10 Off-the-Grid Jewish Communities

[@Jessica_Valerio]

I’m a New York Jew, but currently living in the Cayman Islands where I was surprised to meet a small Jewish community, some of which have been here for several generations. And the islands only have 70,000 people altogether.

[@UNPACKED]

That is so cool! Thank you for sharing!

[@verlania7539]

​@@UNPACKEDthe 12 tribes of Yahshar'el/Israel are all black people. We are Israelites and we are a BLOODLINE with a specific DNA haplogroup. The bible states the appearance of the Israelites...Amos 9:7 Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Phillistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir? I haven't seen Ethiopians any other color but black. All those people you say are Israelites haven't been through the curses of Deuteronomy 28. The Most High said we, Yahshar'el, would be hated by all nations. Y'all are not hated by all nations . The world loves y'all. Y'all get billions of dollars from people all over the world. I see people using that scripture quiet often, "I will bless those that bless Israel and curse those that curse Israel." Umph...smh. The lies need to stop because the truth is leaking out and you will give an account for those lies. The Creator said that His people would be a "based" people. Y'all aren't based. When were y'all taken by ships to all 4 corners of the earth and cast into chattel slavery? When were y'all slaves in Egypt? Lamentations 4:8 Their visage(face) is blacker than coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones ; it is withered, it is become like a stick. Does this sound like y'all? Whyte skin is a curse in the bible...2 Kings 5:27 The LEPROSY of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a LEPER AS WHITE AS SNOW. Numbers 12:10 And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became LEPROUS, WHITE AS SNOW: and Aaron looked up on Miriam, and, behold, she was LEPROUS. Yah was angry with Miriam for talking about Moses for marrying an Ethiopian woman. The Creator cursed my ancestors with white skin when they were in violation of His commandments or He was angry with them. He wouldn't turn around and have people with that color skin as His Chosen Seed. It's an abomination with Him if we date, marry and have kids with anyone else other than an Israelite...and the kids born from that union are Mamzers. They will never be an Israelite. That's tainted blood. Yahuah will keep His bloodline pure. Exodus 4:6 And Yahuah said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was LEPROUS AS SNOW. 7. And when he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again, And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.

[@michaelsmullen9891]

@@verlania7539 Miriam called Moses's wife Tzipporah a Cushite which was like the N word of the day, meaning she was dark skinned, standing out and different than the rest. Keep on making out that it is a black only story based upon the curses that you guys went through and you will never be part of Am Yisrael! I don't deny that part of the picture is black especially the line from King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. The line of Menelik! Also Bilhah and Zilpah, the cocubine's of Yaakov were dark skinned as they were Egyptians and between them became mothers of four tribes in Yisrael. You talkin that black only stuff is sounding like Black Power to me and is pissin me right off. You think the lord is exclusive? What happened to your blessings? You don't even know how to count them! Would you rather be dirtying up your soul by being a child soldier in Africa fighting in countless civil wars. Life's not a fuckin competition on suffering! Bring it on!

[@innocentodenigbo7284]

Please what about the Jews in Nigeria?

[@WinningOsprey]

@@verlania7539you should reread the Book of Ruth and the story of Jethro. You are missing a major aspect of Judaism… people of any ethnicity can join Judaism. It’s not an inherently racist religion. It’s why there are so many Jews all around the world who wish to live in peace. Only you and those with like minds wish to splinter a United people, with your bigotry and false truth.

[@seattledebs]

The Surinamese Jewish community also has roots in French Guiana, which they were expelled from in the 1600s. I got to spend some time in Suriname while I was living in French Guiana. The sand-floor synagogue is gorgeous, and I love that it's intentionally next door to a beautiful mosque.

[@keithrichardson3942]

The sand floors I heard were added to the shul to relay the fact that we came out of the desert. Some other opinions state that it was to muffle escaping congregations

[@נישטמרת]

I am a Jewish Ethiopian and to be both Ethiopian and Jewish I am Too much blessed

[@9999999944751ify]

blees in what

[@alm1539]

Same I’m blessed to

jews in ethiophia, subsaharan african, china and india mostly descended ONLY by paternal line which is not considered jewish by jewish laws, this is interesting because it shows us that our father dont make impact as huge as our mother in terms of genetic/physical appearance

[@One--Up]

Really? This means Jesus Christ isn't an actual Jew according to Jewish Law, as his lineage is traced through his paternal line (as opposed to his maternal line) in the New Testament Bible. That's incredible!

[@elenahickman4329]

​@@One--Up both of Jesus Christ parents were Jewish so yes he was Jewish

[@godwingeorge9344]

I'm from Cochin... Many of the jews here were converted to Christianity back when St Thomas apostle came here in Kerala. There are families who can trace their ancestry back 2000 years.... in Kerala kings gave jews princely positions.. there were no discrimination here.. India is one such beautiful place..

[@jackna9185]

Interesting. India is probably the only place in the world where Jews did not experience discrimination

[@godwingeorge9344]

There were a lot of inbuilt casteism.. but jews had respect somehow.

[@christineperez7562]

Jews and Christian's worship the same God.

[@madhuvv8136]

In fourth centuryAD , the king of India gave a Jewish leader named Joseph Rabban 52 rights, including the administration of justice in their territoryAmong those who returned to Israel , who were never persecuted, and who at the same time experienced many royal indulgences and had only pleasant things to say.were the jews of india

[@robfromvan]

There are a few thousand Jews in Bombay.

[@SweetE1403]

This is such a great educational video!!

[@ebonyladyy]

Im not Jewish. But i absolutely love this channel. Very interesting and well put together. You've gained a subscriber!

