Stereotypes and Anti-Semitism

By 1900, how many Jews flew to the US to escape antisemitism in Europe?

3 million

Who forced Jews to live in ghettos during the Middle Ages?

Christians

What two groups did the Romans persecute?

Christians and Jews

Who declared Christianity the official religion of the Roman empire? What year?

Constantine in 312 AD

True or False: Jews were kicked out of their professions and had to become farmers.

False- Jews were kicked out of their professions and forced to become tax collectors and money lenders.

Who was Wilhelm Marr?

He coined the term antisemitism and blamed the Jews for dominating the German economy and destroying the greatness of Germany.

Who was Arthur de Gobineau?

He was a French writer who blamed the decline of civilization on the interbreeding of superior and inferior races.

Who was Alfred Dreyfus?

He was a Jewish French army man who was falsely accused of selling military secrets to Germany. He was sentenced to life in prison and finally exonerated in 1906. (Dreyfus Affair of 1894)

Why were Jews blamed for the Black Plague?

It was said that Jews were the Devil's agents and that they put poison into the water wells to kill everyone.

Define disapora.

Jews leave Israel and go to Western Europe.

Define blood libel.

Jews were accused of murdering Christian children and using their blood in rituals.

Why did Jews become a target after the Roman Empire converted to Christianity?

Jews would not convert to Christianity. The label "Christ-killer" begins.

Who was the leader of Nazi propaganda?

Joseph Goebbels

How did Nazis use propaganda?

Nazis used propaganda to create the public perception that Jews were a devious political, economic and social threat, thus justifying Hitler's persecution of them.

Define Social Darwinism.

Only the strongest survive and flourish in society, while the unfit die.

How did the hatred of Jews come around in Germany?

People blamed the Jews for Germany losing World War I.

What are pogroms?

Pogroms are mob attacks in Russia. They resulted in the persecution and massacre of Jews.

How did Hitler spread antisemitism?

Propaganda

Define stereotypes.

Stereotypes are based on generalizations about a group without taking into account individual differences.

Stereotypes create....

Stereotypes create bias=hatred=violence

What time period in history saw tolerance and temporary equality for Jews?

The Enlightenment

Define propaganda.

The spreading and promoting of certain ideas and may involve misleading messages designed to manipulate

True or False: Jews and Pagans tolerated each other.

True

Were the Nazis successful at spreading their antisemitic message?

Yes. They successfully spread their message through art, film, books, radio, educational materials and the press.

Racial Antisemitism

belief that Jews are an inferior racial or ethnic group

Political Antisemitism

depict Jews as an enemy or a danger to society and the world

Religious Antisemitism

intolerance of the religious differences between Pagans/Christians, and the Jews

Define Antisemitism.

prejudice, discrimination, or hostility towards Jews and the Jewish religion

What were the antisemitic laws created during the Middle Ages?

1. Jews couldn't own land. 2. Jews couldn't hold public office. 3. Jews couldn't be in the army. 4. Jews had to wear certain clothes and markings to distinguish themselves.

Name two differences between Jews and Pagans.

1. Jews=monotheistic, Pagans=polytheistic 2. Jews follow strict laws that prohibit them from eating certain foods, bowing to emperors or idols, and working on the Sabbath (the Kosher Laws)