Four of the more obvious examples of this eternal phenomenon of unraveling societies and the rise of antisemitism are 1) the Roman Empire in first century CE caught up in endless rivalries on the throne of the empire, 2) the Black Plague in the Middle Ages when one third of Europe's populations died (giving birth to the blood libel), 3) the unstable Weimar Republic and rise of Hitlerian antisemitism, and 4) Stalin's 'doctors plot' in 1953 and threat to exterminate the Jewish intellectual class. Three, throughout all of history, the elite ruling classes used the Jews to be financial and administrative 'go betweens' between and the rulers and the local, lower class masses, usually in jobs that were guaranteed to arose the hatred of the lower class. Historical examples of using the Jewish middleman range from the Roman empire, Christian kings in the Middle Ages, Muslim and Christian rulers in Spain in the 13th to 15th centuries, the ' economic development' of Poland and Russia in the 16th century, Russian landowners in the 18th and 19th century, and the Bolshevik-Communist party in the 20th century.
Author: Dr. Chaim C. Cohen
Published at: 2025-11-08 20:44:56
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