Ceylon's Jews; is Sri Lanka the biblical Tarshish? | Lost & Forgotten

[@priyarajk3364]

Thanks for The Lost & The Forgotten.... Please continue and repeat. I am awaiting till next Friday. My sincere thanks to both of you

[@michaelrockstar8281]

Wowww. Hats off to Dr Careem, he is a talking library Love the way he mentioned the Dutch Burgher surnames, with the right pronunciation, that too spontaneously. Blimey!!! I am short of words. This boy is an asset, super duper talented, eloquent, brilliant, and his memory is amazing. I guess he has Burgher roots as well. Jesus be with him.

[@Perjmad89]

You need not have roots in a race to pronouce surname, just dedicated care to learn how those names are pronounced. I've told many burgher friends the origins of their own surnames, information that even they didnt know!

[@රාවනඅවසිංහලද්රවිඩයෙකි.විජය-සිං]

Proud Half-breeds unite !!!

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@@රාවනඅවසිංහලද්රවිඩයෙකි.විජය-සිං You do know and realize that there is feasibly, technically and factually NO SUCH THING as a "full breed" among any of us, don't you? In fact today, scientists consider such biological essentialism obsolete and modern genetic science rejects the concept of the social construct, based on the understanding that even "mixed" races are full breed of themselves, as a composite. All of the races are equal, no matter how diverse the gene pool is, or where their heritage lies. However behaviour and respectfulness is not and therein is the temptation to use the derogatory word "half breed". There is no such thing as a "half breed" among any of our beloved ethnicities, communities and races. We are a beautiful blend, a plural society rich is diversity. There is, however, unfortunately such a thing as a "half-breed" comment. If the cap fits...... 😉

[@VimalPerera-hd8fr]

@@Perjmad89❤

[@VimalPerera-hd8fr]

@@Perjmad89😊

[@georgebraine5648]

Fascinating. Wish the presenter would not interrupt Dr. Careem so often. And we don’t need the background music.

[@smuk386]

Yes.! unnecessary, annoying background music.!

[@bukkie5084]

Yes George, you right!

[@cfcuker]

Music is very distracting and totally unnecessary.

[@kithsirirubesinghe.338]

Exactly. Music is disturbing. 🙄

[@truecomrade975]

Dr Careem, again an excellent job. Highly impressed by DR Careem's memory, eloquence, vast knowledge and your expertise. The names without a pause, wowwww!!! This is talent to the power of infinity. God bless him.

[@shirleyaaron2169]

Excellent memory of historical events. Dr. Careem, you are a genius. There is a long Jewish tradition that associates the Biblical land of Ophir with modern day Sri Lanka/South India. the 10th century lexicographer David ben Abraham al-Fasi cites Ophir as Serendip (the old Persian term for Sri Lanka). Thank you Dr. Careem.

[@kithsirirubesinghe9202]

Pure Historical records without Bias. Thank you Dr. Careem and presenter.

[@elondare8990]

Great. First time saw this program and listened to Dr. Careem as well. Never knew this Ceylon Jewish saga before. Thank both of you guys for enlightening us.

[@maashaniffaron4673]

mASHA ALLAH!!! I am awe struck by Dr Careem's memory, this is incredible. He is an encyclopedia, and his agility, fluency in English, ability to respond with such accuracy and spontaneity, and his personality are outstanding, impressive I must say. A gem to our country, and we should be proud to have a talent factory like Dr Zameer Careem

[@judekrishantha4287]

@maashaniffaron4673 ප්ල් අල්ලාහ් පරයගේ එකා යන්න..තොපි cocomment දාන්නේ තොපේ එකෙක් හිටොයොත් විතරයි...තොපි ජාට්ව්ඩී සක්ක්ලි අල්ලාහ් පරයගේ හැත්ත්ට් ඊශ්‍රායල් කරන දේ හරි...තොපි මේ රටට පැදුරක් එලාගන්න ආපු සක්ක්ල්

[@nufailnaleem1754]

The anchor should learn to pause , until Dr Careem stops his conversation rather than interrupting him Thanks

[@Perjmad89]

Dr. Careem mentions that Jews married local Sinhalese and Tamil, and chances are that they converted to Catholicism and Anglicanism or even to Buddhism, due to economic and social reasons. To look for any number of 'pure' subjects in a race is futile, especially in our country, and more so in coastal areas, which were exposed to interntional trade and empire-building. Jewish lineage is more Matrilineal, and that could be a reason for the lack of records/census data as well. Dr Careem, it would be very interesting to have a chat on this subject as you are a font of knowledge. Thanks News 1st for initiating a discussion on such an interesting subject.

