You are such a powerful speaker and fantastic teacher. Thank you creating this video covering a topic few would touch. Thanks for sharing of yourself and your experiences.
Publicizing this historical background to anti-Semitism is so necessary right now. The similarity between anti-Semitism during the 14th-century plague and the increase in anti-Semitic incidents during COVID-19 reminds us that the forms and forces of anti-Semitism are not new, just disturbingly adaptable.
@@HenryAbramsonPhD 100% agreed the anti-semetism & genocide against semetic christian palestinians is demonic by those NAZIonists. Why they are hated for practicing the perfected Judaic religion ( Catholiscism ) given to them by God ( as well as they Holy Land given to them by God ) is demonic. May the Holy Triune Catholic God help those lied to & blinded by Satan....who don't have the altar, temple ( church ) , tabernacle, priesthood, Holy Sacrifice , Divine presance that the true is ra el has ( the supernatural body of Christ)! J'ai prier pour vous monsieur. Mere du Dieu la nouvelle l'arc du covenante aidez cette homme .
Why are you commercialing social message by blocking views of comments unless $ paid! Reinforces view that bad behaviour of a Jew can unleash punishment on them by divine tools i.e. gentiles.
Why are you commercialing social message by blocking views of comments unless $ paid! Reinforces the view of a few grand rabbis of old that bad behaviour of a Jew against a fellow Jew can unleash punishment on them by divine tools i.e. gentiles.
Though not a Jew myself, I was a child among some and knew some over the years. They value learning and they work hard. I imagine that what you're describing is not hatred, but envy by people who are unwilling to undertake learning or work. If I don't achieve, I can either learn what successful people do and adopt those behaviors or blame someone else. Which is easier and which excuses my failure?
Thank you for your well presented study of this painful subject. I'm praying regularly for safety of Jewish people all over the world, as well as the tearing down of senseless anti-semitism.
@@HenryAbramsonPhD I noticed a change in attitude in adolescence that suddenly came. Growing up with playmates of mixed backgrounds from Mexican- White American- Black American. We saw ourselves as American kids, then adolescence a complete change. Very difficult to understand. Also RCC vs Protestants. My mother was WW2 bride so our culture was mixed, although we children just saw ourselves- our friends as normal Americans. Im so grateful for your lecturers. Well balanced and informative. Helps me appreciate the cultures and my own life.
I have watched your UA-cam lectures for quite some time. Thank you for your analysis. So sad that is necessary.! I am a Christian and find you to always be fair-minded and truly honest . I so appreciate all of your hard work..!
Are you aware of what the Talmud says of Jesus? and His mother Mary? My girlfriend is Jewish and from Israel. If the rabbis do mention the name of Jesus it is almost always followed by a curse such as "may his memory be erased from the earth" or "may his bones be crushed to dust". Jesus, according to the Talmud, is currently in hell in a bowl of boiling urine and feces. Talmudic Jews are anti-Christians. Do not be deceived.
Dr. Abramson, your continued efforts in educating people about all things Jewish are a blessing indeed. I'm not a Jew, but I enjoy your knowledge, wit and enlightenment tremendously.
Thank you, sir, for your rational and scholarly view of this painful issue. You displayed restraint and objectivity, yet I found myself shaking as I watched. I live in the north woods of the Midwest. I may be one of the only Jews in this sparsely populated area. I recently had a doctor, born in Saudi Arabia ask me why “everyone hates the Jews.” I calmly gave her a little history lesson but afterwards found myself feeling uncomfortable and uncertain about how to react. Was this a stab at my Jewishness or is it possible it was asked in innocence? She didn’t ask “why do some people hate the Jews.” It was “everyone.”
She is wrong, it's not everyone who hates the Jews. Satan hates the Jews coz our Saviour JESUS CHRIST was born in the Jewish Community, and God used them to give us His Holy Word. Real born again Christians love you and we are praying for Israel and the Middle East
I'm not a jew, but it might have just been a poor/innocent choice of words asking a genuine question. If you think about geographic regions, ethnicities, religions ect - "everyone" kind of does hate ya'll, just not on an individual person to person basis... Hopefully that changes, go Israel!
@@mbburry4759 People, just imagine a doctor says to an African American "why does everyone hate black people?" would you still blow that off as an acceptable question? People are so quick to have a stupid response to bigotry.
Thank you so much for this wonderful video, dear Professor. I have forwarded it to my adult friends who need to see it just as much as children and young people. Your comment about post modernism really struck a chord with me, as it has totally invaded academia and the media here in Australia. I am not Jewish, but I have always felt such empathy for Israel and the Jewish people and I would like you to know that there are so many others all over the world who feel the same way - it’s just that the biased media does not allow our voices to be heard. I also honestly believe that behind all the fancy sounding slogans about “human rights for Palestine” etc etc there is simply a basic hatred of the Jewish people for all the reasons mentioned in your video and it is being disguised under platitudes and false information. I send nothing but love and support to Israel and the Jewish people 💙🇮🇱🇦🇺💙
Here in Canada we are seeing the obvious support for Palestinians amongst younger people. It doesn’t mean that we are on the side of Hamas. As most of us saw what happened that day with the slaughter and kidnapping of Jewish citizens, I feel and think that decades of the basic imprisonment towards Palestine people by Israel has left a sour taste in many peoples mouth . Hamas went too far with there recent retaliation some might say, but what most educated people seem to understand is the pent up anger amongst the Palestinian community and decades of instability within their residence. Hamas are both smart and cowards for shielding themselves behind civilian structures. After 9/11 we wanted to blow something up. All I see on the news is the exact same thing.
I'm so sorry to hear about your student. I really hope she is okay. Thank you so much for making this video. I have directly and indirectly experienced antisemitism throughout my life but it's worse it when it comes from "friends" and colleagues. They are ordinarily anti-racist but have a blind spot when it comes to antisemitism.
Another great video and talk, Dr Abramson, thank you once again. Truly we are living in troubling times and I feel tremendously sorry for my Jewish brothers and sisters around the world who are being harassed, abused, threatened, assaulted and attacked. For those fortunate enough to be living in the USA, I'd recommend keeping a gun (with the proper training of course), as well as providing self defense training for women and children. Further, I'd strongly recommend that vulnerable individuals do not go out alone, particularly if they are visibly Jewish. This is especially important for elders, women, children and the disabled. It's a sad state of affairs that things have come to this, even in Western countries. As a non-Jew, I pray that you, your family, students, colleagues and loved ones are all healthy, happy and safe. PS I had hoped that this talk would cover antisemitism around the world, and not just in the West. For instance, I'm curious to know to what extent it existed in the Islamic world, China and India. However I realise that this is perhaps too much to ask for one video so perhaps you might consider it as a topic for a future video. Stay safe Dr Abramson 🙏🏽
I do not know first-hand, but I have read that anti-Semitism only began in the Islamic world starting in the 1800s. In those books/sources it said that it can be traced to Christian missionaries and colonists bringing over ideas of the blood libel. So the periodization he mentioned (the last two of the four periods before his thesis of a fifth "postmodern" antisemitism) also applies to other places like the Middle East or China, but the "logic" of the hate makes even less sense in those cultures. For whatever it's worth.
Today's anti-Semitism is more a cultural phenomena resulting mostly from propaganda campaigns or group thinking. The first ghetto was created in mid 1500 in Vienna, and unlike today, back then the Jewish people were easily distinguishable from the gentiles, looking 'Jewish' was part of their system of beliefs so their communities tended to group together, isolated from other communities and as much as possible, avoiding communications with everyone else. If you add to that the pretension of being 'the chosen ones', the dubious financial practices and the victim complex, all going back to a distant past, that obviously created much resentment from other members of the societies shared between these hardly communicating and sympathizing communities. Anti-Semitism was more justifiable back then, when very few even dared venture out of the safety of their closed up community. When someone proclaims high and loud their difference and superiority from everyone else, the resulting antagonism and occasional violence towards them if intolerable, is at least understandable.
