The Czars: The Hatred Of The Jews

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There are several reasons why the Jews were as hated as they were, are, and will continue to be. The Jews refused to assimilate regardless of which culture, religion, or nation tried to entice or threaten to kill them. It is a pattern in history that regardless of the situation there always seems to be hate for the Jews. In the early years of Christianity the Christians saw The Jewish nation as a threat to their religion. The Czars were afraid of losing power so they created laws to persecute the Jews as well. In the middle of all these years was the fact that the nobility and the peasants were on both sides of the hatred of the Jews. When Paul saw the complete rejection of Christianity by the Jews, he was livid and that anger turned to hatred (Schloss, p. 89). This is really just an egotistical person unable to deal with rejection. The first crusade is another case where a power hungry pope decided to wage war in order to unite all to obey him. In both of these cases the Jews were attacked deliberately for selfish reasons (Schloss, p 98-102). It was very easy for the…show more content…
When the nation is subjected to harsh situations the subsequent learning has always been more powerful and vibrant than before. We have seen many times in history when the going gets tough, the leaders always put the continuity of the Torah and the nation first. However, being that Hashem always creates the cure before the disease, we see that whenever the Jews needed to escape persecution there was already a destination prepared for them. After the destruction of the second Bais Hamikdash the Jews in Bovel already had an established Kehilla. During the holocaust people fled to America. While many people did not keep to the Torah and Mitzvos, many did. There were already established Yeshivas and shuls. Hashem has promised to watch the Yidden always, and if you want to see it, it is all around
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