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	in which he finds himself since the downfall or his state is the consequence or God's curse on the enemies of the Messiah. what consists the misery or the Jews? suffer from the Christians? oppressed! But in Only in the oppression they The martyrs too were persecuted and Oppression and persecution always were the lot or those who fought for a higher idea against the tenets of their epoch and expected that the future would certainly bring Justification or their actions. the Christians? But how were the Jews oppressed and persecuted by Not as martyrs for a higher idea, not as martyrs for the future, but as martyrs of a past, a progress from which, they did not recognize. What one calls the curse or God is only the natural consequence or a Law. This Law is in itself chimerical and incapable or forming the core of a real national life. In addition to this it forbids progress which alone would have been able to give it some firm hold. The supposed divine curse is nothing else but the natural consequence of the contradiction which the Jews have created for themselves between History and their Law. A deputy from Wurttenberg (in 1828) declared that he saw it as a sign or the curse under which the Jews live that even the oppression which they suffered until now did not do them any good. "It is only by virtue or the blessings or Christianity that its adherents are improved and ennobled by oppression, a blessing in which the Jews do not participate." But even if we were to assume that oppression really ennobles and improves, which in spite of the usual sentimental assumption is not the case - do we have to have· recourse to supernatural dispensation if the effects are not always the same? Does the question need a religious answer, must the contrast be perpetuated by a religious slant? It is true, oppression can exalt, fortify, encourage progress; if it did not help the Jews in that manner, the reason was that they did not, like the Christians, represent progress, that they were not linked to the possibility or a step toward in world history. Only if this had been the case could oppression have helped them, if it is at all possible that pressure can be helpful by strengthening the elasticity or a party. We have shown that the question, posed correctly, makes the right answer an irresistible necessity. We will now give the answer:		in which he finds himself since the downfall or his state is the consequence or God's curse on the enemies of the Messiah. what consists the misery or the Jews? suffer from the Christians? oppressed! But in Only in the oppression they The martyrs too were persecuted and Oppression and persecution always were the lot or those who fought for a higher idea against the tenets of their epoch and expected that the future would certainly bring Justification or their actions. the Christians? But how were the Jews oppressed and persecuted by Not as martyrs for a higher idea, not as martyrs for the future, but as martyrs of a past, a progress from which, they did not recognize. What one calls the curse or God is only the natural consequence or a Law. This Law is in itself chimerical and incapable or forming the core of a real national life. In addition to this it forbids progress which alone would have been able to give it some firm hold. The supposed divine curse is nothing else but the natural consequence of the contradiction which the Jews have created for themselves between History and their Law. A deputy from Wurttenberg (in 1828) declared that he saw it as a sign or the curse under which the Jews live that even the oppression which they suffered until now did not do them any good. "It is only by virtue or the blessings or Christianity that its adherents are improved and ennobled by oppression, a blessing in which the Jews do not participate." But even if we were to assume that oppression really ennobles and improves, which in spite of the usual sentimental assumption is not the case - do we have to have· recourse to supernatural dispensation if the effects are not always the same? Does the question need a religious answer, must the contrast be perpetuated by a religious slant? It is true, oppression can exalt, fortify, encourage progress; if it did not help the Jews in that manner, the reason was that they did not, like the Christians, represent progress, that they were not linked to the possibility or a step toward in world history. Only if this had been the case could oppression have helped them, if it is at all possible that pressure can be helpful by strengthening the elasticity or a party. We have shown that the question, posed correctly, makes the right answer an irresistible necessity. We will now give the answer:
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	This element of insecurity was not created by the Jews; it belongs to society; they are not to be blamed for its existence. But it is another question whether it should perhaps be counted as a merit that they - by means of usury - have exploited it and have made this their domain to the exclusion of all other activities in the circles of civil society.		This element of insecurity was not created by the Jews; it belongs to society; they are not to be blamed for its existence. But it is another question whether it should perhaps be counted as a merit that they - by means of usury - have exploited it and have made this their domain to the exclusion of all other activities in the circles of civil society.

	Like the gods or Epicure who live in interstellar spaces and are freed from specific labors, so the Jews have struck roots ~~out- side~~ the corporate interests in the gape and crevices of society, and have caught the victims or the element or insecurity in civil society.		Like the gods of Epicure who live in interstellar spaces and are freed from specific labors, so the Jews have struck roots outside the corporate interests in the gape and crevices of society, and have caught the victims of the element of insecurity in civil society.

