Bourgeois Jews retained non-conformist values that set them apart from their class

Evidence

At the same time, for all their successful economic conquests, middle class Jews retained certain hallmarks of non-conformity that set them off from other members of that same middle class. From ghetto times on, while willing to use every means to gain individual achievement on the ladder of economic and social success, they continued to respect specific Jewish ethical and religious valuessuch as learning, intellectual achievement, social betterment and the `things of the spirit’; in consequence they never completely accepted stable patterns of economic activities or the standards of social behavior customary to their social setting. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 388

Categorization

• DEFINE: Specifies exactly what those retained Jewish values were — learning, intellectual achievement, social betterment, the ‘things of the spirit.’
• XREF: connects to: Mizrahi critique only works when framed as Jewish, not class-based; Jews existed between social classes rather than within any one of them.; Jews formed a state-defined group outside the class system (+11 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Mizrahi critique only works when framed as Jewish, not class-based; Jews existed between social classes rather than within any one of them.; Jews formed a state-defined group outside the class system (+11 more)

Broader Connections

• Jews’ partial conformity to middle-class norms fueled antisemitic resentment. #complicates (0.76) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1540
• Exception Jews shared bourgeois property-protection politics despite exclusion #complicates (0.75)
• No degree of conformity made Jews’ social membership secure in Weimar Germany #complicates (0.74) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 14
• Wealthy and educated Jews both internalized their own exceptionality as society judged them #complicates (0.72)