> "let us break the theological framing of the question. for us the question of jewish capacity for emancipation becomes the question of which element in society must be overcome in order to abolish judaism." > "let us look at the real jew of our time; not the jew of the sabbath, whom bauer considers, but the jew of everyday life. what is the jews foundation in our world? material necessity, private advantage. what is the object of the jews worship in this world? usury. what is his worldly god? money. very well then; emancipation from usury and money, that is, from practical, real judaism, would constitute the emancipation of our time." > "the organization of society so as to abolish the preconditions of usury, and hence its possibility, would render the jew impossible. his religious conviction would dissolve like a stale miasma under the pressure of the real life of the community. on the other hand, should the jew recognize his materialistic nature as valueless and work for its abolition, he would be working for simple human emancipation and the shedding of his development to date, thus rejecting the highest practical expression of human self-alienation. thus we recognize in judaism generally an antisocial element which has reached its present strength through a historical development in which the jews eagerly collaborated. jewish emancipation means, ultimately, the emancipation of humanity from judaism." 3/4
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