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The history of the Jews in the current-day Spanish territory stretches back to Biblical times according to Jewish tradition, but the settlement of organised Jewish communities in the Iberian Peninsula possibly traces back to the times after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE. The earliest archaeological evidence of Hebrew presence in Iberia consists of a 2nd-century gravestone found ...
Anti-Jewish hate is often connected to anti-Muslim hate, said political scientist Nazita Lajevardi, and she has the data to prove it. “Our research … finds that there is a group of people who not only agree that Muslims contribute to all problems in American society, but who also agree that Jews contribute to all problems in American society,” she said.
Last week, the Antisemitism Awareness Act, a bill intended to protect Jewish students from discrimination on campus, passed with broad bipartisan support. The law is motivated by good intentions ...
A Jewish citizen wearing a Star of David armband stares into the camera while being photographed during the Nazi occupation of Oświęcim. Museo Judío de Oswiecim One of the first measures the Nazis took when they invaded the city in September 1939 was to close Jewish businesses and stores or place them under the administration of a German appointee.
A People Apart: the Jews in Europe, 1789-1939. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1998; 907pp. Any reviewer must experience an initial sense of admiration if not awe in picking up this 900-page magnum opus. The publisher's blurb on the flyleaf informs us that "This powerful and stimulating new analysis represents a watershed in our understanding ...
Twain wrote essays about the status of Jews in America, and stood up to anti-semitism (and defended other marginalized Americans) though his defenses of Jews often included stereotypes. Learn more about Twain’s admiration of the Jewish people and his contentious writings with Matt Seybold, Associate Professor of American Literature ...
'Israelism,' the doc exploring a reported 'dramatic shift' in Jewish attitudes towards Israel, will be released in the US by Watermelon Pictures