	But, their advocates reply, they were denied admittance to these estates and corporations. But the question is this, would they, who regard themselves as a nation, have been able to assume a real and "sincere' position in those circles, did they not exclude themselves? As they, as a nation, stand outside the interests or the peoples, were they not forced to assume a position outside the interests of estates and corporations?		But, their advocates reply, they were denied admittance to these estates and corporations. But the question is this, would they, who regard themselves as a nation, have been able to assume a real and "sincere' position in those circles, did they not exclude themselves? As they, as a nation, stand outside the interests or the peoples, were they not forced to assume a position outside the interests of estates and corporations?
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	==The Industry of the Jews==		==The Industry of the Jews==
	Who worked for eighteen hundred years to educate Europe? Who fought the battles in which a hierarchy which wanted to rule beyond its time was defeated? Who created Christian and modern		Who worked for eighteen hundred years to educate Europe? Who fought the battles in which a hierarchy which wanted to rule beyond its time was defeated? Who created Christian and modern art and tilled the cities of Europe with enduring monuments? Who developed the sciences? Who developed theory of state constitutions?

	~~art and tilled the cities or Europe with enduring monuments? developed the sciences? Who Who developed theory or state constitutions? '~~There is not one Jewish name. when he created his system. ~~Spinoza was no longer a Jew~~ Moses Mendelsohn died or grief when he heard that Lessing, his deceased friend, has been an adherent or Spinoza. Now the second question! True, the European nations excluded the Jews from their general affairs. But could they have done it, if the Jews had not excluded themselves? Can the Jew as such, that is without ceasing to be a Jew, work for the progress or art and science, for freedom from the hierarchy? Can he take interest in the state and give thought to the general principles or government? On the other hand: Are art and science subjects which can be made inaccessible by the accidental situation somebody finds himself in by birth? Are they not free goods that cannot be denied to anybody? How many men who had great influence in art and science have come from the lowest classes and had to surmount extraordinary obstacles to gain entry into the realm ~~or do this? ~rt~~ and science? Why did not Jews The reason is probably that their particular national spirit is opposed to the general interests or art and science. The industry or the Jews is or such a kind that it has nothing to do with the interests or history. The same is true or the tenacity or the Jewish spirit which is frequently praised.		There is not one Jewish name. Spinoza was no longer a Jew when he created his system. Moses Mendelsohn died or grief when he heard that Lessing, his deceased friend, has been an adherent or Spinoza.

			Now the second question! True, the European nations excluded the Jews from their general affairs. But could they have done it, if the Jews had not excluded themselves? Can the Jew as such, that is without ceasing to be a Jew, work for the progress of art and science, for freedom from the hierarchy? Can he take interest in the state and give thought to the general principles or government? On the other hand: Are art and science subjects which can be made inaccessible by the accidental situation somebody finds himself in by birth? Are they not free goods that cannot be denied to anybody? How many men who had great influence in art and science have come from the lowest classes and had to surmount extraordinary obstacles to gain entry into the realm of art and science? Why did not Jews do this? The reason is probably that their particular national spirit is opposed to the general interests or art and science.

			The industry or the Jews is or such a kind that it has nothing to do with the interests or history.

			The same is true or the tenacity or the Jewish spirit which is frequently praised.

	==The Tenacity or the Jewish Spirit==		==The Tenacity or the Jewish Spirit==

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	Poland is itself to blame for its misfortune. It is also itself to blame for permitting a foreign population to settle there and contribute to making more dangerous and fatal, the sore in its national existence.		Poland is itself to blame for its misfortune. It is also itself to blame for permitting a foreign population to settle there and contribute to making more dangerous and fatal, the sore in its national existence.

