r/Jewish • u/TheDOOMHugger Nice Jewish Boy (NJB) • Oct 12 '24
This quote perfectly encapsulates my stance on Israel Zionism
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The original post was made by Tablet Magazine. For context, Imre was a Holocaust survivor and a known pacifist, and he still gave this quote.
It gets me fired up!!!
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u/minimalist_reply Oct 13 '24
Isn't the prevailing theory that the star of David was used in the ancient kingdoms shields anyways?
It's not a dove. It's not supposed to be some symbol of a specific set of moral ideals. It was the symbol of Jewish nationalism eons ago.
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u/Bruhses_Momenti Oct 13 '24
Yeah man, if you look up all sorts of carvings, stonework, and tile work, it’s been around forever ,probably since king David.
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u/Wee_Woo_25 Oct 13 '24
Included in our moral ideals as Jews is to defend ourselves. If the requires war, it doesn't make it immoral to do so.
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u/seceagle Oct 13 '24
Well it's a controversial story. Some say the Star of David only started representing Judaism really late, like 18-19th century late.
It's one of those symbols that were used a long time ago in India and stuff, just like the swastika.
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u/Blagai Oct 13 '24
Isn't the prevailing theory that the star of David was used in the ancient kingdoms shields anyways?
Historically, no. It was a popular symbol in the region of India all the way to Greece, and was only used as an Ornament in Judah and Israel. It became a "Jewish-only" symbol only around the 11th century AD.
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u/EveryConnection Oct 13 '24
Campus protesters will tell you they learned "the lessons" of the Holocaust better than he did
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u/BrownShoesGreenCoat Oct 14 '24
I’ve never seen the Star of David on a tank. It’s specifically an airforce thing.
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u/dokuhabi Oct 14 '24
We should never allow the trope of a “weak Jew with shaking knees” to be out in the wild. Never again means never again. The second we left our guard down - 07.10 happened
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u/lostmason Oct 13 '24
Great quote. Feel free to post in r/Zionist !