Philosemitism

Celebration of Hanukkah at the Sejm in the city of Warsaw, 2015

Philosemitism, also called Judeophilia, is "defense, love, or admiration of Jews and Judaism".[1] Such attitudes can be found in Western cultures across the centuries.[2] The term originated in the nineteenth century by self-described German antisemites to describe their non-Jewish opponents.[3][1] American-Jewish historian Daniel Cohen of the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies has asserted that philosemitism "can indeed easily recycle antisemitic themes, recreate Jewish otherness, or strategically compensate for Holocaust guilt."[4]

  1. ^ a b Samuels, Maurice (2021). "Philosemitism". Key Concepts in the Study of Antisemitism. Springer International Publishing. pp. 201–214. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-51658-1_16. ISBN 978-3-030-51658-1.
  2. ^ Burnett, Stephen G. (2013). "Philosemitism in History edited by Jonathan Karp and Adam Sutcliffe (review)". Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies. 31 (4): 132–134. doi:10.1353/sho.2013.0098. ISSN 1534-5165.
  3. ^ Sutcliffe, A. (2011). The Unfinished History of Philosemitism. Jewish Quarterly, 58(1), 64–68. https://doi.org/10.1080/0449010X.2011.10707112
  4. ^ Cohen, Daniel (2020). "Good Jews". S: I.M.O.N. Shoah: Intervention. Methods. Documentation. 7 (1): 118–127. doi:10.23777/SN.0120/ESS_DCOH01. ISSN 2408-9192.