Kosher Sex for Antisemites: Love versus Hate in the War for Civilization

What if antisemitism is sustained not only by prejudice, but by loneliness, sexual shame, sexual deviance, and the breakdown of human intimacy?In Kosher Sex for Antisemites, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, author of the epoch-defining international blockbuster Kosher Sex offers a sweeping and unconventional interpretation of one of history’s oldest hatreds, arguing that cultures unable to reconcile desire with dignity often turn outward in resentment, conspiracy, and blame.Drawing on Jewish thought, history, biography, and contemporary cultural criticism, he explores how the erosion of intimacy and the rise of sexual shame and deviance in an age saturated with pornography can harden into social violence. Across a wide range of historical periods, from the medieval to the modern, Rabbi Shmuley traces recurring links among misogyny, repression, alienation, and hatred of Jews, while at the same time offering a counterpoint that illustrates how Judaism’s understanding of sex is not shameful or triv