An attempt to identify the root cause of antisemitism

Yehoshua, Abraham B., 1936-2022
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Title An attempt to identify the root cause of antisemitism.
Additional Titles Kísérlet az antiszemitizmus alapjainak felismerésére söt megértésére
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Ideas for the Jewish Nation 32 (2008) 48-79
Description Contends that antisemitism exists due to the fact that the Jews are dispersed among the nations and Jewish identity is amorphous. Jews can maintain their identity while adapting to societies in various countries, as happened first during the Babylonian exile. However, some non-Jews feel threatened by the possibility that Jews may penetrate their societies and somehow control them. Antisemitic acts, such as the Holocaust, are often a result of this type of irrational thinking on the part of an influential individual who then expresses his thoughts publicly. Suggests that antisemitism would be reduced if all the Jews were to live in Israel, which is their own country. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Appeared in Hungarian as "Kísérlet az antiszemitizmus alapjainak felismerésére, söt megértésére" in "Múlt és Jövő" 1 (2005) 21-35, and in Italian as "Un tentativo di riconoscere e di comprendere la radice dell'antisemitismo" in his book "Antisemitismo e sionismo
una discussione" (2005).
Translated from the Hebrew:
"אלפיים" 28 (תשסה) 11-30
Language English
Hungarian
Italian
National Library system number 990004681740705171
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