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> "Jan Rasmussen" <1@2.3> wrote in
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>> Lidt mere til de historie interesserede.
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>> Foreign Office November 2nd, 1917
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> 1917???
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Du har lige bragt et link til en flash animation, der benytter sig af en tekst men pålyden
"Hvordan startede det hele" og tager så udgangspunkt i Belford Deklarationen
Men jeg ved godt, ligesom dig, at Belford Deklarationen er et trendy nymodens fænomen.
Lidt mere til historie interesserede,,,
eks. In 1217, the English Jews were forced to wear yellow badges in the form of two
stone tablets identifying them as Jews. !
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/England.html#Entrance%20and%20Persecution%20(1066-1189)
There were individual Jews living in England in Roman and Anglo-Saxon times (80-1066 A.D.),
but not an organized community. When William the Conqueror arrived in England in 1066,
he encouraged Jewish merchants and artisans from northern France to move to England.
The Jews came mostly from France with some from Germany, Italy and Spain, seeking prosperity
and a haven from anti-Semitism. [ Bekvemmelighedsflygtninge eller hva !]
Over the course of a generation, Jews established communities in London,
York, Bristol, Canterbury and other major cities. They generally lived in
segregated areas by themselves. Until 1177, only one Jewish cemetery was allowed, in London.
[ Sikke nogle skidderikker, kun at tillade 1 jødiske gravplads i London før år 1177,
godt vi i Danmark ikke er så nærrige, at vi ikke tillader folk en gravplads, år 2006 host! ]
Jews took up jobs trading and lending money to the government. In the Middle Ages,
lending money for interest was called usury and considered a sin; therefore, Christians
were forbidden to lend money. Jews then became the moneylenders and were able to
set high interest rates. They played a vital role in maintaining the British treasury and,
for a time, the Crown watched over the Jewish financiers and their property, though they
also taxed them onerously.
In 1189, the Third Crusade was launched. The Jews were taxed at a much higher rate
than the rest of England to finance this Crusade. Even though Jews comprised less
that 0.25% of the English population, they provided 8% of the total income of the royal treasury.
Despite the Jews financial contribution, the pro-Christian ideology of the Crusade
resulted in rioting in England and some Jewish businesses in London were burned.
Massacre at York and Beyond
One of the most notorious riots led to the massacre of the Jews of York. Jews have lived in York since 1170.
They felt that they could use York castle for protection and felt secure among York's elite residents,
who used enjoyed Jewish financial services. The situation worsened in July 1189 when King Henry II,
a protector of the Jews, died. Richard I was crowned his heir and he refused to grant Jewish representative
admission to Westminster Abbey, when they came to offer him gifts. Riots were started and mobs threw
stones at the Jews and burned the straw roofs of their houses. Many Jews were murdered, some allowed
themselves to be baptized. Twenty-four hours later, Richard I found out about the riots and ordered
that the Jews be protected.
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Zionism began in England with the Hovevei Zion movement in 1887.
The English Zionist Federation was formed in 1899. It was England's Lord Balfour who issued
the 1917 declaration officially recognizing Jewish aspirations to a homeland.
Israel's first president, Chaim Weizmann, was also British.
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Jan Rasmussen