@@joshuajasper5984that is a beautiful myth. I think in general we all want to believe that there were primordial eras of peace and harmony because it implies the possibility of “return.” The version you present also has a clear “bad guy”/source of the “taint” that set everything on the wrong path. It is tempting to tell ourselves that kind of story, The reality was much more complex. The leader/ruler determined the fate of Jews. Some were tolerant, requiring not much more than compliance with the dhimmi regulations (like paying the jizya, the special tax, not building synagogues, public displays of subservience). However, if one looks at, for example, Maimonides’s writing, one can read concrete examples of the dangers and difficulties in places that were harsh but still tolerated some Jewish life.
@@saraleigh5336 I don't necessarily disagree. I didn't say that everything was peace and harmony, but just that systemic anti-Semitism such as the blood libel didn't exist outside Europe in the same way. It was generally more about discrimination but not persecution of all the minorities equally (the dhimmi and jizya tax). But as I said, I am not an expert in this subject and my response is largely based on a book that came recommended by a professor to me in college. The basic thesis of "The Jews of Islam" by Bernard Lewis is that there were no systemic theological or cultural biases against Jews in most periods of Islamic history (very unlike medieval Christianity), with some limited exceptions such as Yemen and certain periods of Muslim Spain. That changed only with the rise of European influence in the 1800s. I do know that other historians disagree with this basic thesis and argue that a uniquely Islamic anti-Semitism did exist at the time.
@@joshuajasper5984 the idea of convivencia was very popular and charming, but has been discredited. It depended where in the Islamic world, which regime, and which ruler in that regime. If one begins to study the development of Islam, one begins to learn about systemic antisemitism. You are right, it does present differently. I think especially looking at the Mideast now, the idea of a time of convivencia is particularly attractive.
You are so right that antisemitism "doesn't have to make sense." I well remember the hate-filled look on the face of the boy who cornered me on the school yard and called me a "Dirty Commie Nazi Jewish Witch." I was so surprised that i laughed out loud and tried to explain that this was a contradiction in terms. I barely got three words out before he punched me in the face. Later, my mother said, "Well, at least he didn't call you an "International Jewish Commie Banker." Turned out that she had been called that in her younger years. Funny now, and kinda sad, to think of us bonding over the illogic of our tormentors, but that was our way of coping.
I can’t understand why there’s so much hatred for the Jewish people. We’re all human being! I have nothing but admired the Israelites ever since. As a catholic I respect their culture and beliefs. They’re hard working people and able to improve their lives from nothing in a short period of time.
No more hate than any other collective group, really ......yes, Really😳 ......They are being hated on TODAY, for the 10s of 1000s of Men, Women, and Children, being murdered in plain sight, in Gaza, by the Israeli Govt Stop the killing, Stops the hate👀
Would love to hear you do an in depth, focused analysis on the more recent peace negotiations. Why did they break down? What were the true reasons beyond the quick news blips on popular media? Keep up the good work!
So much of what you say Rabbi makes sense. Since October 7 I've been trying to understand this conflict. Listening to Jewish/Semitic history on UA-cam has been enlightening. What I am beginning to understand now is only the very tip of the iceberg. Thank you so much Rabbi and God bless
Your most important piece to date. One way that hatred is nourished over the years and applies to many different groups, is using stereotypes as a misguided attempt at humor.
I love your Bar Mitzvah picture, so cute! You have your mother's beautiful hair. I love your videos and was not expecting this picture. I request you release more Bar Mitzvah pictures!
Non Jewish atheist here... appreciate all your work educating the public on Jewish history and contemporary issues facing Jewish people. An invaluable contribution to the debate.
Thank you so much for your eloquent and clear lecture and heartfelt final words. Reflection and looking back is never a weakness - it's how we learn, hopefully, so that the bad of history does not repeat. One thing that I am learning from recent times is that extremism in any group hinders and destroys peace. So many innocent lives are affected, both Israelis and Palestinians. I am so glad this non-Jew has run into your wonderful videos. I look forward to watching more.
Thank you for sharing this, Dr. Abramson. Your videos are always helpful. We're doing our best to move our Christian traditions past the infection of supersessionism, starting at home. To fully understand the current period, I'm looking for any material I can find more recent than Benny Morris to balance out the Pappe narrative of cynical colonial predators. Will continue watching almost everything you post!
I (and many other) sincerely appreciate your moving in the direction that permits mutual respect for each other’s beliefs. You may be familiar with Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z”l, the late chief Rabbi of England. He wrote a book called _The Dignity of Difference_, which centers on the idea that different communities have different paths.
Dr. Abramson, I think this is your most important lecture to date and one that will, hopefully, cause us to pause for thought in a span of history that takes me back to the dark days of June 1967, when I came of age as a secular Zionist, a state of being that has never waivered, though this does not preclude my criticism of the government, nor my wish for there to be peace among all the peoples of the Holy Land and beyond.
This was very informative and will help me explain this to my Gen Z offspring. I also learned a good deal that will help me in debates with my peers, many of whom seem to have no concept of the history of this conflict prior to 2005/6. The blockade is all they can talk about. They don't even seem to remember the suicide bombing era.
I am very appreciative of your videos. Your dispassionate tone is essential and yet I imagine is not always easy to keep… Always looking for current sources like Abba Eben was. Thank you so much.
My best friend here in Tzfat has much in common with you. Also brought up in rural Canada. Her and her mother did tshuva and came to Israel and the father and brother stayed in Canada. She does huge amounts of chessed.
Hi, I was thinking a lot about the roots of Jew heatred in Europe in modern era and one reason for it that many people forget about, is the IQ disparity and arrogance of being smarter/better/right associated with it. One of the main reasons for hate in general is the feeling of being inferior to the other group or person (Palestinians now or European peasentry in early modern era) which is being intensified by the arrogance of the person/group that is factually smarter. Jews in Europe were considered smarter than the general population (hence the idea of Jews secretly ruling the world) so I believe with emancipation of peasentry and rise of comunnism and socialism the hate for the smarter one really took off especially that it had a face, a Jewish face.
As a Christian, it is horrifying to know what has been done to Jews in the name of Christ. Bad theology doesn’t fully explain the atrocities related to the false charges blood libel and host desecration. I know there is are multitudes of attempts by Christians of different persuasions to think through what the Biblical relationship is between the Church and Israel. Most of them mix the two together or see the church as successionist or completionist, or today espouse replacement theology. Your statement on the Mother-Daughter relationship is one way of describing this. These ideas play into the mindset that the Jews somehow lost their special relationship to GOD and therefore have no claim to the unconditional promises he made to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. This has given many Christians a freedom to side with people who expressly desire to do the Jews serious harm. I sometimes wonder if they are aware that there would be no Church without the Jews, or if they ever really read Romans.
It's interesting because I am a Jew who accepts Christ however I see this chapter as a continuation of Judaism, not as a separate religion. The split has given rise to a sort of tribalism, an us against them mentality that has been the source of much hurt over the years.
Dr Abramson - I am a 76 year old Protestant who is reading the entire Bible for the first time and marvel at the Jewish history of God’s Chosen. Thank you for all your beautifully expressed presentations needed at such a time as this. Shalom.
Thank you so much for this, very much a necessary exploration of what is, again, sadly, a thriving phenomenon. I don’t know ( but can easily imagine ) what happened to my father to make him, now, retreat in horror and vehement rejection of his Jewish descent. My own experiences range from sitting, tearily, at the dinner table ( or ‘tea time’, as we call it in Australia ) of a very dear friend, as his mother smiled with a frankly very nasty cynicism, commenting on the “ nice little Jewish boy sitting there, with his Victorian manners “. What I’d done wrong, I hadn’t a clue. These sorts of things I ended up simply not telling my mother, who was prone to getting extremely upset at accounts of any schoolyard, street, or other locales in which anti-Semitism reared up. Here in Japan, ironically, the upset & insult springs up from a default response to one’s Jewishness ( sometimes from complete strangers, often drunk ) by showering you with ‘compliments’ of ‘your people’s wealth and intelligence’. Any protests at the inaccuracy and stereotyping associated with these sorts of descriptions is simply ignored, or met with incredulity. Tragically, quite open hostility, always present, emanating from South Asians of a Salafi, or at least simply pious Muslim identity, has now escalated, and I can easily imagine what happened to that poor young woman. She has all of my sympathies.
