ABSTRACT
Jews may on paper have been citizens with equal rights, but that had yet to be tested in practice. So the government, in collaboration with the Jewish elite, developed an integration policy to ensure that Jews would participate fully in Dutch society. Language policy was key. Jews must make the transition from Yiddish to Dutch. Their ‘mumbo jumbo’ would only further isolate Jews and have a bad influence on their culture, Minister Repelaer van Driel believed.
