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marybourg

(13,505 posts) Mon Sep 16, 2024, 05:01 PM Sep 2024

What do we make of this new conceit that [View all]

“Jesus was not white”? Does that make us pale-skinned Ashkenasi Jews “not white”? Or did we get whitewashed by living cut off in Polish ghettos for a thousand years? Or should we just ignore it as a piece of thoughtless but well-intentioned new -thinkery?

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What do we make of this new conceit that [View all] marybourg Sep 2024 OP

Ignore elleng Sep 2024 #1

Do a little research maybe? NoRethugFriends Sep 2024 #2

Having honey olive skin marybourg Sep 2024 #4

Why is this so important to you? NoRethugFriends Sep 2024 #8

This is a discussion board. I had something to marybourg Sep 2024 #9

G*D isn't concerned with that stuff, it's meant to create purposeless dissension. marble falls Sep 2024 #3

Jesus was certainly not Ashkenazi! Richard D Sep 2024 #5

Italian and Greek people are not white? marybourg Sep 2024 #6

It's complex. Richard D Sep 2024 #7

Some people want Jesus to be like them. Mosby Sep 2024 #10