[@HighLordBlazeReborn]

Always heard there was a Jewish-Sri Lanka link, but this is the first time I'm hearing about the details. Good job!

[@sithumrajitha9969]

maybe there were some small percentage of jews in sri lanka in Anuradhapura and polonnaruwa period, but the 90%+ population were buddhists , so it was buddhist country since its beginning, there were no any single jews king in sri lanka all were buddhists

[@jenniferdesilva7356]

There was a jeweller in York Arcade called Siedle and I believe they were a Jewish family. Till the early 1960s there was a Synagogue in Galle Road, Colpetty. I believe that the Hotel Metropole in Fort was also set up by a Jewish family

[@TLT74]

Amazing information and great eye opener !! thank you !! Team News First

[@lawsdaniel]

Refreshing and informative. So many try to twist facts and subvert history to suit narrow religious and political ends. Hats off to Dr. Careem for his vast knowledge and also his intellectual honesty . Sirasa / Maharaja TV should be commended for taking a step in the right direction by producing programs such as this.

[@bashithabashitha4535]

GOD bless my Tarshish Sri Lanka old name Amen hallelujah.

[@sithumrajitha9969]

Sri lanka old name is Anuradhapura kingdom,

[@cristiano-j5n8g]

@@sithumrajitha9969 no tarshish is much more older than that if its true cuz in bible king solomon lived around 1500 BCE vijay arrived in 549BCE

[@judges579]

Excellent exhaustive tracing of SL Jewish history.. Thank you

[@FionaKumariCampbell]

Could do without the background music!

[@Gabrielarielle]

Thank you for a very informative talk. You are so knowledgeable!!!

[@shirleyaaron2169]

Once again a very big thank you to you Dr. Zameer Careem for your invaluable insight on the Jews in Sri Lanka.

[@vipulawattegedara9200]

WOW I am Amazed! What a Historian if this is true what did we do to this Nation

[@kithsirirubesinghe9202]

Mindboggling! Hats off to Dr. Careem for your contributions to historical knowledge about Ceylon, Sri Lanka.

[@shoneljperera7237]

Fascinating!

[@Tatziana_]

Very good description of my ancestry. I have never heard anyone describe us so well as him. Well done ✅

[@jonathanfrank6885]

Hi. I'm a representative of Beit Israel Sri Lanka. Our mission is trying to trace Sri Lankans of Jewish ancestory. How can we contact you?

[@sudharshinijohn]

Amazing.

[@electromagneticfousaivel9599]

This is first time I came to know Jewish live our country. Long life and Live prosperously Jewish. Thanks for Dr. Zameer Careem and newsfirst Sri Lanka.

[@shalinifernando4204]

Wonderful programme, really appreciate Dr Carrem

[@dganesh3641]

Well done, I enjoyed the pace and learnt a lot 😊

[@luhith123456]

Whats the point of the back ground music? ?

[@anandapeiris9179]

Wooooooow. What a memory

[@trevorsolomons5390]

Dr Careem, a very worthy insight into Jews in Ceylon. FYI, we are a burgher family who have acknowledged our Jewish ancestry for many years. We are of Portuguese and Dutch ancestry via both grandparents who owned estates in the South near Galle - Solomons and Kellar. Some relatives live back in Israel and others in Australia/UK/Canada. Would like to touch base with you as I live between Australia and Sri Lanka. Thank you kindly. Trevor Solomons

[@jonathanfrank6885]

Hi. I'm a representative of Beit Israel Sri Lanka. Our mission is trying to trace Sri Lankans of Jewish ancestory. How can we contact you?

[@NeriusFernando]

Very good

[@daviddesilva911]

Wow you are a talking encyclopedia and I just love listening to you while you share your historical knowledge. I was wondering if you have done a programme on the Colombo Chettys of Ceylon.

[@the-truth-only]

The background music is unnecessary.

