The Operated Jew and The Operated Goy

Two Tales of Anti-Semitism

Jack Zipes

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781032534626
• eBook ISBN: 9781000910513
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Jewish Literary Criticism
• Index: Literature

Originally published in English in 1991 and now reissued with a new Preface by Jack Zipes, this book presents and examines the work of two little-known writers, Oskar Panizza and Mynona (Salomo Friedlaender). In Panizza's chilling story, The Operated Jew (1893), a turn-of-the- century Jew undergoes a series of disfiguring operations that transform him into a 'European'. The tale mingles loathing with compassion for its title character. Thirty years later, Panizza's tale was answered by Mynona, an urbane German Jew who turned the story's tables in The Operated Goy (1922). In his introduction and essays, Jack Zipes explores some of the myths of modern anti-Semitic thought. He also examines parallels between the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe and the violence of Arabs and Israelis in the Middle East, issues which have an enduring relevance and are as pertinent in the 21st Century as when the book was first published.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Original Title Page
• Original Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Preface
• Preliminary Diagnosis
• The Operated Jew Oskar Panizza
• The Operated Goy Mynona (Salomo Friedlaender)
• Oskar Panizza: The Operated German as Operated Jew
• Salomo Friedlaender: The Anonymous Jew as Laughing Philosopher