Icewhiz: Copied and adapted from Rafał Pankowski
[[File:02018 0505 Solina-Stausee cropped.jpg|thumb|"Jews with coins" on sale in Poland, bearing name of village of Polańczyk, middle figure reads: "Polańczyk $ Jew In the hall, pay in your pocket"]]
'''Jew with a coin''' () or '''Lucky Jew''', are images and figurines of Jews holding coins that since the 2000s are common throughout [[Poland]]. The practice is widely considered to be offensive or antisemitic.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2JO20Kp Hey Poland, What's Up with Those Lucky Jew Statues?], Vice, Ilana Belfer, 10 October 2013</ref>
According to Polish anthropologist [[Joanna Tokarska-Bakir]], the figurines fill a role similar to the a series of other [[Household deity|domestic demons]] - in this case protecting Polish homes that were "purified of Jews". According to Tokarska-Bakir, the placement of the figurines in the hall to the left of the doorway is the same as the placement of old Slav ancestors. Tokarska-Bakir that given that Polish society has enriched itself as a result of the "disappearance" of the Jews, the custom is [[grotesque]] - a demonism transformed into a triviality. Turning to [[Sigmund Freud]]'s [[Totem and Taboo]], Tokarska-Bakir contrasts the Polish custom with [[Totem|totemic religion]] which is the product of guilty sons attempting to atone for the founding murder of legendary horde leaders. Cast in this manner, Tokarska-Bakir considers the grotesque practice as less irrational - the protection of the home by the Jew who was expelled from the home being a twisted sign of moral initiation.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2Ju5nqj A Jew with a coin conquers Poland (Polish)], Joanna Tokarska-Bakir, 18 February 18 2012</ref>
In 2017 [[Rafał Pankowski]], co-founder of the ''Never Again'' anti-racism organization, condemned the sale in the [[Parliament of Poland]] of "lucky Jew" figurines as "deeply rooted in negative stereotypes". Following Pankowski's condemnation, the figurines were removed from sale from the parliament 's souvenir shop.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2JRJEbp Polish parliament gift shop removes Jewish figurines from sale], The Art Newspaper, 15 December 2017</ref><ref>[http://bit.ly/2Ju5pyr Why ‘Lucky Jew’ imagery is so popular in Poland], Times of Israel (JTA reprint), 18 August 2018</ref>
== References ==
[[Category:Antisemitism in Poland]]
[[Category:Polish art]]
'''Jew with a coin''' () or '''Lucky Jew''', are images and figurines of Jews holding coins that since the 2000s are common throughout [[Poland]]. The practice is widely considered to be offensive or antisemitic.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2JO20Kp Hey Poland, What's Up with Those Lucky Jew Statues?], Vice, Ilana Belfer, 10 October 2013</ref>
According to Polish anthropologist [[Joanna Tokarska-Bakir]], the figurines fill a role similar to the a series of other [[Household deity|domestic demons]] - in this case protecting Polish homes that were "purified of Jews". According to Tokarska-Bakir, the placement of the figurines in the hall to the left of the doorway is the same as the placement of old Slav ancestors. Tokarska-Bakir that given that Polish society has enriched itself as a result of the "disappearance" of the Jews, the custom is [[grotesque]] - a demonism transformed into a triviality. Turning to [[Sigmund Freud]]'s [[Totem and Taboo]], Tokarska-Bakir contrasts the Polish custom with [[Totem|totemic religion]] which is the product of guilty sons attempting to atone for the founding murder of legendary horde leaders. Cast in this manner, Tokarska-Bakir considers the grotesque practice as less irrational - the protection of the home by the Jew who was expelled from the home being a twisted sign of moral initiation.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2Ju5nqj A Jew with a coin conquers Poland (Polish)], Joanna Tokarska-Bakir, 18 February 18 2012</ref>
In 2017 [[Rafał Pankowski]], co-founder of the ''Never Again'' anti-racism organization, condemned the sale in the [[Parliament of Poland]] of "lucky Jew" figurines as "deeply rooted in negative stereotypes". Following Pankowski's condemnation, the figurines were removed from sale from the parliament 's souvenir shop.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2JRJEbp Polish parliament gift shop removes Jewish figurines from sale], The Art Newspaper, 15 December 2017</ref><ref>[http://bit.ly/2Ju5pyr Why ‘Lucky Jew’ imagery is so popular in Poland], Times of Israel (JTA reprint), 18 August 2018</ref>
== References ==
[[Category:Antisemitism in Poland]]
[[Category:Polish art]]
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