1/15 Self-loathing (self-hating) #Jews and the existence of #Israel. After WW2 a lot of #Jewish survivors denied their #Jewishness all together. Converted to Protestantism, became hardcore socialists or even communists. Pretending to by one of the many, instead one of the few.

2/15 Examples in my little family. Another hiding place was to marry non-Jews. Male Jew & non-Jewish woman broke the bloodline. Female #Jew & non-Jewish male was a reason to not follow Jewish traditions. No Brit Milah, no Bar/Bat Mitswah, nada. Also examples in my little family.
3/15 Remember this was in the early 1950/60’s and the man of the house decided most. The deeper thought, no, the huge fear that something like the #Holocaust could happen again was the reason for this. Don’t show the outside world you’re a #Jew, you could be round up next time.
4/15 Same attitude was transferred to their children. Don’t show your Magen David (if you ever got one), don’t tell your Jewish. Hide, hide, hide. But indoors a few customs were kept. Friday night family night, Matzohs at Easter(!) – not Pesach, some kosher food with birthdays.
5/15 Their childrens children are now the so-called #leftist, #progressive Jews who deny their #Jewishness wholehearted. Code Pink, Jstreet, JVP… you name them. #Israel is their greatest fear aka Jews with self-determination, which triggers even more #antisemitism.
6/15 #Israel is compared to Nazi’s, created the largest concentration camp(s), #apartheidstate, practices genocide. The list goes on and on. What to do? Hide, hide, hide. In anti-Israel, even blatant #antisemitic groups. Support BDS, visit #Jew hating countries.
7/15 Comparing “Nakba” to Holocaust preparations. Teaming up with the Palestinian “underdog”, ‘cause nobody did that for your family in WW2. And “no, I’m not #Jewish” - say kaddish for terrorists. How #ignorant are they. #Antisemitism doesn’t look at your actions, but ancestry.
8/15 Self-loathing Jews believe that, if #Israel didn’t exist, the world would be kind to Jews. Just Jews living amongst other people. Like they did for centuries. Foolish thought. Forgotten are the blood libels, the killings and forcible conversions to other religions.
9/15 Suddenly, the wake-up call. Verbally attacked with #antisemitism. What!? Why? We’re the good #Jews! Nobody gives a damn. You’re a #JEW no matter what. If you really like to hide, don’t post pictures of Shabbat candles and home-made challah. Stop playing hide and seek.
10/15 When you object #Israeli politics, fine. If you criticizes #Israel and only #Israel on certain issues, but chooses to ignore similar situations conducted by other countries you’re performing a double standard policy against # Israel. Don’t buy from #Jews rings a bell?
11/15 The world’s worst human rights offenders are your best friends. Denial of equal rights for women, LGBT+ prosecution, child labor, dictatorial regimes or even plain ol’ #racism don’t have an impact on you. #Pakistan and #Iran, they’re all loving and caring governments.
12/15 Calling for an #Israeli boycott and turning a blind eye towards #China, #Turkey or #Russia, double standards. Don’t pretend to be pro-Palestinian if you don’t care about them being mistreated in #Syria or #Lebanon. Even when they’re harmed by their own, you don’t care.

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"Hinduism was one of the world's most easy-going faith traditions, famed for it's non-persecutory history."

I can assure you, it is NOT.

It is neither easy-going, nor non-persecutory. In fact it is the very opposite.

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Modern Hinduism is a British colonial concept, created in concert with Brahmins, who are at the "apex" of the caste system. The word "Hindoo" in fact, is of Persian origin, meaning a person who lives in the Indus valley.

Colonialists who attempted to study Indian religion in the 18th century (NOT, at the time, Hinduism) were baffled by it. Strata of people living distinctly (the caste system) with overlapping gods didn't fit into their Judeo-Christian understanding of religion.

Which has an ecclesiastical authority, a holy book etc., which Indian religions lacked. In studying "The Hindoo", colonialists prioritized textual sources of knowledge, which is where Brahmins, the priestly caste with a monopoly over education/text come in.

Brahminism was a distinct "religion" (although i don't really want to use the term in this way) that was frankly terrorized of other castes. In fact, the very basis of Brahminism is oppression. Brahmins had scholars who recorded *Brahminical* canon textually.

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