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Apr. 27, 2023
Attorney-penned book about anti-semitism falls flat
A Jewish friend of his “with fine literary instincts and credentials,” knowing of Philip Slayton’s opinions said, “Don’t do it. You’ll upset people, alienate friends, distress relatives.” It was advice that Slayton should have heeded.





Julie L. Kessler
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George Washington Univ Law School
Julie is an attorney based in Los Angeles, a freelance writer for several publications, and the author of the award-winning book "Fifty-Fifty, The Clarity of Hindsight." She can be reached at www.VagabondLawyer.com
In "Anti-Semitism, An ancient hatred in the age of identity politics," Canadian lawyer and former Rhodes scholar Philip Slayton became, by his own admission, the accidental author of this book. When presented during the pandemic with the idea of writing the book he states, "What better way than antisemitism to take your mind off a pandemic," a fairly flip commentary to embark on an extremely troubled and complicated topic.
Slayton goes on...
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