Are Swastikas really found in Jewish synagogues?
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I was going to give some information on the earlier uses of the swastika by Hindus and Christians, but Wiki tells it better:\nThe swastika (from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक svastika) is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles in either left-facing (卍) or right-facing (卐) direction. The swastika is a holy symbol in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism. In the West, it is most widely known and used as a symbol of Nazism. It is traditionally oriented so that a main line is horizontal, though it is occasionally rotated at forty-five degrees. The Hindu version is often decorated with a dot in each quadrant.\nThe motif seems to have first been used in Neolithic Eurasia. It was also adopted in Native American cultures, seemingly independently. The swastika is used universally in religious and civil ceremonies in India. Most Indian temples, weddings, festivals and celebrations are decorated with swastikas. The symbol was introduced to Southeast Asia by Hindu kings and remains an integral part of Balinese Hinduism to this day, and it is a common sight in Indonesia. The symbol has an ancient history in Europe, appearing on artifacts from pre-Christian European cultures. By the early 20th century it was widely used worldwide and was regarded as a symbol of good luck and auspiciousness.\nSince its adoption by the Nazi Party of Adolf Hitler the swastika has been associated with fascism, racism (white supremacy), World War II, and the Holocaust in much of the Western world. Before this it had seen a resurgence in recognition from the archaeological work of Heinrich Schliemann, who discovered the symbol in the site of ancient Troy and associated it with the ancient migrations of Indo-European ("Aryan") peoples. He connected it with similar shapes found on ancient pots in Germany, and theorised that the swastika was a "significant religious symbol of our remote ancestors", linking ancient German, Greek and Vedic culture.[1] [2]\nNazi use arose from this idea, developing from earlier völkisch movements, for which the swastika was a symbol of "Aryan" identity, a concept that came to be equated by theorists like Alfred Rosenberg with a Nordic master race originating in northern Europe. The swastika remains a core symbol of Neo-Nazi groups, and is also regularly used by activist groups to signify the supposed Nazi-like behaviour of organizations and individuals they oppose.\nThe word swastika is derived from the Sanskrit svastika (in Devanagari, स्वस्तिक), meaning any lucky or auspicious object, and in particular a mark made on persons and things to denote good luck. It is composed of su- (cognate with Greek ευ-), meaning "good, well" and asti a verbal abstract to the root as "to be"; svasti thus means "well-being". The suffix -ka forms a diminutive, and svastika might thus be translated literally as "little thing associated with well-being", corresponding roughly to "lucky charm", or "thing that is auspicious".[3] The suffix -tika also literally means mark; therefore a sometimes alternate name for swastika in India is shubhtika (literally good mark). The word first appears in the Classical Sanskrit (in the Ramayana and Mahabharata epics)....\nAnd you can read the rest on their site...
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Swasthika, is not a hindu religious symbol from the start. Its actually a symbol that came into the religion when Aryans migrated & setteled in India.Swathika is basically a symbol that belongs to Aryans. \n\nHitler strongly believed that Germans were the true dissidents of the Aryan tribe & he also believed that the Aryans were a superior Race. So he took the symbol, actually reversed Swasthika asthe Nazi Party symbol.
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All the time.  However, you have to remember I also wear the symbols of my faith daily and have several of them tattooed on my body as well.  Hitler used some of these ancient symbols while he was terrorizing Europe, so I can see where some might be a bit shocked by a woman running around town sporting swastikas, a Thor's Hammer and sig runes (along with many other symbols).  Some white supremacist groups still do use the very same symbols simply because they idolize Hitler and he apparently was really into Germanic/Scandinavian lore and ancestral and tribal practices.  Because of this, I don't get upset when I am judged, I take the time to educate about my symbols and what they mean.  \n\nI don't consider this 'unfair' unless it's one of the rare occasions when someone accuses me of lying about what my symbols mean!  I usually point out the cross was used by the KKK (and still is) and unless christians were going to give up their symbols 'out of respect', I shouldn't have to give mine up, either.  That usually either gets them away from me or makes them realize they were acting inappropriately by trying to link me to Hitler.\n\nFor the most part, people aren't nearly as rude in the RW as they can be online, so I've not had too many problems.  Just the same ones any non-christian does when out in public.  People are always trying to convert me...  i guess in a way that's another form of judgment though, isn't it?\n\n~Morg~
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That's a very good point. The swastika was originally a (Native American?) sign of peace. Then that asshole Hitler had to go and fuck things up for everybody else.
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No...it does seem that way, though doesn't it??? Usually it's any shade of black or brown...trust me! (reffering to religious Jews-and USUALLY)
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Never heard of such a thing. Are you sure? Where is information on it. That's like Jewish nazis, or a Native American republican.
