(Jewish Group) Can you tell the entire history of antisemitism in just four episodes?
The ambitious four-part documentary, “Antisemitism: 2,000 Years of History” — produced by the Franco-German network Arte — explores the evolution of antisemitism from antiquity to the present. It considers how antisemitism has surfaced and reinvented itself, sometimes subtly, sometimes not so subtly, under Stalin and Hitler and against Alfred Dreyfus, Spinoza and others.
Throughout the ages, leaders have used antisemitism to divert attention from other crises by creating a scapegoat and uniting their citizens in common cause: blaming Jews.
Blood libel and the alleged conspiracy of wealthy Jews controlling the world are repeated themes. Deicide, the belief that the Jews killed Christ, still casts its ugly shadow in many quarters, though now anti-Zionism (often a thinly veiled code for antisemitism) has gained favor.
Still, Jews have been fully assimilated into the fabric of many societies for long stretches; that is, until they weren’t. Inevitably they’ve found themselves cast as tolerated outliers at best or demonized and dehumanized figures who should be annihilated, the latter view culminating in the Holocaust.
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“Antisemitism: 2,000 Years of History” premieres Sept. 18 on ChaiFlicks.
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