Jewish Hatred Toward Christianity

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JEWISH HATRED TOWARDS CHRISTIANITY

By Professor Israel Shahak

DISHONOURING Christian religious symbols is an old religious duty in Judaism.

Spitting on the cross, and especially on the Crucifix, and spitting when a Jew passes a church, have been obligatory from around A. D. 200 for pious Jews. In the past, when the danger of anti-Semitic hostility was a real one, the pious Jews were commanded by their rabbis either to spit so that the reason for doing so would be unknown, or to spit onto their chests, not actually on the cross or openly before the church.

The increasing strength of the Jewish state has caused these customs to become more open again but there should be no mistake: The spitting on the cross for converts from Christianity to Judaisrn, organized in Kibbutz Sa'ad and financed by the Israel government is an act of traditional Jewish piety. It does not cease to be barbaric, horrifying and wicked because of this! On the contrary, it is worse because it is so traditional, and much more dangerous as well, just as the renewed anti-Semitism of the Nazis was dangerous, because in part, it played on the traditional Anti-Semitic past.

This barbarous attitude of contempt and hate for Christian religious symbols has grown in Israel. In the1950s Israel issued a series of stamps representing pictures of Israeli cities. In the picture of Nazareth, there was a church and on its top a cross - almost invisible, about a millimetre. Nevertheless, the religious parties, supported by many on the Zionist 'left' made a scandal and the stamps were quickly withdrawn and replaced by an almost identical series from which the microscopic cross was withdrawn.

Then there was the long drawn-out battle about the Christian influence in elementary arithmetic. Pious Jews object to the international plus sign because it is a cross, and it may in their opinion, influence little children to convert to Christianity. Another 'explanation' holds it would then be difficult to 'educate' them to spit on the cross, if they become used to it in their arithmetic exercises. Until the early 1970s two different sets of arithmetic exercise books were used in Israel: one for the secular schools, employing the inverted 'T' sign. In the early '70s' the religious fanatics converted the Labour Party to the great danger of the cross in arithmetic, and from that time, in all Hebrew elementary schools (and now many high schools as well) the international plus sign has been forbidden.

Similar development is visible in other areas of education. Teaching the New Testament was always forbidden, but in the old time conscientious teachers of history used to circumvent the prohibition, by organising seminars or sending the students to libraries (not the school libraries, of course). About 10 years ago there was a wave of denouncing such teachers. One in Jerusalem was almost sacked for advising her history pupils, who were studying the history of Jews in Palestine around A.D. 30-40, that it would he a good thing if they read a few chapters of the New Testament as a historical aid. She kept her job only by humbly promising not to do this again. However in recent years, anti-Christian feelings are literally exploding in Israel (and among Israel - worshipping Jews in the Diaspora)) together with an increase in Jewish fanaticism in other areas.

The real enemies of Truth here, as in many other aspects of the Israel reality, are the 'socialists', 'liberals', 'radicals', etc. in the U.S.A. Imagine the reaction of the U.S. Liberals, and of such papers as The Nation and New York Times if in any state whatsoever, the government financed spitting on a Star of David! But when here in Israel, the government finances the spitting on a cross, they are and will continue to be, quite silent. More than this, they help to finance it. United States taxpayers, who are of course mostly Christians, are financing at least half the Israel budget, one way or another and, therefore, the spitting on the cross.

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By Inigo Gilmore in Jerusalem

(Filed: 13/10/2004)

Christians in Jerusalem have attacked what they say is the increasingly common phenomenon of ultra-orthodox Jews spitting on them.

The statement followed a brawl between an orthodox Jewish yeshiva (religious school) student and an Armenian archbishop.

They clashed in Jerusalem's Old City after the student spat at a cross being carried by the clergyman during a procession near the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Archbishop Nourhan Manougian slapped the student and in the ensuing scuffle, his 17th century ceremonial medallion was broken.

Both were questioned by police and the student is facing charges. He has been banned from the Old City for 75 days. The Armenians say the action was inadequate.

Archbishop Manougian told an Israeli newspaper that Israeli leaders must speak out about the "daily" abuse."When there is an attack against Jews anywhere, the Israeli government is incensed, so why when our religion and pride are hurt, don't they take harsher measures?" he asked.

His critique has encouraged other Christian leaders to speak out, including a senior Greek Orthodox clergyman who has disclosed that he was recently approached by an elderly man wearing a skullcap who spat in his face.

Daniel Rossing, the director of a Jerusalem centre for Christian-Jewish dialogue, said there had been an increase in such incidents recently as "part of a general lack of tolerance".


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[Theja]

Two main reasons for Jewish extremists' hatred for the New Testament and Christianity...

1. In the past, wrongly interpreting Scripture, in the name of Christianity the Jews were persecuted, horrendous in some cases.

2. Presently, the Jews who wish to strictly adhere to Judaism as in olden times sees Christianity as a threat to them.

Christians have misunderstood and persecuted them in the past; now they misunderstand Christianity and wants any vestige of it out of Israel.

The pendulum swings to the extremes.

[jer]

There are extremists everywhere, unfortunately. I won't make any excuses for those acts, they are reprehensible. Happily, these were condemned by the Mayor of Jerusalem and Jewish groups. But that isn't enough, tolerance must be taught and spread among the youth, in Jewish schools. Religious differences must never again give rise to violence.

[_thetruth]

GUys Not all people are bad.
I have great Jewish friends since I was young and one of my friend's dad was so extreemist that he looked at me as the enemy i was not even allowed to go in his room when he was there but sat and smoked and drunk when he was out to get my revenge back. Others stoped me on many occasions from entering Jewish Parties etc...... But it never stoped me from being cool with cool Friends being Jewish or otherwise. Similar things happened to my Jewish friends.
these stupid people are not only Jewish they are also Stupid muslims and Christians and hindus

[DrJames]

People who spit on the cross sign their own doom.
I can never understand stupid people who disrespect each other ways of worship. Is God fighting over us?
Do you think he role thunders because he scared of us are because he honour us?

[Malik]

Originally posted by DrJames
People who spit on the cross sign their own doom.
I can never understand stupid people who disrespect each other ways of worship. Is God fighting over us?
Do you think he role thunders because he scared of us are because he honour us?

Would this be true if Jesus (3HS) was shot by a gun? or by lethal injection? or by a noose? Thousands upon thousands have died on a cross. I do not understand why a symbol of capital punishment is the symbol of a relgion, espicially that of Jesus (3HS).
Now if the Romans had electric chairs would everyone be running around with little golden electric chairs around their necks?