Forthcoming Book by Shlomo Kashani
Massacre, Denial, and the New Antisemitism
Forthcoming Book by Shlomo Kashani
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October 7: Massacre, Denial, and the New Antisemitism is a philosophical and historical examination of anti-Semitism after October 7, 2023, tracing how medieval myths, ideological propaganda, and moral evasions continue to shape contemporary discourse about Israel and Jewish life.
Inspired by Wittgenstein's rigor, the book is structured as a chain of interlocking arguments. It asks how falsehood becomes durable, how political rhetoric disguises older hatreds, and how moral language collapses when atrocity is excused in the name of ideology.
The project pairs scholarship with image-making. The Faces of October exhibition uses oil and watercolor paintings to confront tunnels, massacres, hostage abuse, and invaded homes not as abstractions, but as testimony.
Rather than treating October 7 as an isolated eruption, the manuscript follows a longer history: blood libels, expulsions, theological distortions, propagandistic reversals, and the contemporary recoding of anti-Jewish hatred as political sophistication.
Chapters move from medieval accusations to Hamas ideology, UNRWA complicity, the use of sexual violence as terror, and the philosophical problem of justice after mass murder. The aim is not rhetorical heat, but evidentiary clarity.
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"Truth is not preserved by silence. It has to be argued for, evidenced, and remembered."
"To hear the groans of the prisoners, to set free those who were doomed to die."
Psalm 102:20
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A critical examination of the historical, political, and moral foundations of modern anti-Semitism narratives. The book combines numbered philosophical argument, original paintings from The Faces of October, and companion audio discussing the work's central claims.
Core Themes
The book follows historical distortions, ideological violence, and moral evasions across both the archive and the present.
From Norwich in 1144 to contemporary propaganda, the book traces how fabricated accusations keep mutating rather than disappearing.
An examination of the ideological foundations of Hamas violence and the October 7 massacre as a deliberate assault on civilians.
The project addresses how institutional language and humanitarian cover can normalize or shield anti-Israel incitement.
Jewish continuity in the land is approached through biblical, archaeological, and historical evidence rather than slogan or sentiment.
Borrowing from the architecture of the Tractatus, arguments are staged proposition by proposition rather than by rhetorical accumulation.
The book documents the use of rape and humiliation as instruments of terror, grounding the argument in survivor testimony and reporting.
England, France, and Spain appear not as remote episodes, but as recurring templates for political and economic exclusion.
Augustine, Arendt, biblical ethics, and the language of justice frame the question of how reason can answer atrocity without softening it.
October 7, 2023
The book treats October 7 not as a footnote to geopolitics, but as a defining moral and historical event. At the Nova Festival and in southern Israeli communities, civilians were hunted, tortured, raped, murdered, and abducted with deliberate cruelty.
Introduction Sample
A short sample from the companion audio introducing the book's central themes and philosophical approach.
Long-form Analysis
A longer discussion of the massacre, its ideological roots, and its place in the argument of October 7: Massacre, Denial, and the New Antisemitism.
Selected Works
Oil and watercolor paintings documenting captivity, massacre sites, tunnels, and invaded homes as visual testimony.
The Author
AI scientist, contemporary artist, and author working across philosophy, history, and image-making.
Contact
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