Word: antisemitisme
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New York City has become the center of black antiSemitism, although it exists in almost every urban center where large communities of Negroes and Jews intermingle. New York has more Jews (1.8 million) and more blacks (1.5 million) than any other city in the world. The predominantly Negro areas of...
At the same time, the black understands all too well that the Jew has not yet been totally accepted by white Christian society?which makes him a convenient scapegoat. After all, it is a role that he has played throughout history. "He is still insecure about his place in American...
What this modest example suggests is that the American Jew is capable of responding creatively to the challenge presented by black antiSemitism. "We Jews, of all peoples," says Rabbi Arthur J. Lelyveld of Cleveland's Fairmount Temple, "should be able to feel empathy with Negro frustration and anger. When we...
In the meantime, even if their help is now repudiated, all white Americans, Jews included, must work toward a goal ?the goal of raising the condition of the Negro in American society, thereby eliminating many, if not all, of the causes of black antiSemitism. When that is achieved, the...
It is difficult to be a prophet with honor in one's own country, particularly if that country is the Soviet Union. Yet Poet Evgeny Evtushenko seemed born to the role when first he burst upon the Russian scene a decade ago. He was young, handsome and engaging. His...