[2] American literary critic Harold Bloom wrote a review for Trials of the Diaspora in The New York Times, praising it as "a strong, somber book on an appalling subject: the long squalor of Jew-hatred in a supposedly enlightened, humane, liberal society".
Bloom further described Julius as "a truth-teller, and authentic enough to stand against the English literary and academic establishment, which essentially opposes the right of the state of Israel to exist, while indulging in the humbuggery that its anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism," lauding the "fierce relevance" of the book in a period of increasing antisemitism.
[3] English journalist Jonathan Freedland praised the book in a review written for The New Republic, describing it as "magisterial and definitive history of a thousand years of anti-Semitism in England.
"[4] By contrast, British historian Dominic Sandbrook wrote in The Daily Telegraph that "[m]any readers... will part company with Julius in his final chapters, where he effectively suggests that criticism of Israel is inextricably bound up with anti-Semitism" and concluded by stating "[t]his strident tub-thumping is unworthy of such a learned author, and makes an unsatisfying conclusion to an otherwise thoughtful and impressive book.
[6] Historian Geoffrey Alderman described Trials of the Diaspora as "set[ting] down several markers against which all future discussion of anti-Jewish prejudice – not just in England or the UK – will need to be measured".