#judasim

Non-Jewish people: Actually, "Never Again" is just for Jews (an unironic, actual, real post on tumblr.com)

The roots of antisemitism can be found all throughout ancient history. While antisemitism existed prior to Christianity, it increased considerably following the rise of Christianity in Europe.

Christianity became the dominant religion in Europe, and various laws were introduced that discriminated against the Jews. These laws limited Jews’ freedom. They stretched into almost every area of Jewish life, including work.

Jews were not allowed to own land, and often confined to ghettos, and therefore could not become farmers. Jews were also banned from joining Christian Guilds , and so as more and more craftsmen formed guilds, the choice of work for Jews was dramatically reduced.

Christians were banned from banking and money lending as it went against their faith, so it was one of the only jobs a Jew could have. Many turned to trading, which was also a job that included the handling of money. The historian Howard Sachar has estimated that in the 18th century, "perhaps as many as three-fourths of the Jews in Central and Western Europe were limited to the precarious occupations of retail peddling, hawking, and street banking."

This lead to a stereotype that Jewish people were greedy and sinful. In modern times, there are still conspiracies about Jews running the banking field, when in reality this just stems from these medevil stereotypes.

Jewish business and financial success has more often than not been a major driver of antiSemitism, often referred to as economic antisemitism. Supposed Jewish control of the global financial system was a major theme in Hitler’s war against European Jews, Father Coughlin’s antiSemitic rants in the United States, and the czarist forgery The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.

not the pale, blonde haired, blue eyed queen in all the illustrated magillot

she was persian.

Another teen sent deliberately to his death by the Islamist movement. One can only blame the Arabist elders who filled this 17-yr old teen’s head with hate, initiated him to Islamic Jihad, stuck a machine gun in his hand and sent him in to die, just so they could create a new photo op and (utterly false) victimization narration. And Pallywood airbrushed out his gun to perpetuate a lie and magnify hate. 

Noah, David, Esther, Deborah-- there are so many incredible stories to tell. And outside of the Abrahamic religions too-- let’s tell stories from the Vedas, the Tripitaka, Sutras and the Tibetan Book of the Dead, the Tao-te Ching,  various indigenous and pagan religions. Of course, stories from the Torah and Quran which us Abrahamic religions don’t share too. These texts contain so many beautiful, epic stories that can speak to us all and cross cultural divides, and it’s such a missed opportunity. 

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/pos