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["Jack Kilmon" <jkilmon AT historian.net>]

Wow, Isaac. Someone needs to have a little chat with the Haggadah 
illustrator.

Jack

Jack Kilmon
San Antonio, TX

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From: "Isaac Fried" <if AT math.bu.edu>
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 8:31 PM
To: "Jack Kilmon" <jkilmon AT historian.net>
Cc: "Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] A plea to the Egyptians

> It came from the mouth of a joker so it must be a joke. Many Jews  know 
> their history in Egypt from the Passover Hagadah, where they see  clear 
> illustrations of the Hebrews building the pyramids.
>
> Isaac Fried, Boston University
>
> On Feb 5, 2011, at 9:21 PM, Jack Kilmon wrote:
>
> > Are there really people in the world who think that Jews built the 
> > pyramids? They wouldn't know there was no such thing as a Jew, or  an 
> > Israelite, in the 3rd millennium BCE?  That's kind of like  saying Texans 
> > built the Parthenon. It was meant as just a joke?
> >
> > Jack
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > From: "Isaac Fried" <if AT math.bu.edu>
> > Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 6:20 PM
> > To: "b-hebrew List" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> > Cc: "b-hebrew List" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> > Subject: [b-hebrew] A plea to the Egyptians
> >
> > > As I saw circulated in the internet:
> > >
> > > Please, don't destroy the pyramids, we will not come back to  rebuild 
> > > it. Signed: the Jews
> > >
> > > Isaac Fried, Boston University
> > >
> > >
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