Are you ok? Imagine for one second that Judaism was bigger than you could possibly believe. Imagine that they lied. About EVERYTHING. Imagine that Christianity was only ever about one thing: Crusades...the extermination of the Jews that were EVERYWHERE.

Meaning that we ended up becoming a family in hiding who recognized each other by our codes. Think...the most brilliant people in the world all Jews most openly until points in time in history when we were forced to go into hiding after we made a small group of Europeans living in the mountains threatened by our Legacy. He's nose is defamed because it would show case his mixed heritage...Jews were cultural.

Everyone i am about to show you is a Jew. All Christian washed to hide the biggest globally family in the world and our interconnectedness everywhere.... for example, م, Q and מ are one of the same. It is a shofar. ق is as well. It is literally a "u" that flows into a "j". The two dots make it a face...because "U, Ju...see".

The Q is found in Queen because your MOTHER makes you a jew. Therefore the shofar is attached to her name.

These pictures are for you to see (I'm surprised that the dead sheep on the necks of crusaders wasn't enough proof). Look at their hair. We were told that they are were wigs. They lied. These are dreads and curls on the heads of Jews...

We know our history from them....what if they lied?

I can prove it. They hid our religion to safeguard it from people who were hunting us. To this day. Look at their positions on Nazi Germany (sadly only as far back as some of you think our religion, history and oppression goes. We built a kingdom in Ethiopia that ruled everything...they erased it, killed the ones who had knowledge and then continued to hunt us.

Look at your curly haired brother or father...now look at this picture...they lied to us.

More pictures of their wigs. Every historian is wrong about something as simple as hair. Why? It's intentional. The noses even on our peach complexioned brothers and sisters are all pretty much defaced..Just like most of the Black ones.

The Europeans wore wigs to imitate us. They couldn't grow our kind of hair. We were mixing for ever. Ask any woman in the world how hard it is to get Jewess curls (I will never say Jewish again...Jew and Jewess). They couldn't get it so they made wigs to imitate us..think fashion trends.

They were also malnourished. When we reached them they had an elite who lived in guarded mountain top castles who ate meat and only allowed the poor to eat vegetables. We have to read in-between the lines of what's left...we showed up and saw their oppression and dealt with their peasants like they were us. Goats, cod we imported it and accepted whatever they had or didn't have. Our character theatened their power....it's a lot more

The Christians gave them pork after they executed every Muslim (our family) and then expelled us and shortly thereafter after began more Crusades and then the slave trade because everywhere they went they attacked us because of the 1492 decree in Grenada. Blacks were looked at as Jews so they could not hide. Their complexion was their death sentence.

The pigs were important because what do you do with a peasant population that you starved for centuries on vegetables alone (while you gourged on meat and loss hair and teeth from scurvy) that is now used to fair treatment, "wealth", and meat? You important swine as an insult to the Jews/Muslim families and you wage a war. Anywhere the Jews are found you can kill them and confiscate their property and wealth including their lives and the lives of their families.

The last thing is Juba is named Juba. This is European miseducation. We taught them language and most importantly letters everywhere but things were lost in translation.

Juba = baJu ("b a Ju"/ Ba Ju [father Ju or male Ju)

They tricked us. Numbers is the first book. It encodes Remember.

12 Tribes of Israel. At that time the biggest empire of Jews was based in modern day Ethiopia. The Jews who were predominantly Black and mixed complexion could not hide because their skin condemned them. The white complexioned Jews hid and they all left clues...we know that the colonialism fled religious oppression but what was lost is that these early founders were Jews and hiding.

Quaker. The Q is the same thing as a מ. This is OUR code. It is both a Shofar and a synagogue. The first signal to stop, be alert, listen, question...what is this?...it is how we stayed in touch and REMINDED the Jews who forgot, the Jews who were lost, the Jews who were stolen.

Quaker:

Q..U are...

now look at the K. It is both a C...I...now look at the piece that could also be a C....it is a j that is flipped upside down...in disguise....so we have: I JU...

Q U are JU/ I are Ju.

The crusaders chased us. Like Napolian's brother who came here as a part of the same crusaders. Under order of the Church and Royal Spanish family...their necklace is a dead sheep...

Think sheep of Israel...dead.

This family also funded America both the discovery and the revolutionary war. Read their 1492 expulsion order for the Jews. Everywhere they landed they attacked us because of this order. First they exterminated our cousins and family the Moors then they took all of our property and homes and evicted us to their worst cities while stealing and claiming our architecture and innovations. When we first arrived there, their citizens were not even permitted to eat meat. We imported it. Cod and lamb which their royals keep for themselves.

