{"id":11482,"date":"2012-12-17T21:28:59","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T02:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=11482"},"modified":"2012-12-17T21:28:59","modified_gmt":"2012-12-18T02:28:59","slug":"jesus-family-and-modern-bethlehem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/12\/jesus-family-and-modern-bethlehem.html","title":{"rendered":"Jesus’ Family and Modern Bethlehem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

The blog +972 shared the news earlier today<\/a> that the Israeli embassy in Ireland had posted a derogatory status update about Palestinians, in connection with Jesus and Mary, on their Facebook page:<\/p>\n

A thought for Christmas\u2026If Jesus and mother Mary were alive today, they would, as Jews without security, probably end up being lynched in Bethlehem by hostile Palestinians.<\/p>\n

Just a thought\u2026\u2026.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This started off a meme, as such things tend to in Israel. Here\u2019s an example (by Itamar Shaltiel):<\/p>\n

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The Hebrew says:<\/p>\n

Mary: We\u2019re lucky we\u2019re not Jews who live in Bethlehem, eh?<\/p>\n

Jesus: It could have been worse.<\/p>\n

Mary: How?<\/p>\n

Jesus: We could be Palestinians in Hebron!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This reminded me of a number of earlier images that connect the nativity story with the situation in modern Bethlehem:<\/p>\n

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Jim West<\/a> also mentioned the Facebook comment.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The blog +972 shared the news earlier today that the Israeli embassy in Ireland had posted a derogatory status update about Palestinians, in connection with Jesus and Mary, on their Facebook page: A thought for Christmas\u2026If Jesus and mother Mary were alive today, they would, as Jews without security, probably end up being lynched in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,150,67],"tags":[1125,1625,4491,5380,5431,5439,5677,5709,7075,7250,8639],"class_list":["post-11482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gospel-of-matthew","category-israel-travel","category-new-testament-bible","tag-bethlehem","tag-cartoon","tag-hebron","tag-ireland","tag-israel-travel","tag-israelis","tag-jesus","tag-jews","tag-mary","tag-meme","tag-palestinians"],"yoast_head":"\nJesus' Family and Modern Bethlehem<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The blog +972 shared the news earlier today that the Israeli embassy in Ireland had posted a derogatory status update about Palestinians, in connection\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/12\/jesus-family-and-modern-bethlehem.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jesus' Family and Modern Bethlehem\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The blog +972 shared the news earlier today that the Israeli embassy in Ireland had posted a derogatory status update about Palestinians, in connection\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/12\/jesus-family-and-modern-bethlehem.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. 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