Persecution and diaspora produced observable Jewish character traits the Institute study left unexamined

Evidence

The other obvious gap was the omission of the topic of `Jewish psychology’that is, the problem of Jewish character traits which, no matter how explainable and excusable in terms of the role forced upon the Jews by persecution and the diaspora, were indeed observable in reality; and also the particular problem of the psychic mechanisms set in motion in Jews by the psychology of the anti-Semites. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 389

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines ‘Jewish psychology’ as the Institute used it: diaspora-shaped traits plus the psychic mechanisms antisemites triggered in Jews.
• XREF: connects to: De Haan found the stereotype of Jewish criminality persisted despite lacking evidence; Assimilation converted Jewish origin from political fact into a psychological trait; Assimilation converted Judaism from a nationality or religion into a psychological quality (+8 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: De Haan found the stereotype of Jewish criminality persisted despite lacking evidence; Assimilation converted Jewish origin from political fact into a psychological trait; Assimilation converted Judaism from a nationality or religion into a psychological quality (+8 more)