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On Thu, 05 Sep 2013 11:48:58 -0400 Louis Proyect <l...@panix.com> writes: > > > (I thought I was well-versed on Jewish history, but this is a new > one on > me. Fascinating stuff.) > > NY Times September 4, 2013 > New Generation of Jewish Sect Takes Up Struggle to Protect Place in > Wikipedia has an interesting article on the Crimean Karaites. Back in the 19th century, their leaders convinced the czarist government that they were really of Turkic origins and so had been around before the time of Jesus and so could not be held responsible for the death of Christ like other Jews. This led the czarist regime to free them from most of the disabilities that were imposed on most Jews. In the 20th century, they were similarly able to convince the Nazis that they were not of Semitic origin, thereby sparing themselves of most of the oppression that the Nazis inflicted on other Jews, Jim Farmelant http://independent.academia.edu/JimFarmelant www.foxymath.com Learn or Review Basic Math ____________________________________________________________ One Weird Trick Could add $1,000s to Your Social Security Checks! See if you Qualify… http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/522928348907728347c1ast04vuc ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
