| Re: Jewish racism - "Not so for the blacks: Maimonides had difficulty including them in the human group altogether." |
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Group: balt.general · Group Profile
Author: jgarbuzjgarbuz Date: Feb 28, 2008 08:41
On Feb 28, 6:57 am, stay...@home.home (Way Back Jack) wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:42:59 -0800 (PST), Doomsday Cultist
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> mypacks.net> wrote:
>>>"Every individual could reach and intellectual cognition of the
>>divinity, at least on an elementary level, and willingly take upon
>>themselves the Torah and commandments, whether Jew or gentile by
>>birth, male or female, could belong to the congregation of
>>believers.Not so for the blacks: Maimonides had difficulty including
>>them in the human group altogether."
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>>p. 148
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>>The Image of the Black in Jewish Culture: A History of the Other, by
>>Abraham Melamed. London: Routledge Curzon, 2003. 295 pp.
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>>p. 148
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>>This book traces the development of the image of the Black as 'other'
>>in the history of Jewish cultures, from the first formulations in
>>Biblical literature to early modern times.
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> This reminds me .... When I was hired by a large US agency, the form
> that requested our racial/ethnic identification provided five choices:
> Black, Hispanic, Asian, American Indian, and Other.
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> Huh? What happened to "White"?
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> On that day, I learned that I am an "Other."<
Me too. No slot for Jews. I guess we're not part of any "oppressed
minority" requiring special consideration.
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