About the Book
This is a book, a documentary, about the oldest, most irrational evil: Jew hatred; told through the voices of Biblical and historical figures. Ms. Weber Bederman takes you on a journey through time, sharing the presence of history and our collective memories, beginning where all time begins: The Garden of Eden, where we meet the serpent who has in his mouth the red thread which he takes with him as it connects evil through time. Ms Weber Bederman has chosen to incorporate the Chinese literary device, the red thread, to connect the most evil of humankind, the Amaleks of history. The ones who spread irrational hate.
All of the events are historical, factual, and sometimes shared through the stories of the characters: Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jesus, Paul and hitler. One need not be a student of the bible or history to follow the travels of the red thread woven by the serpent from the Garden to the present.
The Red Thread of Evil has found yet another home in the hands of another group, the followers of the religion of Allah, who are intent on accomplishing what no other regime or culture had been able to do: to wipe the Jews off the face of the earth. Alarmingly, they have found many in the West who make themselves willing accomplices in the campaign of lies and distortions against Israel and the Jewish people elsewhere.
This latter-day incarnation of Evil frequently finds accomplices among young people, uneducated and uninformed and easily taken in by extremist diatribes.
That is why it is so important that this small volume with its treasure of information presented in a readable, even gripping narrative is placed into the hands of a wider public, but most especially impressionable youths in universities and high schools. A timely document that will enlighten those who are receptive to thought
and the truth.
About the Author :
Diane Weber Bederman is the author of Back to the Ethic: Reclaiming Western Values. She is a multi-faith endorsed, hospital-trained chaplain with a background in science and the humanities. She has contributed to Huffington Post Canada, Canada free Press, Times of Israel, Convivium, and The Chesterton Review. Ms. Weber Bederman writes about mental health, religion, politics and ethics on her blog: Your Passionate Voice of Reason: dianebederman.com. She lives in Ontario in a place she calls the Garden of Eden.
Review :
Diane Weber Bederman is very passionate in understanding the evil mindset behind hatred against Jews. Her book The Serpent and The Red Thread is a sort of short history of historic incidences related to this evil mindset. This book may provide a reference to our present day world leadership in terms of curbing this hatred. Dealing with controversial and messy religious and political history is not an easy task. Holocaust denial and growing antisemitism can never be addressed precisely without addressing the root causes of these hateful attitudes.
-- Tahir Aslam Goram, Television producer and author
Poetic, mystical, and prophetic, The Serpent and the Red Thread is a unique, unflinching look at the history of Jew-hatred from Biblical-era persecution through the Holocaust to today's Muslim Brothe-hood. It is an essential reminder that the Jewish people have always been stalked by evil, and yet always prevail.
-- Mark Tapson, Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center and author of Chivalry and the War on Men
It is quite an achievement. It's the kind of project--terrifying, daunting--that most writers wouldn't even contemplate, let alone carry through--and you did it with style and power. It is riveting.
-- Janice Fiamengo, Professor of English at the University of Ottawa
Drawing upon history and characters like Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jesus, Paul and 'hitler', Bederman lays bare the human dichotomy between good and evil, and love and hate. Exposing the tug-of-war within the human soul and influenced by cultural impact, this book provides a creative, enlightening and much needed crash course in human responsibility. The Serpent renders an inescapable call to confront one's deeper consciousness and the question to one's self: can one remain neutral and in denial in the face of egregious evil without bearing a degree of culpability? as witnessed in the Holocaust.
-- Christine Douglass-Williams, International award-winning journalist and best-selling author of The Challenge of Modernizing Islam
From humanity's first encounter with evil up until our present time, author Diane Weber Bederman lays out the unparalleled, irrational hate of the Jewish people. ... Passionate, personal, and presenting the facts, this is much more than a book. It is an indictment on a world that has forgotten that the mass industrial murder of 6 million Jews on Europe's soil was done in the name of culture and progression. It is a cry from the heart, a warning. The serpent of antisemitism has never been apprehended. It is on the loose again and it's ravenous for Jews. Today it leashes it's venom at the Jewish homeland. The author burdens us with the freedom of choice. Whoever we are, we have a moral duty to combat this hate that in living memory saw to the annihilation of millions of human beings in the name of progression.
-- Kay Wilson, Author of The Rage Less Traveled
The Serpent and the Red Thread chronicles the miasmal hatred, pogroms, and ruthless antisemitism that continues to persecute the Jewish people today. Bederman manages to bring beauty to this horror, which makes her book an engrossing read for students and scholars alike.
-- Linda Goudsmit, Author of Dear America: Who's Driving the Bus? and children's series Mimi's STRATEGY
...treasure of information presented in a read-able, even gripping narrative is placed into the hands of a wider public, but most especially impressionable youths in universities and high schools. A timely document that will enlighten those receptive to thought and the truth.
-- Brigitte M Goldstein, Ph.D., historical novelist
