The Jewish Communities in the Social Fabric of Latin Greece 287
Social and cultural dynamics generated a partial symbiosis between Latins
and Greeks in 13th- and 14th-century Cretan cities.158 No similar process of
acculturation occurred between Jews and Christians, whether individually or
collectively. The tightly knit Jewish community remained segregated and mar-
ginalised. Everyday social interaction at the individual level between Jews and
Christians remained limited to utilitarian purposes, and somewhat tempered
ethnic tensions. On the other hand, it failed to alter Greek collective popular
perceptions and attitudes regarding the Jews.159
158 Sally McKee, Uncommon Dominion: Venetian Crete and the Myth of Ethnic Purity
(Philadelphia, 2000).
159 For this entire section: Jacoby, “Jews and Christians,” pp. 245–46, 256, 262–79.