Despite the significance of the figure of ‘the Jew’ as Other in the Western imagination and the persistence of prejudice against Jews, there have been few studies of contemporary Jews as subjects of prejudice in liberal secular law and legal discourse. This article draws attention to continuing Jewish vulnerability and argues that a focus on colonial encounters and phenotype in understanding processes of legal exclusion based on religion and race cannot fully account for the persistence of anti-Jewish prejudice and its resonance in law and legal discourse. Through an analysis of contemporary case law from three different countries, I show how narratives of Christian superiority, veiled behind commitments to secular neutrality, and racializing discourse resonate in legal encounters with Jewishness. I highlight parallels with other minority groups, in particular Muslims, and consider the usefulness of antisemitism as an analytical lens to capture the ambivalent dynamics of Jewish inclusion and exclusion.

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法律与犹太人差异的建构

尽管在西方人的想象中“犹太人”这一形象具有重要意义，并且对犹太人的偏见持续存在，但很少有人研究当代犹太人是自由世俗法和法律话语中的偏见主体。本文提请人们注意犹太人继续存在的脆弱性，并指出，在理解基于宗教和种族的法律排斥过程中，只关注殖民地遭遇和表型，并不能完全说明反犹太偏见的持续存在及其在法律和法律话语中的共鸣。通过对来自三个不同国家的当代判例法的分析，我展示了基督教优越性的叙事如何掩盖对世俗中立的承诺以及种族化话语在与犹太法律接触中的共鸣。我强调与其他少数群体的相似之处，