Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew

De: Emmanuel Acho, Noa Tishby

Narrado por: Emmanuel Acho, Noa Tishby

Duración: 7 h y 32 m

Resumen del Editor

From two New York Times bestselling authors, a timely, disarmingly honest, and thought-provoking investigation into antisemitism that connects the dots between the tropes and hatred of the past to our current complicated moment.

For Emmanuel Acho and Noa Tishby no question about Jews is off-limits. They go there. They cover Jews and money. Jews and power. Jews and privilege. Jews and white privilege. The Black and Jewish struggle. Emmanuel asks, Did Jews kill Jesus? To which Noa responds, “Why are Jewish people history’s favorite scapegoat?” They unpack Judaism itself: Is it a religion, culture, a peoplehood, or a race? And: Are you antisemitic if you’re anti-Zionist?

The questions—and answers—might make you squirm, but together, they explain the tropes, stereotypes, and catalysts of antisemitism in America today.

The topics are complicated and Acho and Tishby bring vastly different perspectives. Tishby is an outspoken Israeli American. Acho is a mild-mannered son of a Nigerian American pastor. But they share a superpower: an uncanny ability to make complicated ideas easy to understand so anyone can follow the straight line from the past to our immediate moment—and then see around corners. Acho and Tishby are united by the core belief that hatred toward one group is never isolated: if you see the smoke of bigotry in one place, expect that we will all be in the fire.

Informative and accessible, Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew has a unique structure: Acho asks questions and Tishby answers them with deeply personal, historical, and political responses. This book will enable anyone to explain—and identify—what Jewish hatred looks like. It is a much-needed lexicon for this fraught moment in Jewish history. As Acho says, “Proximity breeds care and distance breeds fear.”

©2024 Emmanuel Acho and Noa Tishby (P)2024 Simon & Schuster Audio

Such an important read today, and always.

A wonderfully articulate, honest, and important conversation between two caring, smart, and just - very good people.

Historical Purposeful and Enlightening

I loved the historical information and how it built the foundation for having a real understanding of the significance the events transpiring today are impacting both the Israeli and Palestinian communities and the global community at large. I would HIGHLY recommend reading this book!! 5 Stars! Emmanuel and Noa are a great team!

Smart, Fact drive, accurate and moving

This is one of the most important reads of our time. Noa and Emmanuel go in deep and talk about it all. Finally someone is brave enough to care (so sad you need to be brave for caring) it made me laugh it made me cry it made me understand. Love it!

Timely

Truth!
Gutsy!
Liked the whole Megillah!
I love listening to Noa Tishby and now Emanuel too!
Thank you’

Real Talk!!!

This book was very informative. It answered a lot of questions I had. I would recommend it to my friends and family.

What a Conversation!

This is very insightful and educational. I personally do not know any Jews. What a loss for me.! I hope to change that before year's end.

For those who want to truly understand…

In a world where we are becoming ever more prone to simplistic, single-sided views, this book refreshingly opens up to the depths and nuances of the Jewish experience (over millennia all the way up to the current day events).

As the series title proclaims, the book tackles uncomfortable conversations. I applaud this book on several levels. Tishby is a remarkable, well-spoken, well-researched, modern day voice of the Jewish experiences. Though perhaps even more so, as Jews are finding themselves ever-increasingly the target of antisemitism in recent times, Acho proves he is a rare leader to explore dialogues that help show how this deserves a seat at the table like so many other well-deserving perspectives for minority experiences.

And then there’s the very practical matter of this book factually deconstructing and debunking so many of the overt and covert falsehoods about Jews, Zionism, Israel, that are rampant right now (as well as their lesser known origin stories that go back for centuries).

Ultimately the message is one of coming together in constructive dialogue, a willingness to truly listen, even when it’s uncomfortable or disagreeable. Regardless of where any one is us may stand on an issue, this is a stand we should all support. Well done, and thank you.

Increíble

This absolutely a must read! I cried reading this book and I am so much more informed now.

answers a l9t of questions

This book puts the most important aspects of Jewish History and culture into a nutshell. Noa answers a lot of uncomfortable questions posed by Emanual such ss 'what is Zionism'. I highly recommend listening to the audiobook.

Powerful conversation

Mr. Acho and Ms. Tishby exhibit a commendable depth of knowledge in their discourse, fearlessly engaging in uncomfortable yet essential dialogues. Their fearlessness in challenging each other's perspectives enhances the intellectual rigor of their work, enriching our understanding and fostering empathy and allyship.