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When Roman Catholicism spread across pagan Europe, the only people who resisted conversion were the Jews. This posed a tremendous theological problem for the Church and became the basis for all the anti-Semitic atrocities over the centuries, from the Crusades till the Holocaust. Yet with optimism born of taking the long view of history, Rabbi Wein finds the silver lining in the clouds – the triumph of our survival.

• the history of “the Pope’s Jews”
• Francisco Franco and his surprisingly clean record in the Holocaust
• Jewish clothing – turning insult into pride
• Jews and the career of money lending