{"id":4546,"date":"2021-02-28T04:35:17","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T04:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emoryhistorynews.wordpress.com\/?p=4546"},"modified":"2021-02-28T04:35:17","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T04:35:17","slug":"lipstadt-in-the-guardian-jews-fear-what-follows-after-republicans-applauded-marjorie-taylor-greene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/2021\/02\/28\/lipstadt-in-the-guardian-jews-fear-what-follows-after-republicans-applauded-marjorie-taylor-greene\/","title":{"rendered":"Lipstadt in &#8216;The Guardian&#8217;: &#8220;Jews fear what follows after Republicans applauded Marjorie Taylor Greene&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dr.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/religion.emory.edu\/home\/people\/faculty\/lipstadt-deborah.html\">Deborah E. Lipstadt<\/a>, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies and associated faculty in the History Department, recently published an article in <em>The Guardian<\/em>. Titled &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2021\/feb\/15\/jews-fear-republicans-applauded-marjorie-taylor-greene-conspiracy-theorist\">Jews fear what follows after Republicans applauded Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a>,&#8221; the piece analyzes responses to anti-Semitic comments made by Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. Lipstadt is a leading public intellectual and key voice on Jewish history, the Holocaust, and Holocaust Denial. Read an excerpt from <em>The Guardian <\/em>piece below along with the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2021\/feb\/15\/jews-fear-republicans-applauded-marjorie-taylor-greene-conspiracy-theorist\">here<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>&#8220;Some people were shocked by Taylor\u2019s comments. I was not. Having spent decades studying, teaching, researching and fighting antisemitism, Greene\u2019s claims were familiar territory. All of them \u2013 space lasers, 9\/11, school shootings, Trump\u2019s election loss and so much else \u2013 shared a common theme: conspiracy. [&#8230;]<\/em><\/p><p><em>&#8220;Antisemitism is a prejudice, akin to so many others. Just like racism and an array of other hatreds, it relies on stereotypes and assumes that all members of the group share those characteristics. Antisemitism has unique characteristics that differentiate it from other hatreds. The racist \u201cpunches down\u201d and loathes persons of colour because they are apparently \u201clesser than\u201d the white person. They are, the racist proclaims, not as smart, industrious, qualified or worthy. In contrast, the antisemite \u201cpunches up\u201d. The Jew is supposedly more powerful, ingenious and financially adept than the non-Jew. Jews use their prodigious skills to advance themselves and harm others. The Jew is not just to be loathed. The Jew is to be feared.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr.\u00a0Deborah E. Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies and associated faculty in the History Department, recently published an article in The Guardian. Titled &#8220;Jews fear what follows after Republicans applauded Marjorie Taylor Greene,&#8221; the piece analyzes responses to anti-Semitic comments made by Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. 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