Students explore the long history of discrimination against Jews and come to understand how anti-Judaism was transformed into antisemitism in the nineteenth century.
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The Roots and Impact of Antisemitism (UK)
Students explore the long history of discrimination against Jews and come to understand how anti-Judaism was transformed into antisemitism in the nineteenth century.
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Antisemitism & Religious Intolerance
Anti-Judaism before the Enlightenment
Deepen your understanding of the history of antisemitism with this overview of the persecution, violence, and restrictions Jews throughout Europe faced during the Middle Ages.
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Antisemitism & Religious Intolerance
Bertha Pappenheim, Letter on Antisemitism (1923)
Bertha Pappenheim recounts the antisemitic abuse that she witnessed in Germany in 1923.
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Holocaust
Economic Competition
Learn about how Poland’s economic depression in the 1920s and 1930s divided citizens along religious lines.
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Antisemitism & Religious Intolerance
From Religious Prejudice to Antisemitism
Learn about the restricted rights and membership of Jews in newly unified Germany, and antisemitism's pervasiveness across Europe during this period.
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Antisemitism & Religious Intolerance
Protocols of the Elders of Zion (1927)
Learn about the impact that this fabricated book had on Hitler and the Nazi Party.
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Antisemitism & Religious Intolerance
Religion and Identity
Four teenagers from different religious traditions reflect on their experiences of religious belief and belonging.
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Antisemitism & Religious Intolerance
Absil Walter - Blood Libel
Holocaust survivor Absil Walter recalls the blood libel myth’s impact on his community.
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Antisemitism & Religious Intolerance
Antisemitism from the Enlightenment to World War I
Scholars describe the persistence of antisemitism in Europe from the Enlightenment through World War I and explain how new social, political, and pseudo-scientific justifications were created to perpetuate old prejudices.
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