OldPunkChick t1_iu78tr2 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 2:13 AM

Reply to comment by AllbotsAllday in TIL Jewish persons could not hold public office in Maryland until 1826 by synonyco

That might have been a pretext, but the real one was racism. I'd be interested to see where you learned that, though, and get more context. Do you have a link?

AllbotsAllday t1_iu7b3k7 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 2:32 AM

Lived in MD. This is what is taught in state history lessons.

It's presented as a religious beef more than racism. I guess it's to save face?

drak0bsidian t1_iu7lzxw wrote on October 29, 2022 at 4:15 AM

>Lived in MD.

Born and raised.

>This is what is taught in state history lessons.

I went to public school grades 2-12 in a county with plenty of Confederate flags and the delusional beliefs to go with them, and I have never heard this. And especially being Jewish, I feel I would remember learning this.

AllbotsAllday t1_iu7tnfz wrote on October 29, 2022 at 5:44 AM

Cool, love MD.

The area I lived in was pretty diverse, we spent a lot of time learning about the Civil war and slavery, even took us out to Antietam.

synonyco OP t1_iu7c59h wrote on October 29, 2022 at 2:41 AM

At the time the race and religion were relatively the same. It has been a relatively modern phenomenon where there are large numbers of people who were not born of the Jewish ancestry that convert to the Jewish religion.