10 Photos To Remind You That Jews Don’t Fit Into A Stereotype (And Never Have)

Racism is just plain stupid. As is my biggest worry for modern society "Tribalism" i.e. the artificially dividing of everyone into groups based on everything from their great great grandparents country of origin (FYI one of mine was Polinesian and another was an indentured servant/slave) to political orientation, to hair color, religion, sexual orientation, computer platform preference, soda preference, sports team preference, etc etc. It is all a way for someone or some corporation to distract the unwary away from their actual personal interests.

Why is this even a thing? What does a human look like?

From "A Merchant of Venice" --
SHYLOCK
He hath disgraced me, and
hindered me half a million, laughed at my losses,
mocked at my gains, scorned my nation, thwarted
my bargains, cooled my friends, heated mine enemies—
and what's his reason? I am a Jew. Hath not
a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions,
senses, affections, passions? Fed with the
same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to
the same diseases, healed by the same means,
warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer
as a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not
bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you
poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall
we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will
resemble you in that. If a Jew wrong a Christian,
what is his humility? Revenge. If a Christian wrong
a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian
example? Why, revenge! The villainy you teach me I
will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the
instruction.

CPT Jack Durish -- Thank you for posting this. I was Jewish for about 15 years before I was Saved. The Jewish community is diverse in race and ideas. Three Sects of Judaism have different interpretations of the Tora and other books outside of the Tora that govern--or at least influence--daily life. My personal experience included association with both Reform (most liberal) and Conservative (middle-of-road) Synagogues. Most of our members in those synagogues fit the stereotypes descended from Eastern European and West Asian populations. We were accepted by the congregations in three cities into synagogues that ranged in size form under 20 members to over 300 members. All Jews assert one fundamental statement of faith: "Here O' Israel is the Lord your God, the Lord is One."