Thankyou for the video. My young daughters and myself have experienced antisemitic verbal hate. We live in a rural area and the nearest Jewish Community is hours away. I had to move my children to a different school in a different area. We had witnesses but the police urged me to drop the case. I suddenly felt like a total outcast. I am a secular Jew and live in a country I wasn't born in. As you point out xenophobia has a lot to do with it. I have not moved away as I love my home and I don't care that most of the people ignore me. My daughters have found different friends. What bothers me the most that the horrific verbal hate was done by Christians who pray in church every Sunday. Just so two faced. The blood libel is still alive and kicking.
There are bad apples in every group. Unfortunately you ran into some ignorant people there. The worst thing you can do is generalize this behavior to all Christians. Don't allow hatred to take root as it will steal your peace. Shalom.
Many thanks for this fascinating talk. As a secular atheist, ex-Catholic, I do not concur with any religion of course, but have nothing but respect for the Jewish tradition - especially their tradition of study and thinking generally. Who else can compare? Their refusal to bow-down to the various local enforced religions they have endured is wonderful and joyous - if only more people had done this in the past. It seems to me that certain people do have a need to hate somebody, anybody, and spit out their hate. Like a snake venting their poison. I happen to have a friend who seems to loathe numerous political or public figures for no apparent reason. Even quite harmless actors or comedians. Constantly shouting about them, on-line of course. (Oddly, he’s actually very pro-Israel at the moment. Go figure :-) These goys -what can you do?
I’m a first time listener of the Dr. Abrams on historical lectures, and am very glad I found his channel on internet expanses. I am a very curious person and like to understand everything from true facts. Learning about peoples sins of discrimination, abuse, perceived superiority, etc. over the ages of history of our existence I feel very sad and disappointed in humanity, even though I remember & recognize humanity’s great achievements. Right now, I am not overly confident that the world-wide situation will soon improve. Sadly it seems, everything is pointing out in the opposite direction of people’s selfishness, aggression, hate and wars. Sometimes I think that we don’t deserve God’s blessings b/c we failed Him, and the afterlife feels better and safer than today’s reality 😢. However, the glimmer of hope still glows deep in my soul that wisdom & good will would prevail! So, I feel and want to conclude with the words: from the river to the sea I pray Israel is always free!!! 🇮🇱🕊️🕊️🕊️
Two things; First, i really thought Borat was a fictional character and, secondly, shouting out the awesome death metal kings "Deicide" was a nice touch and you've earned my eternal respect and subscription as a result...
I am sorry for your student and hope that she is recovering well. Thank you for your calm and collected reaction to this tsunami of unspeakable horror. May your efforts help to heal the world, thank you Sir.
00:52 In it for less than a minute and already thinking and want to express that no matter where I am going to learn in this video that hatred of Jews "comes from" which I cannot fathom and want to understand (in order to hope in hate's eradication) ~ any present hatred of Jews (other than let us for obvious reasons exclude Palestinians) is a 'learned hatred'. We are not born with hate. We become indoctrinated into whatever belief our parents, culture or whomever raised us held ~ their biases and prejudices. This goes for all hatred of 'an other entire race or culture." godspeed.
Great teaching Proffesor. Very enlightening. We in some parts of Africa especially Christians were in total darkness about the Jews history. Especially their link to Christianity. Recently I was shocked to hear that the Torah is just the same as our Old Testament in the bible. We also do have a small community of Jews in Namibia (a former German colony) in Southern Africa. I appreciate your videos and pls stay safe.
Thank you for your openess, your truthfulness about your personal experiences. Very eye opening as well. Its good for everyone to hear these stories and hopefully learn through these stories. Again thank you so much for everything you do, your beautiful intelligent teachings and wisdom 🙏🙏🙏 I absolutely love love love your teachings ✅ you have such a beautiful talent, extremely intelligent but have a loving heart and i just want to say blessings to you and thank you so much for all of your hard work!! 🙏🙏❤️✅✅🌸🙏🙏🙏
Most of the reasons for Jewish hate and resentment, that I’ve seen across many platforms online, fall into these categories: •Jewish supremacy •Cultural segregation by choice •Individual greed and group greed •Exploitation of non Jewish people, throughout the world This is not my view, just an observation of the views of those who have expressed negativity towards the community. I’ve also come an across a lot of Jewish people saying that the negativity has a lot to do with what has happened in centuries past. However, it seems to have a lot more to do with what is happening with the Jewish generation alive today, rather than what has happened hundreds of years ago
Jews do not ingratiate themselves to non-Jews. Before I knew what anti-semitism was I had a paper route. To a tee NONE of the Jewish families tipped me well or at all. I trudged through snow with my dog. One guy Gersh - a dentist with the best house on the street NEVER tipped me once in 7 years. Never would shake my hand and thank me at the end of the year as other non Jews would. As years went on and I became a working class guy who lifted/fixed things, every time I was disrespected or my work overlooked it was by white collar Jewish people who tend to have jobs and culture where nobody they ever knew lifted anything in their lives. That's partly where it comes from. They do themselves no favors.
Blood libel is still alive and well in Finland. I was pushing my grandson in a carriage on the market square in Turku at Passover time, when a young man suddenly attacked us shouting out blood libel accusations. At least 200 people stood by and watched while I tried to protect the baby. A Kurdish woman from one corner and an Indian man from the opposite corner rushed to pull him off us, or I suppose the Finns would have allowed him to kill us. The police simply turned their backs. Oh, and by the way, I am not even Jewish.
@@gfriedman99 Yes, probably a random person with mental issues. But it does encapsulate several of the trends that Henry Abramson so articulately describes.
Once hate (fear) takes root - it becomes reality. The important question always is; what germinates the seed - as it must surely be something collective, traumatic and generational
Thank you very much for your teaching...I became a Christian many years ago and had a Supernatural experience with God's Holy Spirit...I have always respected Jewish people as they are our God's chosen people whom He worked through in the Old Testament..(and where the Ten Commandments came from)...and where it was prophesied many times that a Messiah would come to save His People..I respect your belief that you are still awaiting the Messiah...I had the honour of working with a Jewish man whom I supported through difficult times for him...Bless you ....Have you ever come across a book entitled 'Betrayed' by the Author named Stan Telchin..a Jewish family man of standing in his community...an extremely good read from Jewish perspective
What a fantastic video. So well and clearly explained while keeping (mostly) apolitical. Thank you very much and yes we could all do with shalom right now. One comment / question. You focus a lot on the Christian/ western history and evolution of anti-Semitism, but not on the east / Moslem story. I wonder to what extent looking at this from the perspective of the Islamic world might help understand the anti-Semitism we are seeing today (which must surel have its roots in that world at least as much as the Christian world given that the Israel / Palestine conflict is more Jewish / Moslem than Jewish / Christian)? Could it be that new-wave antisem is some merger of the two?
I am not a Jewish but have many Jewish friends and never understood why antisemitism exists. I am very interested in the history of Spanish Jews. I saw and read few times references to Jews-pirates. Is it true? Jews -pirates is very interesting idea and very unlikely in my understanding. Thank you.
Perhaps the haters see something negative in things like Deuteronomy 15:6 and ברוך אתה ה' א-להינו מלך העולם, שלא עשאני גוי I think all people are equal and any supremacist ideology is ridiculous.
@@HenryAbramsonPhD Yes, the text is extremely deplorable. Footstools and winepresses, plowmen and vinedressers, the descendants of Esau being destroyed, there is so much to dislike even without considering the commentaries. And yes, anyone who hates is ridiculous because all that is happening is the person (or group) they hate is perceived to be a victim by everyone else. Hate is a counterproductive waste of time for everyone concerned.
@@HenryAbramsonPhDDo you believe that Israel currently or historically does not harbor hate for others and that policies/laws could more reflect a peaceful religion in a more effective way in the future? Thanks Shannon
I whole heartedly agree - I have absolutely no idea why anyone hates Jews. Antisemitism is a cesspool of irrational hate. It is senseless. The Jewish people have contributed so very much to the world - especially the Western world -- It’s beyond sad It’s a tragedy of epic proportions Thank you for your videos
Even though we can't be certain of who's the real devil in the historical ages, but from what I've learnt from this video, I must say, I'm not surprised at all considering my knowledge of Human Psychology both as individuals and as Society, Racial population or Religious Population.
