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Yes in 391 Theodosius I made Christianity the authorized religion of the Roman Empire. In the new interpretation of the church, Jews were unorthodox and must be eradicated. Sad day for Church and Jews! God bless you Rabbi!

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“The two ways love counters anti-semitism are education and alliance. Education is what we are doing here: Learning and listening to one another.

Alliance is acting in coalition with others. “If I am not for myself,” Rabbi Hillel taught, “who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, what am I?””

THIS! Carrying in my spirit and actually striving TO LIVE the words above is how I battle hate.

Rabbi, hatefulness towards Jewish people I have witnessed from my earliest memories, waaaaay before 9/11.

I was born in a small town in Arkansas on the Mississippi River, during Jim Crow. In that town there was a long standing established Jewish community. The Jewish physicians were “our” doctors. The Jewish shops and grocers allowed “ the Negro” access, credit, and employment. As a small girl I remember constantly hearing from my elders how ‘ their not PC terms’ that “red neck pecka woods” only tolerated the Jew as about the same as they tolerated us, so we were to not forget that we were not the only ones and to have real respect for the Jews.

Nah Rabbi, the hatefulness had been there a long time sitting right below the surface.

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