discuss american jews changing relationships to race and whiteness between 1881 and the mid 20th century

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Prompt: Discuss American Jews’ changing relationships to race and whiteness between 1881

and the mid-20th century. What have Jews and non-Jews thought about Jews’ racial

place in the US? How have attitudes towards European immigrants and African

Americans impacted the ways Jews were perceived? How has race been used to mark

both Jewish difference and Jewish sameness?

Requirements:Papers should:

● Be 5-6 pages, double-spaced,

● Present a complete introductory paragraph that defines the focus of the paper

and includes a compelling thesis.

● Include topic sentences for each paragraph of the paper that substantiate your

overall thesis.

● Draw on at least one assigned primary source and at least one assigned

secondary source from weeks 1 through 4. If you’d like to learn more about the difference

between primary and secondary sources, and/or how to analyze them, you may find

some tips here.

● Not consult or cite sources other than those provided.

● Cite relevant evidence. Please feel free to draw upon the pictures that are included in

lecture outlines. “Evidence” includes your sources of information as well as the source of

any particular quotation you reproduce. If you are citing a lecture, specify and include the

date (e.g.; “Lecture, 4/8”).

● Cite using in-text parentheticals indicating the author and page number like this: (Brodkin,

5). No bibliography or works cited page is necessary.

● Include discussion of any conflicts in interpretation that emerged in your chosen sources

and indicate which point(s) of view you find most compelling and why.

● Spell check and include page numbers.