Humans are the basic units of Human Civilization and that is the only truth I believe in. Evil and Good are everywhere, especially under the game of manipulation.
Excellent explanation thankyou. I'm a rather lapsed catholic educated in the UK 60s and 70s..l did not experience any dislike of the Jewish faith. My mum would talk to us about the holocaust and such awful behaviours of the nazi regime as she was 18yrs old when WW2 started. May it all cease and we all continue to live together in peace x
20:30 I learned the other day that Ashkenazi Jews have a gene that when only one is present makes them resistant to TB - in the same way that sickle cell anemia when only one gene is present makes the carriers immune to malaria. I learned about it watching an old class at Stanford by Prof. Robert Sapolsky.
What happened to your student happened to me in England as a boy from the ages of 8 to 10, suddenly from nowhere I was punched or beaten for the only reason of being a "wog". Insults and hate gaze for being a wog were also a daily routine in my life in England until we moved back to Venezuela in October 1971. So I know what it feels to be hated, insulted, kicked, beaten, and spit for no reason but for being a foreigner and it not only happened in the streets, my neighborhood or in the cities and towns but in school by lots of teachers and staff. And I have to emphasize it occurred daily.
As a born Christian practicing Noahide, I believe there is a level of guilt by many today. When Jewish people carry themselves with a loyalty to G-d, follow the Mitvahs and represent more of what Jesus himself espousedt than what todays Christians do, it is more self guilt than hate. I wouldn't say there is envy but a grudging respect to the dedication of others. There is also a heavy dose of ignorance, this is true of all religions really. Ignorance breeds irrational contempt.
Excellent Synopsis... Your concise descriptions ,historical observations and explanations really are a healing salve . TODAH You are light to the Holy Instruction.
Shalom! I love your channel. I don't know if this is the correct video to post this message, but it's your most recent as of today. Forgive me if you have already done a video on this. I wonder if you could make video about Jewish attempts to resettle in Israel (Palestine) prior to the 20th Century. What happened to Jews who tried to move back after Diaspora? Was there ever an attempt made by the local Muslim population to acknowledge a sort of "Right of Return"? I believe you touched briefly on some of this during the Crusades. All the best from Vancouver BC!
The world should be ashamed of itself for not being able to eradicate antisemitism. But it says a lot about mankind that we are able to mutate it to survive in different contexts and even have it penetrate what should be centres of enlightened learning,
15:30 there's a saying in Portuguese: the worst blind is the one who doesn't want to see. I never imagined it (probably) originated from a religious idea. There are others that come from the Book of Proverbs (a golden ring isn't fit for a pig's nose - from (paraphrased) a woman without common sense is like a golden ring on a pig's nose) and from the Ecclesiastes (what is croocked from birth will remain croocked for life - from: what is croocked can't be made straight / what is missing cannot be counted. IMHO, the saying is actually an incorrect interpretation of the original text).
I personally don’t believe Islamic antisemitism could’ve developed organically in the Arabian peninsula. It must’ve had some influence from the Byzantines or maybe the ghassanids, as they were orthodox Christian monophysites. It’s just too wild to believe such hatred just pops up in an area where Jews had lived peacefully for so long, especially in Yemen and Medina
I have stopped & started this video alot. Evil=sin. Im a Christian & have prayed, Israel do as Joshua did. Fight as King David. I will continue to pray Psalm 91 over Israel 🇮🇱 and for all Jews ✡️. I an old but I pray that Christian's will show up Nov 14,2023 in DC to show our support for Israel and the Jewish people. Thank you so much for your teaching.
Thank for the good video, sorry to know about your student, it is scary to think what will happen, next, it is new thinking with this new post modernism?
Dr A is inspiring as usually in his calm approach to a charged topic. I do feel however that this detached approach has missed the bulk of the phenomenon. As a Jew growing up in a Soviet Ukraine, I’ve felt this hatred unconnected to any of the religious sentiments. The bias was there at every level of the irreligious society. I feel that Dr A has left out a very important component of jealousy towards a super successful middleman minority. See Thomas Sowell on this articulation. Also seem to me to be lacking in integrity are contributory causes of Jewish belief in being Chosen people and our social separation. The charges of being both communists and capitalists also happen to be true. The solution to Antisemitism (if it’s at all possible) is not to deny that many of those sentiments are rooted in factors that are more disproportionately prevalent among Jews. I wish that Dr A should’ve also given a better exposure to connection of Nazism and Islamism. Lastly, no connection was highlighted between class struggle morphing into a new iteration of Jew hatred. Specifically of totalitarian USSR and current anti-Israel movements in the liberal West.
Blessings to you and your family. Thank you for your continued scholarship and efforts. שבוע טוב
And the same to you and yours! Thank you.
You are such a powerful speaker and fantastic teacher. Thank you creating this video covering a topic few would touch. Thanks for sharing of yourself and your experiences.
Thanks for the kind words, glad you found it helpful.
It hurts that a video like this even needs to be made.
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Your "weakness" of looking back; is a strength we can all benefit from. You are a gifted teacher and a blessing.
Thank you!
Thank you for the kind words.
Support this great man of God!
Publicizing this historical background to anti-Semitism is so necessary right now. The similarity between anti-Semitism during the 14th-century plague and the increase in anti-Semitic incidents during COVID-19 reminds us that the forms and forces of anti-Semitism are not new, just disturbingly adaptable.
I agree.
Huh? Anti asian racism perhaps
@@HenryAbramsonPhD 100% agreed the anti-semetism & genocide against semetic christian palestinians is demonic by those NAZIonists.
Why they are hated for practicing the perfected Judaic religion ( Catholiscism ) given to them by God ( as well as they Holy Land given to them by God ) is demonic.
May the Holy Triune Catholic God help those lied to & blinded by Satan....who don't have the altar, temple ( church ) , tabernacle, priesthood, Holy Sacrifice , Divine presance that the true is ra el has ( the supernatural body of Christ)!
J'ai prier pour vous monsieur.
Mere du Dieu la nouvelle l'arc du covenante aidez cette homme .
@@HenryAbramsonPhD Why not enlighten the Quran and Mohammad Sunnah manifested Islamic hate, enmity and violence?
109 countries. 1,030 different locations. Zero chance they communicated and conspired together throughout it. Tell the truth
Thank you for your carefully considered and compassionate thoughts on this topic, Dr. Abramson.
Thank you for all you do. Your work is so important.
Thank you for the kind words, and for supporting the research!
Why are you commercialing social message by blocking views of comments unless $ paid!
Reinforces view that bad behaviour of a Jew can unleash punishment on them by divine tools i.e. gentiles.
Why are you commercialing social message by blocking views of comments unless $ paid!
Reinforces the view of a few grand rabbis of old that bad behaviour of a Jew against a fellow Jew can unleash punishment on them by divine tools i.e. gentiles.
Sir, as a Christian, Im so grateful for your adding clarity to these issues.
Thank you
You mistake one-sided religious splaining for clarity.
@@marwar819 in the next video, He can use your comment as a perfect example of modern day, antisemitism.
Though not a Jew myself, I was a child among some and knew some over the years. They value learning and they work hard. I imagine that what you're describing is not hatred, but envy by people who are unwilling to undertake learning or work. If I don't achieve, I can either learn what successful people do and adopt those behaviors or blame someone else. Which is easier and which excuses my failure?
Thanks for your thoughtful comment
Thank you for your well presented study of this painful subject. I'm praying regularly for safety of Jewish people all over the world, as well as the tearing down of senseless anti-semitism.
Me too
@@HenryAbramsonPhD I noticed a change in attitude in adolescence that suddenly came. Growing up with playmates of mixed backgrounds from Mexican- White American- Black American. We saw ourselves as American kids, then adolescence a complete change. Very difficult to understand. Also RCC vs Protestants. My mother was WW2 bride so our culture was mixed, although we children just saw ourselves- our friends as normal Americans. Im so grateful for your lecturers. Well balanced and informative. Helps me appreciate the cultures and my own life.
