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The Church's Reevaluation of Antisemitism
After the Holocaust, it became clear to many in the church that while the church hadn't taught antisemitism, the church had been too hospitable. The building of Jewish ghettos in Rome was a controversial thing where it was something that was helpful to Jewish people by protecting them from their Christian neighbors. But for the Jews themselves, they didn't want to be in a ghetto. You know, St. Kasmir in Poland was considered really good towards the Jews. And this is why there were so many Jews in Poland. I mean, the Polish Christianity was traditionally. Much from about the year 1000 on was very open to Judaism. It didn't have the same vitriol.