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| - | {{Template}}'''Self-hating Jew''' (or '''self-loathing Jew''') is an [[epithet]] used about [[Jew]]s, which suggests a [[hatred]] of one's Jewish identity. | + | {{Template}} |
| - | == Historical origins of the term == | + | |
| - | According to Gilman, the term "self-hating Jew" comes from a disagreement over the validity of the [[Reform Judaism|Jewish reform movement]] between [[neo-Orthodox Jews]] of the [[Jewish Theological Seminary of Breslau|Breslau seminary]] in Germany and [[Reform Jews]] in the 19th century. Some neo-Orthodox Jews viewed Reform Judaism as "inauthentic Judaism" because they felt that the Reformers identified more closely with German Protestantism and German nationalism than with Judaism. In response, some Reform Jews labeled the neo-Orthodox Jews "self-hating Jews". Today there is still a rift between Orthodoxy and Reform Judaism, but the rhetoric has changed; most Orthodox and Reform Jews do not refer to each other as self-hating Jews. | + | |
| - | ==Proposed psychological basis== | + | '''''Anti-Semite and Jew''''' (Réflexions sur la question juive, "Reflections on the [[Jewish Question]]") is an essay about [[antisemitism]] written by [[Jean-Paul Sartre]] shortly after the [[liberation of Paris]] from German occupation in 1944. The first part of the essay, "The Portrait of the Antisemite", was published in December 1945 in ''[[Les Temps modernes]]''. The full text was then published in 1946. |
| - | Historian [[Sander L. Gilman]] of the [[University of Chicago]] defines [[self-hatred]] as: | + | |
| - | :''...the internalization of the negative stereotypes about who you are--the identification with the reference group's image of you as 'the other' in society. The person who is labeled as different wants to find out why he or she fits the stereotype, or to prove that he/she does not. But the more one attempts to identify with societal definitions in order to fit in, the more one accepts the attitudes of the determining group, the farther away from true acceptability one seems to be." Obviously this statement could be applied to any group which is the subject of bigotry.'' | + | The essay deals with antisemitism and how [[Jew]]s react to it. More broadly, the book tries to explain the [[etiology]] of hate by analyzing antisemitic hate. According to Sartre, antisemitism (and hate more broadly) is, among other things, a way by which the middle class lay claim to the nation in which they reside, and an oversimplified conception of the world in which the antisemite sees "not a conflict of interests but the damage an evil power causes society." |
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | * [[Self-hating Jew]] | ||
| - | Many psychologists who have attempted to explain this phenomenon. According to some theorists, Jewish self-hatred may result from feelings of inferiority brought upon by [[antisemitism]] they have suffered in the past. This can lead to attempts to distance themselves from their Jewish identity by avoiding activities and styles of dress and appearance currently or traditionally associated with Jewish people. They may also attempt to adopt the behavior patterns and characteristics more predominantly associated with [[Gentile]]s. In some cases a Jew will not only distance themselves from other Jews but actually engage in discrimination against other Jews. A famous instance of this phenomenon was the case of [[Dan Burros]], who concealed his Jewish background and joined the [[Ku Klux Klan]], eventually rising to [[Grand Dragon]] status; Burros committed suicide after ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported that he was Jewish. The film ''[[The Believer (film)|The Believer]]'' was loosely based on his life. This phenomenon may also contribute to what has been dubbed the [[Silent Holocaust]] of modern assimilated Jews in free societies. | ||
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| - | == See also == | ||
| - | * [[Jewish guilt]] | ||
| - | * [[Race traitor]] | ||
| - | * [[Uncle Tom syndrome]] | ||
| - | * [[Ad hominem]] | ||
| - | *[[Self-hatred]] | ||
| - | * [[Takfir]] | ||
| - | * [[Hanjian]] | ||
| - | * [[White guilt]] | ||
| - | * ''[[Anti-Semite and Jew]]'' | ||
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Anti-Semite and Jew (Réflexions sur la question juive, "Reflections on the Jewish Question") is an essay about antisemitism written by Jean-Paul Sartre shortly after the liberation of Paris from German occupation in 1944. The first part of the essay, "The Portrait of the Antisemite", was published in December 1945 in Les Temps modernes. The full text was then published in 1946.
The essay deals with antisemitism and how Jews react to it. More broadly, the book tries to explain the etiology of hate by analyzing antisemitic hate. According to Sartre, antisemitism (and hate more broadly) is, among other things, a way by which the middle class lay claim to the nation in which they reside, and an oversimplified conception of the world in which the antisemite sees "not a conflict of interests but the damage an evil power causes society."
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