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By Dr. Mordechai A. Schwartz
Recently, we were informed that a German priest named Joseph Alois Ratzinger (currently the Bishop of Rome and head of the Catholic Church, known among his followers primarily as 'Pope Benedict XVI') published a new book in which he "exonerates" the Jews from the blame for the death of the founder of Christianity, Jesus the Nazarene.
From media reports, I learned that the Prime Minister of the Jewish State, Benjamin Netanyahu, even sent a letter of thanks to Ratzinger, and this is a disgrace and an outrage.
It turns out that there is no moral low to which the Catholic Church will not descend, and no act of subservience that a Jew is incapable of before the overlord. This "exoneration" is nothing but another insult to Judaism from the satanic workshop of the Catholic Church.
What is "King of the Jews"' Netanyahu so happy about? That the murderer was kind enough to "exonerate" his victims from the charge of murder? Indeed, rejoice and be glad, Jews (and woe to such shame).
To tell the truth, this "exoneration" is not new.
The news of Ratzinger's book reminded me of a conversation I had when I was about 16 years old. While waiting for a bus at some late-night station in Jerusalem, a man sat next to me and started asking about my customs and my religion. Among other things, he asked if I pray regularly.
I didn’t understand why this stranger was interested, so I politely replied that I do pray three times a day. The stranger replied that he too prays to God, but emphasized that he also prays to God's "son" (as is typical). Once I realized I was dealing with a missionary, I responded politely but firmly that I wasn’t interested in continuing the conversation.
"Don’t tell me about your church and your Jesus," I added. "On my mother's side, I am a descendant of Rabbi Judah Halevi the Sephardic and a descendant of the Jews expelled from Spain, survivors of the Inquisition."
"On my father’s side, I am a great-grandson of Rabbi Shlomo Schwartz, who spent two years in prison for a blood libel he didn’t commit, a libel concocted in the dungeons of the Hungarian Catholic Church, which incited the population to carry out pogroms against Jews." (I was referring to the Tiszaeszlár blood libel trial, 1882-1884).
The stranger was stunned and fell silent for a moment, but quickly regained his composure and replied: "These things happened a long time ago and do not reflect the position of the Church. On the contrary, several decades ago, the Holy See exonerated the Jews from the guilt of crucifying Jesus."
"Well," I replied to him, "you happen to be dealing with a young man who has read some history and knows something about the papal bulls of Pope Innocent IV, as well as the involvement of the popes in the Crusades and the Inquisition."
"But," I added, "the ridiculous exoneration by the Church is a double insult. First, why on earth would the Jews need an exoneration from their murderers after thousands of years? And second, we really did kill Jesus, and we have nothing to apologize for."
The astonishment on the stranger’s face was now complete. I could read his thoughts like an open book: "Has this Jew gone mad? The Church exonerates the Jews from the charge of murdering Jesus, and he insists on bearing the guilt?"
"I see you don’t understand," I said to the stranger, "so let me explain."
"Look, Jesus was a Jewish citizen in a Jewish state, who was tried in a Jewish court for violations of the laws of the Jewish state, found guilty, sentenced to death, and executed. That’s what is written in our Talmud (Sanhedrin 43a in the uncensored editions)."
"In other words," I added, "this was an internal Jewish matter. What concern is it of yours or of the Catholic Church?" The color drained from the stranger’s face, but I continued: "Three hundred years later, you decided to turn Jesus into your idol and worship him. So what? Does that give you the right to persecute us and slaughter us?"
"Let’s say some people decide to turn Socrates into their idol and worship him. Does that give them the right to persecute the Greeks forever? What do we have to apologize for? Indeed, Jesus was executed after being tried in a Jewish court of the Jewish state. What concern is it of yours?"
The stranger's lower lip trembled, but nothing was heard from his lips. To the best of my memory, his salvation came in the form of the bus that suddenly appeared. I remember clearly that he did not board after me and preferred to remain at the station alone. But it’s not that stranger who interests me.
What really infuriates me is the groveling letter from "King of the Jews" Netanyahu, thanking Ratzinger for the insulting "exoneration." After all, of all the popes who have ever risen in the Catholic Church, is it precisely Ratzinger, a former member of the Nazi Party, from whom we need an "exoneration"?
Ratzinger and his followers claim that he was not really a Nazi.
Ratzinger and his followers claim that he was merely a young boy forced to join the Hitler Youth movement, Hitlerjugend, and they present as evidence a photo of a young Ratzinger in a Hitlerjugend uniform (on the right). However, a quick internet search reveals additional photos of an older Ratzinger, such as one showing Father Ratzinger giving a Nazi salute (on the left).
Yet, it seems the most compelling image is the one where Ratzinger appears alongside other German clergy in the company of Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels (far right). While the German clergy in the photo are dressed in their clerical robes and appear to be saluting reluctantly, Ratzinger stands at the center, notably wearing a Nazi uniform and enthusiastically giving the Nazi salute with his arm raised high.
In this context, it is worth noting that since his appointment as head of the Catholic Church, Ratzinger has been working to declare Pius XII a "saint." Pius XII was the head of the Catholic Church during the Holocaust and became infamous for his silence in the face of the slaughter.
Well, that's not entirely accurate. When the Jews of Rome were being taken to the train station for deportation to the death camps in Poland, Pius XII's secretary contacted the Gestapo commander in the city and requested that the transportation of the Jews avoid passing near the Vatican between 2:00 and 4:00 p.m., as the noise disturbed His Holiness’s afternoon nap.
