| Revision as of 10:03, 3 January 2009 editCeedjee~enwiki (talk | contribs)5,870 editsm no reference for this : whether this is obvious -> useless; whether is it dubious -> wp:rs source← Previous edit | Revision as of 12:36, 3 January 2009 edit undoKwork2 (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users5,283 edits these 2 sentences are one paragraph, and the source for both is the same. please do not play desceptive games with this articleNext edit → | ||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| '''Self-hating Jew''' (or '''self-loathing Jew''') is a pejorative term most widely used as an epithet for a Jewish person who is perceived by others as a ] who feels hatred toward his or her Jewish ancestry or other Jews. |
'''Self-hating Jew''' (or '''self-loathing Jew''') is a pejorative term most widely used as an epithet for a Jewish person who is perceived by others as a ] who feels hatred toward his or her Jewish ancestry or other Jews. Several Jewish writers and activists critical of ] or ] have challenged the phrase as being being ] attacks, based on their political views.<ref name="Finlay">W. M. L. Finlay, "Pathologizing Dissent: Identity Politics, Zionism and the 'Self-Hating Jew'", '']'', Vol. 44 No. 2, June 2005, pp. 201-222. .</ref> | ||
| Several Jewish writers and activists critical of ] or ] have challenged the phrase as being being ] attacks, based on their political views.<ref name="Finlay">W. M. L. Finlay, "Pathologizing Dissent: Identity Politics, Zionism and the 'Self-Hating Jew'", '']'', Vol. 44 No. 2, June 2005, pp. 201-222. .</ref> | |||
| === Origin === | === Origin === | ||
Revision as of 12:36, 3 January 2009
Self-hating Jew (or self-loathing Jew) is a pejorative term most widely used as an epithet for a Jewish person who is perceived by others as a Jew who feels hatred toward his or her Jewish ancestry or other Jews. Several Jewish writers and activists critical of Israel or Zionism have challenged the phrase as being being ad hominem attacks, based on their political views.
Origin
In the early 20th century it was not uncommon for Jewish immigrants in those countries to change their family names in an effort to assimilate better with the dominant culture and hide any easily identifiable signs of Jewish identity.
Similar terms
"Self-loathing Jew" is used synonymously with "self-hating Jew". "Self-hating Jew" has also been compared to the term "Uncle Tom" as used in the African-American community. The term "auto-antisemitism" (Template:Lang-he) is also used in Hebrew to refer to Jewish self-hatred, and is a charge levied against Post-Zionists and the New Historians by their political opponents.
See also
- Antisemitism - Neo-Zionism
- The Operated Jew (1893 book)
- The Believer (2001 film)
References
Footnotes
- W. M. L. Finlay, "Pathologizing Dissent: Identity Politics, Zionism and the 'Self-Hating Jew'", British Journal of Social Psychology, Vol. 44 No. 2, June 2005, pp. 201-222. Online summary.
- Jerry Klinger, "The Meaning of American Jewish History", The Jewish Magazine, July 2005.
- Eugene Kane, "A phrase whose time has come and gone", Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, December 10, 2002.
- Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman, BLACKS & JEWS: Facilitator Guide, 1998.
- Hendelsaltz, Michael. "Letting the animals live". Haaretz. Retrieved 2008-08-17. Template:He icon
- Dahan, Alon (2006-12-07). "The history of self-hatred". nfc. Retrieved 2008-08-17. Template:He icon
- ^ Dahan, Alon (2006-12-13). "Holocaust denial in Israel". nfc. Retrieved 2008-08-17. Template:He icon
Further reading
- Henry Bean, The Believer: Confronting Jewish Self-Hatred, Thunder's Mouth Press, 2002. ISBN 1-56025-372-X.
- David Biale, "The Stars & Stripes of David", The Nation, May 4, 1998.
- John Murray Cuddihy, Ordeal of Civility: Freud, Marx, Levi-Strauss, and the Jewish Struggle With Modernity, Beacon Press, 1987. ISBN 0-8070-3609-9.
- Sander L. Gilman, Jewish Self-Hatred: Anti-Semitism and the Hidden Language of the Jews, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990. ISBN 0-8018-4063-5.
- Theodor Lessing, “Jewish Self-Hatred”, Nativ (Hebrew: translated from German), 17 (96), 1930/2004, pp. 49-54 (Das Judische Selbsthaas, 1930).
- Kurt Lewin, "Self-Hatred Among Jews", Contemporary Jewish Record, June 1941. Reprinted in Kurt Lewin, Resolving Social Conflicts: Selected Papers on Group Dynamics, Harper & Row, 1948.
- David Mamet, The Wicked Son: Anti-Semitism, Self-hatred, and the Jews, Schocken Books, 2006. ISBN 0-8052-4207-4.
- Raphael Patai, The Jewish Mind, Wayne State University Press, 1996. ISBN 0-8143-2651-X. Chapter 17, "Jewish Self-Hate".
External links
- Rabbi Levi Brackman, "Confronting the self hating Jew", Ynetnews, September 1, 2006.
- Rabbi Michael Lerner, "Israel's Jewish Critics Aren't 'Self-Hating'", Los Angeles Times, April 28, 2002. Reprinted at Common Dreams NewsCenter.
- Daniel Levitas, "Hate and Hypocrisy: What is behind the rare-but-recurring phenomenon of Jewish anti-Semites?", Southern Poverty Law Center Intelligence Report, Winter 2002.
- Jacqueline Rose, "The myth of self-hatred, The Guardian, February 8, 2007.
- Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, "Love, Hate, and Jewish Identity", First Things, November 1997.
- Menachem Wecker, "In Defense of ‘Self-Hating’ Jews: Conversations with the Targets of Masada2000’s S.H.I.T. List", Jewish Currents, May 2007.