sterexx t1_itp3kx5 wrote
Reply to comment by DrSmurfalicious in ELI5: Why exactly have Jewish people been discriminated against for so long throughout history? by DumpsterPuff
A lot are, but a lot aren’t. Jews actually pay for the upkeep of a long wire encircling much of Manhattan so that it counts as a place they’re allowed to do certain stuff on the sabbath
They’ve got their own police-like force across the river in wburg, and other places with high concentrations of orthodox jews
and even among jews that are culturally assimilated, they maintain a much tighter social network than, say, the american great grandchildren of swedish immigrants. there are like 3 million of those and 7 million american jews. having a distinct religion will do that. lutheran swedes and germans intermixed in the midwest quite easily
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