Jews during the Black Death: literally just vibing and washing hands
LkSZangs on
How does washing hands stop the black plague? Isn’t it spread by fleas?
Nogatron on
Meanwhile in Poland: Quarantine and Jews are the way
Ok-Excuse-3613 on
How does washing hands help
Euklidis on
*Something terrible happens*
The world throughout history on Jews:
ShallowGato on
It probably had less to do with hand washing and more about being segregated and forced to shop at different stores. the likelihood of infection is dramatically reduced by both of those alone.
Comprehensive-Fail41 on
Not really. Washing of hands and faces were already customary amongst Christians. However, the Jews were usually isolated in their own districts, the Jewish Ghettos already, so they were kinda in quarantine, and kept from the common wells and such which might have been infected.
Not to mention that the muslim world, which also had extensive rules regarding cleanliness, was also extremely hard hit by the plague
Carpenter_v_Walrus on
Don’t forget, they were also pushed out of a lot of the cities into their own ghettos where people wouldn’t generally visit them. In addition, they wouldn’t let the Jews wash their clothes in the same places, often banned them from local commerce, as well as forbidding them from participating in wider communal festivals and traditions. So, additionally, they were unintentionally being semi-quarantined by the Christian populations.
Mountain-Cycle5656 on
The idea that Jews suffered fewer deaths during the Black Plague is a myth. Clement certainly thought they had not been spared at all, as attested by his papal bulls condemning blaming Jews for the Plague.
GreatRolmops on
This meme is misinformed.
1. Washing hands was customary among Christians just as much as among Jews.
2. Washing hands does absolutely nothing to stop the spread of the Bubonic Plague, which is spread by fleas.
3. Christians did not accuse the Jews because the Jews did not suffer from the Plague (the Jews suffered just as much), but rather because of a very long-standing tradition of anti-semitism.
4. 14th century Europeans did not in fact wear Warhammer-style plate armour.
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Jews during the Black Death: literally just vibing and washing hands
How does washing hands stop the black plague? Isn’t it spread by fleas?
Meanwhile in Poland: Quarantine and Jews are the way
How does washing hands help
*Something terrible happens*
The world throughout history on Jews:
It probably had less to do with hand washing and more about being segregated and forced to shop at different stores. the likelihood of infection is dramatically reduced by both of those alone.
Not really. Washing of hands and faces were already customary amongst Christians. However, the Jews were usually isolated in their own districts, the Jewish Ghettos already, so they were kinda in quarantine, and kept from the common wells and such which might have been infected.
Not to mention that the muslim world, which also had extensive rules regarding cleanliness, was also extremely hard hit by the plague
Don’t forget, they were also pushed out of a lot of the cities into their own ghettos where people wouldn’t generally visit them. In addition, they wouldn’t let the Jews wash their clothes in the same places, often banned them from local commerce, as well as forbidding them from participating in wider communal festivals and traditions. So, additionally, they were unintentionally being semi-quarantined by the Christian populations.
The idea that Jews suffered fewer deaths during the Black Plague is a myth. Clement certainly thought they had not been spared at all, as attested by his papal bulls condemning blaming Jews for the Plague.
This meme is misinformed.
1. Washing hands was customary among Christians just as much as among Jews.
2. Washing hands does absolutely nothing to stop the spread of the Bubonic Plague, which is spread by fleas.
3. Christians did not accuse the Jews because the Jews did not suffer from the Plague (the Jews suffered just as much), but rather because of a very long-standing tradition of anti-semitism.
4. 14th century Europeans did not in fact wear Warhammer-style plate armour.