Adolescence is a game changer for all cultures.
I have watched your UA-cam lectures for quite some time. Thank you for your analysis. So sad that is necessary.! I am a Christian and find you to always be fair-minded and truly honest . I so appreciate all of your hard work..!
Are you aware of what the Talmud says of Jesus? and His mother Mary? My girlfriend is Jewish and from Israel. If the rabbis do mention the name of Jesus it is almost always followed by a curse such as "may his memory be erased from the earth" or "may his bones be crushed to dust". Jesus, according to the Talmud, is currently in hell in a bowl of boiling urine and feces. Talmudic Jews are anti-Christians. Do not be deceived.
Dr. Abramson, your continued efforts in educating people about all things Jewish are a blessing indeed.
I'm not a Jew, but I enjoy your knowledge, wit and enlightenment tremendously.
Thank you for the kind words.
Thank you, sir, for your rational and scholarly view of this painful issue. You displayed restraint and objectivity, yet I found myself shaking as I watched. I live in the north woods of the Midwest. I may be one of the only Jews in this sparsely populated area. I recently had a doctor, born in Saudi Arabia ask me why “everyone hates the Jews.” I calmly gave her a little history lesson but afterwards found myself feeling uncomfortable and uncertain about how to react. Was this a stab at my Jewishness or is it possible it was asked in innocence? She didn’t ask “why do some people hate the Jews.” It was “everyone.”
She is wrong, it's not everyone who hates the Jews. Satan hates the Jews coz our Saviour JESUS CHRIST was born in the Jewish Community, and God used them to give us His Holy Word.
Real born again Christians love you and we are praying for Israel and the Middle East
I'm not a jew, but it might have just been a poor/innocent choice of words asking a genuine question.
If you think about geographic regions, ethnicities, religions ect - "everyone" kind of does hate ya'll, just not on an individual person to person basis... Hopefully that changes, go Israel!
I got to this informative video, by searching "for why does everyone hate the jews" btw. It could actually be a genuine question...
@@mbburry4759 People, just imagine a doctor says to an African American "why does everyone hate black people?" would you still blow that off as an acceptable question? People are so quick to have a stupid response to bigotry.
Thank you so much for this wonderful video, dear Professor. I have forwarded it to my adult friends who need to see it just as much as children and young people. Your comment about post modernism really struck a chord with me, as it has totally invaded academia and the media here in Australia. I am not Jewish, but I have always felt such empathy for Israel and the Jewish people and I would like you to know that there are so many others all over the world who feel the same way - it’s just that the biased media does not allow our voices to be heard. I also honestly believe that behind all the fancy sounding slogans about “human rights for Palestine” etc etc there is simply a basic hatred of the Jewish people for all the reasons mentioned in your video and it is being disguised under platitudes and false information. I send nothing but love and support to Israel and the Jewish people 💙🇮🇱🇦🇺💙
Thank you for the kind words, I appreciate that you shared the video.
Here in Canada we are seeing the obvious support for Palestinians amongst younger people. It doesn’t mean that we are on the side of Hamas.
As most of us saw what happened that day with the slaughter and kidnapping of Jewish citizens, I feel and think that decades of the basic imprisonment towards Palestine people
by Israel has left a sour taste in many peoples mouth . Hamas went too far with there recent retaliation some might say, but what most educated people seem to understand is the pent up
anger amongst the Palestinian community and decades of instability within their residence.
Hamas are both smart and cowards for shielding themselves behind civilian structures. After 9/11 we wanted to blow something up. All I see on the news is the exact same thing.
I'm so sorry to hear about your student. I really hope she is okay.
Thank you so much for making this video. I have directly and indirectly experienced antisemitism throughout my life but it's worse it when it comes from "friends" and colleagues. They are ordinarily anti-racist but have a blind spot when it comes to antisemitism.
She's just a bit shaken up, otherwise ok, thanks for asking.
Have you done anything to end Israel’s international and humanitarian laws offences in Israel? That’s would help
@@jacobjorgenson9285thank you for providing such a clear example of anti-Jewish racism.
Another great video and talk, Dr Abramson, thank you once again. Truly we are living in troubling times and I feel tremendously sorry for my Jewish brothers and sisters around the world who are being harassed, abused, threatened, assaulted and attacked. For those fortunate enough to be living in the USA, I'd recommend keeping a gun (with the proper training of course), as well as providing self defense training for women and children. Further, I'd strongly recommend that vulnerable individuals do not go out alone, particularly if they are visibly Jewish. This is especially important for elders, women, children and the disabled. It's a sad state of affairs that things have come to this, even in Western countries. As a non-Jew, I pray that you, your family, students, colleagues and loved ones are all healthy, happy and safe.
PS I had hoped that this talk would cover antisemitism around the world, and not just in the West. For instance, I'm curious to know to what extent it existed in the Islamic world, China and India. However I realise that this is perhaps too much to ask for one video so perhaps you might consider it as a topic for a future video.
Stay safe Dr Abramson 🙏🏽
I do not know first-hand, but I have read that anti-Semitism only began in the Islamic world starting in the 1800s. In those books/sources it said that it can be traced to Christian missionaries and colonists bringing over ideas of the blood libel. So the periodization he mentioned (the last two of the four periods before his thesis of a fifth "postmodern" antisemitism) also applies to other places like the Middle East or China, but the "logic" of the hate makes even less sense in those cultures. For whatever it's worth.
Today's anti-Semitism is more a cultural phenomena resulting mostly from propaganda campaigns or group thinking. The first ghetto was created in mid 1500 in Vienna, and unlike today, back then the Jewish people were easily distinguishable from the gentiles, looking 'Jewish' was part of their system of beliefs so their communities tended to group together, isolated from other communities and as much as possible, avoiding communications with everyone else. If you add to that the pretension of being 'the chosen ones', the dubious financial practices and the victim complex, all going back to a distant past, that obviously created much resentment from other members of the societies shared between these hardly communicating and sympathizing communities. Anti-Semitism was more justifiable back then, when very few even dared venture out of the safety of their closed up community. When someone proclaims high and loud their difference and superiority from everyone else, the resulting antagonism and occasional violence towards them if intolerable, is at least understandable.
@@joshuajasper5984that is a beautiful myth. I think in general we all want to believe that there were primordial eras of peace and harmony because it implies the possibility of “return.” The version you present also has a clear “bad guy”/source of the “taint” that set everything on the wrong path. It is tempting to tell ourselves that kind of story,
The reality was much more complex. The leader/ruler determined the fate of Jews. Some were tolerant, requiring not much more than compliance with the dhimmi regulations (like paying the jizya, the special tax, not building synagogues, public displays of subservience). However, if one looks at, for example, Maimonides’s writing, one can read concrete examples of the dangers and difficulties in places that were harsh but still tolerated some Jewish life.
@@saraleigh5336 I don't necessarily disagree. I didn't say that everything was peace and harmony, but just that systemic anti-Semitism such as the blood libel didn't exist outside Europe in the same way. It was generally more about discrimination but not persecution of all the minorities equally (the dhimmi and jizya tax).
But as I said, I am not an expert in this subject and my response is largely based on a book that came recommended by a professor to me in college. The basic thesis of "The Jews of Islam" by Bernard Lewis is that there were no systemic theological or cultural biases against Jews in most periods of Islamic history (very unlike medieval Christianity), with some limited exceptions such as Yemen and certain periods of Muslim Spain. That changed only with the rise of European influence in the 1800s. I do know that other historians disagree with this basic thesis and argue that a uniquely Islamic anti-Semitism did exist at the time.
@@joshuajasper5984 the idea of convivencia was very popular and charming, but has been discredited. It depended where in the Islamic world, which regime, and which ruler in that regime. If one begins to study the development of Islam, one begins to learn about systemic antisemitism. You are right, it does present differently. I think especially looking at the Mideast now, the idea of a time of convivencia is particularly attractive.
