Michael Gerson had an important column in the Washington Post the other day. It asks a continuing question that is important to keep asking.
Why the Jews? It is a question that must often have been asked
The durability of anti-Semitism is a horrifying marvel of history. Sara
Bloomfield, the director of the Holocaust Museum, observes:
"Anti-Semitism has existed with and without Christianity. With and
without the right wing. With and without the left wing. With and
without democracy. With and without economic problems. With and without
globalization. With and without a Jewish homeland."
during pogroms and in ghettos and in prison camps. There are many
answers, none of them adequate.
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Are they more hated than other minority religions of similar size? According to someone quoted in my World Religion book it isn't the durability of anti-Semitism that is shocking, but the durability of Judaism.
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