Were Jews Expelled from 109 Countries?

While it’s true that Jews have been expelled from several countries over the centuries, the exaggerated antisemitic trope of 109 countries serves as an ongoing excuse for neo-Nazi Jewish hatred. The 109 trope discounts the social, political, and economic contexts for Jewish expulsions throughout the ages, and only enhances the generational trauma faced by Jewish communities worldwide resulting from two millennia of living in various host countries as, often unwelcome, guests. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:40 Origins of the 109 trope 01:15 Spread of the 109 lie 01:37 The pattern of Jewish expulsions 02:20 Displaced people are an easy target 04:37 Jews and money 08:29 Jews and power 09:39 Modern day Jewish expulsions 10:36 Jewish generational trauma Subscribe and turn on your notifications so you don’t miss future uploads! Recommended video—The Massacre of the Jews of Poland We have merch! – Let’s connect: Website — Instagram — Twitter — TikTok — @jewishunpacked Facebook — ----------- Image and footage credits: U.S. Holocaust Museum Memorial The Jewish Museum Storyblocks Pixabay The Courier Mail TikTok Twitter Reddit Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp MeisterDrucke David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries U.S. Army Paramount Pictures / Skydance Productions Paramount Pictures / Alfran Productions Philadephia Museum of Art Associated Press Euronews Museo Del Prado Musées de la Cour d’Or Bruges, Grootseminarie Ten Duinen Bundesarchiv National museum of Capodimonte, Naples, Italy Hochschul-und Landesbibliothek Fulda Sony Pictures Television Israel Government Press Office: Teddy Brauner, Fritz Cohen, David Eldan Time Stadtbibliothek Nürnberg New York State Senate Municipal Library of Rennes CBS New York AMC / Sony Pictures Television British Museum New York Public Library Digital Collection British Library Schlossmuseum Rohrau Kramerius Digital Library HBO / Vice Château de Versailles Musee des Augustine ITV News MSNBC Wellcome Collection Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs Park Avenue Synagogue New York Times Rueven (Ruby) Rivlin: The 10th President of the State of Israel Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya Metropolitan Museum of Art Cappella Brancacci, Santa Maria del Carmine ----------- Executive Producer: — Barry Skolnick Co-Executive Producer: — Shmuel Katz Silver Level: — Sephardic Community Alliance ----------- About Explainers: From ancient Jewish traditions to the modern State of Israel, we explain it all. Diving into anything and everything related to Jewish culture, history, and even religion. Understand Jewish holidays, Israeli politics, Jewish diasporic communities, and more. Learn about Judaism in pop culture, debunking myths about Jews, and explore obscure Israeli landmarks. We’re asking questions as basic as “What is the Talmud?”, and as obscure as “How did hip-hop boost Kosher wine sales?”, and everything in between. About Unpacked: We provide nuanced insights by unpacking all things Jewish. People are complex and complicated — yet we’re constantly being pushed to oversimplify our world. At Unpacked we know that being complex makes us more interesting. Because of this, we break the world down with nuance and insight to drive your curiosity and challenge your thinking. #Jewish #antisemitism #diaspora