	Although Poland is itself to blame for its fate, it does not,on the other hand, speak favorably for the Jews that they could settle in numbers which about equal their number in all other European countries together, only in the most imperfect state or Europe and gain a position which can almost be called indispensable and a necessary complement. That they could thus make a home themselves only in a state ~~Which~~ to a great extent is no state, speaks against their ability to become members of a real state; what speaks even more against them is the ~~tact~~ that they utilized the defects in the Polish constitution for their private profit, that they enlarged the gap instead or forming the material to ~~till~~ it in an organic and politically useful manner.		Although Poland is itself to blame for its fate, it does not,on the other hand, speak favorably for the Jews that they could settle in numbers which about equal their number in all other European countries together, only in the most imperfect state or Europe and gain a position which can almost be called indispensable and a necessary complement. That they could thus make a home themselves only in a state which to a great extent is no state, speaks against their ability to become members of a real state; what speaks even more against them is the fact that they utilized the defects in the Polish constitution for their private profit, that they enlarged the gap instead or forming the material to fill it in an organic and politically useful manner.

	An enemy of Jewish emancipation remarks and complains that "all distilleries in Galicia are exclusively in the possession of the Jews, and thereby the moral strength of the inhabitants is given in their hands." As if it were the fault of the Jews that the moral strength of a nation is in a glass of brandy or can be lost in a glass of brandy! That enemy of the Jews has to admit himself that the Pole "sees in brandy his only consolation for all his toils and for the oppressions of his landlord." It is therefore the oppression or the regime which drives the peasant to the Jew. It is the mindless materialism or his life which makes the peasant reach for the glass of brandy, so that the minds of the people are in the hands of the Jew if the Jew is in possession of the distilleries.		An enemy of Jewish emancipation remarks and complains that "all distilleries in Galicia are exclusively in the possession of the Jews, and thereby the moral strength of the inhabitants is given in their hands." As if it were the fault of the Jews that the moral strength of a nation is in a glass of brandy or can be lost in a glass of brandy! That enemy of the Jews has to admit himself that the Pole "sees in brandy his only consolation for all his toils and for the oppressions of his landlord." It is therefore the oppression of the regime which drives the peasant to the Jew. It is the mindless materialism of his life which makes the peasant reach for the glass of brandy, so that the minds of the people are in the hands of the Jew if the Jew is in possession of the distilleries.

	The constitution has given the Jew his important position and it put the minds or the people in his hands - but is it an honor for the Jew that he utilizes this position to ~~distill·~~ the last ~~con- sequences~~ out of this condition? Does it speak for him that he is ready, that he makes it his only business to oppress the victims of the regime once more? The constitution is to blame for oppressing the peasant, for putting him in the hands of the Jew, but the Jew is culpable if he draws only the worst consequences from the constitution.		The constitution has given the Jew his important position and it put the minds of the people in his hands - but is it an honor for the Jew that he utilizes this position to distill the last consequences out of this condition? Does it speak for him that he is ready, that he makes it his only business to oppress the victims of the regime once more? The constitution is to blame for oppressing the peasant, for putting him in the hands of the Jew, but the Jew is culpable if he draws only the worst consequences from the constitution.

	This situation repeats itself in civil society in general.		This situation repeats itself in civil society in general.

	==<u>Civil Society</u>==		==<u>Civil Society</u>==
	Demand is the mighty spring ~~Which~~ puts civil society in motion. Everyone utilizes everyone else to satisfy his own needs, and he in turn is utilized by others for the same purpose. tailor utilizes my need to support his family. I utilize him to supply my need.		Demand is the mighty spring which puts civil society in motion. Everyone utilizes everyone else to satisfy his own needs, and he in turn is utilized by others for the same purpose. The tailor utilizes my need to support his family. I utilize him to supply my need.

	This egotistic activity of civil society has been restricted in the Christian state by forms which take some of its ugliness away and which connect it with the interests or honor. The special ways of supplying certain needs have been brought together in estates; and that class in which the need of the moment had the greatest power, in which, therefore, greed is most rampant, the tradesmen, were organized in the Christian state in the form of corporations. The member ~~·of~~ the corporation has as such the obligation to pursue not only his personal interests but the interests of his guild. In this manner certain limits are set to his own interests, and he feels honored because he feels now that he cares not only for the needs of individuals but for the needs of society in general.		This egotistic activity of civil society has been restricted in the Christian state by forms which take some of its ugliness away and which connect it with the interests of honor. The special ways of supplying certain needs have been brought together in estates; and that class in which the need of the moment had the greatest power, in which, therefore, greed is most rampant, the tradesmen, were organized in the Christian state in the form of corporations. The member of the corporation has as such the obligation to pursue not only his personal interests but the interests of his guild. In this manner certain limits are set to his own interests, and he feels honored because he feels now that he cares not only for the needs of individuals but for the needs of society in general.

