Pierre Birnbaum is visiting professor of Jewish studies at Columbia University. A number of his works and edited collections have been published in English, including Anti-Semitism in Modern France, The Jews of the Republic, and Paths for Emancipation.

"An important contribution both to the ever-mounting history of the [Dreyfus] Affair and to the general history of Jewry in the modern period." (Times Literary Supplement) "This meticulous account of the anti-Semitic hysteria that swept France in 1898... makes for terrifying and fascinating reading." (Atlantic Monthly)"

Pierre Birnbaum is visiting professor of Jewish studies at Columbia University. A number of his works and edited collections have been published in English, including Anti-Semitism in Modern France, The Jews of the Republic, and Paths for Emancipation.

"An important contribution both to the ever-mounting history of the [Dreyfus] Affair and to the general history of Jewry in the modern period." (Times Literary Supplement) "This meticulous account of the anti-Semitic hysteria that swept France in 1898... makes for terrifying and fascinating reading." (Atlantic Monthly)"