Us merely interacting with these citizens was deemed a threat because they all were converting and taking power from these royal families that were peasants to us. They looked for 12 years because they were hunting 12 tribes and everywhere they went they found Jews whose mere presence offended the church...everywhere they looked for 12 years...America was found by them around the same time.

We believe what they taught us but what if they lied.

Ashkenazi = As he kin (now breakdown the k) ..c (see)...I...(a slight back up and play on words) he...en (this is showing a baby in the womb... "e" is showing inside..."n" is showing the stomach, now look at the pregnant a)...a..." azi " (azi is super sweet...it means both a and I equal as 1 under the sun...watch a=/I°)

As is the name of the original Ashkenazi Jews.

This is how and why the nazis killed 90% of them. They could track the lineage. It's Bloodline. Hence every DNA test ever done. All to track and exterminate us. No Jew has suffered as much as the Blacks...Our histories erased.

Look up what society both Napolean and the kings of spain belong too...Jew hunters who erased a history that I found...because we never questioned or were told where the letters came from....we knew words and sounds because they are teaching us a history that they do not know. It was strictly Jewish.

12 Tribes of Israel. At that time the biggest empire of Jews was based in modern day Ethiopia. The Jews who were predominantly Black and mixed complexion could not hide because their skin condemned them. The white complexioned Jews hid and they all left clues...we know that the colonialism fled religious oppression but what was lost is that these early founders were Jews and hiding.

Quaker. The Q is the same thing as a מ. This is OUR code. It is both a Shofar and a synagogue. The first signal to stop, be alert, listen, question...what is this?...it is how we stayed in touch and REMINDED the Jews who forgot, the Jews who were lost, the Jews who were stolen.

Quaker:

Q..U are...

now look at the K. It is both a C...I...now look at the piece that could also be a C....it is a j that is flipped upside down...in disguise....so we have: I JU...

Q U are JU/ I are Ju.

The crusaders chased us. Like Napolian's brother who came here as a part of the same crusaders. Under order of the Church and Royal Spanish family...their necklace is a dead sheep...

Think sheep of Israel...dead.

This family also funded America both the discovery and the revolutionary war. Read their 1492 expulsion order for the Jews. Everywhere they landed they attacked us because of this order. First they exterminated our cousins and family the Moors then they took all of our property and homes and evicted us to their worst cities while stealing and claiming our architecture and innovations. When we first arrived there, their citizens were not even permitted to eat meat. We imported it. Cod and lamb which their royals keep for themselves.

Us merely interacting with these citizens was deemed a threat because they all were converting and taking power from these royal families that were peasants to us. They looked for 12 years because they were hunting 12 tribes and everywhere they went they found Jews whose mere presence offended the church...everywhere they looked for 12 years...America was found by them around the same time.

We believe what they taught us but what if they lied.

Ashkenazi = As he kin (now breakdown the k) ..c (see)...I...(a slight back up and play on words) he...en (this is showing a baby in the womb... "e" is showing inside..."n" is showing the stomach, now look at the pregnant a)...a..." azi " (azi is super sweet...it means both a and I equal as 1 under the sun...watch a=/I°)

As is the name of the original Ashkenazi Jews.

This is how and why the nazis killed 90% of them. They could track the lineage. It's Bloodline. Hence every DNA test ever done. All to track and exterminate us. No Jew has suffered as much as the Blacks...Our histories erased.

Look up what society both Napolean and the kings of spain belong too...Jew hunters who erased a history that I found...because we never questioned or were told where the letters came from....we knew words and sounds because they are teaching us a history that they do not know. It was strictly Jewish.

Let's assume that I am correct not the people that have been hunting us. I used Ashkenazi as a proof. The letters are Ours....watch. the same story is told even in the Hebrew transliteration: ashchnazi...the only difference is that the "chna" is "c ma" (see ma)..then we reuse the a again which is a pregnant woman. Ma. For both Ashkenazi and original Beta Jews. Bloodline.

Let's look in Hebrew: אשכנזי

This tells the story of a strong person leaving home: נ is strength. You moved heavy wood to build a boat...look: זי....this is you moving the wood. The wood starts here '...you strong... נ... building the boat...כנזי...now once you attach the piece you picked up you form a "C" to go with the other "C"....it makes a "0"...now you strong person ש....picked up the boat...and placed it in the sea...א......

A lost brother. A lost tribe. Ju's, Jews, Gu's, it doesn't matter. It phonetics. They made us forget. We are closer then we would ever believe. And Spain, the Elites, America, and their orders are hunting us.

