Abstract
Symbiosis generally occurs when a minority, whose foreign origin is not forgotten, takes over the culture and way of life of its surroundings and becomes more and more like the world in which it lives. In Germany, the attempt on the part of Jews to realize a symbiosis with their environment, produced tremendous tensions within the community. That tension was reflected in the religious schisms which are still a part of Judaism today.
“How loathsomely degrading, how offensive insane, and low are my surroundings which I cannot avoid. One single defilement, a mere contact, sullies me and disturbs my mobility. I imagine that just as I was being thrust into this world a supernatural being plunged a dagger into my heart with these words: ‘Now, have feeling, see the world as only a Jew can see it, be great and noble … But with one reservation: be a Jewess!’ ” Rahel Levin circa 1817
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Ages, A. (1973). Anti-Semitism, Nationalism, Self-Hate The Failure of Symbiosis. In: The Diaspora Dimension. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2456-3_10
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