“with Jewish families: they believed that education was an investment in the future, the only thing that no one can ever take away from your children, even if, heaven forbid, there’s another war, another revolution, another migration, more discriminatory laws—your diploma you can always fold up quickly, hide it in the seams of your clothes, and run away to wherever Jews are allowed to live.”
― A Tale of Love and Darkness
― A Tale of Love and Darkness
“Judaism and Christianity, and Islam too, all drip honeyed words of love and mercy so long as they do not have access to handcuffs, grills, dominion, torture chambers, and gallows. All these faiths, including those that have appeared in recent generations and continue to mesmerize adherents to this day, all arose to save us and all just as soon started to shed our blood.”
― Judas: Prize-Winning Biblical Romance of Love, Betrayal, and Secrets in 1959 Jerusalem
― Judas: Prize-Winning Biblical Romance of Love, Betrayal, and Secrets in 1959 Jerusalem
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