Word: jewishness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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That there is a rising tide of anti-Semitism in the U. S. comparable to Europe's is the contention of many U. S. observers, especially Jews. Last week the American Jewish Congress, an organization to protect Jewish civil and economic rights headed by Manhattan's patriarchal Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, published a survey specifically charting the effects of Depression and world-wide anti-Semitism on Jewish job prospects. Devoted mainly to New York City, which has a population 28% Jewish, the survey showed...
...Discrimination in occupational advertisements is sharpest against Jewish salesmen, white-collar workers, women stenographers. To combat it, many Jewish girls have taken to wearing crosses "as a protective charm...
...Although 45% of Jewish children get through high school, compared to 30% of Protestants, unemployment is higher among Jewish youths...
...Pressed to explain why New York Telephone Co. does not employ an "equitable number" of Jews, one official replied that Jewish girls could not operate equipment "because their arms are too short." A restaurateur alibied that Jewish waitresses do not like to serve nonkosher food...
...gravest elements of our very difficult problem is the discriminatory attitude of some Jewish employers toward Jewish employes." A Jewish-owned Miami hotel with over 95% Jewish patronage had only four Jews among 600 employes...