Presented as an anthropoligist's view of Jewish culture and history, antisemitism is noted in terms of Christianity and contempt for Jews in terms of Islam (chs. 7 and 6, respectively). The Holocaust (including religious responses and literature) is the topic of ch. 13, "Smoke: How the Germans Gave the Jews Graves in the Air, " and reistance that of ch. 14, "Fire: How the Jews Fought Back."