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Xipe Totec

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1. Personally, I think it is a mistake

Reply to FarCenter (Original post)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 10:40 PM

Mar 2012

I think Jews deserve the right to live wherever the hell they want, in whatever corner of the world they want.

Jews deserve to feel safe, no mater where in the earth they want to live.

But, hey, I'm just a converso; a descendent of Sephardic Jews forcefully converted to Catholicism 500 years ago in Spain.

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More and More French Jews Emigrating to Israel [View all] FarCenter Mar 2012 OP

Personally, I think it is a mistake Xipe Totec Mar 2012 #1

I have no argument with your post other than to say that, it should apply to everyone and teddy51 Mar 2012 #2

Oh that could take volumes. nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #5

Sorry, but how are you a daughter of the holocaust? My understanding is that you are of teddy51 Mar 2012 #8

Dad came from Poland nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #17

But the Hebrews, along with Abram at first believed in many gods. (some in secret). nanabugg Mar 2012 #9

But the history I am citing is for the Levant nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #18

An interesting side note is that significant portions hifiguy Mar 2012 #23

The song of songs is indeed an Egyptian piece nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #26

It does apply to everyone, in mi mind Xipe Totec Mar 2012 #6

I share that with you nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #19

That's only realistic during periods of relative prosperity and low social stress FarCenter Mar 2012 #3

Still, a man can dream... nt Xipe Totec Mar 2012 #4

It isn't all that surprising, but how much is reality. Behind the Aegis Mar 2012 #7

How true. And it is tragic that blacks have no safety of place or skin color to take refuge. nt nanabugg Mar 2012 #10

How is that relevant? Behind the Aegis Mar 2012 #12

Huh? Pardon me for having an opinion. nt nanabugg Mar 2012 #14

Yes, I notice it is the same one, usually in threads about anti-Semitism. Behind the Aegis Mar 2012 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author nanabugg Mar 2012 #10

How true. And it is tragic that blacks have no safety of place or skin color to take refuge. nanabugg Mar 2012 #13

Unfortunately France has a grand old history COLGATE4 Mar 2012 #16

That's kind of a blanket statement aint_no_life_nowhere Mar 2012 #22

But Israel was an extremely poor choice for a Jewish homeland FarCenter Mar 2012 #24

I don't think Dreyfus being eventually COLGATE4 Mar 2012 #27

The article says that "Linda" moved from Paris to Canada. amandabeech Mar 2012 #20

Antisemitism is wrong. ellisonz Mar 2012 #21

Apparently, only sometimes. Depends on how and who uses it. Behind the Aegis Mar 2012 #25

Here's an interesting little snippet: Burma Jones Mar 2012 #28