Oh Woah!

This scene is apparently almost the entire basis by the way for the widespread belief that Walt Disney was anti-semetic. In his personal life he was actually very embracing of different religions and cultures relative to the time.

That's it. Really. Look it up sometime.

He employed and was friends with many jewish people, and by their accounts never did anything wrong outside of contemporary standards. Hell by the standards of this site he was practically a philosemite. Yet this is enough justification for Meryl Fucking Streep to go on a rant about him.

Was he racist, sexist and anti-semetic by today's standards? Sure, but everyone even 5 years ago is if we are honest with ourselves. Disney started 100 years ago for God's sake!

I hadn't seen the two scenes side by side like this, but I can kinda see how people thought this was anti-semetic. I just think that's a stretch though to anyone who understands contemporary cartoons and how they worked at the time. The whole idea was the exaggerate stereotypes. It played with racism and stereotypes in a disarming and jovial way, much like how sketch cartoonists will exaggerate your features like buck teeth or pouty lips.

Also this is a wolf in disguise. He's disguised as a door to door salesmen, and the long nose is clearly to hide his own long nose just like wolves have. The Jewish stereotype just happens to physically match the wolves features, which in itself is the joke. There isn't anything inherently anti-semetic about it, just like if he was wearing sheep's clothing it wouldn't be caprinaephobic. It undoubtedly adds complexity and tension to the scene, and is better in it's original uncensored version.