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Vogon_Glory

(9,589 posts)
31. Columbus may have had Jewish ancestors
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 05:15 PM
Oct 14

But I suspect that his family was probably culturally Catholic for at least a generation or two. While members of minority religions may celebrate those people who kept the faith of their fathers (and mothers) over the centuries after conquest and persecution (examples: Jews and Christians in the Levant and North Africa, Jews in Europe), others chose to join the majority religion for various reasons.

Natives. elleng Oct 14 #1
I am fine with Indigenous Peoples Day edhopper Oct 14 #4
The "natives" were not indigenous, having crossed over from Asia via Siberia elias7 Oct 14 #16
This gets lost DeepWinter Oct 15 #35
There weren't any Jews in Italy? AZSkiffyGeek Oct 14 #2
Yes edhopper Oct 14 #3
His parents names are in Wikipedia. LeftInTX Oct 14 #33
Of course he was Italian PCIntern Oct 14 #5
This feels like that "Jesus was a Palestinian" bullshit that circulated at Christmas AZSkiffyGeek Oct 14 #10
Exactly what I was thinking Mossfern Oct 14 #29
Have you heard of edhopper Oct 14 #15
I never expected to ArkansasDemocrat1 Oct 14 #26
ROFL edhopper Oct 14 #27
DU'zy! ms liberty Oct 14 #30
My friend Oren Lyons, H2O Man Oct 14 #6
Columbus should be a hero to no one. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 14 #8
You certainly have H2O Man Oct 14 #9
History is grim soandso Oct 14 #12
He was a Catholic. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 14 #7
.....which does not preclude him from having Jewish DNA.... Sogo Oct 14 #14
More accurately soandso Oct 14 #21
He was a piece of shit get the red out Oct 14 #11
Yes, he knew his patrons and their subsequent generations were going to be so exploitative. elias7 Oct 14 #19
No he was a POS edhopper Oct 14 #25
I am sorry, I don't just know get the red out Oct 15 #34
Columbus Day is a farcical holiday. The Western hemisphere was "discovered" long before his arrival. Sogo Oct 14 #13
Pavarotti. Frasier Balzov Oct 14 #17
So Spanish researchers are "almost absolutely" sure that Columbus was Spanish. Chellee Oct 14 #18
Why do we need a holiday to celebrate a famous Italian? eShirl Oct 14 #20
You do know that there were Italian Jews? Elessar Zappa Oct 14 #22
History as we are taught is rarely real history. duncang Oct 14 #23
Oct 14th should be "We Were Here First" day. Talitha Oct 14 #24
I'm a white male of Northern European extraction Vogon_Glory Oct 14 #28
Exactly! Back in the mid-50's we were taught that the Nordics were in North America LONG before Columbus. Talitha Oct 14 #32
Columbus may have had Jewish ancestors Vogon_Glory Oct 14 #31
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