Trudy Gold
Anti-Semitism: The Socialism of Fools?
Summary
The phrase “Antisemitism, the socialism of fools,” was originally attributed to August Bebel, but historian Richard Evans suggests it might have been coined by Ferdinand Cronsbetter. This phrase emerged in the late 19th century in response to a leftist belief blaming Jewish wealth and power for social injustice. Trudy Gold explains the origins of socialism and its connection to the Jewish people.
Trudy Gold
Trudy Gold was the CEO of the London Jewish Cultural Centre and a founding member of the British delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). Throughout her career she taught modern Jewish history at schools, universities, and to adult groups and ran seminars on Holocaust education in the UK, Eastern Europe, and China. She also led Jewish educational tours all over the world. Trudy was the educational director of the student resources “Understanding the Holocaust” and “Holocaust Explained” and the author of The Timechart History of Jewish Civilization.
I wish it did in a way, because you can cope with that, but it’s much deeper than that. One of the problems we face, though, is that organisations that are fighting racism don’t see us as victims, they see us as oppressors.
The best book on this is Robert Wistrich’s “From Ambivalence to Betrayal: The Jews, The Left, and Israel”. He was a great scholar and practically everything he predicted has come true.