Once Jesus comes, Jews disappear from the history books. So much so, that in the 1950s my grade school class learned that Albert Einstein was a "German scientist." No mention of *why* he fled Hitler: He w as Jewish.
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I have many times asked a non-Jewish audience: Can you name 10 Jewish poets, writers, scientists, philisophers, etc. who lived *between* Jesus and the Holocaust? " Most of the time the question results draw an ocean of blank faces.
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So I will ask the same question here: Which Jews can you name who made positive contributions to society? I will start with Commodore Uriah Levy, the Jewish officer responsible for ending flogging in the US Navy:https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium-1862-officer-who-killed-flogging-is-born-1.5235252 …
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Then there's Hayim Solomon, who, among other things, financed George Washington's army during the American Revolution, literally bankrupting himself in the cause of freedom.https://www.britannica.com/biography/Haym-Salomon …
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I must go offline for a while, but will return to this thread later to add more people. And see what references you might add.
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Surprisingly, almost 1/4 of urban Latin Americans could be descended from Conversos, Jews forced to convert to Christianity in the Middle Ages.https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/americas/.premium.MAGAZINE-a-surprising-number-of-latin-americans-have-jewish-roots-study-finds-1.6787129 …
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Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhaki, better known as Rashi (from the initials of his name), Jewish biblical commentator in 11th century France, remains a standard source for defining Hebrew words. https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/rabbi-shlomo-yitzchaki-rashi …
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Yehudah Halevi (1065-1141) was one of the most gifted poets and philosophers of medieval Spain during the time of Muslim rule. He wrote in both Hebrew and Arabic. Read some of his poems (in English translation) here: https://www.poemhunter.com/yehudah-halevi/biography/ …
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Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov (18th century Poland), founder of Hasidism, revolutionized Jewish thought, bringing kabbalah and Jewish spirituality to the masses. His impact is still felt today.https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1208507/jewish/The-Baal-Shem-TovA-Brief-Biography.htm …
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Patriots of all parties should be aware that Jews have been a positive part of America from the very beginning. Here is a list famous Jews in the military, from the Revolution onward. http://www.jewishsphere.com/Directory/JewishWarHeroes.html …
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If Jews are Middle Eastern people, why are so many Jewish surnames European-sounding? Because European govts forced Jews take such names. This thread by
@bentev28 explains this history: https://twitter.com/bentev28/status/1080349657643925504?s=20 …This Tweet is unavailable.Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon (1135-1204), known as Maimonides in the academic world and by the acronym Rambam to Jews, is better known than many Jewish philosophers because his writings have made it into gentile seminaries and universities. More:https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/maimonides-227.php …
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Irving Berlin (1888-1989) wrote over 1500 songs, including "God Bless America," written in 1818 and first performed in 1938. White supremacists objected to singing it because he was a Jew. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Berlin …
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Many of the "heretics" killed by the Inquisition were Jews who were forced to convert to Catholicism but still secretly practiced Judaism. Many
#conspiracytheories about Jews date from this period of suspicion and persecution.https://www.history.com/topics/religion/inquisition …Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Although we think of the Inquisition as a European phenomenon, it was active in Mexico also. By the time it was abolished in 1821(that late!) approx 100 Mexican Jews has been killed and hundreds imprisoned.http://www.aish.com/jw/s/Surprising-Facts-about-the-Jews-of-Mexico.html?mobile=yes …
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The pirate Jean Lafitte was a Sephardi Jew, whose maternal grandfather was burned at the stake by the Inquisition - which influenced his decision to fight for the Americans as a privateer. He was no Zaddik, interesting all the same. http://jewishmaritime.blogspot.com/2009/09/jewish-pirate-jean-lafitte.html …
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10 Jewish inventions that changed the world. Most of these are post-Holocaust so that might be a cheat in this thread, but I could not resist pointing out the contributions Jews have made to our daily lives.http://jspacenews.com/10-jewish-inventions-changed-world/ …
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Asser Levy. Elijah Loans (who I've been reading about because I discovered that he's my tenth great-grandfather.) Gluckel of Hameln, whose writings reveal a whole lot about the lives of Jewish women.
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Thank you! Here is a link about Gluckel of Hameln (1646-1724) for those not familiar with her life and fascinating memoirs:https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/glueckel-of-hameln …
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They probably don't remember anything in the last 2000 years because they read a book by Jews that tells them not to learn anything and kill, censor, ignore and/or mock anyone who teaches them anything.pic.twitter.com/BnMSIHxg5U
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