The Israeli Challenge
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Atlantis should work just fine. Or maybe Taiwan?
Atlantis? Well, if it arises from the sea in 1900, all dripping slime, seaweed and dying Horrors Of The Deep, it might prove uninviting enough for settlement (although it will attract a crapload of archeologists and historians) that someone might propose it as a possible solution to the Jewish Problem (perhaps the Czar, championing Jewish Atlantis seems whacky enough to be an idea he'd get behind).
Of course, when the Jews learn to harness the power of Orichalcum, all bets are off....
Taiwan is a bit trickier: it's had a fairly decent native population for a long time. Perhaps the Jews of medieval China develop a more convert-friendly version of their religion and grow in numbers, until some xenophobic Emperor (there were OTL some pretty fierce reactions against Bhuddism) decides to banish a load of them to the most out-of-the-way spot he can think of?
(Hmm - might get a Jewish Kyushu out of this with some tweaking).
Bruce
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Hendryk, look on the positive side! I predict Jewish Northern Ireland will soon see unprecedented cooperation between the Protestants and the Catholics!
That's just because the Mormons got lost on their way to Utah.
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Atlantis? Well, if it arises from the sea in 1900, all dripping slime, seaweed and dying Horrors Of The Deep, it might prove uninviting enough for settlement (although it will attract a crapload of archeologists and historians) that someone might propose it as a possible solution to the Jewish Problem (perhaps the Czar, championing Jewish Atlantis seems whacky enough to be an idea he'd get behind).
Of course, when the Jews learn to harness the power of Orichalcum, all bets are off....
Taiwan is a bit trickier: it's had a fairly decent native population for a long time. Perhaps the Jews of medieval China develop a more convert-friendly version of their religion and grow in numbers, until some xenophobic Emperor (there were OTL some pretty fierce reactions against Bhuddism) decides to banish a load of them to the most out-of-the-way spot he can think of?
(Hmm - might get a Jewish Kyushu out of this with some tweaking).
Bruce
In re Taiwan: Have a European power settle there earlier and dump its Jews there. Alternatively, have the Dutch fail to take anything in Brazil or establish anything in New Amsterdam and then have the OTL Jewish migration to those colonies get redirected towards the Dutch holdings in Asia. Prioritizing Taiwan, because the Dutch want to get enough people there quickly to get a firm claim to the island before someone else grabs it.
Also, if you can find some way to have the Chinese Jews more closely associated with the Ming dynasty, then you might have them fleeing to Taiwan when the Qing take over. And quite possibly to Kyushu as well.
What if in 1860s one of the Rothschild buy from British Empire the New Zeland for give a nation at Jews people?
P.S.
In late 30s Mussolini thought to give at the Jews a large region of Ethiopia,the Falasha region.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Israel
P.S.
In late 30s Mussolini thought to give at the Jews a large region of Ethiopia,the Falasha region.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Israel