By Dr. Mordechai A. Schwartz
Recently, we were informed that a German priest named Joseph Alois Ratzinger (currently the Bishop of Rome and head of the Catholic Church, known among his followers primarily as 'Pope Benedict XVI') published a new book in which he "exonerates" the Jews from the blame for the death of the founder of Christianity, Jesus the Nazarene.
From media reports, I learned that the Prime Minister of the Jewish State, Benjamin Netanyahu, even sent a letter of thanks to Ratzinger, and this is a disgrace and an outrage.
It turns out that there is no moral low to which the Catholic Church will not descend, and no act of subservience that a Jew is incapable of before the overlord. This "exoneration" is nothing but another insult to Judaism from the satanic workshop of the Catholic Church.
What is "King of the Jews"' Netanyahu so happy about? That the murderer was kind enough to "exonerate" his victims from the charge of murder? Indeed, rejoice and be glad, Jews (and woe to such shame).
To tell the truth, this "exoneration" is not new.
The news of Ratzinger's book reminded me of a conversation I had when I was about 16 years old. While waiting for a bus at some late-night station in Jerusalem, a man sat next to me and started asking about my customs and my religion. Among other things, he asked if I pray regularly.
I didn’t understand why this stranger was interested, so I politely replied that I do pray three times a day. The stranger replied that he too prays to God, but emphasized that he also prays to God's "son" (as is typical). Once I realized I was dealing with a missionary, I responded politely but firmly that I wasn’t interested in continuing the conversation.
"Don’t tell me about your church and your Jesus," I added. "On my mother's side, I am a descendant of Rabbi Judah Halevi the Sephardic and a descendant of the Jews expelled from Spain, survivors of the Inquisition."
"On my father’s side, I am a great-grandson of Rabbi Shlomo Schwartz, who spent two years in prison for a blood libel he didn’t commit, a libel concocted in the dungeons of the Hungarian Catholic Church, which incited the population to carry out pogroms against Jews." (I was referring to the Tiszaeszlár blood libel trial, 1882-1884).
The stranger was stunned and fell silent for a moment, but quickly regained his composure and replied: "These things happened a long time ago and do not reflect the position of the Church. On the contrary, several decades ago, the Holy See exonerated the Jews from the guilt of crucifying Jesus."
"Well," I replied to him, "you happen to be dealing with a young man who has read some history and knows something about the papal bulls of Pope Innocent IV, as well as the involvement of the popes in the Crusades and the Inquisition."
"But," I added, "the ridiculous exoneration by the Church is a double insult. First, why on earth would the Jews need an exoneration from their murderers after thousands of years? And second, we really did kill Jesus, and we have nothing to apologize for."
The astonishment on the stranger’s face was now complete. I could read his thoughts like an open book: "Has this Jew gone mad? The Church exonerates the Jews from the charge of murdering Jesus, and he insists on bearing the guilt?"
"I see you don’t understand," I said to the stranger, "so let me explain."
"Look, Jesus was a Jewish citizen in a Jewish state, who was tried in a Jewish court for violations of the laws of the Jewish state, found guilty, sentenced to death, and executed. That’s what is written in our Talmud (Sanhedrin 43a in the uncensored editions)."
"In other words," I added, "this was an internal Jewish matter. What concern is it of yours or of the Catholic Church?" The color drained from the stranger’s face, but I continued: "Three hundred years later, you decided to turn Jesus into your idol and worship him. So what? Does that give you the right to persecute us and slaughter us?"
"Let’s say some people decide to turn Socrates into their idol and worship him. Does that give them the right to persecute the Greeks forever? What do we have to apologize for? Indeed, Jesus was executed after being tried in a Jewish court of the Jewish state. What concern is it of yours?"
The stranger's lower lip trembled, but nothing was heard from his lips. To the best of my memory, his salvation came in the form of the bus that suddenly appeared. I remember clearly that he did not board after me and preferred to remain at the station alone. But it’s not that stranger who interests me.
What really infuriates me is the groveling letter from "King of the Jews" Netanyahu, thanking Ratzinger for the insulting "exoneration." After all, of all the popes who have ever risen in the Catholic Church, is it precisely Ratzinger, a former member of the Nazi Party, from whom we need an "exoneration"?
Ratzinger and his followers claim that he was not really a Nazi.
Ratzinger and his followers claim that he was merely a young boy forced to join the Hitler Youth movement, Hitlerjugend, and they present as evidence a photo of a young Ratzinger in a Hitlerjugend uniform (on the right). However, a quick internet search reveals additional photos of an older Ratzinger, such as one showing Father Ratzinger giving a Nazi salute (on the left).
Yet, it seems the most compelling image is the one where Ratzinger appears alongside other German clergy in the company of Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels (far right). While the German clergy in the photo are dressed in their clerical robes and appear to be saluting reluctantly, Ratzinger stands at the center, notably wearing a Nazi uniform and enthusiastically giving the Nazi salute with his arm raised high.
In this context, it is worth noting that since his appointment as head of the Catholic Church, Ratzinger has been working to declare Pius XII a "saint." Pius XII was the head of the Catholic Church during the Holocaust and became infamous for his silence in the face of the slaughter.
Well, that's not entirely accurate. When the Jews of Rome were being taken to the train station for deportation to the death camps in Poland, Pius XII's secretary contacted the Gestapo commander in the city and requested that the transportation of the Jews avoid passing near the Vatican between 2:00 and 4:00 p.m., as the noise disturbed His Holiness’s afternoon nap.