[@doubledee9675]

If a Christian can intervene, this is fascinating. There is reference to Cochin, and there is the Christian history of the journey of St Thomas being dated as in the 50's AD. Knowledge of the Jewish community there would explain his journey. There are similar links with Ethiopia dating back to the first century AD - see for example Acts Ch 8 recounting an encounter between the apostle Phillip and an Ethiopian returning to his country after visiting Jerusalem for worship. Slightly later history shows the spread of both Judaism and Christianity into Caucasia, and Turkmenistan. It is tragic that these early linkages did not continue, turning on the Christian side to the horrors of anti-Semitism.

[@shiprahyahisrael6200]

@Aime - jewISH means not the real thing/ppl. And if your father is of black, colonial broken heritage, then you are an Israelite.

[@doubledee9675]

@@shiprahyahisrael6200 An interesting starting point. How would you explain Finnish, Engish, Scottish and Irish, for example?

[@Foodshorthacks]

@@shiprahyahisrael6200 khan!

[@johnstephanos1128]

​​@Arif DNA Jewish or Israelite origins originates from Ethiopia. Abraham was part Ethiopian. King Solomon's mother was Ethiopian. Moses was also part Ethiopian. So Ethiopian Jewish DNA predates King Solomon and his first temple period which would be over 5000 years. European Ashkenazi DNA can be traced back over 1,000 years ago which is also pretty ancient after the Babylon Exile.

[@trueandobjective]

You forgot the Iranian Jews. We lived in Iran for over 2500 years . Possibly The oldest Jewish community who lived in one place the longest😁

[@angelusvastator1297]

Yes even mentioned in the Tanakh

[@urbanarmory]

It's the same community as the Iraqi Jews, the Babylonian Jewish community

[@trueandobjective]

@@urbanarmory@urbanarmory You mean the Iranian Jews with over 2500 years in Iran were Iraqi Jews? Where are the Iraqi Jews from that you call them Iraqi ??

[@urbanarmory]

@@trueandobjective the Iranian and Iraqi Jews came from the Jews from the first Babylonian exile, who founded the yeshivot of Babylon, the Talmud, etc. We predate the modern nations of Iraq and Iran. It's the same as Kurds or Balochi or something, we were naturally across the modern border. Now, all the Jews of Iraq have fled and there are very few left in Iran, but once it was very different.

[@JosefSegal-qk5rg]

My son.in.low is a jew from Iraq. Every family there has a son called Esekeel. I think they have lived in Iraq scince 1st temple crush... also around 2500 years.?fleeing to Israel -- they never claimed their rights or riches in Iraq..

[@ScottSherman1]

I grew up Ashkenazi but later found that my mother's family (Lazarus) was Sephardi, expelled from Spain, went to South America then the USA in the 1840s. My father's family, from Eastern Europe arrived in the late 1890s fleeing pogroms. I would love to hear about the expelled Jews who ended up in South America. Todah for this interesting video!

[@UNPACKED]

Good thing we have another video on exactly that topic! :-D kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmGul6NoYrGknpY

[@PsychicIsaacs]

I married a Scottish Jew, from Campbeltown, Argyll. His clan were Danites who fled to Scotland after the rise of Islam, about 1500 years ago. After they got there, they gave up their religion and took up Christianity as a religion. Many “McIsaacs” don’t even recognise that they are Jewish, but they are.

[@richardmmasliah3130]

Thanks for sharing this Guineith 💙 Blessings 💫

[@louisdewit4429]

In that way you can make everybody jewish. Did they not marry Scotts generation after generation ? So 10% jewish genes and 90% Scottish genes. If 1 Scott comes to Israel, marries a Jewish woman, their children, grandchildren marry Israelis, do you in the year 2500 consider their offspring as Scottish ? I see this type of distorting genetic history a lot with jewish ancestor stories.

[@carrollrhodes4050]

@@louisdewit4429 I get you. Jewish men took the women who were available. Solomon took 700 wives. The "Y" chromosome from these male offspring have the same exact copy of Solomon's. The otherwise entire g-nome will have been replaced with the local genetics. However the Y will still have markers for the women, Jewish women, the Jewish men married and made their history. My Y collates quite nicely over the males of the Ethiopian royal family. The Ethiopian royals have nearly 100% sub-sarharan African. I have 0%. 99% of my g-nome is European with Anatolian beginnings with a plethora of Jewish women markers. JAS (Jewish Ancestor Story)

[@mercedesvisage4131]

This happened w/ my Spanish ancestors. They moved from Morocco to Spain, and live in northern Mexico.

[@johnstephanos1128]

@@carrollrhodes4050 Ethiopians Royals do not have 100% African DNA. There is no evidence to support this. The average Ethiopian currently have 40%-60% Semitic DNA and some from the Levant. Haven't you noticed how they look? Their a mixed hybrid multitude. They are directly descended from king Solomon.

[@144Donn]

You have left me speechless! Excellent production! Just EXCELLENT!!

[@y.k.9705]

Oh my Jewish brothers and sisters leave me speechless too with their liberalism and communism. I'm so proud I just can't get enough. NOT.

[@Manowar68]

@@y.k.9705 🤡🤡🤡

[@Elibd123]

A lot of the Shanghai Jews moved to Australia after the communist regime. I think people always gloss over the fact there’s a large population of Jewish people in Australia and our stories are purely survival 🇦🇺✡️

[@michaelmelamed9103]

Are you making a living or just surviving.

[@anabelcastro-debattista2456]

There were also Sephardi Jews that left for South America and Philippines, They were the converso, they had to convert to Catholicism or execution. Many had fled.

[@jimmasen9721]

I have been to Melbourne, Sydney, and Alice Springs. The Jewish population in Australia is similar to Canada and America as a land of immigrants.

