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Antisemitism and Jewish Identity

According to Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, modern Jewish communities and the modern Jewish identity are influenced by antisemitism. Many Jews in the Jewish diaspora have suffered persecution. They were landless and suffered periodic massacres, expulsions and other abuses.

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