	But where demand with its accidental caprices and moods rules absolutely, where the satisfaction of the demand is again dependent on accidents of nature, there the individual can personally remain honest, but cannot protect himself against sudden, unexpected changes which are beyond his calculation. <u id="quote_1">Demand, the basis of civil society, which secures its existence and guarantees its necessity, exposes it at the same time to continuous dangers, gives it an element of insecurity, and causes that ever changing mixture of poverty and wealth, misery and prosperity change.</u>		But where demand with its accidental caprices and moods rules absolutely, where the satisfaction of the demand is again dependent on accidents of nature, there the individual can personally remain honest, but cannot protect himself against sudden, unexpected changes which are beyond his calculation. <u id="quote_1">Demand, the basis of civil society, which secures its existence and guarantees its necessity, exposes it at the same time to continuous dangers, gives it an element of insecurity, and causes that ever changing mixture of poverty and wealth, misery and prosperity change.</u>

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	So Judaism is privileged: now, when privileges come tumbling down under the blows of criticism; and subsequently after they have fallen?		So Judaism is privileged: now, when privileges come tumbling down under the blows of criticism; and subsequently after they have fallen?

	The advocates of emancipation are therefore in the strange position that they fight against privilege and at the same time grant to Judaism the privilege ~~of irresponsibility,~~ of unchangeability, of immunity, and ~~they~~ fight for the Jews with the best of intentions, but lack true enthusiasm, for they treat the Jewish problem as a matter foreign to them. If they are partisans of progress and the higher development of humanity, the Jews are excluded from their party. They demand that the Christians and the Christian state give up prejudices which not only have grown into their hearts but which are an essential part of their heart and being, and yet they demand no such thing from the Jews. The heart of Judaism must not be touched.		The advocates of emancipation are therefore in the strange position that they fight against privilege and at the same time grant to Judaism the privilege of unchangeability, immunity, and irresponsibility. They fight for the Jews with the best of intentions, but lack true enthusiasm, for they treat the Jewish problem as a matter foreign to them. If they are partisans of progress and the higher development of humanity, the Jews are excluded from their party. They demand that the Christians and the Christian state give up prejudices which not only have grown into their hearts but which are an essential part of their heart and being, and yet they demand no such thing from the Jews. The heart of Judaism must not be touched.

	The birth of the new epoch which is now emerging will cost the Christian world great pains: are the Jews to suffer no pain, are they to have equal rights with those who fought and suffered for the new world? As if that could be! As if they could feel at home in a world which they did not make, did not help to make, which is contrary to their unchanged nature!		The birth of the new epoch which is now emerging will cost the Christian world great pains: are the Jews to suffer no pain, are they to have equal rights with those who fought and suffered for the new world? As if that could be! As if they could feel at home in a world which they did not make, did not help to make, which is contrary to their unchanged nature!

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	Until now the enemies of emancipation had much the advantage over its advocates, because they considered the contrast between the Jew as such to the Christian state. Their only mistake was that they pre-supposed the Christian state as the only true state and did not subject it to the same criticism that they applied to Judaism. Their opinion or Judaism seemed harsh and unjust only because they did not at the same time look critically at the state which denied and had to deny liberty to the Jews.		Until now the enemies of emancipation had much the advantage over its advocates, because they considered the contrast between the Jew as such to the Christian state. Their only mistake was that they pre-supposed the Christian state as the only true state and did not subject it to the same criticism that they applied to Judaism. Their opinion or Judaism seemed harsh and unjust only because they did not at the same time look critically at the state which denied and had to deny liberty to the Jews.

	Our criticism will be aimed at both sides: we will be able to find a solution only in this way. Perhaps our understanding of Judaism will appear even harsher than that which used to be expressed by the enemies of emancipation. Perhaps it is harsher: concern can be whether it is correct. ~~but my only~~ The only problem will be whether an evil is thoroughly abolished if it is not torn out by the roots. Whoever insists upon complaining,may accuse Liberty, because it demands not only from other nations but from the Jews as well, that they sacrifice antiquated traditions before they win liberty. If the criticism seems, or really is, harsh, it will still lead to Liberty and nothing else will.		Our criticism will be aimed at both sides: we will be able to find a solution only in this way. Perhaps our understanding of Judaism will appear even harsher than that which used to be expressed by the enemies of emancipation. Perhaps it is harsher: but my only concern can be whether it is correct. The only problem will be whether an evil is thoroughly abolished if it is not torn out by the roots. Whoever insists upon complaining, may accuse Liberty, because it demands not only from other nations but from the Jews as well, that they sacrifice antiquated traditions before they win liberty. If the criticism seems, or really is, harsh, it will still lead to Liberty and nothing else will.

