So antisemites in 1920s North America referred to their Jewish friends, who were much better than the other, disgusting Jews, as "white Jews."
The term is used by antisemites today, too - just they consider "white Jews" to be the bad ones.
Monday, September 16, 2019
"White Jews" originally referred to the "good Jews" who were friends of otherwise antisemites
Here is a cynical op-ed published in The Canadian Jewish Chronicle Aug 11, 1922
So antisemites in 1920s North America referred to their Jewish friends, who were much better than the other, disgusting Jews, as "white Jews."
The term is used by antisemites today, too - just they consider "white Jews" to be the bad ones.
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So antisemites in 1920s North America referred to their Jewish friends, who were much better than the other, disgusting Jews, as "white Jews."
The term is used by antisemites today, too - just they consider "white Jews" to be the bad ones.