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"Concerning the Jews" is an 1899 short essay by Mark Twain. Twain had lived in Austria during 1896, and opined that the Habsburg empire used Jews as scapegoats to maintain unity in their immensely diverse empire.
Concerning The Jews. by. Mark Twain. Publication date. 1934. Publisher. Harper & Brothers. Collection. universallibrary.
ahead, and were to include the writing of a brilliant essay, "Concerning the Jews," in which he attempted to explain the phenomenon of antisemitism as he en- countered it in 1898- from a philosemitic position. Between 1870 and his death in 1910, Clemens devel-. oped into a major American writer of great power and.
The Jews are harried and obstructed in Austria and Germany, and lately in France; but England and America give them an open field and yet survive. Scotland offers them an unembarrassed field too, but there are not many takers. There are a few Jews in Glasgow, and one in Aberdeen; but that is because they can't earn enough to get away.
Concerning the Jews. Adjust. Share. by Mark Twain. This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF. Tags. 19th century Antisemitism Europe Jewish diaspora.
On the Jews. "If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one quarter of one percent of the human race. It suggests a nebulous puff of star dust lost in the blaze of the Milky Way.
Twain's contention is that anti-Semitism existed before Christ and that the main source of criticism of Jews is the fact that they do better in business than others. He proposes that they take a greater part in politics to protect themselves.
