Why Singling Out A Hasidic Funeral Won’t Make The Community Healthier
The explosion was immediate (one that I myself took part in) and powerful: Jews have a scary history of being blamed for many societal ills, and one of those happens to be literal ills. When the bubonic plague hit, Jews were blamed for its spread, and the backlash was so severe that, in total, at least 200 Jewish communities were wiped out. In one incident, 2,000 Jews were burned alive.
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