User talk:Krizzi
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[edit] Greek to me
Greetings. I just wrote the page Greek to me. I am comparing similar expressions in other languages. I was wondering if you would be able to add the expression in any languages with which you are comfortable. Btw, I just found your page/profile by running a search for users who have a level 4/level 5 ability in non-English languages. Thanks much! samwaltz 04:27, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] WikiProject Iceland
Maybe you are interested in this project... --Michkalas 14:11, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
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The Icelandic word for a jew is "gyðingur", a diminutive form of the icelandic word for god (guð). The word "júði" is also used but usualy in a more negative way. Jews have not been common in Iceland and it was not untill the WWII that the first organized jewish communities began to appear. Today there is no active jewish communitie in Iceland.
Due to Icelands geographical (and economical) isolation from the rest of the world during the medival times, few foreign communities immigrated. The view on Judeaism came mainly from catholic (and later luthern) description of the jews. Hallgrímur Pétursson mentions the jews in Passíusálmar (Passion Hymns) and mainly describes them as vicous and wicked. It was not untill the mid 1620s that the first jew arrived in Iceland, altough he had been converted to Christianity in Copenhagen before he traveled to Iceland.
In 1853 the Danish king requested that foreign
Text from Vilhjálm:
In 1853 the Icelandic parliament, the Althing (Alþingi), rejected a request by the Danish king for an implementation of the law of 5 April 1850 on "The access for Foreign Jews to reside here in the State." The Danish law was not found suitable for Iceland. Two years later, the Icelandic parliament suddenly changed its position and announced to the king that the legislation should also apply to Iceland and that Danish Jews as well as foreign ones were welcome. In its letter to the king, the Althing explained its change of mind by the fact that the Jews were enterprising merchants who did not try to lure others to their religion. As far as we know, no Jews, either Danish or foreign, accepted this offer to settle in Iceland.9