	At the outset, we want to pose the problem correctly and remove the wrong formulations it was given before.		At the outset, we want to pose the problem correctly and remove the wrong formulations it was given before.

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	To defend the Jews in this manner is really to do them a great disservice and it is detrimental to their cause.		To defend the Jews in this manner is really to do them a great disservice and it is detrimental to their cause.

	One usually says or martyrs that they were killed, though innocent - this is really the greatest insult. Was what they did and for what they died nothing? Was it not contrary to the way of life and the ideas of their adversaries? The greater, the more important they are as martyrs, the greater must have been their deed, which was against the existing laws; therefore, the greater their guilt against the powers that ruled in their time.		One usually says of martyrs that they were killed, though innocent - this is really the greatest insult. Was what they did and for what they died nothing? Was it not contrary to the way of life and the ideas of their adversaries? The greater, the more important they are as martyrs, the greater must have been their deed, which was against the existing laws; therefore, the greater their guilt against the powers that ruled in their time.

	Of the Jews it will at least be admitted that they suffered for their Law, for their way of life and for their nationality, that they were martyrs. They were thus themselves to blame for the oppression they suffered, because they provoked it by their adherence to their law, their language, to their whole way of life. A nothing cannot be oppressed. Wherever there is pressure something must have caused it by its existence, by its nature.		Of the Jews it will at least be admitted that they suffered for their Law, for their way of life and for their nationality, that they were martyrs. They were thus themselves to blame for the oppression they suffered, because they provoked it by their adherence to their law, their language, to their whole way of life. A nothing cannot be oppressed. Wherever there is pressure something must have caused it by its existence, by its nature.

	In history nothing stands outside the law of causality, least of all the Jews. With a stubbornness which their advocates ~~them- selves~~ praise and admire they have clung to their nationality and resisted the movements and changes of history. The will or history is evolution, new forms, progress, change; the Jews want to stay forever ~~What~~ they are, therefore they fought against the first law or history - does this not prove that by pressing against this mighty spring they provoked counter-pressure? '!They were oppressed because they first pressed by placing themselves against the wheel of history.		In history nothing stands outside the law of causality, least of all the Jews. With a stubbornness which their advocates themselves praise and admire they have clung to their nationality and resisted the movements and changes of history. The will of history is evolution, new forms, progress, change; the Jews want to stay forever what they are, therefore they fought against the first law of history - does this not prove that by pressing against this mighty spring they provoked counter-pressure? They were oppressed because they first pressed by placing themselves against the wheel of history.

	Had the Jews been outside this action or the law of causality, had they been entirely passive, had they not from their side strained against the Christian world, there would not be any tie to connect them with history. They could never have entered into the new development of history and have influenced it. Then their cause would be quite lost.		Had the Jews been outside this action of the law of causality, had they been entirely passive, had they not from their side strained against the Christian world, there would not be any tie to connect them with history. They could never have entered into the new development of history and have influenced it. Then their cause would be quite lost.

	Therefore the oppression which they suffered. that the hardening or their character caused by this oppression was their own fault. Then you admit them to a place in a two thousand year old history, although a subordinate one; then you make them a member which is capable, and finally has the duty to take part in history's progress.		Therefore the oppression which they suffered, that the hardening of their character caused by this oppression was their own fault. Then you admit them to a place in a two thousand year old history, although a subordinate one; then you make them a member which is capable, and finally has the duty to take part in history's progress.

	Sometimes the advocates or Judaism forget that they ascribe to it the purely passive role of the sufferer and boast that. it has a very beneficial influence on the life of the states. An example!		Sometimes the advocates of Judaism forget that they ascribe to it the purely passive role of the sufferer and boast that. it has a very beneficial influence on the life of the states. An example!

