The Jews of England had been expelled in 1290, some 300 years before Shakespeare wrote “Merchant,” and it is likely that neither Shakespeare nor most of his contemporaries had ever seen a Jew ...

Written more than 400 years ago, the portrayal of Jews in “The Merchant of Venice” — namely, the infamous, vindictive Jewish moneylender, Shylock, who demands a literal pound of flesh from ...

The first big-budget, star-enhanced feature film of one of Shakespeare’s best-known plays is cause for general celebration — isn’t it? Yes and no. When the play is “The Merchant of Venice ...

Shakespeare’s “Merchant of Venice,” in which Jews are forced to wear yellow stars, has all kinds of racist messages, which must be addressed.

A play now being staged in Orange County offers Jewish Americans a sometimes uncomfortable front-row seat to re-examine William Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice.” ...

As long as we’re on the subject, I want to take a look at a famous speech from Merchant of Venice, the speech where Shylock justifies, to two of his tormentors, his thirst for vengeance ...

Some even claim that that Romeo (Rome) and Juliet (Jew) is a hidden reference to the Roman and Jewish wars. The Merchant of Venice. If Shakespeare was indeed Jewish, ...

Woodruff told the history of Jewish merchants in Williamsburg County including Louis Jacobs, who moved to Kingstree after the Civil War. At the time, Kingstree’s population was around 500 people.

“I find no personal persecution of Jews in Germany,” declared Martin Cohn, Berlin wholesale merchant, upon his arrival here Friday on the Hamburg. Mr. Cohn, one of ninety-four tourists ...

The Jewish Merchant Project was launched in 2016, and continues to collect the stories of Jewish merchants across South Carolina, both past and present. Their website includes a searchable map ...

How did Jewish “Columbus-mania” start? In 1892, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus’ voyage, the American Jewish merchant Lazarus Straus and his diplomat son, Oscar Solomon ...