Language:
English
Year of publication:
1990
Titel der Quelle:
Modern Judaism
Angaben zur Quelle:
10,1 (1990) 65-84
Keywords:
Antisemitism History 1500-
;
Jews History 1945-
;
Jews History 1939-1945
Abstract:
Describes escalating antisemitism in the early 1940s. Gives examples of speeches by Congressmen, and by Lindbergh, accusing Jews of pushing America into war and stating that they were dangerous due to their "control" of the movies, press, radio, and government. Recounts reactions to the death of M. Michael Edelstein, Congressman for the Lower East Side, on 4 June 1941 in the Capitol, following a heated response to an antisemitic diatribe delivered by Congressman Rankin of Mississippi. This incident was evidence to the Jews of their precarious and vulnerable position. Many Jews felt that Jewish and American identities were incongruous, and some expressed self-hatred. This attitude dissipated after America entered the war, when Jewish and American interests merged. After the war, the Jews evinced an unprecedented unity and militancy. Discusses the positive image of the Jew in war films both during the war and after, films about antisemitism made in 1947-48, and the growing acceptance of Jewish participation in American intellectual life.
Note:
Appeared also in his "We Are Many" (2005) 30-49.
URL:
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