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  1. דער קערפער פֿון השם @[email protected] ·

    "When one thinks of #Venice and the #Jews, the first figure that probably comes to mind is #Shylock, #literary #history’s famous #Jewish villain, a moneylender who demands a “pound of flesh” from the titular character in #Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.

    In #AlexanderLee’s new #book, The First #Ghetto: Venice and the Origins of Modern #Antisemitism, Shylock is mentioned just twice, both times in the introduction, but his ghost hovers over the pages of the book. Much of #Lee’s #historical account of Jewish life in Venice is devoted to Jewish moneylenders, and the key role they played in keeping Venice’s economy afloat.

    The First Ghetto centers on the uneasy and guarded relationship that the #Venetian government and its Christian people — first as the #VenetianRepublic and later as part of the #Italian nation — always had with its Jewish population. According to Lee’s account, Venice didn’t want the Jews..."

    forward.com/culture/books/8274

    #venice #jews #shylock #literary #history #jewish
  2. דער קערפער פֿון השם @[email protected] ·

    "When one thinks of #Venice and the #Jews, the first figure that probably comes to mind is #Shylock, #literary #history’s famous #Jewish villain, a moneylender who demands a “pound of flesh” from the titular character in #Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.

    In #AlexanderLee’s new #book, The First #Ghetto: Venice and the Origins of Modern #Antisemitism, Shylock is mentioned just twice, both times in the introduction, but his ghost hovers over the pages of the book. Much of #Lee’s #historical account of Jewish life in Venice is devoted to Jewish moneylenders, and the key role they played in keeping Venice’s economy afloat.

    The First Ghetto centers on the uneasy and guarded relationship that the #Venetian government and its Christian people — first as the #VenetianRepublic and later as part of the #Italian nation — always had with its Jewish population. According to Lee’s account, Venice didn’t want the Jews..."

    forward.com/culture/books/8274

    #venice #jews #shylock #literary #history #jewish
  3. דער קערפער פֿון השם @[email protected] ·

    "When one thinks of #Venice and the #Jews, the first figure that probably comes to mind is #Shylock, #literary #history’s famous #Jewish villain, a moneylender who demands a “pound of flesh” from the titular character in #Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.

    In #AlexanderLee’s new #book, The First #Ghetto: Venice and the Origins of Modern #Antisemitism, Shylock is mentioned just twice, both times in the introduction, but his ghost hovers over the pages of the book. Much of #Lee’s #historical account of Jewish life in Venice is devoted to Jewish moneylenders, and the key role they played in keeping Venice’s economy afloat.

    The First Ghetto centers on the uneasy and guarded relationship that the #Venetian government and its Christian people — first as the #VenetianRepublic and later as part of the #Italian nation — always had with its Jewish population. According to Lee’s account, Venice didn’t want the Jews..."

    forward.com/culture/books/8274

    #venice #jews #shylock #literary #history #jewish
  4. דער קערפער פֿון השם @[email protected] ·

    "When one thinks of #Venice and the #Jews, the first figure that probably comes to mind is #Shylock, #literary #history’s famous #Jewish villain, a moneylender who demands a “pound of flesh” from the titular character in #Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.

    In #AlexanderLee’s new #book, The First #Ghetto: Venice and the Origins of Modern #Antisemitism, Shylock is mentioned just twice, both times in the introduction, but his ghost hovers over the pages of the book. Much of #Lee’s #historical account of Jewish life in Venice is devoted to Jewish moneylenders, and the key role they played in keeping Venice’s economy afloat.

    The First Ghetto centers on the uneasy and guarded relationship that the #Venetian government and its Christian people — first as the #VenetianRepublic and later as part of the #Italian nation — always had with its Jewish population. According to Lee’s account, Venice didn’t want the Jews..."

    forward.com/culture/books/8274

    #italian #venetianrepublic #venetian #historical #lee #antisemitism
  5. דער קערפער פֿון השם @[email protected] ·

    "When one thinks of #Venice and the #Jews, the first figure that probably comes to mind is #Shylock, #literary #history’s famous #Jewish villain, a moneylender who demands a “pound of flesh” from the titular character in #Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.

    In #AlexanderLee’s new #book, The First #Ghetto: Venice and the Origins of Modern #Antisemitism, Shylock is mentioned just twice, both times in the introduction, but his ghost hovers over the pages of the book. Much of #Lee’s #historical account of Jewish life in Venice is devoted to Jewish moneylenders, and the key role they played in keeping Venice’s economy afloat.

    The First Ghetto centers on the uneasy and guarded relationship that the #Venetian government and its Christian people — first as the #VenetianRepublic and later as part of the #Italian nation — always had with its Jewish population. According to Lee’s account, Venice didn’t want the Jews..."

    forward.com/culture/books/8274

    #venice #jews #shylock #literary #history #jewish