“About 40 years later, Jews in Rome were also required to live in a ghetto. If they owned property, they had to… — Phyllis Goldstein Christianity Copy Share Image
“In the late 1300s, decades after the expulsion of the Jews from England, Geoffrey Chaucer, one of England’s earliest poets, included Hugh’s… — Phyllis Goldstein Canterbury tales 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
“Antisemitism is a very peculiar pathology that recognizes no national borders. It is a mental condition conducive to paranoia and impervious to… — Phyllis Goldstein Truth Copy Share Image
“As life became more precarious for Jews in Europe, Jews in many communities became the personal property of their protectors, with no… — Phyllis Goldstein Judaism Copy Share Image
“In 721 BCE, Assyria, a neighboring empire, captured Samaria, the capital of Israel, the northern kingdom. The Assyrians forced members of the… — Phyllis Goldstein 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
“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
“The preaching of two religious orders, the Dominicans and the Franciscans, reinforced distrust of Jews.” — Phyllis Goldstein Judaism Copy Share Image
“Many Americans shared his views. The new law was extremely popular and seemed to solve the nation’s “immigrant problem,” at least for… — Phyllis Goldstein Judaism Copy Share Image
“Columbus never found the Ten Lost Tribes. However, he did unknowingly stumble upon two continents new to Europeans that would, in time,… — Phyllis Goldstein Judaism 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
“Throughout the 1970s, Soviet and Arab leaders falsely linked Zionism to racism and imperialism by arguing that Zionism was “an imperialistic militant… — Phyllis Goldstein Leadership 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
“By 629, the Byzantines were in control of Jerusalem again. Although Jews scrambled to make peace with the authorities, Christian religious leaders… — Phyllis Goldstein Judaism 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
“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 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 Racism Copy Share Image
“injustice is directly created by that fine policy which denies the poor Jews protection and residence, but receives with open arms those… — 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
“At a time when the continent’s total population was approximately 70 million, most of whom could neither read nor write, an estimated… — Phyllis Goldstein Books Copy Share Image
“In many ways, England was home to the first modern Jewish community in the world.” — Phyllis Goldstein Judaism Copy Share Image
“So the myth that Jews belonged to a distinct and inferior race continued to grow throughout Europe. That myth gave individuals and… — Phyllis Goldstein Judaism Copy Share Image
“What constituted Judaizing? Lighting candles on a Friday night, failure to attend church regularly, and even a dislike of pork were all… — Phyllis Goldstein Friday night 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
