Post enlightenment, intellectuals used to debate the status of Jews. This was known as ‘the Jewish question’. For Jews, despite all their efforts, enlightenment ended in the gas chambers…
The new ‘Jewish question’ to fill the minds of intellectuals is called antizionism. It is a rallying call, and one of the most dominant ‘isms’ of our time…
Antisemitism is a fantasy version of Jews by racists. Likewise antizionism is a fantasy version of Jewish life, politics and history, using the same stereotypes and accusations
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You’ll never see this nursery rhyme the same again....
1/5 It’s about impoverished Jews collecting Oranges and Lemons shipped by Livorno Jews to St Clement’s (Eastcheap - by the Thames wharves)...
2/5 They were fronted the money near St Martins (Outwich) and if they couldn’t sell their produce (to pay back what they owed) they endedup in Newgate, where they would hear the chimes of St Sepulchre opposite the Old Bailey...
3/5 Jews lived in tenements in Shoreditch and Stepney - places like this were packed with thousands of Jewish immigrants , mainly Ashkenazi but also Sephardi...