Conspiracies about a ‘catastrophic takeover’ by Jews have long been an American problem

Jonathan Sarna

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Conspiracies about a ‘catastrophic takeover’ by Jews have long been an American problem

Jonathan Sarna

The Conversation

11/19/2021

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Antisemitism

Jews

White nationalism

Jewish Studies

“Jews will not replace us,” demonstrators chanted at the “Unite the Right” rally organized by armed white nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017, to stop the removal of a statue dedicated to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. What, then, could explain Charlottesville demonstrators’ fears?

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Title: Conspiracies about a ‘catastrophic takeover’ by Jews have long been an American problem
Creators: Jonathan Sarna - Brandeis University, Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies
Publication Details: The Conversation
Identifiers: 9924144007201921
Academic Unit: Department of History; Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies
Language: English
Resource Type: Magazine article

Conspiracies about a ‘catastrophic takeover’ by Jews have long been an American problem

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