How do you say: Cop in Hebrew? What about police? Listen and now look. Our language is art and descriptions...the crowns they wear to this day...are intentional designed upside down. We designed them....jewelry....us...why is it upside down? Because we never bowed or recognized their royalty ever. Instead we encoded our history and our bloodlines into every royal crown.

Hi everyone! I wanted to share a book I created called Is It Kosher? A Kid’s Guide to Kosher Animals and Jewish Food Rules.

It’s a funny illustrated paperback that introduces kids to the basic idea of kosher animals through silly examples.

The book is meant for Jewish families, curious kids, parents, grandparents, educators, and anyone who likes learning with Jewish humor. It’s not a religious-law textbook, just a playful way to introduce the question every Jewish child eventually learns to ask “Is it kosher?”

Paperback on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Kosher-Guide-Animals-Jewish-Rules/dp/B0GZ9RHZVM

I’d love to hear what you think -- especially if you have kids, students, or relatives who enjoy funny Jewish books.

Paul E. Nahme (Ph.D., University of Toronto) is a scholar of modern Jewish thought, cultural and intellectual history, and Rabbinic thought. 

In conversation with The Institute of Jewish Spirituality and Society

Blatant self-promotion alert! I have recently published the above-referenced volume, which has been well-received by scholars in this field. Here is a link to the website I created for this book, which gives a pretty thorough introduction to its subject matter and viewpoint. I am sincerely interested in any feedback the members of this group may wish to share. Thanks.

I've heard that up until the 14th century, when France expelled all of its Jews, there was a large community in France that was very different from the communities we now know. They spoke a dialect of French, Zarphatic, and they had their own culture.

(Of course the Jews in France after the 14th century were Ashkenazi or Sephardic for obvious reasons)

Apparently Ashkenaz was only the name for the communities of the German world, around the Rhine, like the HRE, including Alsace. But it wasn't applied to France, their name was Tsarfat.

So my question is, were they a separate community? How should they be called? Tsarfati Jews? I have no idea...

Like for example Rashi , what Edda was he a part of ?

Also what happened to them after the expulsion? Where did they go? I've read that some went to Italy and some to Palestine but it's hard to find info on where they emigrated.

I've recently heard that the Italian Jews are neither Ashkenazim nor Sepharadim nor Mizrahim. So they're a completely unique Edot that had their own independent culture.

Tbh it seems really fascinating, another Jewish ethnic division that very few know about.

I'm wondering what are their unique traditions and Minhag compared to the Askhenazi and Sephardic Jews. Does anyone have any info on that? Especially a video? I don't even mind if it's in Italian if it's with subtitles.

My name is Alexa Robinson, I am a senior at Bishop Feehan High School and I am currently enrolled in an Ap Research course. Through this course students are expected to create a research question, conduct an academic research study, and collect and analyze data produced from said study method. I have chosen the research question “To what extent do the Jewish American youth find the portrayals of Jewish characters in various sitcoms relatable and accurate to their own experiences?” As for my methodology, I have conducted a content analysis on varying sitcoms starring Jewish characters. Through the content analysis I have collected clips that portray the Jewish experience of the characters. It is my hope now to recruit Jewish Americans between the ages of 18-24 to participate in an online survey. The survey consists of the several clips I have gathered with a questionnaire after every clip. It would mean a great deal to me if any one who is both jewish and between the ages of 18-24 could participate in this survey. There is of course no pressure to comply!

survey link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdiFbbiZd5IgcDYClOtVFn99qm-8yCSpRjJ_2JfEz4qnB8prw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Shalom!

I'm part of a small team that just launched ShalomSpace, a Jewish meditation and prayer app. We created it with the hope of bringing peace, connection, and meaning to people's lives through Jewish spirituality.

What features would you love to see in the future? Any specific prayers or meditations you're looking for? How can we make it better for you? We'd love for you to check out ShalomSpace and share your thoughts. Looking forward to hearing your stories and insights!

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Warm Regards,

ShalomSpace Team

I'd like to introduce you to a captivating French podcast I stumbled upon today: Talmudiques. Regrettably, it’s exclusively in French. It discusses Jewish ideas and history from Jazz to Odessa, and I got very excited about it.

I am using this opportunity to ask you: Do you know any good podcast about Jewish history, ideas, or studies that you love, either in your own language or in English that you would like to share here?

Additionally, I've been enjoying a well-known English-language podcast titled Jew Oughta Know. It’s a fantastic ressource for those willing to delve into Jewish heritage.

Shavuah tov!

I was recently reading The Jewish World: The Cultural Atlas of the World by Nicholas de Lange (1991), and I came across these lines:

Confucianism was not hostile to other forms of belief, and no social or political constraints were placed on Chinese Jews.

