> After the experiences of the 20th century ... And the 19th, and the 18th, and the 17th, and the 16th, and... The Jewish condition was obviously affected by

> After the experiences of the 20th century ... And the 19th, and the 18th, and the 17th, and the 16th, and... The Jewish condition was obviously affected by the Shoah, but the fundamental elements of otherness from the communities it lived in (since the exodus), with all the very real threats that they inevitably attract, have always been there. (Sadly any further elaboration on this point cannot be made in a public forum today.)