	==Spain==		==Spain==

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	==The Problem Posed Correctly==		==The Problem Posed Correctly==
	What advocates usually do at the end or a trial, namely,appeal to the emotions or the judge and the public, be it only that they explain how their clients were driven by dire necessity to go astray, the advocates or the Jews do right at the start. They either ~~com- plain~~ about the oppression under which the Jews lived in the Christian world, or, if they admit that some of the reproaches regarding the attitude, the character, and the condition of the Jews are in part justified, they make that oppression appear even. more hateful by asserting that it alone was the cause of those characteristics.		What advocates usually do at the end or a trial, namely,appeal to the emotions of the judge and the public, be it only that they explain how their clients were driven by dire necessity to go astray, the advocates or the Jews do right at the start. They either complain about the oppression under which the Jews lived in the Christian world, or, if they admit that some of the reproaches regarding the attitude, the character, and the condition of the Jews are in part justified, they make that oppression appear even more hateful by asserting that it alone was the cause of those characteristics.

	==The Innocence of the Jews==		==The Innocence of the Jews==

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	So Judaism is privileged: now, when privileges come tumbling down under the blows of criticism; and subsequently after they have fallen?		So Judaism is privileged: now, when privileges come tumbling down under the blows of criticism; and subsequently after they have fallen?

	The advocates of emancipation are therefore in the strange position that they ~~tight~~ against privilege and at the same time grant to Judaism the privilege irresponsibility or unchangeability, immunity, and ~~They~~ fight for the Jews with the best of intentions, but lack true enthusiasm, for they treat the Jewish problem as a matter foreign to them. If they are partisans of progress and the higher development of humanity, the Jews are excluded from their party. They demand that the Christians and the Christian state give up prejudices which not only have grown into their hearts but which are an essential part of their heart and being, and yet they demand no such thing from the Jews. The heart of Judaism must not be touched.		The advocates of emancipation are therefore in the strange position that they fight against privilege and at the same time grant to Judaism the privilege of irresponsibility, of unchangeability, of immunity, and they fight for the Jews with the best of intentions, but lack true enthusiasm, for they treat the Jewish problem as a matter foreign to them. If they are partisans of progress and the higher development of humanity, the Jews are excluded from their party. They demand that the Christians and the Christian state give up prejudices which not only have grown into their hearts but which are an essential part of their heart and being, and yet they demand no such thing from the Jews. The heart of Judaism must not be touched.

	The birth of the new epoch which is now emerging will cost the Christian world great pains: are the Jews to suffer no pain, are they to have equal rights with those who fought and suffered for the new world? As it that could be! As if they could feel at home in a world which they did not make, did not help to make, which is contrary to their unchanged nature!		The birth of the new epoch which is now emerging will cost the Christian world great pains: are the Jews to suffer no pain, are they to have equal rights with those who fought and suffered for the new world? As if that could be! As if they could feel at home in a world which they did not make, did not help to make, which is contrary to their unchanged nature!

	Those people who want to spare them the pains of criticism are the worst enemies of the Jews. Nobody who has not gone through the flames or criticism will be able to enter the new world which will soon come.		Those people who want to spare them the pains of criticism are the worst enemies of the Jews. Nobody who has not gone through the flames or criticism will be able to enter the new world which will soon come.

	Besides, you have not brought the Jewish problem to the general public. You have talked about the injustices or the Christian states, but have not asked whether these injustices and hardships did not have their basis in the nature or the old state organizations.		Besides, you have not brought the Jewish problem to the general public. You have talked about the injustices of the Christian states, but have not asked whether these injustices and hardships did not have their basis in the nature or the old state organizations.

	It the treatment of the Jews in the Christian state has its basis in its nature, then the emancipation of the Jews only under the condition that they change that nature - i.e.,~~aa tar~~ as the Jews themselves change their nature - means that the Jewish problem is only a part of the general problem,the solution of which our age is seeking.		It the treatment of the Jews in the Christian state has its basis in its nature, then the emancipation of the Jews only under the condition that they change that nature - i.e.,as far as the Jews themselves change their nature - means that the Jewish problem is only a part of the general problem, the solution of which our age is seeking.