[@rasol-007]

Jews were spreading around asia too. Nowaday india still has jewish society. Majority of jews from asia went back to israel after 1948.

[@UNPACKED]

Very interesting!

[@lily00indy]

I love this video! I know there are many more you didn’t touch upon which makes it even more amazing how far and wide Jewish people have travelled. Thank you for this video.

[@hawar_jesser]

We never left! My family has been in Eretz Yisrael since before the crusades, in the city of Tzfat, unfortunatly they were forced out due to the massacre in 1929.

[@savvageorge]

​@@elavarasigunasekaran1325 I think they would be classed as Arab Jews.

[@Love-eg2vf]

@@elavarasigunasekaran1325 Yerushalmim, Old Yeshuv, etc. Terms changed all over, much like Pakistanis became known as Pakistanis when they were known as Indians before.

[@darrengreggor3280]

@@elavarasigunasekaran1325Palestinian

[@darrengreggor3280]

@@Love-eg2vfare talking about less than 3% of the population prior to 20th century

[@klausrain111]

I'm not Jewish but I was a kibbutz Ginosar volunteer in the early 70s. Ginosar is not far from Safad and I visited there many times, it's an artist colony now. Very beautiful there.

[@shosheh114]

סירטון נהדר ומרגש, עם ישראל חי, עם הנצח לא מפחד מדרך ארוכה! תודה ריבון עולם על הניסים והנפלאות שעשית עם עם ישראל!❤🇮🇱🙌🌺💕

[@claytonknight3078]

What a great video! Its just so sad for a group of people having to go all over the world to keep from being murdered. God bless Israel and the Jewish people all over the world.

[@yourgodsisspeakingtoyouher4284]

Where is it written that Jews who didn’t migrate were murdered.

[@itsytyt5192]

יי

[@sulanano4090]

Just let them not murder our Muslim brothers..then we can live in peace.

[@debroshamccants206]

@@sulanano4090 please find leaders who care about your people

[@yosefgreen3130]

@@sulanano4090 Islam was made to murder

[@trudigoodman4825]

Thank you. A large part of my family is Sephardi. I am also Ashkenaz and probably also Mizrahi. I am very proud of being Jewish. There is a long history of Jews in America. Have you done an episode on that? We got here fleeing the Inquisition. And we ended up all over America. Including as Melinguen in Appalachia. Jews fought as part of the American Revolutionary Forces. The first Federal Treasury was started by Hyam Solomon, a Polish Jew. The monies from that Treasury made it possible for George Washington and his troops to Winter over in Valley Forge. It saved the Revolution. I am very proud of being Jewish. I love the episodes that you have. A Zisn Pesach!

[@jimmasen9721]

There is an interesting aspect of Judaism in French Canada under French Rule. Sephardi fled Portugal to Bordeaux and then to the Maritimes as Converso/Crypto. Officially, practice would get you killed, but what happens far away from the King's eyes in Quebec City or the local priest and in private, was similar to don't Ask/don't tell. Part of the Purim story of being able to "Pass".

[@dsaylor36]

I am a gdaughter of Melungeon Appalachian living in a big city. The Melungeons are also a mysterious "race". Elvis Presley and Abraham Lincoln were Melungeon. They were highly discriminated by society if anyone suspected their race. Hiding who they were was a survival tactic. They could not own land, vote etc.

[@elenatramsti5176]

I've heard of the Melinguen before. Would love to know what their origins are. Thank you for your post.

[@judahsamaria5250]

Thank you for this video, it clearly removes the stereotypes so many people have even among our own. Bravo!!!

[@freidazavurov9592]

Very informative video! I’m sure there are so many more Jewish communities that were dispersed throughout the world, but I would have loved for you to highlight the Bukharian Jews from Central Asia!

[@EvaOwen]

I have been to Kaifeng and been to the site of the former synagogue there. The municipal museum also has a special Jewish exhibit which one can see by paying a special admission fee. I have also been to Shanghai and visited the Jewish Quarter there.

[@jondw1372]

Sadly, during the movement, Mao made a decision NOT to consider or recognize the kaifeng jews as one of China's 56 'happy minorities', out of fear of "outside Jewish interests using their power or influence to help the Kaifeng Jews"...That and other policies have lead to them being almost completely unknown to Jews around the world and has lead to their current small numbers (less than 3000) as a population

[@kylepash841]

I’ve got a book called “Race” by John R Baker (a Jew) , and he says that the people claiming they are the “original Jews” today, are not only genetically different from the Jews of Ethiopia, but their beliefs and how they practice is NOT recognised by in the Talmud.

[@nancybergau4587]

In the 1980s I often went to Surabaya, East Java where there was an ababdoned synagog not far from the Ministry of Education. I was told most families had emigrated to Australia. In an antiques shop I found a minature brass menorah and set of shabat candelabras... and then, on a field trip to Madura Island met a Jewish Indonesian - physically he looked typically Javanese, who claimed there were still a few families in the area. Would be interesting to learn more of the Jewish lens makers and merchants who lived in colonial Java and Singapore where there is still a very active community.

[@ShabbyTZ]

Wow. That was awesome. And I never heard of the Radhanites! That’s so cool!

[@nilay108]

My Indian mom always goes on about the "Jews of Bombay". Her claim to being cool was living near the Jewish neighbourhood in bombay in her 20s.

[@ic9771]

There was a thriving mini Jewish fairly prosperous neighborhood in Bombay Pre independence & a few decades after it too though most Jews then made Alia . Not all Indian Jews were rich & prosperous though. Funny thing is although they enjoyed excellent relations with all the religious groupings here , they mostly clustered around Moslem neighborhoods in Bombay .