You are so right that antisemitism "doesn't have to make sense." I well remember the hate-filled look on the face of the boy who cornered me on the school yard and called me a "Dirty Commie Nazi Jewish Witch." I was so surprised that i laughed out loud and tried to explain that this was a contradiction in terms. I barely got three words out before he punched me in the face. Later, my mother said, "Well, at least he didn't call you an "International Jewish Commie Banker." Turned out that she had been called that in her younger years. Funny now, and kinda sad, to think of us bonding over the illogic of our tormentors, but that was our way of coping.
Agreed
I can’t understand why there’s so much hatred for the Jewish people. We’re all human being! I have nothing but admired the Israelites ever since. As a catholic I respect their culture and beliefs. They’re hard working people and able to improve their lives from nothing in a short period of time.
Precisely my question since I was fifteen.
No more hate than any other collective group, really ......yes, Really😳
......They are being hated on TODAY, for the 10s of 1000s of Men, Women, and Children, being murdered in plain sight, in Gaza, by the Israeli Govt
Stop the killing, Stops the hate👀
@@HenryAbramsonPhDit’s fear and ignorance and the lack of individual accountability for our own lives that seems so prevalent today.
We killed Jesus? We are a powerful minority.
HUMANITY comes first you should LOVE & RESPECT every RELIGION, PEOPLE who don't do this are a Serious Threat to the Society
Would love to hear you do an in depth, focused analysis on the more recent peace negotiations. Why did they break down? What were the true reasons beyond the quick news blips on popular media?
Keep up the good work!
So much of what you say Rabbi makes sense. Since October 7 I've been trying to understand this conflict. Listening to Jewish/Semitic history on UA-cam has been enlightening. What I am beginning to understand now is only the very tip of the iceberg. Thank you so much Rabbi and God bless
Your most important piece to date. One way that hatred is nourished over the years and applies to many different groups, is using stereotypes as a misguided attempt at humor.
I love your Bar Mitzvah picture, so cute! You have your mother's beautiful hair. I love your videos and was not expecting this picture. I request you release more Bar Mitzvah pictures!
Thank you. I don't have too many more of them, though.
Thank you dr. Abramson. Especially for your last words. Like the Talmud says; words that emanate from the heart, enter the heart. Shabbat shalom
Non Jewish atheist here... appreciate all your work educating the public on Jewish history and contemporary issues facing Jewish people. An invaluable contribution to the debate.
Thank you so much for your eloquent and clear lecture and heartfelt final words. Reflection and looking back is never a weakness - it's how we learn, hopefully, so that the bad of history does not repeat. One thing that I am learning from recent times is that extremism in any group hinders and destroys peace. So many innocent lives are affected, both Israelis and Palestinians. I am so glad this non-Jew has run into your wonderful videos. I look forward to watching more.
Superb presentation. Concise and sharply defined.with heart.
Thank you for the kind words.
Mr Abramson, thank you very much: clear to the point. Whoever you teach, is blessed. Stay safe.
Thanks, you too.
Thank you for sharing this, Dr. Abramson. Your videos are always helpful. We're doing our best to move our Christian traditions past the infection of supersessionism, starting at home.
To fully understand the current period, I'm looking for any material I can find more recent than Benny Morris to balance out the Pappe narrative of cynical colonial predators.
Will continue watching almost everything you post!
I (and many other) sincerely appreciate your moving in the direction that permits mutual respect for each other’s beliefs. You may be familiar with Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z”l, the late chief Rabbi of England. He wrote a book called _The Dignity of Difference_, which centers on the idea that different communities have different paths.
Dr. Abramson, I think this is your most important lecture to date and one that will, hopefully, cause us to pause for thought in a span of history that takes me back to the dark days of June 1967, when I came of age as a secular Zionist, a state of being that has never waivered, though this does not preclude my criticism of the government, nor my wish for there to be peace among all the peoples of the Holy Land and beyond.
Prayers for you the holy land and all Jewish people! Amen!
Amen!
Bravo, Doctor Abrahamson. Thank you for all you do.
Thank you for watching.
This was very informative and will help me explain this to my Gen Z offspring. I also learned a good deal that will help me in debates with my peers, many of whom seem to have no concept of the history of this conflict prior to 2005/6. The blockade is all they can talk about. They don't even seem to remember the suicide bombing era.
A sad observation indeed.
I am very appreciative of your videos. Your dispassionate tone is essential and yet I imagine is not always easy to keep… Always looking for current sources like Abba Eben was. Thank you so much.
Thank you for your balanced and wise analysis.
Much appreciated
Hello everyone--if you're in the premiere, apologies because the settings seem to be incorrect and the live chat function isn't active.
My best friend here in Tzfat has much in common with you. Also brought up in rural Canada. Her and her mother did tshuva and came to Israel and the father and brother stayed in Canada. She does huge amounts of chessed.
Nice to heae
Thank you for these videos in clarifying Jewish history; very well done
Thank you!
Hi,
I was thinking a lot about the roots of Jew heatred in Europe in modern era and one reason for it that many people forget about, is the IQ disparity and arrogance of being smarter/better/right associated with it. One of the main reasons for hate in general is the feeling of being inferior to the other group or person (Palestinians now or European peasentry in early modern era) which is being intensified by the arrogance of the person/group that is factually smarter. Jews in Europe were considered smarter than the general population (hence the idea of Jews secretly ruling the world) so I believe with emancipation of peasentry and rise of comunnism and socialism the hate for the smarter one really took off especially that it had a face, a Jewish face.
As a Christian, it is horrifying to know what has been done to Jews in the name of Christ. Bad theology doesn’t fully explain the atrocities related to the false charges blood libel and host desecration. I know there is are multitudes of attempts by Christians of different persuasions to think through what the Biblical relationship is between the Church and Israel. Most of them mix the two together or see the church as successionist or completionist, or today espouse replacement theology. Your statement on the Mother-Daughter relationship is one way of describing this. These ideas play into the mindset that the Jews somehow lost their special relationship to GOD and therefore have no claim to the unconditional promises he made to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. This has given many Christians a freedom to side with people who expressly desire to do the Jews serious harm. I sometimes wonder if they are aware that there would be no Church without the Jews, or if they ever really read Romans.
It's interesting because I am a Jew who accepts Christ however I see this chapter as a continuation of Judaism, not as a separate religion. The split has given rise to a sort of tribalism, an us against them mentality that has been the source of much hurt over the years.
Dr Abramson - I am a 76 year old Protestant who is reading the entire Bible for the first time and marvel at the Jewish history of God’s Chosen. Thank you for all your beautifully expressed presentations needed at such a time as this. Shalom.
Thank you for the kind words. Shalom indeed.
Thank you sir for a very thoughtful and enlightening analysis.
Thank you for making this video. It was very insightful.
Glad it was helpful
Thank you so much for this, very much a necessary exploration of what is, again, sadly, a thriving phenomenon.
I don’t know ( but can easily imagine ) what happened to my father to make him, now, retreat in horror and vehement rejection of his Jewish descent. My own experiences range from sitting, tearily, at the dinner table ( or ‘tea time’, as we call it in Australia ) of a very dear friend, as his mother smiled with a frankly very nasty cynicism, commenting on the “ nice little Jewish boy sitting there, with his Victorian manners “. What I’d done wrong, I hadn’t a clue. These sorts of things I ended up simply not telling my mother, who was prone to getting extremely upset at accounts of any schoolyard, street, or other locales in which anti-Semitism reared up. Here in Japan, ironically, the upset & insult springs up from a default response to one’s Jewishness ( sometimes from complete strangers, often drunk ) by showering you with ‘compliments’ of ‘your people’s wealth and intelligence’. Any protests at the inaccuracy and stereotyping associated with these sorts of descriptions is simply ignored, or met with incredulity. Tragically, quite open hostility, always present, emanating from South Asians of a Salafi, or at least simply pious Muslim identity, has now escalated, and I can easily imagine what happened to that poor young woman. She has all of my sympathies.
When "Fiddler on the Roof" was released, the nuns at my RCC school took us on a field trip to see it in a theater.
Thanks
Thank you for supporting the research
May you receive many blessings for sharing about hard times. I know it can't be easy. Shalom Peace 🙏
Amen
Thanks!