[@habarakadageperera]

Great Educatiinal Programmex👍

[@smuk386]

Great and a valuable interview ruined by utterly unnecessary annoying background music.! Please take note.!!

[@eruthayamarythiagarajah8960]

Very useful conversation which should every Sri Lankan should know this interesting true story.

[@shineisle2263]

Dr.Careem..❤️🌹👍

[@anandadesilva6558]

This is a great interview. Please get rid of the repeating background music. It is very distracting.

[@rimashaji4152]

Create a Playlist for lost and forgotten.

[@hassimgaus3120]

Dr.Zameer. God bless you. FYI Jewish traders came here from Yemen. It was the time when Yemeni queen married prophet Solomon pbuh.. Weligam bay had rock light house with lamps. Same I observed in Hodeida Yemen in 1987 during my sea service. My Greek captain told me this . This happened during the gothra period. Bellambendipalessa are some famous places in gemstone trade even before prince Vijaya came here. Check for King Solomon treasures please. Your research very valuable.. Also research where king Alexander was buried . It's in Gailsni. Jailani today Gailani is a Greek name. for Serendib. .....

[@prasadvithanage153]

There is Jew Gathering centre in kollupitiya.

[@inshafahamed9872]

That's Jehovah Witness

[@sabirahcaffoor4755]

How rude is the interviewer !!! Pls don't interrupt you are killing his line of thought

[@habarakadageperera]

Dr Careem a Walking Coomputer👍 In Lebanon 🇱🇧 there is a Christian Community named Maronite Moyer Mary Wo shippers Comboni Nuns Great Educatirs all over India ge Gulf In 🇧🇭 Too Brilliant 👍

[@VimalPerera-hd8fr]

Yes❤

[@audreyboteju2543]

Dr Karen is excellent scholar I wish he can slow down abitThank

[@robbinghook3571]

After the great Deluge (end of ice age called Younger Dryas) around 11,800 years ago, Indian ocean saw the highest water level due to it's warmth. All the melting water from north and south pole rush into the middle area of the earth, along equator. Many land mass between Madagascar and New Zealand went under water and many large island in the pacific oceans became tiny island and atolls. One of them is, the Kumari Kandam, just southwest of Sri Lanka was reduced to Malai Deevu (Maldives). Then Nadu (South Land) is still among the atolls in Maldives now called Thinadhoo, which is beside another atolls called Kaadedhoo and Mada Veli. During this deluge people sailed out to many other places. Some reached Gulf of Oman and establish Sumerian Civilization. Other group of people reached Gulf of Aden and found a civilization in Ethiopia. One other group reached present day Pakistan and Afghanistan and found the Indus Valley Civilization. You're correct about Kumari Kandam or Sri Lanka could had been the Garden of Eden too Otherwise can anyone tell the reason for a mountain top being named as Adam's Peak. Then came the Ramayana war around 9,700 years ago. This war was fought in and around the Rama Sethu Samuthiram ( Palk Strait ) meaning the sea where Rama died. Rama and Luxmanan both were killed and the Hanuman, Sugriva and their clan members fled to Africa fearing revenge. They settled down in Morocco (Marrakesh), Tunisia, Egypt (Deshret), Sudan. Now came the Mahabharata war, some 5130 years ago. This was fought between the 100 Kerala Kuravar (Kauravar) Chieftains and the 5 Tamil Nadu Pandava Kings. The Kerala Kuravar lost the war and fearing revenge escaped to present day Oman, Yemen, Arabia and settled down there. All these emigrants took with them their ancient way of living called "Aaseevaham". So the connection between Sri Lanka, India to these cultures is not new. It's almost ancient at least goes back 5,000 years. Even the Abrahamic religions were a slightly modified form of "Aaseevaham". I hope everyone know the following song "Hasbi Rabbi Jallallah, Ma Fi Qalbi Ghayrullah Nur Muhammad Salallah Laila Hail LaAllah" These song is also a deformed form of Tamil. Let's see how ! Hasbi: 2 Tamil words together. Aasu (spontaneous) + Ee (offer) => Asufee => Hasifi => Hasbi Sallallah is deformed from Jallallah: Sal (great) + Allah = Great Allah. Nur Muhammad Salallah: Great Allah of 100 Mohamad ? Who are the 100 Mohammad none other than 100 Kuravar (Kauravar) from Kerala. Nur doesn't mean light. Instead "Eleanoor" means light. Eleanoor is also a combination of 2 Tamil words. Elaya (Youngest) + Nooru (100) meaning the youngest of the 100 Kuravar, who was their sister Ducchalai, who was later became the queen in a mountain kingdom. Now we can see how the Arabia, North Africa and India are connected.

