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The Dreyfus Affair, antisemitism, and the transformation of Jewish identity

BISA public lecture (recorded 12/03/25) - The antisemitism unleashed during the Dreyfus Affair transformed French society at the end of the nineteenth century. It also transformed the nature of Jewish identity, changing how Jews saw their place in the world and their relation to other Jews. In this talk, Maurice Samuels, author of Alfred Dreyfus: The Man at the Center of the Affair (2024), explores Jewish reactions to the Affair in different national contexts, including France, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Russian Empire, and Germany, with particular attention paid to the effect of the Affair on Jewish political ideologies, from Zionism to socialism.