Truth Vs Lie Quotes
The reason that this anti-Semitic quotation is notable is that it ties Judaism to Freemasonry. The latter group trace their origins to the masons who built Solomon’s Temple. Unlike most organizations in Medieval Europe, the Masons would accept Jews and there were some Jewish Lodges. While Masonic Lodges were primarily Protestant in composition, these lodges were often composed of the middle and upper classes. Many Catholics in Europe saw Masons as nefarious, as did many Protestants in America (There was an Anti-Masonic Party in the 19th century.) The secrecy of Masonic rituals and often membership engendered much suspicion and provided conspiracy theorists with a natural target. Paulescu, a classic conspiracy theorist, conflated the Masons with the Jews. The Talmud is the ancient Jewish Rabbinical Commentary on the Old Testament and elaborates and acts as a legal and administrative guide to the commandments of God in the Bible. A Kahal was a counsel of Jews who in a Christian or Muslim country were given the authority to supervise a Jewish Community. While it is true that the Masons have secret rituals, the Talmud is the most circulated text (after the Bible itself) amongst Jews and has never been secret. And the Kahal was generally as open or closed as any other local government within a kingdom or empire.