[@sujeevadealwis5513]

Kumari Kandam is first heard of in the sangam literature. However, experts say that the word ‘Kandam’ was a later addition and that only the word ‘Kumari’ is to be found in the said literature. Therefore you cannot really locate the place.

[@sujeevadealwis5513]

At any rate, by the Mahabharatha time, our country was called Sinhalaya, as it’s mentioned in Mahabharatha.

[@robbinghook3571]

@@sujeevadealwis5513 'Kandam' & Lemuria continent were to distract Tamils from the truth. It was of course the north Indian Brahmanical Indo-Aryans additions. But "Kumari" or "Then Nadu" & "Then Madurai" were all mentioned in the Sankam literatures. Let's have a look at the Maldives island. All the Maldives islands & Isles are located in a circular pattern. This suggest a large land mass went under water leaving only the mountain peaks above the water. Among the Maldivian Islands there is a tiny Island (Isle) called "Thinadhoo". This "Thinadhoo" is none other than "Then Nadu" mentioned in the Sankam literature. Therefore the present day Maldives was the ancient "Kumari" or "Then Nadu". Now we know where the "Kumari Kandam" was in the past. It was the present day "Maldives" islands and Isles. Here the word "Then" means south. Also there is a slogan in Hindu religion (Tamil Aaseevaham), which goes like: "தென் நாடுடைய சிவனே போற்றி என் நாட்டவர்க்கும் இறைவா போற்றி" ~> which is pronounced as: "Then Nadudaiya Sivane Potri En Nadavarkum Irava Potri" ~> and the meaning is: "Praise the lord 'Sivan' residing in southern country, praise, who is the lord of all countries".

[@robbinghook3571]

@@sujeevadealwis5513 The Mahabaratham happened about 5,126 years ago. At the time it was a small land dispute between two persons. There're about 200 versions of Mahabaratham story exists in India and Asia. None of them portrayed the version of the North Indian Brahmins version. The North Indian version by Valmiki was composed around, according to speculation, between the 200BCE to 100CE. Then it was written in Sanskrit, after the Sanskrit letters were invented in 4th century CE, around 5th century CE. By this time, according to North Indians, so called Indi-Aryans, Serendib or Lanka or Eelam had already already been colonized by the North Indian "Mauryan Empire". A son born between a "Lion" alias "Sinha" or "Simhmam" or "Singam" and a human called Vijaya had arrived and colonized the island. Compare Indian '4 headed lion emblem' and the 'lion' emblem of Lanka. Because the Island was colonized by a man born for "Sinha" the word "Sinhala" came into existence. ~"The earliest known use of the word "Sinhala" was in 1598 in a translation by William Phillip. The word has multiple origins, including borrowings from Dutch and Sanskrit."~ So, you're correct it was written in Sanskrit & probably in Mahabaratham story by Indo-Aryans Brahmins but there were no Sanskrit alphabets until the 4th century CE. Even the Sinhala script is a Brahmi derivate from 2nd century BCE. Medieval Sinhala, which emerged around 750 AD, is marked by very strong influence from the Grantha script. Subsequently, Medieval (and modern) Sinhalese resemble the South Indian scripts.

[@sujeevadealwis5513]

@ Vijaya came to an existing culture. The island was inhabited by three tribes of the Helayas. He married the Yakkha queen Kuweni.

[@PatriciaWhite-dl5xi]

I would have liked to listen to this. But the background noise was ridicules. Suggest you take the background music off this. I know you can do it.

[@sharmilacorea8627]

Ulric Plessner was NOT involved with Bishops College. It was only Geoffrey Bawa.

[@VimalPerera-hd8fr]

Brilliant programme should be commended Educational I never knew this This Professor I hope will pubildhs Book so that we can read☮️‼️🤙🌎

[@SahanTheMighty]

😠 the music 🙉🙉🙉🙉🙉 STOP!!! What’s wrong with the editors?!!!

