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What Every Jew Should Know Before Heading Off to College
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10 THINGS EVERY JEW SHOULD KNOW
Before They Go to College
An Illustrated Guide
by Emily Schrader and Blake Flayton
Edited & Illustrated by Kimberly Brooks
5.5 x 8.5 in., 282 pp, Hardcover, Paperback, eBook
250 + Illustrations
Contact: Jason Edelstein 510.239.1102 jason@edelsteinpa.com
Los Angeles – The eruption of antisemitism on college campuses in the wake of October 7th has made the need for students to increase their literacy on the history of religion, and the geopolitics of the Middle East. Emily Schrader and Blake Flayton’s 10 Things Every Jew Should Know Before They Go to College: An Illustrated Guide provides a pithy primer on Jewish history, Israel and geopolitics in an easy-to-reference trope-busting book for any Jew, especially current and future college students.
Concise and digestible, 10 Things Every Jew Should Know includes crucial current and historical information, along with easy to understand maps, so that students can better stand up for themselves on the quad and in their community to combat an ever hardening web of misinformation. Sections include Who Are You, Israel, The Neighborhood, The Occupation, The UN, Lies and Misconceptions, The Media, The Campus and more. Having this knowledge so easily accessible empowers Jewish students to reassert their values, ideas, and ideals that has sustained Jewish life and culture through millennia.
Both Schrader and Flayton, influencers in the Jewish advocacy space, launched careers after their own personal encounters with college antisemitism and virulent hatred of Israel at their universities in America. “As a political science major, I initially had no intention of becoming involved with the issue of Israel until I encountered my first ‘Apartheid Wall’ at USC and realized I was in an environment drenched in hate and misinformation about Jews and Israel,” says co-author Emily Schrader. “I ultimately moved to Israel in reaction and feel passionate about giving college students the information they need in a way that is easy to understand.”
“American Jewry is at a crossroads,” says co-author Blake Flayton. “For the first time in years, bigotry directed at our community is rampant, and ground zero for this turbulence is the campus. Students need more than just the same-old talking points. They need a resource that tackles each and every lie lobbed at Jews and Israel.” Brooks’ crisp outline and often whimsical illustrations offer lightness and metaphor, making subjects scannable and palatable to a wide audience.
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10 Things Every Jew Should Know Before They Go to College will be available everywhere books are sold February 18th 2025.
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