FACT CHECK · RELIGION
Claim: Jews worship Baal
FALSETHE ANSWER
Jews pray to one God, 'Hear O Israel, the Lord is One' (Deut. 6:4), and the Hebrew Bible itself condemns Baal worship (1 Kings 18). Jesus was a Jew. 'Jews worship the devil' is a medieval libel.
SOURCE
Deuteronomy 6:4; 1 Kings 18; ADL, 'Jews as Satan' trope
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