Professor Keith Schlegel to Speak on Patterns of Resisting Anti-Semitism, the  Inquisition to the Shoah: an Historical Overview at St. Augustine Jewish Historical Society Meeting, April 16th

"Dr. Keith Schlegel, Professor Emeritus of English (Frostburg State University), will

discuss Patterns of Resisting Anti-Semitism, the Inquisition to the Shoah: an Historical Overview as the St. Augustine Jewish Historical Society marks Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial Day, April 16th at 7 p.m. The gathering will take place in the Flagler Room on the first floor of the old Ponce de Leon Hotel, 74 King Street, St. Augustine, on the Flagler College Campus, from 7 until 8:30 p.m. This event is open to the public.  All are welcome!  There is no charge and no advance reservations are necessary!  Call 804-914-4460 for further information."

Centuries of anti-Semitism forced Jews to develop strategies of survival. Making friends of the powerful, bribing those who could offer assistance, pretending to convert, preparing means to hide or escape, keeping a low profile, instituting social welfare to protect the powerless, assimilating socially, making themselves useful or even indispensable, and complying in anticipation of worse measures to come--these are means used to assure Jewish endurance until the mid-20th century. For good reasons, preparing armed resistance and rebellion was not contemplated.