Le christianisme et ses juifs, 1800-2000 / Jeanne Favret-Saada en collaboration avec Josée Contreras.
Jeanne Favret-Saada
Book| Title |
Anti-Semitism and Jewish identity. |
|---|---|
| Host Item |
Commentary 88,5 (1989) 35-40 |
| Description |
Since the Enlightenment, antisemitism has had ambiguous and opposite effects on Jewish identity, sometimes leading to its attenuation and at other times to a reaffirmation of Jewishness. When Jews began to adopt the values of gentile society and sought social acceptance, they also adopted anti-Jewish charges of exclusiveness or immorality. As a result, they often denied their Jewishness by changing their names or by converting and some, including Karl Marx and Otto Weininger, were affected by self-hatred. But this period also saw the first organized attempts at self-defense and the beginnings of Jewish nationalism. Nazi antisemitism in the 1930s led assimilated Jews to rediscover their Jewish identity. After 1945, the Holocaust became a major factor in sustaining Jewish identity, especially in the USA. Apparently, fear of antisemitism no longer leads to assimilation. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) |
| Language |
English |
| National Library system number |
990000167710705171 |
| Links |
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