[@AjitJoshi686]

@@ic9771that’s more in Byculla. The station Masjid refers to a Synagogue. Btw the Bene Israeli or Marathi speaking Jews stayed in greater Mumbai and nearby areas like Pen, Ashtami ( near Roha) or the 8 villages near Alibaug.

[@ic9771]

@@AjitJoshi686 in the 1950s or thereabouts there was literally nothing in the suburbs. All the growth you see in the suburbs is a phenomenon which happened in the 1960s. Besides the topic of discussion in case you didn't notice was the Jews in Mumbai not outside of it & in Mumbai like most communities then they were located in what's now South Mumbai including Byculla.

[@sbj2876]

I am Mexican🇲🇽-🇺🇸American, and discovered over 10+ years ago that my family comes from a line of Jewish (Hebrew) ancestry also. Was hoping you would have touched more on the many communities in America (besides Guyana) of where Jews have settled and assembled. Amongst us "Latinos", there is definitely much DNA that would trace back to our original heritage. There are many of us who have discovered this phenomenon, and are proud to identify with it! Shalom! 🤎💙🤍

[@MR-we2rq]

About 15 years ago I learned that it was a movement in Latin America of conversion or recognition of their Jewish ancestry. People found family relics like mezuzah and other signs kept in families for centuries without knowledge of its meaning.

[@user-fm3td1io1n]

We want more ... Happy to see a video from unpacked.

[@Eleora1997Msia]

as a Chinese, my grandparents love Jews. we enjoyed share knowledge with each other. is the best era ever. until now when my family speak about Jew or Hebrew or Isrealite or Torah handler or The Bible. we give full respect. in the day in China, the local chinese and jew suffering the same pain together in the middle of hardship (war and politics issues). one day we migration to South East Asia for trade goods and landed in (Islamic country had done divided us) at least thank God Singapore is born and we met again.

[@guyeshel9316]

Amazing

[@richardmmasliah3130]

Awesome & great to hear + blessings my friend Eleora 💙 BTW, Ora in Hebrew means LIGHT 💡

[@麻馬華公會會長MCA]

Malaysian Chinese, love Jews too, Am Yisrael Chai

[@elenatramsti5176]

When a number of German Jews escaped to Shanghai to escape the Holocaust, many made good friends with Chinese natives. Some Jews and Chinese started businesses together and there was always a great sympathy and cooperation between the two peoples. My parents had friends who had lived in Shanghai then. The husband was a German-born Jew, the wife was a native Chinese. They met going to college in Shanghai. At the end of the war, they got married and left for the U.S. The husband still spoke Chinese and taught university classes in Chinese studies. The wife became involved with Jewish women's organizations in the U.S.

[@user-to7dq4vg3r]

As a Jewish South African I enjoyed this video. Keep it up!

[@alexanderblair8726]

It’s nice that you were able to research some places where Jews are located. Jamaica is another destination. My grandfather was a Jew.

[@tommy-er6hh]

To add to the Jews of India: besides the Mizarachi “Black” Jews in Cochin Jews and the Spanish "foreign" Sephardi there, there were also the Portuguese Sephardi Paradesi exiles in Cochin who were also in Madras [where there were diamond mines, leading to the Jewish influence over diamond industry to today], and there were also the “Black” Bene Israel Jews in Maharajah area who extended the Bombay/Mumbai harbor leading to it being a giant city it is today. There were also many Jews in Middle Ages on Ceylon/Sri Lanka - but they would be wiped out/force converted by Portuguese Inquisition when the Portuguese took over for a while.

[@richardmmasliah3130]

Wow, that was amazing on so many levels BRO 👊 I’m so grateful for this exceptional history lesson of WE the Jews 💙🇮🇱🇺🇸🇨🇦

[@darrengreggor3280]

There’s more than 100000000

[@everythingandmore5537]

@@darrengreggor3280 Judah went to war with the Greeks?

[@janettedavis6627]

@@everythingandmore5537 Weren't they fighting the Greeks at the time that the Romans demolished the Temple in Jerusalem. Some Apostles were killed Steven and one of the James. But the fighting was fierce it lasted 42 months.

[@everythingandmore5537]

@@janettedavis6627 Herodatus visited Judah in 450 BC. Greeks and Romans were not ruling Judah. Herodatus implied the people of Judah did not do circumcision. He also implied that there was no temple and no Jerusalem. He implied there was no king of Judah. Basically there were no Judaism in 450 BC

[@lizatab]

❤❤❤

[@TaraRenita]

This is a great video! Thank you.

[@sauljaffa1772]

POINT OF CORRECTION : Ashkenazi Jews are not descendants of the 12 tribes. Ashkenazi Jews are a Jewish ethnic group that developed in Central and Eastern Europe during the Middle Ages. They are Jews Only by religious conversion.1Chronicles 1 Vs 5 lists Ashekenaz as a son of Japhet, not Shem from whom the 12 tribes descend from here is the verse. 1Chronicles 1 Vs 5 5 The sons[b] of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras. 6 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath[c] and Togarmah

[@vimleshkumarkanaujiya]

As an Indian Buddhist, I have a huge respect for Jewish community.

[@mrbutch308]

There is a great deal of friendship and rapport between Jews and Buddhists. The Buddhists never persecuted Jews the way Christians and Muslims did. The teachings and ethics of Judaism and Buddhism has many similarities. The Dalai Lama made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and honored the Western Wall. Jews have traveled to Bodh Gaya to pay their respect. There is even a book "The Jew In The Lotus" that is about the relationship between Jews and Buddhists.

[@vimleshkumarkanaujiya]

@@mrbutch308 There was a form of Judaism in Greece called "Hellenistic Judaism", as well as there was also a form of Buddhism called "Hellenistic Buddhism" or "Graeco-Buddhism". Buddhists have always promoted Wisdom with kindness, the same Jews do. We have to keep ourselves as real as our ethics are.

