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February 15, 2023

Paul Johnson’s Philo-Semitism

A resounding rejection of accusations of Jewish ossification.

Among many other things, the late historian and journalist Paul Johnson was, in the words of J.J. Kimche, “one of the greatest philo-Semites of our time.” Kimche carefully analyzes the ideas and attitudes that underly Johnson’s A History of the Jews, as well as his engagement with the Judaism and the Jewish past in other works:

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