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God and the Black Death, Part 2

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The Black Death and Anti-Jewish Persecution

There was a long tradition of anti jewish persecution in europe, going back to the early days of the churcha. So then comes the black death and people start asking why are we being punished? Is it because of a failure in the crusades? Is it rampat sin? Is it probably problems in the church, et cetera. Soye, leand up turning then to these jewish communities. And so you saw regulations put in place an cities like vienna, where jewish people were banned from consuming food and drink that was intended for christians. And this madness basically continued till the fifteenth century. Along the way, we saw the persecution and the slaughter

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