[@karenj.5910]

Thank you! Todah rabah!

[@vimleshkumarkanaujiya]

​@@karenj.5910Shalom Aleichem ✡️

[@luimackjohnson302]

Thank you again for this informative video. Greetings from Madang, Papua New Guinea!

[@chenael8288]

Jews also fled to Jamaica in fact they were here even before Africans. They came here during 1530 to escape the Spanish Inquisition, there are synagogues here and there are serval Jewish cemeteries here we had Jewish pirates too. Jews have and still contribute immensely to Jamaica.

[@bighappy177]

professor Tony Martin

[@19bendunk]

There is a museum in tel Aviv called "beit hatfutzut" ( house of gathering) which having a wide knowledge about Jewish communities, worth a visit. And really great video! You obviously can't mention them all 😁

[@amykaufman6327]

I think tfutzot means diaspora, not gathering. But, yes, recommend a visit!

[@stephenfisher3721]

The museum has been expanded and renamed. It is now ANU - Museum of the Jewish People. The new name is considered more politically correct as Israelis traditionally looked down upon Jews in the Diaspora.

[@moniyakimantizionist]

The ashkenazim are converted khazarians and they are not jews with any roots in jewish history of 4000 years ago . in present time ashkenazim in the Ĺand of palestine are no more than a band of colonialists invaders from europe that falselly identify themselves as jews with roots To biblical times.

[@arelidelong1188]

@@stephenfisher3721 How sad, persecuted by enemies and looked down by family! 😢😢😢😢

[@sab1024]

@@arelidelong11881188 Yeah, what's wrong with that picture. Tikkun Olam more than ever!

[@scrappy-diy1040]

Great video but would be great to mention other interesting communities... Djerba island in Tunisia and their customs from time of Temple, Jewish pirates under Ottomans, Roman Jews.....

[@timothydoekhie]

First time I’ve ever heard someone mention Surinamese Jews on KZbin. Fantastic research🥳

[@richardmmasliah3130]

I must say that’s totally cool bro 👊🥳

[@AlanMilner1948]

As a former Jewish communal professional, I applaud your work. I absolutely love both your presentation and your content.

[@NoOne-tg9tk]

A Hindu here .love Jewish culture..... great blessing to mankind

[@bruthaboxwood]

This is an awesome video! We Jews around the world need to learn more of our history so we can come together!

[@secondexodus9105]

Africa, in the broader sense, is clearly indicated where mention is made of the Ten Tribes having been driven into exile by the Assyrians and having journeyed into Africa (Mek., Bo, 17; Tosef., Shab. vii. 25; Deut. R. v. 14; and especially Sanh. 94a). Connected with this is the idea that the river Sambation is in Africa. Source: Malchus (Jewish Encyclopedia) 1906 A.D.

[@barbaralouisebenjamin5918]

Brilliantly told. Thank you.

[@sebastiancorrea2115]

Great video! I had heard of 90s Surinamese-born Dutch footballer Aron Winter being Jewish but I hadn’t understood the connection. Now this video explains it all, really 👍

[@RamA-tn8io]

Suriname/Caribbean here 🤗🤗🤗 my origines (one side of the family) are mostly Portuguese and a bit of German. I'm a 1st generation in Israel.....

[@hoodedcrow603]

ערוץ מטורף!! השם יברך אתכם, שבת שלום:)

[@travelpapuanewguinea8417]

Wow what an awesome video. Love the Jewish history. 🇵🇬💜🇮🇱

[@PetrovichErochin]

I have to mention Jewish Autonomous Oblast in Russian Far East. It is the only jewish state outside Israel. Although only 1% of the population consider themselves as jews, 50% of population celebrate Passover and know some other Jewish traditions

[@sauljaffa1772]

POINT OF CORRECTION : Ashkenazi Jews are not descendants of the 12 tribes. Ashkenazi Jews are a Jewish ethnic group that developed in Central and Eastern Europe during the Middle Ages. They are Jews Only by religious conversion.1Chronicles 1 Vs 5 lists Ashekenaz as a son of Japhet, not Shem from whom the 12 tribes descend from here is the verse. 1Chronicles 1 Vs 5 5 The sons[b] of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras. 6 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath[c] and Togarmah

[@legendarygodzilla3577]

​@@sauljaffa1772ahskenazis are actually Israelites. Ashkenaz=\= Ashkenazi

[@sauljaffa1772]

@@legendarygodzilla3577 Please prove this to me i would like to know that part of my history

[@legendarygodzilla3577]

@@sauljaffa1772 the reason ashkenazis Jews got called ahskenazis is not because they descend from ashkenaz. It's because they moved into the Rhineland from Italy. Which some also called the area ashkenaz. It explains where the bottleneck of ashkenazis come from.

[@bighappy177]

on topic**** yes it has a wiki, and was given to jews from the soviets, like a FIRST ISRAEL!!! "The JAO was designated by a Soviet official decree in 1928, and officially established in 1934. At its height, in the late 1940s, the Jewish population in the region peaked around 46,000-50,000, approximately 25% of its population." - wiki @@sauljaffa1772

[@MuslimsWhatsWrongWithYou]

Thank you for mentioning Mountain Jews, we always get forgotten!

[@rikigiovanni9576]

@Yirmiyahu Danzig Thank you very much for an excellent presentation!

[@lindawaxman570]

Fantastic research, over the top awesome!!!!!! Will share like crazy!! Todah!!!

