Life in a farming community was a great world to be and grow. The world was somewhere out there, with the Martin Luther King, Jr. , Pope John, Janis Joplin and other people whose lives and mine would never intersect.
There is a hidden group that has been persecuted for 2 millennia, the God's people, the Jewish people. Six million gone in a matter of a few years, there is little sympathy for a people that escaped genocide.
But there is no reason to dig this up. They went on their own choice. Get over it. These are part of the language that puts the Jewish people down more.
Just who are the famous Jewish people? Maybe You will be surprised.
Chris Pine Robert Downey, Jr. Adam Lambert Scarlet Johannson Jack Black
Gene Simmons Andrew Garfield Steven Seagal Paul Simon Art Garfunkel Joaquin Phoenix
Zac Efron Natalie Portman Paula Abdul Jake Gyllenhal Sylvester Stallone Bob Dylan
So many talented Jewish people went to the entertainment and music. But why to entertainment?
Jews were prohibited for working in the community from One Millennia to another to our current age. Instead they were allowed to work in entertaining at fair. They emigrated to America, where the Hollywood industry was picking up. Jewish actors were hired above other actors. After all, they had spent 2,000 years practicing their skills as a way of surviving.
Many of the producers and directors (Steven Spielberg) were part of the Jewish people talent repository made necessary by the rest of the world.
What talent came from and immigration to America! We are blessed to be part of their lives.
I had to look up Sylvester Stallone. His mother was Jewish but his father was catholic and Sylvester was raised catholic.
ReplyDeleteBeing able to track your families origins is a gift. In the Jewish culture, ancestors are documented.
DeleteYeah, sometimes it's surprising to learn various performers are Jewish.
ReplyDeleteIt is. Most seem to have Jewish grandparents, or one Jewish parent.
DeleteThat, and working as bankers- and their reward was being accused of usury...
ReplyDeleteOh, that is very true. Usury was one issue that also slammed the Jewish people into an assigned role. "Merchant of Venice" was a great play, Pound of flesh.
DeleteI suspect my father had Jewish ancestors as my DNA shows a hint of Germanic Jew. I'm happy with that. I have worked with several Jewish people over the years and every single one has been a nice person.
ReplyDeleteI will never understand the persecution of the Jewish people. Seeing that photo reminds me of when I visited the Holocaust museum in Washington D.C. A must visit for everyone! So touching and so informative. I was crying going through it. I can't imagine that kind of hate and evil. I really don't get why it continues today. I'm proud of the fact my Dad's army unit was one of the liberators of a Jewish POW camp. It was one no one knew about and they came upon it by accident but were able to rescue those still alive. I remember him telling us as kids that it was the smell that was so over powering. Gave me chills.
ReplyDeleteI am reading a book about the same events you have described by Matthew Rozell Oh, your dad saw something that will never disappear. God bless your father .
ReplyDeleteThank you for this post about my people, Susan. I actually went to Temple School with the one and only Jack Black. The story I love to tell about it is that my very kindhearted Mom gave him a ride home with us in our Rebel wagon, because he was still waiting for a ride when she arrived to pick us up. He was a quiet, sweet kid. I missed my opportunity to propose. =)
ReplyDeleteMissed opportunities. You must have had some interesting experiences.
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