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To: propertius

“Britain, of course, has had a Jewish prime minister.”

Well, that’s not exactly true, if you’re thinking of Benjamin Disraeli. He was born into a Jewish family, but at the age of 13 his family fell away from the Jewish faith.

For the remainder of his life, Benjamin was a practicing member of the Anglican church, which probably accounts for much of his political success in that country.

Do not confuse ethnic extraction, and religious belief. It is a mistake that is commonly made rather like saying all blacks are Southern Baptists (which they are clearly not).


28 posted on 08/01/2010 8:00:16 AM PDT by Habibi ("It is vain to do with more what can be done with less." - William of Occam)
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To: Habibi

Interestingly, Alexander Hamilton probably had more of a Jewish upbringing than Disreali. He was tutored in a private Jewish school in St. Kitts. He had to go to the Jewish school because the Church schools didn’t accept him due to his unmarried parents.


81 posted on 08/01/2010 11:24:17 AM PDT by ChicagoHebrew (Hell exists, it is real. It's a quiet green meadow populated entirely by Arab goat herders.)
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