[@riohtc279]

The music is annoying. You are ruining a good podcast

[@emanjewels7588]

Masha Allah

[@piratepuppy3394]

Please come back ! We buddhist love jewish people welcome to living with us 💙🇮🇱💙

[@samthanasridhara3218]

I always wondered whether there was Israel presence in Sri Lanka . Thank you

[@libationsofaphrodite3529]

Wow I never knew the Spanish Inquisition displaced Jews all the way to Ceylon. I thought they were Mizrahi Jews all this time.

[@michaelrockstar8281]

@deepalmodi please note that Dr Careem was trained by Tissa Devendra, who has had many years of experience, as a historian, and Government agent. Mr Devendra, who knew Geoffrey Bawa quiet well, has also mentioned that Mr Plesner was a Jew, and for him to have moved to Israel, following his marriage, he must have surely been of Jewish ancestry, like Musaeus Higgins. Mr Plesner was a Danish Jews, as evinced by various writings. Get your facts right Deepal Modi, before you comment

[@VimalPerera-hd8fr]

What. About our Parsi community ☮️ I grew up in Kotehena Where st Benedict’s cricket ground next towards Armour st tgere was a Parsi communityTemlle my Mom told me Pls do a programs Hassan our Encyclopaedok Professir will enlighten us Mr Chickosy an Emenieet QC a former FM of President JRJ s Cabinet

[@NDWTI]

The 10 lost tribes would have come to Sri Lanka when the northern Israel was scattered and taken by Assyrians. It is amazing two Muslims are talking about the Jews

[@isharafathima-c9g]

You might dont know there are lot of Muslims in middle east who are decedents from Jewish tribes including my fathers family. My paternal grandfather was from a jewish family who converted into Islam in Syria, they settled in India then came to colombo.

[@NDWTI]

@@isharafathima-c9g That's true. If you read in the Bible the Genealogy of Esau's generation is also Middleastern( Jacob's twin). The more people know the truth that will set them free.

[@deepalimody627]

Just to clarify Careem. Ulrik Plesner was not Jewish. He was Danish and left sri lanka when he married a jewish women and settled in Israel.

[@arunsadasivan1738]

Nice content

[@Mr.Jayasekera]

Is mahawansa translated into English by Mary Musaeus Higgins! please explain?

[@edwardpascal2569]

This anchor is not qualified enough to conduct this kind of program

[@edwardwanigasekera1056]

These are just opinion are not substatiated by written evidence.

[@p.s.nishanthasilva9286]

Dr. Mick Joachim?

[@wrsdes]

There is a shop in Pentaho called Ploeck. This must be Jewish . Also there were jews in the board of otter aquatic club.

[@hassimgaus3120]

Dear Sirs. Thanks very much for your historical details. In the meantime pls do some research about the Jews who settled in some Malabo islands and later they embraced Islam . Our THANGAL clans from the zkerala islands. There were no any Christians in our historical courts before 9th century. It's only an insertion from our European colonisers who came here during the 15th Century. .....

[@Sheriffdeen1]

He has by hearted english words

[@LKJRV]

He talks fast forwarded.

[@oneshot2028]

Is Dr. Careem a Jew??

[@michaelrockstar8281]

His paternal grandfather was an Afghan Pashtun, and Pashtuns are believed to be the lost tribe, so in a way Dr Careem is of Jewish ancestry

[@michaelrockstar8281]

@The Enthusiast What I meant was that the Pashtuns are believed to the lost tribe of Israel. Dr Careem's father is of mixed Afghan-Parsi and probably Malay origin, which makes Dr Careem an Afghan or a Parsi not Malay.

[@inshafahamed9872]

@@michaelrockstar8281 Zoroastarians

[@aoustenaloysious8324]

How many tribes all around the world claim that they are lost tribe, including Brahmins of India...

[@kumariwathupola6951]

Api ta uruma ape ithihasaya thiyenawa..... sirasa ae gane Katha karanna....ethi ,ethi,,,ethi ....

[@Sagith_Dilshan]

😂

[@dineshkumara8579]

Israel 🇮🇱 ❤

[@nuwanmc]

The new israel not true jews ,not yudaa people ,war people kaurawa people sarath ponseka ,came from ancient root

[@koldzurk1903]

Sri Lanka not ceylon

[@lakshmangunasekara9401]

Who in this modern day and age, would want to rely on the historically long discredited Bible for authenticity or even hyperbole? ?!

