Jewish hesitation toward Muslims stems from media stereotyping plus remembered antisemitism

Evidence

Miriam’s comments do not by any means reflect the whole complexity of the way in which British Jews relate to their Muslim neighbours, but they do highlight the concern and hesitation about Jewish–Muslim relations that are present among some members of British Jewish communities. In this section we will suggest that what appears to account for this hesitation is both the general negative stereotyping of Muslims that originates in the mainstream mass media and public discourse, and the antisemitic discrimination that Jewish communities have experienced in the UK. — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe, 1717

Categorization

• SEED: The two-source explanation — external media stereotypes plus internal historical memory of antisemitism — is a sharp lens for an essay on how minority groups’ inter-group attitudes are doubly mediated.