Lessons from Martin Luther's Antisemitism

On how we often "love" other people... right until they don't serve our ends

Christian reformer Martin Luther, and his 1543 text “On the Jews and Their Lies” (which is as awful as the title suggests).

The year was 1521, and Martin Luther was in Worms (now part of Germany), where his actions in recent years were under review by the Emperor Charles V.

In 1517, Luther had sent his Ninety-five Theses, also known as the Disputation on …