“A few found a haven beyond the borders of the great empires in the harsh desert of the Arabian Peninsula.” — Phyllis Goldstein Copy Share Image
“Humanism had begun in Florence, Italy, about 20 years before the invention of the printing press. Many scholars there were astonished at… — Phyllis Goldstein Ancient greece Copy Share Image
“You could taste antisemitism everywhere; the air of Germany was permeated by it. All the unavoidable consequences of military defeat, revolution, a… — Phyllis Goldstein East and west Copy Share Image
“By the end of the eleventh century, Jews were being squeezed out of international trade and into occupations forbidden to Jews, Christians,… — Phyllis Goldstein Christianity 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 Judaism Copy Share Image
“Why, then, were Jews allowed to live among Christians? The answer dates back to the teachings of St. Augustine (see Chapter 2).… — Phyllis Goldstein Christianity 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
“In contrast to much of northern Europe, where Jews faced persecution, Spain was a haven. From the eighth century onward, Jews there… — Phyllis Goldstein Islam Copy Share Image
“The 2002 trial of a member of an al-Qaeda cell in Hamburg, Germany—the same cell to which Mohammed Atta, the ringleader of… — Phyllis Goldstein New york city 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
“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
“In 1555 the church had a new pope, Paul IV, and he was even more determined to end all heresies than earlier… — Phyllis Goldstein Christianity 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
“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
“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 ancient world, Jews were not easily distinguished from their neighbors. They did the same kinds of work, built similar homes,… — Phyllis Goldstein Judaism 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 Copy Share Image
“his passionate speech, the pope called upon Christians to take up arms and return Christian holy places in Jerusalem to the church.… — Phyllis Goldstein Christianity 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
“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
“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
“The separation of Christianity from Judaism did not happen simply or quickly. It was not a single event but rather a sometimes… — Phyllis Goldstein Christianity Copy Share Image
“In this age of empires, Jews’ insistence on maintaining their own religion and their own cultural traditions made them outsiders in both… — Phyllis Goldstein Byzantine empire Copy Share Image
“many of the key elements that define modern antisemitism can be traced to this time in history. A variety of stereotypes and… — Phyllis Goldstein History Copy Share Image
“The exiled Jews who settled in Babylonia were able to maintain their identity, in part because they were allowed to practice their… — Phyllis Goldstein Books Copy Share Image
