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In addition to the importance of education, Jews in Europe were not allowed to own land which made them instead strong in business/trade etc.
by john321 16y ago
In addition to the importance of education, Jews in Europe were not allowed to own land which made them instead strong in business/trade etc.
- detst 16y agoMy recollection of history is not great but I believe that in feudal times this is true. But the interesting part is that they were granted rights in business that others were not given. So it wasn't simply that they had to compensate in other areas as a result of not being allowed to own land, but that they had rights that others didn't.
- imesh 16y agoThey could lend money, whereas Christians couldn't, and since they couldn't own property, there was a time where most Jews in Europe where money lenders (AKA, bankers), no wonder they are still good with the money.