Language:
English
Year of publication:
2003
Titel der Quelle:
Studia Hebraica
Angaben zur Quelle:
3 (2003) 83-101
Keywords:
Antisemitism History 1800-2000
;
Jews History 1800-2000
Abstract:
Since World War II, some writers have maintained a stereotypical image of Romanians as Europe's most antisemitic nation. On the other hand, since the mid-19th century many Romanian intellectuals and politicians have described their people as religiously tolerant and hospitable to ethnic minorities. Some antisemitic Romanian authors even held these qualities to be evidence of Romanian "weakness" in allowing aliens, especially Jews, to take advantage of their hosts. Argues that hospitality, which most Romanians perceive as their national virtue, is a common trait of all traditional peasant societies and is not equivalent to xenophilia. Conversely, tolerance is regarded by both intellectuals and respondents in opinion polls of the 1990s as being a vice, a negative national trait.
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