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> [“After the Black Death in the mid-1300s, the persecution of Jews intensified, and many Jews in Europe moved farther east. Some left because life at home had become too dangerous. Others headed east because they were forced from their homes.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-goldstein/after-the-black-death-in-the-mid-1300s-the-persecution-of-jews/)

[Phyllis Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-goldstein/)

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> [“In October 1347, several trading ships from Genoa, Italy, pulled into the harbor at Messina in Sicily. Everyone aboard those ships was dead or dying of a mysterious plague. Europeans called it the Black Death, because victims had black swellings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-goldstein/in-october-1347-several-trading-ships-from-genoa-italy-pulled-into/)

[Phyllis Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-goldstein/)

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## More by Phyllis Goldstein

> [“As accusations spread, so did the false belief that Jews routinely engaged in the practice of ritual murder. An accusation made repeatedly tends to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-goldstein/as-accusations-spread-so-did-the-false-belief-that-jews-routinely/)

[Phyllis Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-goldstein/)

> [“Still, by the end of the thirteenth century, most European Jews were forced to wear badges or distinguishing clothing. The aim was to humiliate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-goldstein/still-by-the-end-of-the-thirteenth-century-most-european-jews-were/)

[Phyllis Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-goldstein/)

> [“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 genius.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-goldstein/mendelssohn-s-books-on-philosophy-and-literature-were-hailed/)

[Phyllis Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-goldstein/)

> [“135 years later, in 586 BCE, the Babylonians conquered Judea, the southern kingdom. They destroyed the Temple in Jerusalem and forced thousands of Jews…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-goldstein/135-years-later-in-586-bce-the-babylonians-conquered-judea-the/)

[Phyllis Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-goldstein/)

> [“In Arab nations, many people opposed Zionism because they believed that the UN had no right to establish a Jewish state on what they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-goldstein/in-arab-nations-many-people-opposed-zionism-because-they-believed/)

[Phyllis Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-goldstein/)

> [“After the Black Death in the mid-1300s, the persecution of Jews intensified, and many Jews in Europe moved farther east. Some left because life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-goldstein/after-the-black-death-in-the-mid-1300s-the-persecution-of-jews/)

[Phyllis Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-goldstein/)

> [“Many Jews in the Byzantine Empire welcomed the Persians. Some saw their arrival as an opportunity to win independence or even just a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-goldstein/many-jews-in-the-byzantine-empire-welcomed-the-persians-some-saw/)

[Phyllis Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-goldstein/)

> [“In 1255, a five-year-old boy was found dead in a well in Lincoln, England. Many historians today believe that young Hugh accidentally fell into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-goldstein/in-1255-a-five-year-old-boy-was-found-dead-in-a-well-in-lincoln/)

[Phyllis Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-goldstein/)

> [“The Greeks and Egyptians in Alexandria understood Flaccus’s announcement to mean that they could now treat Jews as they pleased. After all, people without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-goldstein/the-greeks-and-egyptians-in-alexandria-understood-flaccus-s/)

[Phyllis Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-goldstein/)

> [“For hundreds of years, Christians had been trying to convert the Jews, and now, for the first time, they had real success. Suddenly thousands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-goldstein/for-hundreds-of-years-christians-had-been-trying-to-convert-the-jews/)

[Phyllis Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-goldstein/)

> [“With each new rumor, each new accusation, the way Christians thought about Jews became more and more distorted. Jews were increasingly seen as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-goldstein/with-each-new-rumor-each-new-accusation-the-way-christians-thought/)

[Phyllis Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-goldstein/)

> [“The “age of enlightenment” ended some of the isolation, discrimination, and humiliation Jews had experienced in earlier times in Europe. Jews now had more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-goldstein/the-age-of-enlightenment-ended-some-of-the-isolation-discrimination/)

[Phyllis Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-goldstein/)

> [“When one group defeated another, the newly conquered people were expected to accept the gods of the victor. After all, the new gods had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-goldstein/when-one-group-defeated-another-the-newly-conquered-people-were/)

[Phyllis Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-goldstein/)

> [“Antisemitism did not begin in Germany, or anywhere else, in 1918; Jews had been regarded as dangerous outsiders for centuries, and anti-Jewish feeling usually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-goldstein/antisemitism-did-not-begin-in-germany-or-anywhere-else-in-1918-jews/)

[Phyllis Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-goldstein/)

> [“I first heard of antisemitism only later, when my father told me how Oswald Mosley had fomented riots in the thirties by marching his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-goldstein/i-first-heard-of-antisemitism-only-later-when-my-father-told-me-how/)

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