[@myredeemerlivesamen991]

Because the beginning and the end are mentioned in the Bible. And all the world will see it whether they like it or not. Even the Mahbaratha says the Father and the Son are one... where do you see that apart from the Bible?

[@nuwanmc]

Jews mean kshasthriya war caste ,yuda,yadu ,their one god is god krishna ,melkisedek

[@Tatziana_]

Wrong! I practice Judaism and we have no such thing as our G-d. We have only one true G-d and that's Adonai.

[@inshafahamed9872]

Jews Dont mention Thier Gods Name, They Call Adonai Or Hashem

[@nuwanmc]

@@Tatziana_ melkisedek mean king of righteousness ,according to bhagawath geetha god krishna is king of righteousness

[@nuwanmc]

@@Tatziana_ abraham's time, he bow down to one figure called melkisedek .

[@Tatziana_]

@@nuwanmc Abraham was known for playing around with idols. Means pagan god's. But he realised HaShem is the only one true G-d and he became faithful to him. He never touched another false idol ever again. So you're wrong in saying Jews pray to a pagan god.

[@chinthakaabeysinghe6758]

Dr Careem, is articulate, well read, fluent English speaker, and brilliant, BUT he is a rich kid, from some COLOMBO 07/03 background, who went to fancy school and stuff. If poor students are given the privilege and education, they will be super talented like him, and speak English like British man. access to good education, particularly English education is a privilege in Sri Lanka, and Dr Careem has clearly got the best of the best, "the privileged class".

[@deepanjayapala6634]

the first part u said he is brilliant and then attributed that to his upbringing,,, Haha!!! so u think class and access to good education is enough without hard work to bring out the best of a man...?? I heard this guy was a medical doctor and left medical stream and followed his passion ,for which u must need some sort of extra ordinary guts as well as a super IQ .. and btw a way person talks and conducts himself is only accessories to life , it does not reflects anything about the persons talent or skill.. its very childish to rely on shallow stuff like school, family background , accent of a language to decide on academic brilliancy...

[@Panini_Edirisinhe]

He's supposed to be 28 years old, and has been to Royal College. I think that your envy is ill-placed. This man also writes very well. Search! He's incredibly gifted, but he's also worked hard to know all this. What we should do is to help him use all this talent for the good of our entire society. People aren't always young! Passallthis on to as many as possible. These are the things that will help us overcome the ill-effects of Geneva 23rd March 2021. Let us be wiser than the "Double-Pakshas".

[@ifthikarsheriff9580]

Give credit where credit is due rather than talking about Dr. Zameer's background or educational abilities.

[@Perjmad89]

I think the right question to ask is, Why dont we have more schools of high standards across the country? Why dont governments want to invest money into suburbian/rural schools? The solution isnt to condemn/discredit the privillege of those who were fortunate to enter those schools, but to vote for leaders with pure intent on uplifting the standards of education in this nation. If all the youth were as open and curious to fact-check and research, our 'so-called' leaders wont get voted in. Politicians would actually have to work hard to get their votes.

[@dganesh3641]

Regardless, we should be grateful for his passion and to him for sharing his knowledge. I don't think it's wise to assume things of others. Some people work very hard to get where they are.

[@nuwanmc]

the original Jews birth place is not Israel it was ancient ceylon(tarshish ) place called sabaragamuwa ,jews has connection to ancient ceylon human tribe called yak rak dew naa tribes ,so in ancient time one of yak rak na army leader called yuda raksha 🇱🇰 now known as judha raksha went to middle east with his people using air craft,at that time our country had aircraft called biman,(in tamil viman) .jews one of ceylon ancient race ,prophet eliaya also ceylon lived person , in ancient sinhala language , eliya mean alokaya ,light 🔥

[@oleh1886]

Hello - interesting information. Do you have references like Links to Books where this information can be found - I'm an enthusiast for history & particularly information about customs, oral & written traditions.

[@sandeepmohotti6741]

@@oleh1886 He is making this stuff up. Looks like Sri Lanka’s upped their crack game 😂

[@habarakadageperera]

Both Brilliant Guys Keep it up My Mom too have told me that there was a Senagogue At Kotehena🥹👍