philosemitism
Sign in to savethumb|Celebration of Hanukkah at the [[Sejm in the city of Warsaw, 2015]] Philosemitism, also called Judeophilia, is "defense, love, or admiration of Jews and Judaism". Such attitudes can be found in Western cultures across the centuries. The term originated in the nineteenth century by self-described German antisemites to describe their non-Jewish opponents. American-Jewish historian Daniel Cohen of the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies has asserted that philosemitism "can indeed easily recycle antisemitic themes, recreate Jewish otherness, or strategically compensate for Holo
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- Etymology
- Concept
- Religious philosemitism
- Prevalence
- In Europe
- Germany
- Poland
- Czechoslovakia
- In the Americas
- United States
- Brazil
- In Asia
- China
- South Korea
- See also
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Celebration of Hanukkah at the [[Sejm in the city of Warsaw, 2015]] Philosemitism, also called Judeophilia, is "defense, love, or admiration of Jews and Judaism". Such attitudes can be found in Western cultures across the centuries. The term originated in the nineteenth century by self-described German antisemites to describe their non-Jewish opponents. American-Jewish historian Daniel Cohen of the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies has asserted that philosemitism "can indeed easily recycle antisemitic themes, recreate Jewish otherness, or strategically compensate for Holocaust guilt."
== Etymology == The controversial term "philosemitism" arose as a pejorative in Germany to describe the positive prejudice towards Jews; in other words, a philosemite is a "Jew-lover" or "Jew-friend".