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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. Background. In 1898 he published the article "Stirring Times in Austria".
Concerning The Jews. by. Mark Twain. Publication date. 1934. Publisher. Harper & Brothers. Collection. universallibrary.
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.
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.
Concerning the Jews, by Mark Twain. [Article] 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.
Mark Twain, considered America’s greatest writer, was far more than a humorist. After the Civil War, he served as America’s conscience on ethnic and racial issues. Twain defended Jews, African-Americans and Indians against prejudice. While a majority of his contemporaries negatively stereotyped the Jewish people, Twain defended Jewry in ...
Quotes on Judaism & Israel: Mark Twain. Quotes on Judaism & Israel: Quotes on Judaism & Israel: Table of Contents. 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.
