The topic of Jewish eugenics has been systematically suppressed and is only now being timidly taken up by a handful of Israeli and American scholars. John Glad lays bare the deepest roots of the Middle East political standoff - roots that are little known even to experts in that field. Even discounting the topic's Jewish aspects, Glad's study stands alone as a unique narrative history and essential reference tool on the entire historical and current eugenics movement. The author, himself an early participant in the Holocaust Memorial Movement, argues that the ubiquitous presentation of eugenics as 'anti-Semitic' is a distortion of reality and that both religious and secular Jewish culture have always been eugenic in thrust - beginning with Biblical times and continuing up to the present day. Citing a mountain of cross-indexed sources, he shows that Jews have been welcome members of the eugenics movement, often even its leaders. Glad's dispassionate biopolitical opus is the first to systematically document the incredible disconnect between eugenics and its depiction in the popular media. And he explains how the ongoing assault on eugenics poses an existential threat to Jewry itself.
"Glad's eye opening book is a monumental achievement." - Igor Jacov. Birman, Ph.D.
"John Glad presents a masterly account of how the Jews have acquired their high IQ." - Richard Lynn, University of Ulster.
"No matter what their own perspective, readers will find this comprehensive account of eugenics both informative and provocative." - Don Peretz, State University of New York, Binghamton.
"This book is a must for any historian of recent Jewish history." - Gerhard Meisenberg, Ross University School of Medicine.
"As a journalist I welcome this long overdue, truly unique, scrupulously honest study." - Arkady Abram. Polishchuk.