Baptized Jews could hold elite posts only by confirming the verdict on other Jews
Evidence
One of the spokesmen of this powerful group was Arthur Meyer, publisher of the Gaulois. A baptized Jew, Meyer belonged to the most virulent section of the Anti-Dreyfusards. — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2113 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Becoming a Christian had backfired in the end, therefore. Instead of doing away with the suspicion that Jews suffered as an alien element in a Christian society, it only added to it, confirming the inauthenticity that was presumed to be inherent in the Jewish mind. — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe, 1667 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Baptized Jews could lead the most anti-Dreyfus factions — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2113; Conversion reinforced rather than reduced antisemitic suspicion of Jews — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in…, 1667; Privileged Jews policed mass Jewish orthodoxy to secure their own standing (+1 more)
Broader Connections
- Baptized Jews could lead the most anti-Dreyfus factions
#expands(0.82) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2113 - Privileged Jews policed mass Jewish orthodoxy to secure their own standing
#complicates(0.78) - Conversion reinforced rather than reduced antisemitic suspicion of Jews
#corroborates(0.75) — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe, 1667 - Jews were socially admitted to French high society only as suspected traitors.
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