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no_hypocrisy

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5. I'm from a Jewish family.

Reply to Mosby (Original post)

Tue Feb 1, 2022, 06:40 PM

Feb 2022

We viewed the Holocaust as extreme religious persecution, not because Jews are a "race".

OTOH, it was the Nazis who thought in terms of race: They were Aryan and persecuted "lower races" and not just Jews. Romani (Gypsies) and Slavs.

And BTW, a lot of Nazi ideology of extermination came from the eugenics movement here in the good ole USA.

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Are Jews a Race? [View all] Mosby Feb 2022 OP

I honestly worry about Black and Jewish tensions from these discussions. I wish we could unite more. mucifer Feb 2022 #1

This mahina Feb 2022 #2

Amen! IrishAfricanAmerican Feb 2022 #3

Well said, mucifer. JudyM Feb 2022 #9

We are all members of the Human Race. PXR-5 Feb 2022 #4

I'm from a Jewish family. no_hypocrisy Feb 2022 #5

Context is key Beastly Boy Feb 2022 #6

Race is not scientific. There are stickers and splitters. The number of races varies by who applegrove Feb 2022 #7

I always check "other" for race MyMission Feb 2022 #8

Curious why this group is under the "religion and Spirituality" forum and not "Race and Ethnicity"? Cobalt Violet Feb 2022 #10

Curious why this is your question in your first post to the Jewish group? Behind the Aegis Feb 2022 #11