germany and German Austria. Since that time, I prefer to call myself a Jew” (Sigmund Freud cited in Gay, 1987, p. 139).

Contributors
Jacob A. Arlow, M.D.
Helene Bass-Wichelhaus, MSW., Ph.D.
Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, Ph.D.
Daniel S. Benveniste, Ph.D.
The Rev. Pamela Cooper-White, Ph.D., LCPC
Selma Duckler
Henry J. Friedman, M.D.
Gerald J. Gargiulo, Ph.D.
Sheldon Goodman, Ph.D.
Jonathan A. Greenblatt
William Greenstadt, M.D.
Douglas Kirsner, Ph.D.
Richard P. Kluft, M.D., Ph.D.
David Lotto, M.D.
Henry Zvi Lothane, M.D.
Merle Molofsky, MFA, NCPsyA
Arlene Kramer Richards, Ed.D.
Arnold D. Richards, M.D.
Nathan Szajnberg, M.D.
David M. Terman, M.D.