[@benpalacios9231]

May Hashem help and succeed you in your great work ☝️✡️🙏

[@joelmarks2257]

I am a Romani Jew. (Jewish Gypsy) Descendant of a Romani who married into a mixed Ashkenazi/Sepharadi family and embraced the Jewish religion and identity. I love our cultural mixture and having the blood and history of those three groups is both tragic and beautiful to me. Along with Judaism and the right to make Aliyah I’m so proud of my heritage.

[@sarahnicole45]

"there is no way of pronouncing that correctly" *does exactly that*

[@robkunkel8833]

In the Caribbean port of St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands we have the second oldest Synagogue in the Western Hemisphere. It has a sand floor as does your favorite, Surinam. I give tours. Our history is related to the Dutch involvement in maritime commerce, as well. We have had weekly Shabbat services since 1796. Thanks for this video. A fascinating story.

[@ERROLLSCHMUELL]

Kingston Jamaica have the same thing

[@robkunkel8833]

Yes, Kingston, Surinam, Curaçao and Amsterdam are congregations that have sand floors. St. Thomas is the fifth and last from 1796. They are all associated with Sephardic Jews and Dutch Colonial practices which were oriented to the maritime trade between those Caribbean ports, the Americas and the “Old World” Atlantic Ocean ports.

[@richardmmasliah3130]

Wow, that’s spectacularly astonishing & am amazed... bravo for this valuable information I absolutely didn’t know & great to hear in case I do visit B”H Thanks Ron 👊

[@richardmmasliah3130]

@@robkunkel8833 BRO 👏👏👏👏

[@henkvandervossen6616]

The oldest in all of the Americas is in Wiklemstad in Curacao

[@sandramorey2529]

Very interesting. What about the hidden Jews of Mexico, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico? I worked with a woman who came from one of those families. They were officially Catholic, but had integrated some Jewish tradition into their celebrations so as to remember their roots, but not letting anyone else know them. They came over in the great expulsion of 1492. Another thing: my family picked up stakes, sold everything and moved to Palestine at the end of the 1700's. They left for the US at the end of the 1800's.

[@anikikaneshiro7917]

1492 isn't it the year the Muslim are kick out of Andalusia by the Catholic Monarchy?

[@mrpooppoop420]

@@anikikaneshiro7917 yes, but that was also true for Jews living in Andalusia at the time. They either had to convert, flee, or die. Some "converted" but continued to practice in secret. One story I heard was that the founders of what would become the city of Monterrey were former jews who had converted and that culinary traditions in that area which include baby goat, as opposed to pork, could be a result of this. I don't know this for sure, but I'd love to hear if anyone has researched it more.

[@anikikaneshiro7917]

@@mrpooppoop420 So it is true that both Jews & Arabs were kick out of Andalusia by the Europeans. Only allowing to stay if both Jews & Arabs becomes Christian.

[@natanyaaberra8735]

He left out the lemba and other Jews in Africa. Also, there are Jews in Africa that not ethnically Africans. But, remember that there are five African kingdoms in the Torah but there no Eurocoids. Countries in that same Torah.

[@elenatramsti5176]

In a separate video, he talks about the Lemba and other African Jews -- its very interesting.

[@joyzee4969]

My mothers side (usa) her parents born in Cairo , their parents from killez and their grandparents from halab ( Aleppo). About 1850 My fathers side. From Cairo , parents from Beirut - Sidon and not sure where before that. When I visit Jerusalem and speak to the hotel workers (Arab). They always answer me that they are from here. And I tell them ( in broken Arabic) my parents both sides are from at least 4 places. How can you be from just here. But that’s the narrative they teach them I think

[@kael9664]

thank you for sharing

[@bighappy177]

Defamation (2009) documentary by Yoav Shamir

[@cindyloomis-torvi3396]

Tri cultural Jew here: Ashkenaz, Sephardic and Central Asian along the Silk Road through the ‘Stan’s,probably that triangle of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Hindu Kush. Which probably means they eventually ended up in Turkey, then slipped into Germany, then left for America, claiming Germany as their ethnicity to hide. This is my actual skin tone in summer. My late father and two of his brother look Central asian and have the skin tone of dark walnut furniture.

[@colivri336]

I'm a Jew from Puerto Rico. Our tradition is intermarriage in the mountains and, you'd never guess it, when we're 13 years old, we're told by an elder, usually a grandfather, at a meal, that we're Jews and that we come from Jerusalem and that if we forget Jerusalem our tongue will stick to the roof of our mouth. We also kissed the bread and kept it for birds, passed first and second names, refused to wear black when a family member died and many other little weird traditions that only start to make sense once you meet other (non-Marrano) Jews. This is the time to put us Marranos in the map before AOC and George Santos create another wave of antisemitism through ignorance and misinformation, especially our own!

[@SefaradiTal]

Marranos? Anousim*

[@colivri336]

@@SefaradiTal you're right, the word marranos is an insult in Spanish. Bnei Anousim*

[@joser.nevarez8650]

Putting AOC and George Santos in one sentence is already quite a stretch. But accusing AOC of being antisemitic is quite wild. But I'll bite. Where and when has AOC said or done anything antisemitic. Serious question. Unless you are talking about being anti-zionist, in which case half the jews don't like the zionist anyway, so I wouldn't call that antisemitic. Now, on regards to George Santos, that one you can throw him to the mondongo for all I care, along with all the poster children of Trumpism.

[@dudesmith2473]

@@joser.nevarez8650 Your bias is telling. According to all statistics available over 90% of all Jews support Zionism, the national movement of the Jewish people - in fact, for most Jews antisemitism and anti-zionism are the same form of hate and indivisible (with zionists the new preferred term for antisemites to call Jews). With 50% of all Jews living in Israel, it is frankly ridiculous to think that only 50% of all Jews support Zionism. Respect other people the same way you expect to be respected. It’s not for you to define what constitutes antisemitism, the same most people wouldn’t dare to do for any other racial, ethnic or religious group.

