Word: jew
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...Jewish people are my Biblical heritage. Period. And J.C. was a Jew. The founders of the church were Jewish. All 12 disciples were Jews. I got mad love from my Jewish brothers...
...been set ablaze in the Paris suburb of Gagny, he sounded the tocsin. Officials flocked to the scene of the fire, and, 48 hours later, Chirac summoned his closest advisers to the Elysée Palace to brainstorm new ways to fight anti-Semitism. "When one attacks a Jew in France, it's France in its entirety that is attacked," he told reporters. "Anti-Semitism is contrary to all the values of France." Chirac has said that before. But this time, something was different. When a wave of anti-Semitic attacks grabbed headlines last year, he downplayed the problem...
...Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer: The Beauty Supply District by Ben Katchor (Pantheon; 2000) Although Katchor's long-form "Jew of New York" better qualifies as a graphic novel, I prefer his collected strips in the "Julius Knipl" series. Freshly released in paperback, this third volume contains more of Katchor's picture-poem odes to non-existent urban districts and fantastical people like the radiator musician...
...Brooklyn-reared Jew, Frank was the manager of an Atlanta pencil factory where a female employee, 13, was raped and strangled to death in 1913. On shaky evidence and over his vehement denials, he was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Two years later, after his sentence had been commuted to life imprisonment, a gang abducted him from prison and lynched...
Last year, the American Jewish Committee surveyed the opinions of 1,250 Germans. The news is pretty good: only 17% said they would rather not have a Jew as neighbor; far less welcome were Arabs (43%) and Africans (26%). Do Jews have too much influence? No, said 52%, while 21% had no opinion. Seven out of 10 thought it "exceedingly" or "very important" that Germans learn about the Holocaust. Three-quarters claimed never to have heard "anti-Semitic statements." Though there were no comparative data, my bet is that in Germany the "AQ" (or "anti-Semitism quotient") is no higher...