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In Search of Anti-Semitism

May 12, 1993


William F. Buckley Jr., a political commentator, prominent conservative writer, and founder of National Review, gives a talk about anti-Semitism based on his 1992 book, In Search of Anti-Semitism. Reflecting the style of his book, which builds upon an essay he originally published in 1991 in National Review, Buckley walks the audience through four cases of supposedly anti-Semitic behavior carried out by those associated with politics in America. He discusses National Review columnist Joseph Sobran, politician Patrick Buchanan, public intellectual Gore Vidal, and a 1988 incident involving Dartmouth College’s conservative journal, The Dartmouth Review. Buckley describes a context in which he believes it becomes "possible to identify what can be called anti-Semitism," and examines what he believes is incorrectly categorized as anti-Semitism. He also shares both positive and negative responses to In Search of Anti-Semitism, including remarks from Norman Podhoretz, A. M. Rosenthal, Irving Kristol, and others. The talk concludes with audience questions.

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