MARK TWAIN'S ESSAY 'CONCERNING THE JEWS': This essay by Mark Twain was published in Harper's Magazine in 1898. In it, Twain says that he wrote the essay to respond to a letter about Anti-Semitism:

"Tell me, therefore, from your vantage-point of cold view, what in your mind is the cause. Can American Jews do anything to correct it either in America or abroad? Will it ever come to an end? Will a Jew be permitted to live honestly, decently, and peaceably like the rest of mankind? What has become of the Golden Rule?"

The Jewish Virtual Library has background on Mark Twain's views on and writings about Jews--and how they changed.

Read Twain's essay.

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