Roger Brooks

Many of the world’s wars are fought by people of different faiths. In the following viewpoint, Roger Brooks asserts that religious intolerance has led religious leaders and their followers to misunderstand and stereotype people of other faiths. Such divisions can lead to hatred and violence or warfare between different religious groups, he maintains. Roger Brooks is the Elie Wiesel Professor of Judaic Studies at Connecticut College in New London.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. How does the admonition to worship no other god lead to religious intolerance, according to Brooks?
2. Why does Brooks prefer the term “Jew-hatred” to anti- Semitism?
3. What are the three bases for Jew-hatred in the twentieth century, in the author’s opinion"

Religious hatred and violence run rampant throughout the entire civilized world. Ireland remains torn by...