London’s Dickens Museum tackles anti-Semitism in new program for students

London’s Dickens Museum tackles anti-Semitism in new program for students

It is available for primary schools in person at the museum or online in an interactive session.

April 6, 2022

A museum in London dedicated to British author Charles Dickens has started a new program for schools about anti-Semitism that is focused on the novel Oliver Twist and a controversial character in it that is a Jewish villain, reported The Jewish Chronicle.

The initiative by the Dickens Museum comes after the publishing last year of the children’s book Dear Mr. Dickens, which tells the true story of Eliza Davis, the Jewish woman who wrote to Dickens about his portrayal of Fagin, the Jewish villainous pickpocket in “Oliver Twist,” and the author’s depiction of prejudice against Jews.

https://www.jns.org/londons-dickens-...-for-students/

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