aoupietro:

pansy-von-doom:

exposingantisemitism:

Antisemites are quick to spread the idea that Jews are incredibly wealthy people who have a great deal of social capital and wield a lot of control, and it’s darkly humorous to me at this point.

Being Jewish, for quite a lot of Jewish history, meant that you would live in poverty and oppression. You might get lucky and take a job that paid well but the gentiles wouldn’t take, circumstance might just be on your side, but for the most part, your opportunities would be severely limited.

Even today, Jewish poverty is a very real problem. In New York City alone, over 500,000 Jews live near or below the poverty line. Many of these Jews are Shoah/Holocaust survivors, and quite a few are fairly recent immigrants, frequently from Russia or the former Soviet Union. Poverty is also common within the Hasidic community. [x]

“Jewish” and “living in poverty” are not and have never been oxymorons. The truth is that Jews are not endowed with some sort of psychic force that draws material wealth to them, and in many cases, Jews are more likely to be poor than the general populace.

According to a 2008 census, Kiryas Joel has the highest poverty rate in America. 

Rather than trying to find ways to help these people, I’ve seen people claim they’re poor because they’re hiding their money, cheating on their tax returns, money laundering, swindling, defrauding… Usual ‘Fagin’ shit, right? 

The idea that you can be poor and a Jew is impossible to imagine for goyim. 

I mean, even the stereotype that we’re “cheap” comes from BEING POOR and understanding that EVERY SINGLE PENNY is vital. FFS. 

i grew up the next town over from monroe/kiryas joel and i cant even tell you how violently hated the hasidic community is here. and everyones like “oh they’re mooching off our taxes, they’re all on welfare and food stamps even though they’re rich and part of the hasidic mafia” yeah theres apparently a “hasidic mafia” >_> the government actually keeps trying to annex the village of kiryas joel from the town of monroe even tho that would make shit even worse for them

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