The Book
Israel Derangement Syndrome: No Jews, No News
For three thousand years the world has asked what it is about the Jew that provokes such hatred. That is the wrong question. Israel Derangement Syndrome moves the diagnostic lens where it belongs, onto the cognition of the person who hates, and describes a recurring, diagnosable pattern of thought that spans centuries and cultures with nothing else in common.
Written by a physician trained to diagnose, the book sets out the eight IRONICAL symptoms, the five diagnostic criteria, the two clinical presentations (IDS-N and IDS-P), and the case evidence. It is a working framework, not a polemic.
A Note on Language
This book uses “Jew-hatred” and “anti-Jewish” rather than “antisemitism.” The word “antisemitism” was popularized in 1879 to make hatred of Jews sound like a respectable scientific position. It has done its job for a century and a half, letting people believe they are discussing an abstraction rather than a hatred aimed at a specific people.
Precision is a clinical value. Name who is hated, and name who is doing the hating.
You cannot treat what you refuse to name.
Praise
“As a physician, I can attest that the clinical work here is sound. Dr. Farber has established that this is not opinion, not politics, and not prejudice, but a genuine, diagnosable disorder, and he has proven it with the evidence that medicine demands.”
“The hatred in this book does not stay on the page. It comes for Jews in the street, which is why I teach them to fight back. Dr. Farber exposes the sickness behind every fist that gets thrown at us. Read it, then make sure you and the people you love can defend yourselves.”
“I have spent my life around real violence, in the Army and on set, and I know the difference between a disagreement and a threat. Dr. Farber proves this is a threat, and he does it with evidence no honest reader can dismiss. The definitive book on the hatred the world cannot explain.”
“I have spent my career studying the psychology of risk, how people perceive a threat, distort it, and act on it. Israel Derangement Syndrome maps the cognitive machinery behind a hatred that defies evidence, and understanding that machinery is the first step to disarming it.”
“I have trained Egoz special forces in Israel alongside Dr. Farber, and I have taught ordinary people to defend themselves, so I know that clarity under threat saves lives. He diagnoses the derangement behind the hatred with the discipline of a physician and the directness of a fighter. This book is a weapon for the mind, and everyone who stands with the Jewish people should read it.”
“I protect Jewish families from the hatred this book diagnoses, and I see its face most nights, outside synagogues, schools, and daycares. Dr. Farber has done what the rest of us could not: named it with clinical precision. You cannot defend against a threat you refuse to name, which is why this book is essential reading for anyone who stands between our community and those who would harm it.”
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