Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Jewish Group

mitch96

(15,768 posts)

1. "developed by medieval Christian natural law theology"

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Original post)

Tue Nov 12, 2019, 08:00 AM

Nov 2019

I read about this a while ago.. The landlords could not/would not collect rents on certain holidays. They hired Jewish money changers to collect the rents. The Jews were the brunt of the "blue collar" ire and the birth of the Jews = money thing.. At least that's the way I read it... YMMV
m

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

4 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

(Jewish Group) When 'Finance' Becomes a Code Word for Jewish [View all] Behind the Aegis Nov 2019 OP

"developed by medieval Christian natural law theology" mitch96 Nov 2019 #1

A bit of a leap in my mind. Farmer-Rick Nov 2019 #2

I lived in Iowa in the 80's during the farm crisis. question everything Nov 2019 #3

I never meant to imply all filthy rich are Jewish, Farmer-Rick Nov 2019 #4