What if anything they ever said about Jews was true? Postmodern satire that hilariously addresses Jewish badness through the ages, from the editors of the magazine The New York Times calls the epicenter of "all things hipster-Jewish and ironic" The Big Book of Jewish Conspiracies takes as its modest proposal an extreme theme: what if the most damaging charges ever leveled against Jews were all true? Spanning the history of Western Civilization, each of these assertions is explored in turn, including: --Ancient Jewish Conspiracies: How Moses led the Exodus so Jews would later have a justification for establishing the state of Israel --Medieval Jewish Conspiracies: How Blood Libel began after an unfortunate baking accident resulted in the tastiest Matzoh ever --Jewish Conspiracies during the Enlightenment: Upset by lack of opportunity for Jews in Bourbon France, entrepreneurs turn culottes into an unaffordable craze, leaving the sans-culottes thirsty for revolution --Modern Jewish Conspiracies: The invention of psychoanalysis as a way to hypnotize wealthy and powerful Gentiles --Post-Modern Conspiracies: Jews invent fast food to turn buff, sports-playing Gentiles into doughy copies of the average Jewish accountant's physique And that's not all!**Why the Jews invented and still run Hollywood**World War II as a brilliant coup that got Jews accepted into mainstream American society**How circumcision became a widespread "health procedure**Why the Jews were behind 9/11 "You know what they say: two Jews, three conspiracies." -author Joshua Neuman
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Funny but...:
The intro was a bit lame. No need to tell us we're about to hear a joke - just tell us the dang joke. I'd actually recommend this book for any non-Jew who's had an anti-Semitic thoughht.
Stranger than Truth...:
As a non-Jew with Jewish friends, I found it highly entertaining, but it does seem to have annoyed a few people. To me, the whole Jewish Conspiracy issue comes down to one question... If the Jews run the World and always have, how come Israel is the Whipping Boy of the United Nations?
Mel Brooks Couldn't Have Done It Better:
I noticed this book the week it came out and I couldn't help but buy it-- I finished the entire thing in one hilarious sitting. The book is everything that a satire on Jewish hatred should be. And most importantly as with any good humor, especially satire, the authors-- the unapologetically Jewish and cool David Deutsch and Josh Neuman-- use acutally history to further their art. Every chapter is like opening up a new piece of the textbook you're hebrew teacher didn't want to read. Go out and get it.
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Neuman and Deutch hit a proverbial home run!:
"The Big Book of Jewish Conspiracies" is hip, erudite, edgy, and, above all, hysterically funny. From "The Book of Profits" to "Let My People Go . . . On Longer Lunch Breaks" to "There's No Business like Shoah Business," Neuman and Deutsch use their keen knowledge of human history and human nature to puncture every myth promulgated by anti-Semitism throughout the ages.
And oy, those footnotes!!
