For centuries, anti-Semites have fetishized Jewish appearance. Using tedious racist tropes — be it smell, hooked noses, curly hair or traditional garb — anti-Semites label Jews as grotesque and have constructed a particular Jewish appearance in an attempt to otherize and oppress Jews. An all-too-personal reminder of this demonization occurred this summer when we received notification that […]
Maital Friedman
Maital Friedman is co-director of the Muslim Leadership Initiative at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America.