The history of the Catholic Church is unpleasant reading even for" the faithful " wanting to give it the benefit of the doubt. Reading reviews of Mr. Kertzer's book I can see quite clearly an anti-Catholic agenda : so the Church has made a MAJOR CONTRIBUTION to modern anti-Semitism ? Is that fair and objective scholarship ? The daily news in recent years suggests that a major contribution to modern anti-Semitism is Zionist Israel itself.
In the United States and Europe presently Islamophobia trumps anti-Semitism.And whatever the whole truth about the past, all the last few popes have reached out in friendship to the world's Jews-while attacking the evil of global capitalism, a multi-ethnic conspiracy.
zionism would never have succeeded if Jews in Christian Europe were truly treated as equals in supposedly democratic societies.The failure to allow true assimilation underscored antipathy toward Jews, and hence, Zionism become a hope for survival. Jews had been treated as "perfidious" for centuries in Roman Catholic liturgy, a major contributor of anti-Semitism in the west. They were charged with deicide. Explain how the RCC wasn't a major contributor to anti-Semitism?
I was a student at St. Michael's in Providence for the 7th and 8th grades way back in Pre-Vatican II 1960. I don't recall any hateful anti-Semitic propaganda beyond the rather innocuous " The Catholic Church is the only true church ". Which is why they call it PAROCHIAL school.
Why bash the Catholic Church now over perceived anti-Semitism when the last few popes have been very sensitive to the concerns of Jews ?
Explain how Apartheid Israel is not a major contributor to anti-Semitism today. Too many formerly leftist Jewish intellectuals have betrayed Socialism to worship an idol, the state of Israel. In fact, the once formidable American SWP has gone soft on Zionism.
The Socialist Workers Party was founded by none other than Leon Trotsky himself, A Jew with a Marxist view of any modern nation state.
Is it wise for Jews to voice hostility to ANY of the world's major religions-including Islam ? American public opinion is now turning against Israel. Netanyahu 's arrogant speech before the U.S. Congress did not do the Jews of the world any favors.
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