Ignatz Bubis Quotes
I wanted to do away with these divisions—here German, there Jews.
Ignatz Bubis, 1917-1999, President, Central Council of Jews, Germany, Member of Frankfurt City Council (Free Democrat), Quoted in his obituary, New York Times, August 14, 1999
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Constantine the Great. Roman Emperors saw Christians as their most dangerous foes. However, Constantine converted to Christianity and ceased the vicious persecution of the Christians. As politicians in many societies need scapegoats to blame for various problems, and the Christians were no longer available, the Jews then became the targeted scapegoats.
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The girl to which he was referring was President Donald Trump's daughter who married a Jewish man and converted to Judiasm.
Ignatz Bubis, German Jewish leader, was the influential chairman (and later president) of the Central Council of Jews in Germany (Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland) from 1992 to 1999. In this capacity he led a public campaign against German antisemitism. Bubis's high profile both in Frankfurt and nationwide involved him in a number of public controversies.