[@succatash]

​​​@@joser.nevarez8650 AOC spreads antisemitism and she probably doesn't realize it. AOC saying "from the river to the sea" was ok to say. Which calling for genocide of the sole Jewish state is anti-semitic. Even anti-zionist Jews agree to this. 90% of Jews are Zionist. Even the neutri karta, are zionist. Just not this zion.

[@ilorafaruqueahmed4183]

Thank you for this video Iam quite certain that a time will come when we as human beings will be able to live in peace with one another

[@karenj.5910]

My sincerest hope.

[@thevisitor7436]

I am a semetic , chaldean Babylonian speaker, from iraq, we are christians catholics, i understand the pain of the jews, we suffered the same on the hands of muslIms invaders.

[@edwinhargrave679]

SHALOM,SHALOM, WELL DONE AND THANKYOU FOR EDUCATING THE MASSES 👍.

[@mralir.s3711]

What about Jews living in Saudi Arabia?

[@19bendunk]

It's true in medina.

[@larryjones-emery807]

YES!! What an awesome video! Thank you!

[@yosefgreen3130]

Thinking all Jews are European is also offensive for Ashkenazy as we see ourselves part of the entire Jewish nation

[@yosefgreen3130]

What falls under the term of color are bigoted as they only see themselves it’s pretty revealing to the lack of self awareness and bigotry that goes around not to mention that European Jews come in many shades some, you would call more Middle Eastern, then middle eastern due to the fact that they are from there, and never mixed with local populations where they resided

[@jackiecorley8942]

Yemen, Afghanistan, Turkey, Pakistan( they have a cemetery) China, India, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Ethiopia.

[@vicihuizinga8157]

Thank you that was very very interesting-:)

[@stevenyemba811]

How do I say AWESOME EPISODE in Hebrew? -- This got me pumped (I've seen this in my travels and thought I was crazy)!!

[@GPBKM]

פרק מעולה Pronounced: Perek Me’ule 😊

[@DomNicky]

I gave a brief explanation of the Kaifeng Jews during a presentation on Chinese cities and got extra credits for including something that my Teacher's Chinese immigrant family didn't know about. Kāifēng yóutàirén wànsuì!

[@howardnovick9301]

Bravo. You have earned another subscriber. My children will be the first to see this. Am Yisroel Chai !!

[@nohandle558]

The music was very distracting, other than that, there is good info there. For example, I've often heard that Ethiopian Jews are descendants from the tribe of Dan, but until this video, I didn't know how those dots were connected, thank you.

[@christineperez7562]

Ethiopia has always been a Christian nation. Ethiopia has never been colonized.

[@monta247]

No it has not. And it still is not a christian nation.and if it was why have the so called Christian right movement not stepped in to help Ethiopia. The Ethiopian were the first Jews outside of the Jews in Egypt and those recognizing the yeshua as the son of God before the so-called christians who followed the converts from Rome. Remember yeshua was not a christian he was the Meshia . Not what the Greeks and Romans called him.

[@webdoar]

Thank you for this great presentation. Especially for reminding everyone that, like part of my family, several thousand Jews remained in our homeland ever after the Roman exile.

[@Religious_Education]

Anyone reading this, don't give up on your youtube channel. We are in this together ❤

[@sauljaffa1772]

POINT OF CORRECTION : Ashkenazi Jews are not descendants of the 12 tribes. Ashkenazi Jews are a Jewish ethnic group that developed in Central and Eastern Europe during the Middle Ages. They are Jews Only by religious conversion.1Chronicles 1 Vs 5 lists Ashekenaz as a son of Japhet, not Shem from whom the 12 tribes descend from here is the verse. 1Chronicles 1 Vs 5 5 The sons[b] of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras. 6 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath[c] and Togarmah

[@Shiranu17]

@@sauljaffa1772 Neither related to what the guy posted nor historically accurate. The Khazaria conspiracy is just that - a conspiracy; the Ashkenazi can be traced by DNA (and just by their own records) to Italy and (by DNA) about 4 or so women that came up through Italy and out into Germany and N.W. / Eastern Europe. There absolutely could have been a Khazarian group of Jews who were known as Ashkenazi, but modern Ashkenazi show no genetic or historical evidence - and there is a lot of evidence pointing to them having come through Roman Republic/Empire Italy and then spreading from there.

[@robbk1]

@@sauljaffa1772 Ashkenazi Jews average roughly 30-33% same Levantine DNA markers as today's Palestinians, Lebanese, Syrians, and Jordanians. They also have European markers. We know from history that Judaeans traveled with Phoenicians to all of their Mediterranean colonies, and set up communities in North Africa, Spain, Sicily, and Malta. They travelled as merchants with The Greeks to Southern France, Italy, and southeastern Europe. After The Judaean Revolts during Roman Rule in Judaea, many thousands of Jews were taken as slaves by The Romans to Italy and other European provinces of The Roman Empire. Also, because of the ban on Jews living in certain parts of Palestine, many had to migrate to other areas. So, they became merchants especially to Roman borderlands, to help bring commerce to newly-conquered areas in Europe. Based on DNA test findings, of both today's living people, and improved recent DNA testing of ancient human bodies(bones) found in archaeological digs, we have found that Ashkenazi Jews have over the past 2800 years (2000 of that, the Diaspora), come from The Levant (eastern Coast of The Mediterranean Sea) and migrated into Europe, and very slowly mixed with earlier European populations. DNA proves that virtually all Human populations have been mixed with other Human "breeding groups". (Human groups that became isolated enough for periods to form similar configurations of various DNA markers to form an identifiable breeding community). Even African tribes in Southern Africa contain some Neanderthal markers in their DNA, which formed in The Middle East , and were brought back into Africa (the first home of primates and Humanids), by later migrations of Humans, whose ancestors mixed with Neanderthals. So, The Sons of Shem, Japheth, and Gomer are all mixed.

