Rickman, the U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, gives a broad picture of the conspicuous rise of antisemitism worldwide in the 21st century. Factors involved in this increase are the collapse of the USSR and communism, and the simultaneous rise of post-Khomeini Iran and jihadi Islamism, as well as the rise of Europe's second-generation Muslims, who have become the main perpetrators of antisemitic violence. The new wave of antisemitism is accompanied by an almost total indifference of European authorities, as well as rhetoric attempting to equate Islamophobia with antisemitism, substituting Muslims for Jews as victims of "antisemitism". Tropes and statements of delegitimization of Israel, denial of a historical connection of Jews with the Land of Israel, and denial of the narratives of Judaism are increasingly gaining currency in Europe and the UN. Most of the Muslim countries remain steadily hostile to the Jews, and antisemitism continues to be a problem in the post-communist countries of Eastern Europe. Contends that in order to reduce antisemitism five practical steps should be taken: stop tolerating intolerance; define antisemitism for what it truly is; end the "tribal" view that each and every Jew bears responsibility for the actions of Israel, good or bad; collect data accurately and compile statistics on antisemitic incidents; and stop applying a double standard to Israel.

With the release of hundreds of damaging documents, a dark side of Switzerland's democracy has been unveiled. Switzerland is now seen as a nation of greedy bankers, collaborators with the Nazis, and robbers of the wealth of the victims of the Holocaust. Swiss Banks and Jewish Souls is a powerfully enlightening account of how a small and determined group of people from divergent backgrounds humbled the legendary Swiss financial empire to achieve a measure of justice for Holocaust survivors and their heirs, while shattering the myth of Swiss wartime neutrality. Rickman tells how a small group of people, none of them professional historians, pieced together a puzzle of unknown proportions and proceeded to dismantle the myth of Swiss innocence and victimization at the hands of the Nazis, and expose a fifty-year cover-up. Untold numbers of European Jews and others placed their funds in Swiss banks because they believed they offered a safe haven for funds which the Nazis were trying to control. What better place to put their money than in Switzerland? Swiss Banks and Jewish Souls discusses how investigative groups proved that Switzerland stole the money of the Jews and helped the Nazis to do the same. No one began with evidence and no one had a source of knowledge upon which to fall back. All they shared was a feeling that something was terribly wrong and that a great injustice had occurred. Propelled by this instinct, a U.S. Senator, the World Jewish Congress, a British Parliamentarian, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and a handful of Holocaust survivors accomplished what the U.S., British, and French governments and a group of feuding Jewish organizations could not or would not do. As a result of this effort, how the world views Switzerland and how Switzerland views itself has been redefined. Most importantly, those who survived the Nazi horrors, only to be victimized again by the Swiss bankers, have now achieved some measure of justice, or at least financial compensation after more than fifty years.