Language:
English
Year of publication:
1996
Titel der Quelle:
Australian Journal of Jewish Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
10,1-2 (1996) 162-195
Keywords:
Protest movements History
;
Philosemitism
;
Antisemitism Prevention
;
Antisemitism History 1800-2000
;
Jews History 1800-2000
Abstract:
Based on a paper presented at the Ninth Annual Conference of the Australian Association for Jewish Studies, Melbourne, July 1995. Examines public protests against the persecution of Jews in foreign countries: in 1840 (the Damascus Affair), in 1858 (the Mortara Affair), in 1872 (in defense of Romanian Jewry), in 1899 (against the verdict of the Rennes trial against Dreyfus), from 1882 to 1912 (against pogroms and antisemitic policies in Russia and in support of Beilis), and in 1933-39 (against German Nazism). Points to some common features in these protests: they were usually attended by representatives of the upper classes, and Jews played a secondary role, at best, in them. The main views motivating the protesters were humanism and respect for Jews and Judaism, a respect ingrained in English culture since the Reformation.
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