A new antisemitism is sweeping Europe, and Britain is not been immune. A rise in 'street-level' violence against Jews and synagogues has allegedly been accompanied by an 'elite', or salon, anti-Semitism - manifested in the media, university common rooms and the dinner parties of the chattering classes. For some commentators, such contemporary expressions of old hatreds represent a 'new antisemitism'. But is this really a new phenomenon? Is it antisemitism - or something else? How does it compare with earlier incarnations of Jew-hatred? Who are its perpetrators? And to what extent has the situation in the Middle East contributed to the rise in anti-Jewish sentiments and rhetoric? Has demonisation of Israel only inflamed the issue - or are claims of antisemitism being used in an attempt to silence criticism of Israeli policies? This book debated these questions in greater depth than can be found in the print and broadcast media in the collection of essays by leading Jewish intellectuals, including Geoffrey Alderman, Richard Bolchover, Douglas Davis, Douglas Davis, Ronnie Fraser, Jonathan Freedland, Howard Jacobson, Anthony Julius, Edward Kessler, John D.A Levy, Antony Lerman, Melanie Phillips, Winston Pickett, Peter Pulzer, Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Kate Taylor, Michael Whine and Robert Wistrich.