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Robert howard conan6/9/2023 World War I and the Russian Civil War led to parallel accusations of Jewish Bolshevism and Jewish capitalism. Many Jewish immigrants in the United States would have experienced violence against Jews such as the Kishinev massacre (1903), Lwów pogrom (1918) and Kyev Pogroms (1919) in the Russian empire.Īntisemitism prejudice and attendant discrimination had many forms and facets in the United States in the early 20th century: Christian anti-Judaism had persisted since antiquity in Western culture, but now merged with scientific racism, anti-immigrant Nativism, and ethnic stereotypes. They had every reason to: antisemitic violence around the world has never ceased, and the cinematic stirring of prejudices was feared to trigger pogroms. The New Testament story has long been a focal point for Christian antisemitism, and Jewish newspapers and the Anti-Defamation League protested the film and its portrayal. DeMille’s Biblical trilogy, which began with The Ten Commandments (1923) and finished with The Sign of the Cross (1932), and tells the story of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ, including his betrayal by Judas-and, in DeMille’s version, the high priest Caiaphas. The King of Kings (1927) was a silent epic, the second part of Cecil B. Warner lacked fire of course, but I don’t know who else could have done even as good as he did. And William Boyd, that fellow is the most human actor in the world. I thought it was powerful, though I think Joseph Schildrkraut ran away with the picture as Judas.
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