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Some did, others did not.

A pattern developed with Jews. Local leaders, and even kings, often invited Jews into their areas because they could see the benefits of having very educated people with mercantile skills, medical knowledge, and so on. The earliest ghettos were set up to give the Jewish populations places where they could be protected in case the local Christian populations became too hostile. After a while the wealthy and powerful people who controlled whatever political system was in place found they were in debt, and when that happened they blamed the Jews for something, confiscated their wealth with the help of local people who were also in debt, and kicked them out. (I write this as a Christian.)

But clearly there were places where Jews were welcome. They were invited into Russia, as long as they did not go too far into Russia, which is why there were so many in Poland, and as I recall they were always or nearly always welcome in Holland.

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