It's Friday, January the 26th, 2024. Welcome to the Daily Article podcast. Today's article is written by Denison

Forum co-founder and CEO, Dr. Jim Denison, and narrated by Chris Elkins. Why did Hitler hate the Jews?

Why do so many people share his anti-Semitic animosity?

Tomorrow is International Holocaust Remembrance Day designated by the United Nations General Assembly

to coincide with the liberation of Ossvich Berkenau, the Nazi's largest extermination and concentration camp

by Soviet soldiers on January the 27th,

1945. This annual remembrance focuses on the 6 million Jews murdered by the German Nazi regime

between 1933 and 1945. One fourth of them, 1.5 million, were children.

We remembered the horror of anti-Semitic hatred,

so it will not rise again in our day. But it is. Antisemitism is surging on college campuses

part of a growing tide of animosity against Jews in America, Europe, and around the world.

The Anti-Defamation League is reporting an unprecedented

337% increase in anti-Semitic incidents after Hamas invaded Israel on October 7th, massacring

more than 1,200 Jews. What can we learn from the past to keep it happening again in the

present? The roots of

anti-Semitism go back centuries before Hitler. There was a widespread belief in Christian

Europe that the Jews were responsible for the death of Christ. Because they rejected the Christian

faith, they were considered agents of the devil. During the Middle Ages, laws restricted and prevented Jews from

owning land or holding public office. They were excluded from most occupations, forcing them to make

a living through money lending, trade, and commerce. When they became successful at these professions,

they were accused of using them to oppress their non-Jewish clients and community.

They were accused of causing plagues, murdering children for religious rituals, and secretly

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