Rick Spence

And then Christianity, of course, in its own way, just sort of plagiarizes the whole Jewish thing, doesn't it? I mean, I hesitate to use that term, but that's what you do. It's just like, well, we're the Jews now. Okay, you used to have a unique relationship with God, but now it's been passed over to us. And so, you know, thanks for the Bible. You know, I can remember that.

And my mom's side, I was periodically exposed to Sunday school. And pretty much the Old Testament was always presented as if somehow it was the You know, the history of like, for lack of a better term, you know, Europeans in some way. It was sort of a Christian history. It was all the prequel to that. And there'd be some sort of, first the term Hebrew was always used, never Jews.

And my mom's side, I was periodically exposed to Sunday school. And pretty much the Old Testament was always presented as if somehow it was the You know, the history of like, for lack of a better term, you know, Europeans in some way. It was sort of a Christian history. It was all the prequel to that. And there'd be some sort of, first the term Hebrew was always used, never Jews.

And my mom's side, I was periodically exposed to Sunday school. And pretty much the Old Testament was always presented as if somehow it was the You know, the history of like, for lack of a better term, you know, Europeans in some way. It was sort of a Christian history. It was all the prequel to that. And there'd be some sort of, first the term Hebrew was always used, never Jews.

So, you know, the ancient Hebrews and somehow the Hebrews just sort of became the Christians. And I don't know, the Jews just got, they didn't get a memo or something. So it's basically like Christianity, the prequel. It's the Old Testament. But they just sort of take over. Okay. We have the special dispensation now. Thank you very much. You're an artifact.

So, you know, the ancient Hebrews and somehow the Hebrews just sort of became the Christians. And I don't know, the Jews just got, they didn't get a memo or something. So it's basically like Christianity, the prequel. It's the Old Testament. But they just sort of take over. Okay. We have the special dispensation now. Thank you very much. You're an artifact.

So, you know, the ancient Hebrews and somehow the Hebrews just sort of became the Christians. And I don't know, the Jews just got, they didn't get a memo or something. So it's basically like Christianity, the prequel. It's the Old Testament. But they just sort of take over. Okay. We have the special dispensation now. Thank you very much. You're an artifact.

I think that modern antisemitism is very much a creation of the modern world and the industrial revolution. It's, it's largely a creation of Jewish emancipation.

I think that modern antisemitism is very much a creation of the modern world and the industrial revolution. It's, it's largely a creation of Jewish emancipation.

I think that modern antisemitism is very much a creation of the modern world and the industrial revolution. It's, it's largely a creation of Jewish emancipation.

It's the nasty flip side of that. Okay. All of the restrictions are thrown off, but now also you become the focus of much more attention than what you had before.

It's the nasty flip side of that. Okay. All of the restrictions are thrown off, but now also you become the focus of much more attention than what you had before.

It's the nasty flip side of that. Okay. All of the restrictions are thrown off, but now also you become the focus of much more attention than what you had before.

Prior to that, you had the kind of ghettoization, which worked both ways. I mean, there were rabbis who praised the ghettos as a protection. of Jews against the outside world, because inside we can live our life as we wish and we're unmolested. Whereas if we were, the great fear is that if we were sort of absorbed into this larger world, we'll lose our identity.

Prior to that, you had the kind of ghettoization, which worked both ways. I mean, there were rabbis who praised the ghettos as a protection. of Jews against the outside world, because inside we can live our life as we wish and we're unmolested. Whereas if we were, the great fear is that if we were sort of absorbed into this larger world, we'll lose our identity.

Prior to that, you had the kind of ghettoization, which worked both ways. I mean, there were rabbis who praised the ghettos as a protection. of Jews against the outside world, because inside we can live our life as we wish and we're unmolested. Whereas if we were, the great fear is that if we were sort of absorbed into this larger world, we'll lose our identity.

That sort of question comes up in the 18th century and things like the Haskalah movement in Germany, because the German Jews were always at the sort of cutting edge of assimilation and modernity. Moses Mendelssohn was an example of that, arguing that, you know, we just need to become Germans. So, you know, as much as possible, synagogues should look like Lutheran churches.

That sort of question comes up in the 18th century and things like the Haskalah movement in Germany, because the German Jews were always at the sort of cutting edge of assimilation and modernity. Moses Mendelssohn was an example of that, arguing that, you know, we just need to become Germans. So, you know, as much as possible, synagogues should look like Lutheran churches.

That sort of question comes up in the 18th century and things like the Haskalah movement in Germany, because the German Jews were always at the sort of cutting edge of assimilation and modernity. Moses Mendelssohn was an example of that, arguing that, you know, we just need to become Germans. So, you know, as much as possible, synagogues should look like Lutheran churches.

Everything, you know, things should be given in good German. And that's the way we need to become Jewish Germans. We don't want to become a kind of group of people who are apart in that way. And that has created great tensions ever since. You know, one of the essential points, it seems to me, in anti-Semitism, anti-Jewism, is that all the Jews are in it together. Isn't that one of the things?