SC - Goyim--a MISTRANSLATION (What I have a theory)

[Jeff Heilveil]

Salut!
Akim, I beg to differ with you on your translation.  You make us Jews
sound a heck of a lot meaner than we really are.  Goyim does NOT translate
to Cattle.  It is taken straight from Hebrew where it means Nations.  The
reason that it is used in a derogatory manner is that the Jews have
historically never been allowed to be part of the nation in which they
lived, often kept apart.  Therefore it was through envious longing that
goyim became the negative term that it is today.  You have no idea how
hard it was to get that idea across to the 7th graders I teach at
religious school. ("What's wrong with being part of a nation?  I don't get
it..."

In service.
Cu drag,
Bogdan


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