Jewish Self-Betrayal
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Jewish Self-Betrayal |
The Contribution of the Jewish People to Their Persecution
There is no excuse for the brutal atrocities which
both Christians and Muslims inflicted on the Jewish people over many centuries.
Nevertheless it is remarkable that throughout our long history we
ourselves contributed to our misfortunes. Shortly after king Solomon died his kingdom fell
apart into two countries named Judea and Israel, the disunity leading eventually
to the conquest of both in the 6th century BCE. The vast Roman empire later took advantage of
hostilities between two Jewish factions and invaded, resulting in the eventual
destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in the year 70. The oppression of the Jews by the Romans caused
some Jews to hope for the arrival of the Moshiach. This hope led to the founding
of a new religion, later called Christianity. The Greek word Christ translates
Moschiach into Christ. Both words mean smeared. Christians
thereafter brutally murdered Jews all over Europe, culminating in the killing of
six million Jews during the dictatorial rule of Hitler, a Catholic. Christianity was a Jewish invention promoted by a
Jew named Barnabas. He wrote a book
full of the most hideous hate for his erstwhile
coreligionists. That book contains hateful accusations against Jews
repeated by Martin Luther, the founder of Protestant Christianity in his
sixteenth century book Vom Schem Hamphoras
(I translated that book into English). In the 19th century, 2.5 million Russian
and Polish Jews fled to the USA to escape persecution . Yet, nine million
remained in Europe despite Polish and Russian cruelty.
Had they left Europe, there would have been no Holocaust. Many of these Jews wanted to believe that Judaism
could not exist in America. Therefore the Nazis were able to kill all those who
could have left. Lucretius (99 –55)
BCE wrote in his book De Rerum Natura,
“Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum.” We proved him right. Shalom u'vracha. Dr. Gerhard Falk is the author of numerous publications, including 30 books and 45 journal articles. |
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