Cardozo

[Fred Shapiro]

On Mon, 5 Sep 2005, Fred Shapiro wrote:

> In general, except for England, France, Germany/Austria,, the United
> States and a few other countries in the post-1800 time period, I don't
> believe Jews have identified very much with their nation of residence.  

I should clarify what to me is obvious but is perhaps not so for everyone: 
the reason Jews have usually not identified very much with their nation of 
residence is not because of some snobbishness on their part, but rather 
because the nation of residence has usually decidedly not identified with 
them.

Fred Shapiro


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