Carolyn Yeager and Hadding Scott complete Chapter 15,  Is the Jewish “Kahal” the Modern “Soviet?” 

We learn why TIJ considers  the Soviet under Bolshevism to be the modern equivalent of the ancient Jewish Kahal. The Jewish preference for  living apart and the highly organized social rules and institutions that are designed to bind the community together are still found today in places such as New York City, where special rabbinical courts are allowed to exist. Beth Din of America is one example of such courts. They exist all over the world and supposedly go back to the time of “Moses,” who appointed elders to assist him in judging and governing the community. Illustration at right shows a London Beth Din in the 1920’s.

American Jewish support (sometimes subtle) for Lenin, Trotsky and the Russian Revolution bespeaks of the Jewishness of the Revolution; also three stages of action described for breaking up society point to a “World Program” that aims to turn conquered countries into Jewish states.

Note: We are using the Noontide Press publication of The International Jew — The World’s Foremost Problem which can be found online here as a pdf file.