There is a rich tradition of Black supersessionism, where many claim to be the real Jews, but the media downplays it

(This is a continuation of the series on my Unified Field Theory of Antisemitism, where I postulate that a major source of most forms of antisemitism is supersessionism. )__________________________________  Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel,Then why not every man?He deliver'd Daniel from the lion's den,Jonah from the belly of the whale,And the Hebrew children from the fiery...

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Unified Field Theory of Antisemitism: Supersessionism in Islam and the Arab world

I am continuing to discuss my "Unified Field Theory of Antisemitism"  to explain the virulence of antisemitism compared to other hates. As I summarized it:My theory is that all the major strains of today's antisemitism - Muslim/Arab, progressive, and others I plan to examine - point back to updated twists of Christian supersessionism.  In short, all major antisemitic...

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Looking deeper into how Christian supersessionism helped make Jew-hatred inevitable

Last week I wrote A Unified Field Theory of Antisemitism, a way to understand why hatred of Jews (and, today, of Israel)  goes way beyond the more prosaic hate that is usually directed at "the Other."My theory is that all the major strains of today's antisemitism - Muslim/Arab, progressive, and others I plan to examine - point back to updated twists of Christian...

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A Unified Field Theory of Antisemitism

Why is there so much outsized hate for Jews?Antisemitism is not like other hatreds. Most other forms of hate hinge on disliking the other purely because they are different. Jew-hatred goes way beyond that; the hate is more extreme, more personal.What explains the obsession that so many have against Jews - and in recent times, against Israel - that goes way beyond hating the...

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