Why Is Jesus a Jewish Taboo?

Growing up Jewish in the Bible Belt of the American South, my Judaism was always a point of pride. But it brought questions. Throngs of questions. (Seriously, "Shit Christians Say To Jews" is remarkably true-to-life.) The most common, and the one that required the most diplomatic answer, was simple: Do Jews believe in Jesus?

"Well, no," I'd say. "We believe he existed, but we don't believe he was or is the Messiah."

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