02-05-2012, 04:04 PM
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Silent Contributor
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: May 2003
: In the smile of every larvae.
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That's news to me. I did know that King David and Jesus supposedly had red hair though.
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"In European culture, prior to the 20th century, red hair was often seen as a stereotypically Jewish trait: during the Spanish Inquisition, all those with red hair were identified as Jewish.[16] In Italy, red hair was associated with Italian Jews, and Judas was traditionally depicted as red-haired in Italian and Spanish art.[17] Writers from Shakespeare to Dickens would identify Jewish characters by giving them red hair.[18] The stereotype that red hair is Jewish remains in parts of Eastern Europe and Russia.[19]"
From Wikipedia.
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