Thank you for supporting the research!
Thank you Dr. Abramson.
You are most welcome. I hope you found the video informative.
I’m a non Jew who have always studied Judaism since aged 15 and enjoy learning from your videos, thanks for your wisdom x
Learn in good health!
Thankyou for the video. My young daughters and myself have experienced antisemitic verbal hate. We live in a rural area and the nearest Jewish Community is hours away. I had to move my children to a different school in a different area. We had witnesses but the police urged me to drop the case. I suddenly felt like a total outcast. I am a secular Jew and live in a country I wasn't born in. As you point out xenophobia has a lot to do with it. I have not moved away as I love my home and I don't care that most of the people ignore me. My daughters have found different friends. What bothers me the most that the horrific verbal hate was done by Christians who pray in church every Sunday. Just so two faced. The blood libel is still alive and kicking.
Majority of came arose from Christian theology.
Mein Kampf quotes Martin Luther and New testament for example.
שלום
There are bad apples in every group. Unfortunately you ran into some ignorant people there. The worst thing you can do is generalize this behavior to all Christians. Don't allow hatred to take root as it will steal your peace. Shalom.
Many thanks for this fascinating talk. As a secular atheist, ex-Catholic, I do not concur with any religion of course, but have nothing but respect for the Jewish tradition - especially their tradition of study and thinking generally. Who else can compare? Their refusal to bow-down to the various local enforced religions they have endured is wonderful and joyous - if only more people had done this in the past. It seems to me that certain people do have a need to hate somebody, anybody, and spit out their hate. Like a snake venting their poison. I happen to have a friend who seems to loathe numerous political or public figures for no apparent reason. Even quite harmless actors or comedians. Constantly shouting about them, on-line of course. (Oddly, he’s actually very pro-Israel at the moment. Go figure :-) These goys -what can you do?
This behavior seems to come from the need to boost oneself up by putting others down. That is the apparent reason I attribute this to.
I’m a first time listener of the Dr. Abrams on historical lectures, and am very glad I found his channel on internet expanses. I am a very curious person and like to understand everything from true facts. Learning about peoples sins of discrimination, abuse, perceived superiority, etc. over the ages of history of our existence I feel very sad and disappointed in humanity, even though I remember & recognize humanity’s great achievements. Right now, I am not overly confident that the world-wide situation will soon improve. Sadly it seems, everything is pointing out in the opposite direction of people’s selfishness, aggression, hate and wars. Sometimes I think that we don’t deserve God’s blessings b/c we failed Him, and the afterlife feels better and safer than today’s reality 😢.
However, the glimmer of hope still glows deep in my soul that wisdom & good will would prevail! So, I feel and want to conclude with the words: from the river to the sea I pray Israel is always free!!! 🇮🇱🕊️🕊️🕊️
Your jewish history class at touro influenced me a lot. I've been a consumer of your youtube videos since taking your class.
Thank you
I wish he was there when I attended Touro. I can only get it through UA-cam. Nothing like in person instruction
Two things; First, i really thought Borat was a fictional character and, secondly, shouting out the awesome death metal kings "Deicide" was a nice touch and you've earned my eternal respect and subscription as a result...
Thank you for the education Shalom!😊
Thank you and may God bless you and you family and people Dr Abramson.
You as well!
I am sorry for your student and hope that she is recovering well. Thank you for your calm and collected reaction to this tsunami of unspeakable horror. May your efforts help to heal the world, thank you Sir.
00:52 In it for less than a minute and already thinking and want to express that no matter where I am going to learn in this video that hatred of Jews "comes from" which I cannot fathom and want to understand (in order to hope in hate's eradication) ~ any present hatred of Jews (other than let us for obvious reasons exclude Palestinians) is a 'learned hatred'. We are not born with hate. We become indoctrinated into whatever belief our parents, culture or whomever raised us held ~ their biases and prejudices. This goes for all hatred of 'an other entire race or culture." godspeed.
Great teaching Proffesor. Very enlightening. We in some parts of Africa especially Christians were in total darkness about the Jews history. Especially their link to Christianity. Recently I was shocked to hear that the Torah is just the same as our Old Testament in the bible.
We also do have a small community of Jews in Namibia (a former German colony) in Southern Africa.
I appreciate your videos and pls stay safe.
Thank you for the kind words
Thank you for this. I have learned much from you in this video.
Thank you, Dr. Abramson, for this insightful analysis.
You are very welcome
Thank you for your openess, your truthfulness about your personal experiences. Very eye opening as well. Its good for everyone to hear these stories and hopefully learn through these stories. Again thank you so much for everything you do, your beautiful intelligent teachings and wisdom 🙏🙏🙏 I absolutely love love love your teachings ✅ you have such a beautiful talent, extremely intelligent but have a loving heart and i just want to say blessings to you and thank you so much for all of your hard work!! 🙏🙏❤️✅✅🌸🙏🙏🙏
You're a wealth of information! Thank you very much!
Glad it was helpful
It’s amazing that Jews never want to take them blame for anything.
Sigh.
@@HenryAbramsonPhDsigh Khazar convert even google definition tells you
When you look up Khazar definition
Why would you accept blame for anything that you didn't do?
Most of the reasons for Jewish hate and resentment, that I’ve seen across many platforms online, fall into these categories:
•Jewish supremacy
•Cultural segregation by choice
•Individual greed and group greed
•Exploitation of non Jewish people, throughout the world
This is not my view, just an observation of the views of those who have expressed negativity towards the community. I’ve also come an across a lot of Jewish people saying that the negativity has a lot to do with what has happened in centuries past. However, it seems to have a lot more to do with what is happening with the Jewish generation alive today, rather than what has happened hundreds of years ago
Offensive and actually rather stupid.
A jew knows better, confirmed.
You can say the same thing about any other religion
@@declannathan707 Whataboutism
@@Luke.Skywodka And that makes you a hypocrite. Goodbye
Jews do not ingratiate themselves to non-Jews. Before I knew what anti-semitism was I had a paper route. To a tee NONE of the Jewish families tipped me well or at all. I trudged through snow with my dog. One guy Gersh - a dentist with the best house on the street NEVER tipped me once in 7 years. Never would shake my hand and thank me at the end of the year as other non Jews would. As years went on and I became a working class guy who lifted/fixed things, every time I was disrespected or my work overlooked it was by white collar Jewish people who tend to have jobs and culture where nobody they ever knew lifted anything in their lives. That's partly where it comes from. They do themselves no favors.
Let there be light, Professor Abramson.
Shalom, from Lisbon.
Shalom indeed.
Blood libel is still alive and well in Finland. I was pushing my grandson in a carriage on the market square in Turku at Passover time, when a young man suddenly attacked us shouting out blood libel accusations. At least 200 people stood by and watched while I tried to protect the baby. A Kurdish woman from one corner and an Indian man from the opposite corner rushed to pull him off us, or I suppose the Finns would have allowed him to kill us. The police simply turned their backs. Oh, and by the way, I am not even Jewish.
Wow. Sounds like a random psychopath.
That's shocking!! Why did he decide you are Jewish??
@@gfriedman99 Yes, probably a random person with mental issues. But it does encapsulate several of the trends that Henry Abramson so articulately describes.
@@TM-100 As he was a stranger, it must have been something in my appearance, perhaps the beard.
Once hate (fear) takes root - it becomes reality. The important question always is; what germinates the seed - as it must surely be something collective, traumatic and generational
Thank you very much for your teaching...I became a Christian many years ago and had a Supernatural experience with God's Holy Spirit...I have always respected Jewish people as they are our God's chosen people whom He worked through in the Old Testament..(and where the Ten Commandments came from)...and where it was prophesied many times that a Messiah would come to save His People..I respect your belief that you are still awaiting the Messiah...I had the honour of working with a Jewish man whom I supported through difficult times for him...Bless you ....Have you ever come across a book entitled 'Betrayed' by the Author named Stan Telchin..a Jewish family man of standing in his community...an extremely good read from Jewish perspective
What a fantastic video. So well and clearly explained while keeping (mostly) apolitical. Thank you very much and yes we could all do with shalom right now.
