How to Fight Anti-Semitism

In Jordan Weissmann's review at Slate magazine, Weissman presents a sharp critique of Weiss's book. Weissmann highlights as his central critique what he sees as a false equivalency between antisemitism on the right and on the left, arguing that by reaching towards genocide as the endpoint of left-wing antisemitism, Weiss far overstates her case. In addition, Weissman argues that Weiss often fails to present a complete picture of events and people, that Weiss never explores evangelical antisemitism, and that Weiss presents an oversimplified picture of what antisemitism is.[4]

Talia Lavin of The Nation notes that Weiss presents a somewhat anti-intellectual argument in her exploration of antisemitism. She argues that Weiss presents simplistic charicatures of both the left and the right, and that the presentation of Muslim antisemitism uses a veil of plausible deniability to suggest exclusion of Muslim groups from Europe. Lavin concludes her review by stating that the "profound lack of intellectual curiosity, proportionality, and material analysis in the book renders it worse than simply useless."[5]

Melissa Braustein of The Federalist describes the book as broadly compelling. She lauds the book's critiques of the left, though she argues that Weiss fails to provide examples to support the claim that President Trump is antisemitic.[6]