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EPILOGUE<br />
In this Volume, we have shown how a conspiracy<br />
developed <strong>to</strong> undermine Judaism, and how it engulfed an<br />
entire continent, and spread throughout <strong>the</strong> Western World. It<br />
has been noted that <strong>the</strong> modern period did not spontaneously<br />
begin. A famous academic anecdote tells <strong>the</strong> s<strong>to</strong>ry of a stu-<br />
dent who raised his hand <strong>to</strong> ask his professor when <strong>the</strong><br />
Renaissance began. The professor explained that on<br />
December 31, 1399, a party was held in Italy, and <strong>the</strong>y<br />
proclaimed that at midnight <strong>the</strong> Renaissance would begin. One<br />
cannot precisely put one's finger on <strong>the</strong> time nor <strong>the</strong> place<br />
when a conspiracy began <strong>to</strong> undermine all <strong>the</strong> religions of <strong>the</strong><br />
world, and Judaism in particular. One can point <strong>to</strong> specific<br />
events that <strong>to</strong>ok place, so that Communism was not born<br />
when Adam Weishaupt founded <strong>the</strong> llluminati on May Day<br />
1776. Certain changes were already in evidence when<br />
Mendelssohn came on <strong>the</strong> scene in <strong>the</strong> Jewish communities of<br />
Europe. In <strong>the</strong> time of Shabbetai Tzvi, <strong>the</strong> false Messiah, <strong>the</strong><br />
Jewish community of <strong>the</strong> world acted as one body. By <strong>the</strong> time<br />
Moses Mendelssohn came on <strong>the</strong> scene, polarization had<br />
begun <strong>to</strong> appear. The Frankists and Bund members<br />
contributed <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> fur<strong>the</strong>r polarization of <strong>the</strong> Jewish people,<br />
which is going on up <strong>to</strong> this very day. Only <strong>the</strong> State of Israel<br />
has acted as a unifying force.<br />
When <strong>the</strong> Rabbis prophetically saw <strong>the</strong> Holocaust in<br />
Mendelssohn's Berlin circle, <strong>the</strong>y were also looking at one<br />
essential consequence of this, that <strong>the</strong> alienation that<br />
Mendelssohn began would eventually result not only in <strong>the</strong><br />
desecration of Judaism, but would destroy <strong>the</strong> eventual hope<br />
of Israel returning <strong>to</strong> its Homeland. Indeed, <strong>the</strong> Prophets of<br />
Israel declared long ago that a holocaust would come <strong>to</strong> those<br />
Jews who did not return <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir homeland, when <strong>the</strong>y had <strong>the</strong><br />
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