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Jewish nose" depicted on the cover of an early 20th century joke book The Jewish nose , or Jew's nose , is an ethnic stereotype that refers to a hooked nose with a convex nasal bridge and a downward turn of the tip of the nose.¹ The Jewish nose was singled out as a hostile caricature of Jews in mid-13th century Europe and has since become a defining and persisting element of the Jewish stereotype . In modern times, it has also been adopted by many Jews as a part of their ethnic identity .² Research has found that this nose type is most prevalent in ethnicities indigenous to the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern regions, where it is equally prevalent among the Jewish population as it is among the other local populations.³ Still, among the Jewish communities outside the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern regions, such as that in the United States, the so-called "Jewish nose" has come to be embraced by part of its bearers as a defining characteristic of their Jewish identity, with general attitude toward the trait having changed from mostly negative to mostly positive since the 1950s.⁴ It has been found that this nose is far less prevalent among Jews than popularly supposed. Furthermore, it is most prevalent among Jews when it is also prevalent among the general population, as among Mediterranean or Bavarian people.

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Joseph Jacobs 's explanation of the caricature of a Jewish nose (Fig. 1), as described in Jewish Encyclopedia The Jewish nose or Semitic nose is an element of the racial stereotype of the Jews . Typical descriptions: "has a very slight hump, somewhat broad near the tip and the tip bends down" (Jerome Webster, 1914), or "a large, massive, club-shaped, hooked nose " ( Robert Knox , 1850). The Yiddish slang words 'schnozz', 'schnabel', 'schnobel' for "big nose" derive from the German/Yiddish "Schnabel" for "beak".

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Racial stereotype Jewish nose or Jew's nose is a racial stereotype that refers to a hooked nose with a convex nasal bridge and a downward turn of the tip of the nose that was singled out as a hostile caricature of Jews in mid-13th century in Europe, and has since become a defining element of the Jewish stereotype . Although it has been found that this nose type is equally as common in the general population as it is among Jews in countries where this type of nose is most prevalent, such as in the Mediterranean region, the representation of the Jewish nose has persisted in caricatures and has also been adopted by many Jews as a part of their ethnic identity . It has been found that this nose is far less prevalent among Jews than popularly supposed. Furthermore, it is most prevalent among Jews when it is also prevalent among the general population, as among Mediterranean or Bavarian people.

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Ethnic stereotype A man with an exaggerated "Jewish nose" depicted on the cover of an American joke book, 1908 The Jewish nose , also known as the Jew's nose and the Middle Eastern nose , is an antisemitic ethnic stereotype referring to a nose with a prominent convex bridge, downward nasal tip and relatively broad nostrils. It was singled out as a hostile caricature of Jews in mid-13th century Europe and has since become a defining and persisting element of the overall Jewish stereotype globally. In modern times, it has also been adopted by Jews as a part of their identity to spite historic antisemitism . Research has found that the nose design outlined by this ethnic stereotype is most prevalent among humans living in the Mediterranean Basin , and that this nose is far less prevalent among modern Jews than popularly supposed. Among some Jewish communities, such as those in the United States , the so-called "Jewish nose" has come to be effectively "reclaimed" by some Jews as a defining characteristic of their Jewish identity , with general Jewish attitudes toward the trait having changed from mostly negative to mostly positive since the 1950s. On the other hand, some authors show that this form of nose is not characteristically Semitic, because the modern non-Jewish Semites, particularly such as are supposed to have maintained themselves in a pure state, as the Bedouin Arabs, do not possess this characteristic nose at all. It has been found that this nose is far less prevalent among Jews than popularly supposed. Furthermore, it is most prevalent among Jews when it is also prevalent among the general population, as among Mediterranean or Bavarian people.

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