	Until now the enemies of emancipation had much the advantage over its advocates, because they considered the contrast between the Jew as such to the Christian state. Their only mistake was that they pre-supposed the Christian state as the only true state and did not subject it to the same criticism that they applied to Judaism. Their opinion or Judaism seemed harsh and unjust only ~~be- cause~~ they did not at the same time look critically at the state which denied and had to deny liberty to the Jews.		Until now the enemies of emancipation had much the advantage over its advocates, because they considered the contrast between the Jew as such to the Christian state. Their only mistake was that they pre-supposed the Christian state as the only true state and did not subject it to the same criticism that they applied to Judaism. Their opinion or Judaism seemed harsh and unjust only because they did not at the same time look critically at the state which denied and had to deny liberty to the Jews.

	Our criticism will be aimed at both sides: will we be able to find a solution. only in this way Perhaps our understanding of Judaism will appear even harsher than that which used to be expressed by the enemies of emancipation. Perhaps it is harsher: concern can be whether it is correct. but my only The only problem will be whether an evil is thoroughly abolished if it is not torn out by the roots. Whoever insists upon complaining,may accuse Liberty, because it demands not only from other nations but from the Jews as well, that they sacrifice antiquated traditions before they win liberty. If the criticism seems, or really is, harsh, it will still lead to Liberty and nothing else will.		Our criticism will be aimed at both sides: we will be able to find a solution only in this way. Perhaps our understanding of Judaism will appear even harsher than that which used to be expressed by the enemies of emancipation. Perhaps it is harsher: concern can be whether it is correct. but my only The only problem will be whether an evil is thoroughly abolished if it is not torn out by the roots. Whoever insists upon complaining,may accuse Liberty, because it demands not only from other nations but from the Jews as well, that they sacrifice antiquated traditions before they win liberty. If the criticism seems, or really is, harsh, it will still lead to Liberty and nothing else will.

	At the outset, we want to pose the problem correctly and remove the wrong formulations it was given before.		At the outset, we want to pose the problem correctly and remove the wrong formulations it was given before.

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Introduction

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	"Freedom, human rights, emancipation, expiation of a thousand year old wrong" - these are such great rights and obligations that the heart of every honest man is certain to respond to their appeal. The mere words are often sufficient to make the cause which is defended by their use popular.		"Freedom, human rights, emancipation, expiation of a thousand year old wrong" - these are such great rights and obligations that the heart of every honest man is certain to respond to their appeal. The mere words are often sufficient to make the cause which is defended by their use popular.

	All too often, however, one thinks victory of a cause has been won, if one only uses words which serve so to say as a holy symbol which nobody would dare deny lest he be looked upon as a monster, a scoffer, or a friend or tyranny. Momentary success can be won in this manner, but real victories can not be won this way, nor can real difficulties overcome.		All too often, however, one thinks victory of a cause has been won, if one only uses words which serve so to say as a holy symbol which nobody would dare deny lest he be looked upon as a monster, a scoffer, or a friend of tyranny. Momentary success can be won in this manner, but real victories can not be won this way, nor can real difficulties overcome.

	In the course of the present negotiations regarding the Jewish question the great words "liberty, human rights., emancipation" were often heard and applauded; but they did not contribute much to progress in the matter itself, and it will perhaps be useful to abstain for once from using them continuously and instead to give serious thought to the subject under discussion.		In the course of the present negotiations regarding the Jewish question the great words "liberty, human rights, emancipation" were often heard and applauded; but they did not contribute much to progress in the matter itself, and it will perhaps be useful to abstain for once from using them continuously and instead to give serious thought to the subject under discussion.

	The popular interest in the Jewish problem cannot be explained by the merits of its advocates, but only by the fact that the public feels that the emancipation of the Jews is connected with the development or our general conditions. The advocates of emancipation did not seek out and explain this connection. In a period when not a single power that ruled the world till now was sate from criticism, Jews and Judaism were left alone. One did not even ask the question as: What are they and whether or not their essence is compatible with freedom were freedom be granted to them.		The popular interest in the Jewish problem cannot be explained by the merits of its advocates, but only by the fact that the public feels that the emancipation of the Jews is connected with the development or our general conditions. The advocates of emancipation did not seek out and explain this connection. In a period when not a single power that ruled the world till now was sate from criticism, Jews and Judaism were left alone. One did not even ask the question as: What are they and whether or not their essence is compatible with freedom were freedom be granted to them.