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Tolerance that means, from its Latin root tolerare, to endure something that another person does to us, is one of some words that, nowadays, seem to be free of suspicion, but these words are related to the generalized exercise of “the good conscience”. It is therefore a word that conceals the cynicism of power and hides the intensity of inequality in all of its possible reaches and forms. The story may serve to help us understand why some beliefs and social customs have remained and continue to exist. The purpose of this article is to reflect on the background of anti-Semitism and on how, since its conception, it has endured. The so called Elected People or People of the Book cease to be a group supposedly chosen by God and become an entity seen as “the murderer of God” and the ally of the Devil.

Tolerancia, de la raíz latina tolerare, significa aguantar algo que nos hace otra persona. Es una de ciertas palabras que, hoy en día, parecen estar fuera de toda sospecha. Sin embargo, estas palabras están vinculadas al ejercicio generalizado de la "buena consciencia". Es, por lo tanto, una palabra que cubre el cinismo del poder y que oculta la intensidad de la desigualdad en todos sus posibles alcances y sentidos.