It Could Happen Here, Jonathan Greenblatt
It Could Happen Here, Jonathan Greenblatt
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It Could Happen Here
Why America Is Tipping from Hate to the Unthinkable—And How We Can Stop It

Author: Jonathan Greenblatt

Narrator: Jonathan Greenblatt

Unabridged: 8 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Mariner Books

Published: 01/04/2022

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

“Refreshingly candid . . . Get off Instagram and read this book.” —Sacha Baron Cohen From the dynamic head of ADL, an impassioned argument about the terrifying path that America finds itself on today—and how we can save ourselves.It’s almost impossible to imagine that unbridled hate and systematic violence could come for us or our families. But it has happened in our lifetimes in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. And it could happen here.Today, as CEO of the storied ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), Jonathan Greenblatt has made it his personal mission to demonstrate how antisemitism, racism, and other insidious forms of intolerance can destroy a society, taking root as quiet prejudices but mutating over time into horrific acts of brutality. In this urgent book, Greenblatt sounds an alarm, warning that this age-old trend is gathering momentum in the United States—and that violence on an even larger, more catastrophic scale could be just around the corner.But it doesn’t have to be this way. Drawing on ADL’s decades of experience in fighting hate through investigative research, education programs, and legislative victories as well as his own personal story and his background in business and government, Greenblatt offers a bracing primer on how we—as individuals, as organizations, and as a society—can strike back against hate. Just because it could happen here, he shows, does not mean that the unthinkable is inevitable.

About Jonathan Greenblatt

JONATHAN GREENBLATT is the CEO of ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), the world’s leading anti-hate organization with a distinguished record of fighting antisemitism and advocating for just and fair treatment to all. Jonathan joined ADL in 2015 after serving in the White House as special assistant to President Obama and director of the Office of  Social Innovation and Civic Participation. He joined the government after a distinguished career in business as a successful social entrepreneur and corporate executive: he cofounded Ethos Brands, the company that launched Ethos Water (acquired by Starbucks, 2005), founded All for Good (acquired by Points of Light, 2011), and served as a senior executive at realtor.com (acquired by News Corp, 2014).


Reviews

Goodreads review by J Earl on November 03, 2021

It Could Happen Here by Jonathan Greenblatt is a warning about and a handbook for battling hatred and the possible escalation of it into a (more) genocidal society. This book is inclusive in that it addresses all hate directed at people's identity. Some things do illustrate the understandable, though......more

Goodreads review by Marieke on February 05, 2022

Hardly impartial and not on topic. The title suggests an analysis of the political field in the US with regard to autoritharian developments. Instead it is a thinly veiled pro-zionist propaganda piece. I understand the ADL writes from a Jewish perspective, but the huge blindspot regarding Israel and......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on August 02, 2024

I want to preface this by saying I had no idea when I read this book that the ADL was heavily Pro-Israeli.. but had I known I most likely wouldn’t have been so baffled and frustrated as I read. At one point he scolded Ben and Jerry’s for doing as he advocated all through the book and using their pub......more

Goodreads review by Kiera on June 03, 2022

The struggle I had with listening to this was chiefly that at the beginning the author stated he aimed to present an unbiased view, whereas the writing was largely leaning one way versus the other. I don’t mind that it’s leaning because I value listening and reading all viewpoints to challenge my ow......more

Goodreads review by Mindy on September 15, 2022

Good stuff but I didn't find it earthshaking. I was glad to hear Asians have started their own version of an Anti-Defamation League, with Greenblatt's help. As a Minnesotan, I was interested to read Congresswomen McCollum and Omar called out, but I already knew that too.......more