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For 2000 years people preferred dead Jews who don’t fight….

16 min readJan 6, 2025

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“Based on an unverified claim of her conversion to Islam, Hachouel was brought to court and told to kneel before the governor. If she promised to convert, she was promised protection from her parents, silk and gold, and marriage to a handsome young man. If she did not convert, the pasha threatened her as follows:

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Lessons from History
Lessons from History

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Lester Golden
Lester Golden

Written by Lester Golden

From Latvia & Porto I write to share learning from an academic&business life in 8 languages in 5 countries & seeing fascism die in Portugal&Spain in1974 & 1976.

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