Jew with a coin: Difference between revisions

'''Jew with a coin''' ({{lang-pl|Żyd z pieniążkiem}}),<ref name="Tartakowsky"/><ref name="Tokarska-Bakir2012">[http://wyborcza.pl/1,75410,11172689,Zyd_z_pieniazkiem_podbija_Polske.html A Jew with a coin conquers Poland (Polish)], Joanna Tokarska-Bakir, 18 February 2012.</ref><ref name="Tokarska-Bakir2019">[http://www.aapjstudies.org/manager/external/ckfinder/userfiles/files/Jew_with_a_coin_FINAL.2.pdf The Jew with a Coin: Analysis of a contemporary folkloric emblem (AAPJ)], Joanna Tokarska-Bakir, 2019.</ref> "Little Jews" ({{lang-pl|Żydki}})<ref name="haaretz20141120"/>, or '''Lucky Jew''' ({{lang-pl|Żyd na szczęście"}})<ref name="Tartakowsky"/> are images and [[figurines]] of Jews holding coins, usually accompanied by a written proverb.<ref name="Tartakowsky"/> The motif was first described in articles from 2000, and probably date back to the times following the [[Revolutions of 1989#Poland|transition of government in 1989]].<ref name="Tartakowsky"/> Originally hand-crafted, many are now mass-produced in standardized forms.<ref name="Gruber"/> As of the early 21st century, they are often found in Polish souvenir shops,<ref name="haaretz20141120"/><ref name="JTA20180818"/><ref name="Tokarska-Bakir2012"/> and homes.<ref name="TOI20141229"/> In 2015, itone wassurvey surveyed thatfound 19% of Poles possessed such item.<ref>„Żyd z pieniążkiem” jako praktyka polskiej kultury wernakularnej. Wstępny raport z badań, „Kultura Współczesna” 2015, nr 3. Pawel Dobrosielski </ref>