It has been my observation that secular Jews one of the biggest enemies of practicing Jews. They WANT their identity to be racial without the trappings of something tacky like 'faith' and 'standards'.
This is true, and it has a long history. The insult 'kike' for Jews came from German Jews for Eastern European Jews fleeing pogroms, as they had contempt for these people who could not even write their own name and therefore signed with a circle (kyklos in Greek). They were religious, so they thought an X would be blasphemous.
I won't doubt that at all. But its not a widely discussed attack. Likely because they know that "attacking Jews" is never a look they can openly get away with.
That's what makes this one so unique. Being open about it.
It has been my observation that secular Jews one of the biggest enemies of practicing Jews. They WANT their identity to be racial without the trappings of something tacky like 'faith' and 'standards'.
This is true, and it has a long history. The insult 'kike' for Jews came from German Jews for Eastern European Jews fleeing pogroms, as they had contempt for these people who could not even write their own name and therefore signed with a circle (kyklos in Greek). They were religious, so they thought an X would be blasphemous.
I won't doubt that at all. But its not a widely discussed attack. Likely because they know that "attacking Jews" is never a look they can openly get away with.
That's what makes this one so unique. Being open about it.