# So what's the Wandering Jew up to these days?

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**Created:** [July 31, 2000, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-wandering-jew-up-to-these-days/27548 "2000-07-31T14:46:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-wandering-jew-up-to-these-days/27548/21 "2000-08-01T18:17:36Z")

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Yes, Sua, there is. I was astonished when I first learned of it.

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**Author:** ![Thirsty4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Thirsty4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thirsty4)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-wandering-jew-up-to-these-days/27548/22 "2000-08-01T18:36:46Z")

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> \*Originally posted by SuaSponte \*  
> \*\*:Blink: Is this wholly a joke, or is there really a plant called the “Wandering Jew”?
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> Sua \*\*

[http://www.ameriprod.com/wandering\_jew.htm](http://www.ameriprod.com/wandering_jew.htm)

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**Author:** ![fierra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58956e/32.png) [@fierra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fierra)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-wandering-jew-up-to-these-days/27548/23 "2000-08-01T18:38:48Z")

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There’s a story similar to the casca root story -

> **[The Robe: Douglas, Lloyd C.: 9780395957752: Amazon.com: Books](https://www.amazon.com/Robe-Lloyd-C-Douglas/dp/0395957753)**
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> The Robe \[Douglas, Lloyd C.\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. The Robe

It’s called the robe by Lloyd C Douglas & was made into a fairly bad film (when bible epics were popular…) - the roman that crucifies christ & won the robe go mad with guilt & goes back to israel seeking redemption.

Another wandering story I have heard (read in a book as a part of the main plot, so don’t know if it is an original story or an old folk tale) is:

When the Romans wanted to crucify Christ, they didn’t have enough nails & they went looking for someone to make them, but all the local blacksmiths refused to make them because they knew who they were for. The soldiers killed them & moved on, trailed by their souls who warned those ahead.

Finally they found a gipsy camp, who were new to the area & didn’t know what was happening, so agreed. When the souls caught up, he hadn’t finished all the nails & he stopped instntly, but the soldiers took the finished ones & left. He & his family and their descendants have been trailed by that nail ever since, still hot & glowing from the forge & this is why they never settle.

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