mydidiasporizing identity {1}

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THE most violent
that rabbinic Judaism ever developed vis-a-vis its Others
was playing cards on Christmas Eve
or walking around the block to avoid passing a pagan or Christian
place of worship.

Something else was needed
for the potential racist implications of genealogical particularism
to become actualized.

THAT necessity is power over others.
THIS idea was already predicted by the medieval Jewish philosopher, Yehuda Halevi, who in his Kuzari has G D say to the Jews:
Your modesty is a function of your powerlessness;
when you have power you will be as cruel
as any other people.

~liefdesverdrietgemeenverliefd~
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