“The preaching of two religious orders, the Dominicans and the Franciscans, reinforced distrust of Jews.” — Phyllis Goldstein Franciscans Copy Share Image
“life in western Europe in 1500 was very different from what it had been even 50 years earlier.” — Phyllis Goldstein Life Copy Share Image
“Any Jew who remained in Spain after July of 1492 would “incur punishment by death and confiscation of all their belongings.” — Phyllis Goldstein Death Copy Share Image
“Even the great thinkers of the Enlightenment, with their commitment to reason, failed to recognize the ways they stereotyped others.” — Phyllis Goldstein Buddhism Copy Share Image
“King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella created the Spanish Inquisition in 1480 primarily to deal with rumors of Judaizing by conversos.” — Phyllis Goldstein Inquisition Copy Share Image
“A few found a haven beyond the borders of the great empires in the harsh desert of the Arabian Peninsula.” — Phyllis Goldstein Desert Copy Share Image
“In many ways, England was home to the first modern Jewish community in the world.” — Phyllis Goldstein England Copy Share Image
“Men are born, and always continue, free and equal in respect of their rights. Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen,… — Phyllis Goldstein Freedom Copy Share Image
“Most young American Jews in the 1960s also knew very little about the Holocaust. Brooks Susman, who would later become a rabbi,… — Phyllis Goldstein Holocaust Copy Share Image
“In 1378, a high-ranking Franciscan priest named Ferrán Martínez began a campaign against Jews in Castile. In sermon after sermon, he called… — Phyllis Goldstein Judaism Copy Share Image
“The power of stereotypes like those Voltaire expressed helps to explain why the ghetto gates were slow to open. It may also… — Phyllis Goldstein Prejudice Copy Share Image
“Most Europeans at the end of the fifteenth century considered religious unity a good idea, but only Spain’s rulers believed it was… — Phyllis Goldstein Europeans Copy Share Image
“In Jerusalem, the Persians, with the help of their Jewish allies, murdered about 60,000 Christians and sold 35,000 into slavery. It was… — Phyllis Goldstein Christianity Copy Share Image
“There is no such thing as a Christian commonwealth…. [N]either Pagan nor [Muslim], nor Jew, ought to be excluded from the civil… — Phyllis Goldstein Civil rights Copy Share Image
“By the mid-1700s, people were becoming aware of that dramatic rise in immigration, and it aroused strong feelings. One Tory opponent of… — Phyllis Goldstein Immigration Copy Share Image
“By 629, the Byzantines were in control of Jerusalem again. Although Jews scrambled to make peace with the authorities, Christian religious leaders… — Phyllis Goldstein Jerusalem Copy Share Image
“Still, by the end of the thirteenth century, most European Jews were forced to wear badges or distinguishing clothing. The aim was… — Phyllis Goldstein Israel Copy Share Image
“In the ancient world, Jews were not easily distinguished from their neighbors. They did the same kinds of work, built similar homes,… — Phyllis Goldstein Jews Copy Share Image
“In May 1860, Adolphe Crémieux and other French Jewish leaders held a meeting in Paris to create a new organization known as… — Phyllis Goldstein Israel Copy Share Image
“The “age of enlightenment” ended some of the isolation, discrimination, and humiliation Jews had experienced in earlier times in Europe. Jews now… — Phyllis Goldstein Age of enlightenment Copy Share Image
“Many young Jewish men—and a few young women—responded enthusiastically to the idea of broadening their education. But they quickly found that knowledge… — Phyllis Goldstein Christianity Copy Share Image
“Religious differences were often a barrier to close ties between Jews and Christians. The word religion comes from a Latin word meaning… — Phyllis Goldstein Christianity Copy Share Image
“In the end the Senate decided that there was no emergency, nor were there grounds for a general ban on immigration. Still,… — Phyllis Goldstein Immigration Copy Share Image
“discrimination had to be justified by “scientific” evidence showing that human nature differs according to age, gender, and “race.” Until the 1700s,… — Phyllis Goldstein Discrimination Copy Share Image
“Mendelssohn was keenly aware of the difference between the respect he received and the disdain shown to other Jews. In a letter… — Phyllis Goldstein Judaism Copy Share Image
“By the sixth century, Jews were so well established on the peninsula that the king of Yemen converted to Judaism.” — Phyllis Goldstein Judaism Copy Share Image
“Mendelssohn’s books on philosophy and literature were hailed throughout Europe. He was described as “exceptional”—an “un-Jewish Jew,” one of a kind, a… — Phyllis Goldstein Books Copy Share Image
“At the time that the early Gospels were written, the Pharisees and the early Christians were competing for the hearts and minds… — Phyllis Goldstein Christianity Copy Share Image
“Zionism is to the Jewish people what the liberation movements of Africa and Asia have been to their own people….” — Phyllis Goldstein Freedom Copy Share Image
“Thus, for many Christians, showing contempt for Jews became a way of affirming their own faith.” — Phyllis Goldstein Christianity Copy Share Image
“Many Jews in the Byzantine Empire welcomed the Persians. Some saw their arrival as an opportunity to win independence or even just… — Phyllis Goldstein Byzantine empire Copy Share Image
“so many Jews in Alexandria spoke only Greek that the Hebrew Scriptures were translated into Greek for their benefit. Yet they remained… — Phyllis Goldstein Judaism Copy Share Image
“As the eighteenth- century author Jonathan Swift wrote, you cannot reason someone out of something he has not been reasoned into.” — Phyllis Goldstein Books Copy Share Image
“In October 1347, several trading ships from Genoa, Italy, pulled into the harbor at Messina in Sicily. Everyone aboard those ships was… — Phyllis Goldstein Black death Copy Share Image
“As Elie Wiesel noted, “Although we today are not responsible for the injustices of the past, we are responsible for the way… — Phyllis Goldstein Justice Copy Share Image
“Soon after the independent Kingdom of Italy was formed, Jews became citizens in the new nation, entitled to the full protection of… — Phyllis Goldstein Family Copy Share Image
“As accusations spread, so did the false belief that Jews routinely engaged in the practice of ritual murder. An accusation made repeatedly… — Phyllis Goldstein Copy Share Image
“135 years later, in 586 BCE, the Babylonians conquered Judea, the southern kingdom. They destroyed the Temple in Jerusalem and forced thousands… — Phyllis Goldstein Judaism Copy Share Image
“All religions are equal and good, if only the people that practice them are honest people; and if Turks and heathens came… — Phyllis Goldstein Honest people Copy Share Image
“For hundreds of years, Christians had been trying to convert the Jews, and now, for the first time, they had real success.… — Phyllis Goldstein Christianity Copy Share Image
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