[@sauljaffa1772]

​@@robbk1 That statement is far from being accurate. First of all, Genetics is my field of specialization second, I am an Ashkenazi Jew born in Haifa and live in Tel Aviv. We (Ashkenazis) are all Religious Jews and not ethnic Jews the same way an Irish is Catholic and not (Roman) if you understand. The most important thing is to understand that there is nothing wrong with that.

[@yosefgreen3130]

@@sauljaffa1772 אתה דפוק

[@אלעדשלח]

Love it!! thank you so much!!

[@ElsaBorzoi]

Thanks, I learned a lot!

[@TheSebastianML]

Here in Mexico at least a third of the population have jewish descendant last names and does not even know, we say "Juan Perez" as an expression of any regular Mexican but is a completely jewish name "Johanan peres". The jewish-mexican population came from Spain runing from the spanish Queen Isabel la Catolica and persecution.

[@anikikaneshiro7917]

You're about Isabel.

[@elenatramsti5176]

I did some work organizing the files for a medical office in downtown Dallas. Most of the patients were from Mexico. I was amazed at the number of patients who had Hebrew names -- not Spanish or English versions of Hebrew names but rather original Hebrew names that are mentioned in the Tanach.

[@Bei-Abedan]

No real Jew can be offended by Ashkenazim.

[@alexgoslar4057]

I didn't know that. Thanks for sharing.

[@rdf4315]

Wow that's cool to hear all the places Jews have lived, sound like me the only place they haven't live is Antarctica, if they did live there they would probably turn into a tourist attraction, my dad always said Jews had the Midas touch .

[@annettaliverpool2315]

Thank you, viewing from Guyana South America 🇬🇾

[@hobbitspot6998]

It's rather unfortunate that the majority of Jews left India. However Indo-Israeli ties continue to flourish. My daughter who's doing her PhD in Israel, found Jews from India in her university town. They gave her warm friendship and a marvellous Indian dinner.😊

[@devamjani8041]

Many also returned because of racism they faced in Israel.

[@cindyloomis-torvi3396]

Thank you for this video.

[@secondexodus9105]

"WHERE WERE THE TRIBES EXILED? "The King of Ashshur (Assyria) carried Israel away into Ashshur, and placed them in Chalach [Iraq] and in Chavor by the river of Gozan [Syria] and in the cities of the Maday [Iran]" (II Kings 17:6). In addition to Assyria, they were also EXILED THROUGH EGYPT to PATROS ON THE SOUTHERN NILE, and CUSH [ETHIOPIA] (Isaiah 11:11). "

[@jacksionilopa3106]

Great content!

[@otterdccaptain9229]

What about Cuba? That history is amazing. Goes back to Columbus…and served as a home before entry to the US during the World Wars. When the US barred Jewish immigration, they settled in Cuba.

[@moshesierra6849]

True , part of my family were Jews who got stranded in Cuba on their way to the USA

[@bighappy177]

Castro's mother was Canary Islander, converso

[@booboo3127]

Love your videos but the "background" music is too loud and often competes with the information of the videos. I feel like there is a loud radio playing in the room that I need to turn down in order to hear the video content itself.

[@joshjacob1530]

I wonder if there is a way to determine what tribe your people are from or if everyone is so mixed it’s impossible to determine.

[@lindaaaron9653]

Fascinating! Thanks!

[@norfolkisle582]

What distorted facts

[@anikikaneshiro7917]

Of course!

[@WorldifySanity]

You just dislike facts 🤣

[@deeannakim9306]

❤ great video…..enjoyed it a lot.

[@urgirlalways1]

Hey! You left out Jamaica 🇯🇲 we came from 1500's Spanish inquisition too and some more interesting events after that too. Not to mention we were considered a place of refuge for Jews in early 1900's!

[@creolesoul7993]

You guys are Jews. The tribe of Benjamim

[@monta247]

But did you forget that the Jew of Portugal and Spain participated on a very large scale in the slave trade in America. The kidnapping and the enslavement of nearly 30 million souls. Don't leave out these facts.

[@alexanderblair8726]

That’s interesting.. do you have facts to back that.. can you forward it?

[@craigmoye2322]

I love this channel, you're helping me explore my jewish heritage ❤

[@itzhaknachum8722]

You present a map of the ancient kingdom of Judah as if it were the 1967 borders of modern Israel. 2000 years ago there were no Palestinians in this area, nor were there any progressives, and the Kingdoms of Judah and Israel controlled the entire strip between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea and also a bit of the east bank of the Jordan River. So send your graphic artist to learn some history before he draws such a distorted thing

[@betsysloan4619]

Great informative interesting show!

[@compareandcontrast6629]

Thank you!!! After Gedaliah's murder and until after the Cyrus Declaration there were no Jews in Israel, for almost 50 years, if I am not mistaken

[@shosmyth1454]

Thank you this Wonderful Video!

[@sushrutdesai9815]

You have missed out on Marathi Jewish community called Bene- Israel from areas near Mumbai in Konkan region of Maharashtra

[@tuliptulip7565]

Terrific amazing love the video and you are just wow!

[@Shiranu17]

Both through travel as merchants, artists and intellectuals and... unfortunately... through travel as slaves and refugees, our unison as one "people" (not in the modern ethnic sense of that word) and our vast diversity has always been the greatest strength.

[@mikisunshine9334]

Beautiful,keep up the good work❤❤