: in the Christian Bible, Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus Christ
for 30 pieces of silver
WHEN IT’S ANTISEMITIC:
A post shared in June 2020.
Judas Iscariot, one of Jesus’s 12 disciples, received 30
pieces of silver to betray Jesus to the religious authorities.
Although Jesus and all 12 disciples were Jews, the Western
world — through art, literature, music, and tradition — chose to
depict Judas as the Jew who sold out his Savior for money.
Thus, the name Judas became synonymous with traitor,
contributing to the persecution of Jewish communities for
two millennia. This false and libelous narrative would feed
into Hitler’s propaganda and the Holocaust.