Anti-Semitic racialization escalated sharply as the immigrant population grew

Evidence

However, when the number of Jews grew dramatically starting in the late-nineteenth century, so too did bigotry against them. At a time when rapid industrialization, urbanization, and mass immigration were unnerving the dominant White Protestants, Jews became associated with the purported hordes of inferior White races overtaking America. That this new wave of Jewish immigrants were indigent only exacerbated White Protestant nativism. — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 255 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Such racialization rarely went beyond fiery sermons when Jewish immigrants numbered in the thousands. But when the Jewish population increased from approximately fifty thousand in 1850 to more than three million in 1920, most of whom were Eastern European, White nativists deployed theologically based racism in claiming they were Judaized Mongols and Chazars. Hyperbolic depictions of their bulging eyes, protruding sensual lips, hooked noses, and animal-like jaws permeated the American media in the first half of the twentieth century. — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 261 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Anti-Jewish bigotry spiked as Jewish immigration numbers surged — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes…, 255; Anti-immigration backlash in America peaked at state and local levels — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 541; Mass Jewish immigration triggered race-based anti-Semitic caricature in US media — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes…, 261 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Anti-Jewish bigotry spiked as Jewish immigration numbers surged #corroborates (0.95) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 255
• Mass Jewish immigration triggered race-based anti-Semitic caricature in US media #expands (0.92) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 261