From Jewish Historian Bernard Lazare
Lazare: In reality, the Jew lived under the rule of a lord, Yahweh, who could neither be conquered, nor even assailed, and he knew but one thing, the law, i.e., the collection of rules and decrees which it had once pleased Yahweh to give to Mosesa law divine and excellent, made to lead its followers to eternal bliss; a perfect law which the Jewish people alone had received. With such an idea of his Torah, the Jew could not accept the laws of strange nations; nor could he think of submitting to them; he could not abandon the divine laws, eternal, good and just, to follow human laws, necessarily imperfect and subject to decay. Thus, wherever colonies were founded by the Jews, to whatever land they were deported, they insisted, not only upon permission to follow their religion, but also upon exemption from the customs of the people amidst whom they were to live, and the privileges to govern themselves by their own laws.
One explanation...
Note that Christians are taught, both by Jesus Christ, and in the letters of the Apostle Paul to recognize the authority of governments, and respect customs of people, as these are means given to nations by God to organize society in a rational manner...Qustion unjust authority?...Yes...But not seek to insult it and go into constant conflict with it....In Polans, as in many other European nations, the Jews isolated themselves from the common folk, and only sought alliances with the wealthy ruling class, who used them as instruments to oppress the common folk, in the form of tax collectors, landlords, etc...The Jews served this same function for the Moors in Spain, and when the Moors were ejected by the Christians, the Jews, who were hated by common Spaniards because of their service to the ruling Muslims, were expelled...Now, this being said, many Jews were not involved in this activity, but were tarred by the brush weilded by their own 'leaders' and rabbis.
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