Sign in with Facebook
Phyllis Goldstein’s Followers (3)
Phyllis Goldstein
More books by Phyllis Goldstein…
“Antisemitism did not begin in Germany, or anywhere else, in 1918; Jews had been regarded as dangerous outsiders for centuries, and anti-Jewish feeling usually intensified in times of war and other upheaval. But during World War II, for the first time in history, a government, with the support of many of its people, had systematically hunted and then murdered Jews for no reason other than the fact that their parents or grandparents were Jews.”
― A Convenient Hatred: The History of Antisemitism
― A Convenient Hatred: The History of Antisemitism
“In May 1925, President Calvin Coolidge signed the National Origins Act into law. The new law effectively closed the United States to most Jewish immigrants.
During the debate, Coolidge told the American people:
"Restricted immigration is not an offensive but purely a defensive action... We cast no aspersions on any race or creed, but we must remember that every object of our institutions of society and government will fail unless America be kept American.”
― A Convenient Hatred: The History of Antisemitism
During the debate, Coolidge told the American people:
"Restricted immigration is not an offensive but purely a defensive action... We cast no aspersions on any race or creed, but we must remember that every object of our institutions of society and government will fail unless America be kept American.”
― A Convenient Hatred: The History of Antisemitism
“In 1555 the church had a new pope, Paul IV, and he was even more determined to end all heresies than earlier popes had been. Almost immediately, Paul issued a bull in which he stated: It is absurd and inconvenient that the Jews, who through their own fault were condemned by God to eternal slavery, can… show such ingratitude towards Christians and affront them by asking for their mercy. [They] have become so bold as to not only live amongst Christians but near their churches without any distinctive clothing.13 He therefore ordered that Jews in Rome and the Papal States wear special clothing and be confined to ghettos.”
― A Convenient Hatred: The History of Antisemitism
― A Convenient Hatred: The History of Antisemitism
Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Phyllis to Goodreads.
