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The Perennial Conspiracies: A Literary Analysis

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Jews are special creatures who have inspired more conspiracy and hatred than every other group in humanity’s history. An allure that is both detestable but intoxicating in its ability to capture people’s imagination, this elusive, funny-looking race has a fascinating and comically tragic history (e.g., Holocaust), and contain an ensemble of the World’s most influential characters—Abraham, Jesus, Karl Marx, Einstein, and Steven Pinker. Characteristically neurotic and eccentric, power-hungry and ego-driven, the Jews have against all odds ruled the World, despite their small population and their near extinction. How have they accomplished this feat? Are any of the perennial conspiracies throughout history true? Or perhaps their success is derived

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