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The Myth of Jewish Race (A History Written by Antisemites)

JL;DR SUMMARY David Harris's excerpt from his book "Antisemitism: What Everyone Needs to Know" explores the evolution of antisemitic narratives, particularly the myth of Jewish racial identity. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HolocaustJewish IdentityNazi GermanyFar RightDavid HarrisRacial IdeologyOxford University PressFar LeftSocial Darwinism

Places mentioned

Jerusalem, Israel
"An exhibit at Yad Vashem, Israels official memorial institution for the Holocaust (photo: Snowscat/Unsplash)"
Berlin, Germany
"In a similar vein, the Berliner Tageblatt published a wartime photo of Werner Goldberg."
Königsberg, Brandenburg, Germany
"His photograph was used in Nazi recruitment propaganda in 1939. Goldbergs father, Albert Goldberg, was born Jewish in the German city of Knigsberg."
Brussels, Belgium
"Joel Kotek, professor of political science at the Free University of Brussels, has collected cartoons from Nazi magazines."
Denmark
"The contrasting views toward Jews as a socially inferior race may be exemplified in the case study of Denmark during the Holocaust."
United States
"In the United States, the notion of race is primarily judged by the color of ones skin."

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