The name “Bolshevik” comes from the Russian word bol’shinstvo, meaning “majority,” originating from the 1903 split in the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP). Led by Vladimir Lenin, this radical Marxist faction achieved a majority vote on key issues during the party congress.
Key details regarding the Jewish percentage of Bolsheviks:
- 1907 Membership: Jews constituted roughly 10% of the Bolshevik Party and 20% of the Menshevik Party, according to historical Wikipedia analysis.
- 1922 Party Census: There were 19,564 Jewish Bolsheviks, representing 5.21% of the total.
- 1927 Membership: By 1927, Jewish representation fell to 4.3% of the party as total membership grew, according to the YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe.
- Regional Differences: In certain areas, the percentage was much higher; for example, 24% of the party in Belorussia were Jewish in the 1920s, according to the YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe.
Despite the relatively low overall percentage, Jews were disproportionately represented compared to their share of the total population. This led to the antisemitic myth of “Jewish Bolshevism,” which was used to associate Jews with the excesses of the Communist regime.
The LACK of Property Rights for Jews in Europe, Jews and Communism
Most humans are socialist by nature, primarily because humans are looking for a quick fix to systemic problems, and because Jews reject Jesus Christ as the Son of God, they have an Old World or Old Testament state of mind on most issues.
Christians shouldn’t feel like they’re better than Jews either, because this is far from the truth. However, the problem with most Christians is that they do not read the Bible, nor do they read the Gospels of Jesus Christ. So if you do not read the Gospels of Jesus Christ, it’s very difficult to escape the Old World state of mind, which affects Jews and many other ancient cultures.
Obviously, on this blog our goal is to market information and allow readers to do their own research, but it’s widely known that Jews in Europe faced severe property rights restrictions, which meant that communism and various forms of socialism appealed to Jews. If you can’t own property, but you can find yourself or your people in positions where they are treated as equals among their peers, then that system of governance suddenly sounds more appealing.
Furthermore, free market capitalism, championed by the United States, wasn’t, and still is not, a system that Europeans and people all over the world can fully understand, as most humans do not believe in the love of Jesus Christ and instead believe in the authority of mortal men. When you apply this to the economic arena, free market capitalism often feels like a system in which you’re opening up your country or the world to exploitation.
This is why, on this blog, we differ from libertarians, and many of us consider ourselves more aligned with anarcho-capitalists, even though most anarcho-capitalists are atheists. Christianity and anarcho-capitalism can work together, because being a Christian requires a moral foundation under Christ. So theft and murder no longer become acceptable under a Christian-led anarcho-capitalist system. Atheists can imagine “natural law” as they see fit and often redefine theft to suit their agenda.
Christians, on the other hand, have a hard time seeing politicians as leaders, because Jesus Christ is King, and our goal as Christians is to seek the Kingdom of God.
So we bring this up because the lack of property rights is the exact reason why, even if Jews were radical socialists or communists, it may have been due to the restrictions placed on them by Europeans. When you’re in a prison, you’re still looking for the best available option at your disposal.
So when we hear people trying to blame Jews for everything, that’s where it comes from. In the modern era, Jews who are socialists should be viewed as anyone else who has left-leaning views. “Thou shalt not steal” is a commandment in both the New and Old Testaments of the Bible, and both Christians and Jews have individuals with socialist views among them.
A lot of Christians and Jews will often be more aligned with atheists than with Christians, often ignoring the Bible and imagining that God’s word and the teachings of Jesus Christ are not relevant today. Christ actually has no statutes. When Christ gave commandments, he also placed them in tiers.
Mark 12:29-3129 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
Mark 10:17-1917 And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.19 Thou knowest the commandments: Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
A lot of people like to quote the Bible and omit Jesus Christ, which is still very strange. You can literally build the Kingdom of God based on the words of Christ.
With Christians, we also have to separate Catholics from Protestants, not to be divisive, but to explain the differences. Protestants are still open to debate, while Catholics have a centralized form of Christianity, which functions almost like a bureaucracy.
So this is why you’ll find some Catholics who are closely aligned with communism or far-left socialism. If people in powerful positions within the Catholic Church agree that theft is acceptable under certain conditions indefinitely, which is what socialism represents, then you can see how immoral outcomes may arise.
Now, from a Protestant perspective, Christianity becomes decentralized, so you’ll have capitalist, socialist, and communist Protestants. Some may even advocate for war in extreme cases, for example, in situations like North Korea, where populations are severely restricted. How do you spread Christianity in that situation? This is not a call for war, but rather a recognition of the complexity of such issues, and why the debates continue among Protestant Christians.
When property rights are seized indefinitely from groups of people, the only answer, for some, is faith in God. This is why Christianity should never be centralized under mortal men, because immorality can compound and create a form of hell on earth.
If you’re pro-peace but not grounded in a defined moral framework, that also raises questions about how decisions are made in the face of conflict. “Do not kill” in ancient terms is more accurately interpreted as “do not murder.”
If people live in a two-tiered society, it should not be surprising when individuals are drawn to alternative systems like socialism.
Jesus loves all of us and commands us to love him and our neighbour. His teachings emphasize personal responsibility over collective blame.
In the Kingdom of God, democracy is the Kingdom of love for eachother, we’re no longer seeking wealth to enrich simply ourselves, we’re seeking wealth to enrich Gods KINGDOM. Almost all people want this, the problem is having it properly articulated. Because when it’s not articulated, other narratives can be formed, such as that person over there has too much, and we have too little so we should design a system of perpetual PUNISHMENT, and in these systems, strong MORTAL men rise to the top and these people will never want to give up power.
Consider making Jesus Christ your Lord and Savior today.