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

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

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.