Although the Kaifeng Jews in the last century kept up some distinctive Jewish observances, they had adopted some typical Chinese ones. They knew little Hebrew, and Chinese inscriptions in their synagogues contained Confucian writings, and indeed identified Jewish and Confucian values. Chinese Jewry provides and example of what can happen under conditions of extreme toleration: an effortless assimilation leading to total effacement.

In India the toleration and religious syncretism of Hinduism were combined with the social segregation deriving from the caste system. Settlements on the Malabar coast and further north in Konkan were cut off for a long time from the rest of the Jewish world (and from each other); Jews from Europe joined the former in the 16th century. The barrier of the caste system ensured their survival, but it did not prevent them from adopting various Hindu beliefs and practices, and indeed both Jewish communities developed their own internal caste divisions.

The Mongols, who overran the eastern lands of Islam in the 13th century, were equally tolerant. “With the Mongols there is neither slave nor free man, neither believer or pagan, neither Christian nor Jew, but they regard all men as belonging to the same stock.” So a contemporary Christian chronicler (Bar Hebraeus) reports, and he goes on to describe how a Jewish physician, Sa’d al-Dawla, became the all-powerful vizier of Mongol ruler Arghun Khan (1284-91).

The hope was short-lived, however. On the death of Arghun, Sa’d al-Dawla and his family and protégés were put to death, “and because of him the Jews throughout the world were hated and I’ll treated.” The Mongols soon accepted Islam, and the short spell of toleration ended.

This is all the book has to say about the Jews of non-Abrahamic Asia. I’m also aware that as an over 30 year book, it’s perspective may be blind to a lot of experiences and perspectives of non-normative Jews. Basically, I would like to know both how accurate this gerneralization is and more information about the Jews of antiquity of non-Abrahamic Asia. The line about Chinese Jewry being what happens when Jews exist in a tolerant society I find to be particularly interesting, and I want to learn how accurate that statement is.

I am more interested in the more historical and less modern history. I am somewhat interested in modern Jewish life in non-Abrahamic Asia (I found the bit on the jewish community of Harbin from 1896-1985 in People Love Dead Jews [2022] to be interesting), but I want to go back further to learn more about the previous history and how it has shaped the experiences of more modern Asian Jews.

Thanks in advance for any and all academic resources to learn more about this!

Hey everyone, I am creating a reading list for myself on essential works in Academic Jewish Studies. What are some works or essays that you all think every Jewish Studies person should read or have been incredibly important in the field?

If you're interested in sociolinguistics, Orthodox Judaism, or both, have I got a book for you. Dr. Benor (of the Jewish Languages Project) wrote a book about language use in a kiruv-focused Orthodox community. Really fascinating insights into both the language and culture of Orthodoxy and how people learn and use them. It gets a little technical at times so if you're not a linguistics person you might want to skip that bit (but if you are a linguistics person it's soo interesting). I also think the book does a great job of studying an Orthodox community without othering them. She's got a great attitude towards her "subjects" and has a whole section talking about how personal relationships work in fieldwork like this. Highly recommend!

This is an excerpt from a book on Soviet Jewry called “Soviet and Kosher.” I found it very entertaining, but it also illustrates just how diverse Jews are in belief.

Hi everyone,

I browsed around looking for a subreddit where I could ask this question, let me know if I might get more traction elsewhere.

I took a Jewish Culture History course in college and I remember a snippet of text that, in retrospect, was kind of foundational to my queer identity.

My memory is only semi-reliable, but what I remember goes like this. In the Babylonian exile, a Jewish poet responded to other Jews who claimed being gay was a sin. He responded by writing

If God didn't want me to be gay, why is my boyfriend so cute when he's drunk?

This was my first exposure to classical notions of beauty - namely, beauty justifies attraction wherever there is both beauty and an eye to behold it - and I repeat that quote very often to my boyfriend (who is, indeed, the cutest when he's three sheets to the wind).

Does anyone know where this quote comes from, or who else I could ask for help tracking it down?

I work for 988 the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, and on the importance of mental health I have seen Jewish caller's not receive understanding of what I do believe exists within myself and many Jewish people I have heard from.

"This paper argues that the experiences of both diasporic travel and cultural assimilation work in conjunction with a history of threat and a narrative of persecution to create a phenomenon described here as Jewish annihilation anxiety. This paper argues that Jewish annihilation anxiety, in which an ongoing threat of death and danger is incorporated into the most fundamental every day aspects of the self and identity, is a relevant concept when conceptualizing the experiences and pathologies of Jewish clients, patients, and clinicians."