Language:
English
Year of publication:
1987
Titel der Quelle:
Jewish Affairs
Angaben zur Quelle:
42,9 (1987) 111-128
Keywords:
Antisemitism
Abstract:
Criticizes Jewish historians who portray the pioneering decades in South Africa as a time when Jews enjoyed only great respect and hospitality. Describes the anti-Jewish stereotype prevalent in the Cape Colony between 1865-1910, directed against peddlers (smous) and shopkeepers in the rural areas who were accused of exploiting the Boer farmers and dominating the economy. Mentions anti-Jewish works written by Martin James Boon and Oliver Osborne, and attacks in the Dutch and English popular press. By the 1890s, Eastern European Jews were a particularly popular target for satire and attacks in the press and from politicians (Thomas Upington, a former Prime Minister, being the most antagonistic).
Note:
Appeared also in "Judaism in the Context of Diverse Civilizations" (1993); reprinted in "Jewish Affairs" 57,3 (2002).
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