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Let me ask you this and maybe you'll end up answering your own question. Is it OK to have a Swastika phone cover at a school with a bunch of Jewish people?
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It is absolutely the truth.  Relatives of mine were with the troops who liberated some of the death camps and we still have pictures in the family that they took of what occurred there.\n\nI have come to know people through the years who still carry the tattooed serial numbers on their skin from being placed in these camps.\n\nI cannot understand how anyone can have any doubt on this issue.
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Yes. it certainly does. While its generally not as overt as it once was, it exists and often comes up. Beyond comments and prejudices, specific anti-Semitic incidents also continue to happen. The Anti-defamation league says that 1500 incidents occured in 2003. See below for more info:
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The Omskar..or OM. It is sounded by putting the three sanskrit letters A-U-M together. The sound is said to be the sound of creation, the first sound. It represents God.\n\nThe swastika is a Hindu symbol. It represents good luck and good fortune. The Nazis reversed the symbol and turned it on its side. It is believed when it is used this way, it means death. (they probably should of asked a Hindu more about the symbol before using it, eh?)\n\nThe lotus flower. The lotus flower is chosen because the seed is planted in the mud, but the blossom rises through the murky water and appears at the surface. It represents the good in us blossoming up and reaching towards God.\n\nThose are just a few of the symbols. There are a lot more. You can always do a Google or Yahoo search on "Hindu symbols" and there are many websites that have pictures of the symbols and give some really great explainations as well.
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I'm not Jewish, but I know a helluva lot about them, if no actual Jewish persons offer--I'm your man.\n\nMessage me.
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See:::\n\nhttp://JewFaq.org\nhttp://WhatJewsBelieve.org\n\nfor starters.
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I'm English and Jewish, so is almost everyone at my synagogue (English that is.) Do you think someones been hiding something from us all these years?
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Yep, and the Nurmberg trials alone had 7 freightcars loaded with affidavits documents and testimony supporting the holocaust... then came the real investigation.\n\nThe nay-sayers (anti-Simites) evidence so far comprises only a small bookcase full of tainted opinion.        \n\nSee (http://blog.myspace.com/gunnyrant)
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The Holocaust was more than a Jewish event. Records kept by the Germans prove they exterminated millions of Communists, Czechs, Greeks, Gypsies, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, mentally and physically handicapped, Poles, resistance fighters, Russians, Serbs, Socialists, Spanish Republicans, trade unionists, Ukrainians, Yugoslavians, prisoners of war of many nations, and still others whose identity may never be recognized. Their victims, according to one survivor of four different concentration camps, "were of some thirty nationalities, from Nepalese to Andorrans, and of a variety of racial and linguistic stocks ranging from Basques to Buriats and from Ladinos to Lapps". When people were not immediately exterminated, they were sent to work and/or concentration camps. There the prisoners were divided into six penal categories and given patches on their clothing for identification purposes. Ordinary criminals were assigned green; political prisoners wore red; black was worn by asocials (slackers, prostitutes, procurers, etc.); homosexuals wore pink; conscientious objectors wore purple, and the Jewish people wore yellow.\n\nOh and by the way Hitler was NOT of the jewish faith ... Hitler, himself, was a Catholic.
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The swastika is a symbol that represents good luck. It is usually associated with Ganesh (the image who symbolically represents God removing obstacles ... among other things). \n\nThe center of the swastika represents God, the source of everything. The four bands expanding from the center represent God manifesting the universe in all directions. The bend at each end represents the universe becoming physical. In Hinduism it is said that from God came purusha (spirit) and prakriti (matter) and from purusha came prana (life force). Prakriti is the physical universe. Purusha is the universe that is beyond matter (energy is an example scientifically if you don't like the image of spirit). Prana entered some of the prakriti (thus some things 'breathe' and are alive and some things don't). The entire universe came into existence. So the bend at the end represents the prakriti, the spirit/energy becoming physical (matter). \n\nIn essence the symbol is reflecting the idea that God is everywhere; all is One.\n\nZombie's answer above also gives other meanings of the symbol as it is used. It is a very sacred symbol. The Nazis placed it on its side, but it should be cross like shaped with each bend. Many Hindus put dots in between the four arms. I have also seen the swastika done with curved arms and and curved bends at the end and even seen it with curved arms like stems of flowers and lotuses representing the bends at the end. Generally I see the image the most in images of Ganesh (my ishta devata just happens to be Ganesh). And on Ganesh prayer flags the swastika is also placed (prayer flag is usually a right angled pennant flag that is red or saffron....Ganesh's is red with a silver swastika towards the hoist).
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Check the WTC records... many jews worked there and died there.