One comment / question. You focus a lot on the Christian/ western history and evolution of anti-Semitism, but not on the east / Moslem story. I wonder to what extent looking at this from the perspective of the Islamic world might help understand the anti-Semitism we are seeing today (which must surel have its roots in that world at least as much as the Christian world given that the Israel / Palestine conflict is more Jewish / Moslem than Jewish / Christian)? Could it be that new-wave antisem is some merger of the two?
Will have to address Islamic varieties later. Relevant to the present moment, of course, but quite different in many ways.
Children don't come into this world with hatred it's something they learn from whatever culture there raised in
I am not a Jewish but have many Jewish friends and never understood why antisemitism exists. I am very interested in the history of Spanish Jews. I saw and read few times references to Jews-pirates. Is it true? Jews -pirates is very interesting idea and very unlikely in my understanding. Thank you.
Perhaps the haters see something negative in things like Deuteronomy 15:6 and ברוך אתה ה' א-להינו מלך העולם, שלא עשאני גוי
I think all people are equal and any supremacist ideology is ridiculous.
Dislike the text if you like, but hatred of a people is extreme.
@@HenryAbramsonPhD Yes, the text is extremely deplorable. Footstools and winepresses, plowmen and vinedressers, the descendants of Esau being destroyed, there is so much to dislike even without considering the commentaries. And yes, anyone who hates is ridiculous because all that is happening is the person (or group) they hate is perceived to be a victim by everyone else. Hate is a counterproductive waste of time for everyone concerned.
@@HenryAbramsonPhDDo you believe that Israel currently or historically does not harbor hate for others and that policies/laws could more reflect a peaceful religion in a more effective way in the future? Thanks Shannon
Thank you. Wonderful presentation. As relative now as 500 years ago.
I whole heartedly agree - I have absolutely no idea why anyone hates Jews. Antisemitism is a cesspool of irrational hate. It is senseless. The Jewish people have contributed so very much to the world - especially the Western world --
It’s beyond sad
It’s a tragedy of epic proportions
Thank you for your videos
I know how painful it must have been to say this at this moment. Thank you. Am yisrael chai.
Amen
Even though we can't be certain of who's the real devil in the historical ages, but from what I've learnt from this video, I must say, I'm not surprised at all considering my knowledge of Human Psychology both as individuals and as Society, Racial population or Religious Population.
Humans are the basic units of Human Civilization and that is the only truth I believe in. Evil and Good are everywhere, especially under the game of manipulation.
Excellent explanation thankyou. I'm a rather lapsed catholic educated in the UK 60s and 70s..l did not experience any dislike of the Jewish faith. My mum would talk to us about the holocaust and such awful behaviours of the nazi regime as she was 18yrs old when WW2 started. May it all cease and we all continue to live together in peace x
20:30 I learned the other day that Ashkenazi Jews have a gene that when only one is present makes them resistant to TB - in the same way that sickle cell anemia when only one gene is present makes the carriers immune to malaria. I learned about it watching an old class at Stanford by Prof. Robert Sapolsky.
Wrote a blog post about this topic, & it being wrapped up in contradictions was the big thing I noted when writing about it.
What happened to your student happened to me in England as a boy from the ages of 8 to 10, suddenly from nowhere I was punched or beaten for the only reason of being a "wog". Insults and hate gaze for being a wog were also a daily routine in my life in England until we moved back to Venezuela in October 1971. So I know what it feels to be hated, insulted, kicked, beaten, and spit for no reason but for being a foreigner and it not only happened in the streets, my neighborhood or in the cities and towns but in school by lots of teachers and staff. And I have to emphasize it occurred daily.
Love and blessings to you always Sir!
You too
As a born Christian practicing Noahide, I believe there is a level of guilt by many today. When Jewish people carry themselves with a loyalty to G-d, follow the Mitvahs and represent more of what Jesus himself espousedt than what todays Christians do, it is more self guilt than hate. I wouldn't say there is envy but a grudging respect to the dedication of others. There is also a heavy dose of ignorance, this is true of all religions really. Ignorance breeds irrational contempt.
Thank you for your manner of presentation and useful information 42
You are welcome
Excellent Synopsis...
Your concise descriptions ,historical observations and explanations really are a healing salve . TODAH You are light to the Holy Instruction.
Glad you found it useful
Shalom! I love your channel. I don't know if this is the correct video to post this message, but it's your most recent as of today. Forgive me if you have already done a video on this. I wonder if you could make video about Jewish attempts to resettle in Israel (Palestine) prior to the 20th Century. What happened to Jews who tried to move back after Diaspora? Was there ever an attempt made by the local Muslim population to acknowledge a sort of "Right of Return"? I believe you touched briefly on some of this during the Crusades. All the best from Vancouver BC!
The world should be ashamed of itself for not being able to eradicate antisemitism. But it says a lot about mankind that we are able to mutate it to survive in different contexts and even have it penetrate what should be centres of enlightened learning,
Well said! Good work! Thanks so much .. Blessings and Shalom from a Baal Tshuva in Chicago 👍🙂May you go from strength to strength!
You too
Thank you for this great teaching about Jews.
I am glad you found it useful.
Read the culture of critique or the international Jew to understand why
Sigh
@@HenryAbramsonPhD Your purpose in life is to combat antisemitism, not tell the truth.
@@jameseldridge3445 True brother. The truth will prevail.
I enjoyed that. I’m sorry for what you went through as a child.
Me too. Thanks for the kind words.
15:30 there's a saying in Portuguese: the worst blind is the one who doesn't want to see. I never imagined it (probably) originated from a religious idea. There are others that come from the Book of Proverbs (a golden ring isn't fit for a pig's nose - from (paraphrased) a woman without common sense is like a golden ring on a pig's nose) and from the Ecclesiastes (what is croocked from birth will remain croocked for life - from: what is croocked can't be made straight / what is missing cannot be counted. IMHO, the saying is actually an incorrect interpretation of the original text).
I don't know if you've seen a book called For Your Own Good, by Alice Miller, but the first chapter is about Hitler and Stalin.
Thank you, sir. Excellent discussion.
You should do a video on the history of Islamic antisemitism.
Yes, that would be refreshing turn!
I personally don’t believe Islamic antisemitism could’ve developed organically in the Arabian peninsula. It must’ve had some influence from the Byzantines or maybe the ghassanids, as they were orthodox Christian monophysites. It’s just too wild to believe such hatred just pops up in an area where Jews had lived peacefully for so long, especially in Yemen and Medina
I have stopped & started this video alot. Evil=sin. Im a Christian & have prayed, Israel do as Joshua did. Fight as King David. I will continue to pray Psalm 91 over Israel 🇮🇱 and for all Jews ✡️. I an old but I pray that Christian's will show up Nov 14,2023 in DC to show our support for Israel and the Jewish people. Thank you so much for your teaching.
Thank you very much.
Great talk as always but in the end there are mystical elements to this.
He said hes only talking about the historical element of it. There are religious and other reasons to it as well
Thank for the good video, sorry to know about your student, it is scary to think what will happen, next, it is new thinking with this new post modernism?
Maybe
Because of their behavior and attitudes towards Gentiles?
Dr A is inspiring as usually in his calm approach to a charged topic. I do feel however that this detached approach has missed the bulk of the phenomenon. As a Jew growing up in a Soviet Ukraine, I’ve felt this hatred unconnected to any of the religious sentiments. The bias was there at every level of the irreligious society. I feel that Dr A has left out a very important component of jealousy towards a super successful middleman minority. See Thomas Sowell on this articulation. Also seem to me to be lacking in integrity are contributory causes of Jewish belief in being Chosen people and our social separation. The charges of being both communists and capitalists also happen to be true. The solution to Antisemitism (if it’s at all possible) is not to deny that many of those sentiments are rooted in factors that are more disproportionately prevalent among Jews.
I wish that Dr A should’ve also given a better exposure to connection of Nazism and Islamism. Lastly, no connection was highlighted between class struggle morphing into a new iteration of Jew hatred. Specifically of totalitarian USSR and current anti-Israel movements in the liberal West.