Judaism isn’t a race, it’s a religion, and its followers have built a society largely based on it. Why did Hitler call it a race? And why do we continue the same when speaking of him? We don’t need to separate Jews from the rest of us. There are 3 races, and they all blend more now, but religions generally don’t blend; they’re joined or left, and furthermore, non-Jews can join the Jewish religion, even if they’re not white. Maybe this is just a matter of words, but didn’t Hitler have some reason for calling Jews a race? & I don’t think it was a good reason.
Judaism isn’t a race, it’s a religion, and its followers have built a society largely based on it. Why did Hitler call it a race? And why do we continue the same when speaking of him? We don’t need to SEPARATE Jews from the rest of us. There are 3 races, and they all blend more now, but religions generally don’t blend; they’re joined or left. (& non-Jews can join the Jewish religion, even if they’re not white.) Maybe this is just a matter of words, but didn’t Hitler have some reason for calling Jews a race? & I don’t think it was a good reason.
Call me naïve, but there used to be 3 races, each with clear, visible differences: Caucasian, black, oriental. There wasn’t really a question of source, or the “first” person (or couple) of each of the 3 races. Of course the 3 races could, and did, and will continue to blend.
Apparently, in 1935, Germany under Hitler’s leadership decided that a race could be defined as everyone who could trace their roots back to a Caucasian named Jacob. But some hundreds of years later, many of Jacob’s descendants became Christians. These were RELIGIOUS choices. (They moved from Moses & the prophets to Jesus Christ.) These new Christians quickly realized that they could include any and all people in their religion. Hitler hated people who chose to KEEP the Jewish religion and culture (or who were simply born into it). (Culture has always been determined, to some extent, by a society’s religion, or lack of religion.)
And I think it’s worth pointing out that people can (and have always been able to) convert to the religion and culture of Judaism, of their own free will. Furthermore, of course, Jews can and do convert to Christianity.
Hitler got what he deserved for his hatred and treatment of many segments of humanity, but we need not call this segment a race, as he did. If nothing else, it’s ignorant, inaccurate. We may consider someday the big question of WHY he called them a race, but the fact remains, Hitler hated them for their religion, and maybe more so for their culture, despite calling them a race.
Peaceful protesters were not portrayed in this toon; they’re not the problem. You may be making it a little easier to jump between the two by adding this new – and very different – subject.
Judaism isn’t a race, it’s a religion, and its followers have built a society largely based on it. Why did Hitler call it a race? And why do we continue the same when speaking of him? We don’t need to separate Jews from the rest of us. There are 3 races, and they all blend more now, but religions generally don’t blend; they’re joined or left, and furthermore, non-Jews can join the Jewish religion, even if they’re not white. Maybe this is just a matter of words, but didn’t Hitler have some reason for calling Jews a race? & I don’t think it was a good reason.