{"id":46683,"date":"2025-05-23T09:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T09:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=46683"},"modified":"2025-05-23T09:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T09:03:08","slug":"rachel-shabi-off-white-the-truth-about-antisemitism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=46683","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Shabi, \u201eOff-White: The Truth About Antisemitism\u201c"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Why can\u2019t we talk about antisemitism?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2018I cannot wait for <em>Off-White<\/em> to be read, debated and put into practice.\u2019 Naomi Klein, author of&nbsp;<em>Doppelganger<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As claims of antisemitism continue to distort our politics at home and abroad, it has become almost impossible to talk about constructively, even in private. Instead, we find ourselves in a storm of misinformation, political mudslinging and bad-faith accusations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is, however, a way to deliberate more honestly. Looking beyond our polarising headlines and interrogating the reasons racism takes hold, <em>Off-White<\/em> offers urgent analysis of one of the most divisive issues of our time. Taking in the contingency of whiteness, Judeo-Christian mythmaking, pro-Israel antisemitism, and the Palestinian struggle against colonialism, Rachel Shabi lights a hopeful way forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">***<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2018Timely and valuable\u2026 [Shabi\u2019s] key message is a vital one \u2013 that the fight against antisemitism is an essential part of the fight against all injustice and dehumanisation.\u2019&nbsp;<em>Observer<\/em>, Book of the Week<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2018A masterpiece defined by moral clarity, humanity and insight.\u2019 Owen Jones<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2018An invaluable guide for anyone who seeks to understand issues over which we stumble far too often.\u2019 George Monbiot<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2018With a generous spirit and a humane compass, Rachel Shabi guides us through a minefield.\u2019 Gary Younge<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oneworld-publications.com\/work\/off-white\">https:\/\/oneworld-publications.com\/work\/off-white<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-knjige","category-novosti"],"acf":{"facebook_opis":""},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historiografija.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Off-White.jpg?fit=964%2C1536&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54786,"url":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=54786","url_meta":{"origin":46683,"position":0},"title":"National Council on Public History (NCPH): Statement in Response to White House \u201cSaving America\u2019s Story\u201d Report","author":"Branimir Jankovi\u0107","date":"24. srpnja 2026.","format":false,"excerpt":"NCPH Statement in Response to the White House \u201cSaving America\u2019s Story\u201d Report and in Support of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History Published July 9, 2026 The National Council on Public History (NCPH) rejects the findings of the \u201cSaving America\u2019s Story\u201d report on the Smithsonian National Museum of American\u2026","rel":"","context":"U &quot;Novosti&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Novosti","link":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historiografija.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Statement-Release.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historiografija.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Statement-Release.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historiografija.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Statement-Release.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historiografija.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Statement-Release.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historiografija.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Statement-Release.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":53824,"url":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=53824","url_meta":{"origin":46683,"position":1},"title":"Prikazivanje filma &#8220;Fiume o morte!&#8221;, razgovor s redateljem Igorom Bezinovi\u0107em i diskusija doktoranada u Grazu","author":"Branimir Jankovi\u0107","date":"29. svibnja 2026.","format":false,"excerpt":"Movie Screening Fiume o Morte! 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