Ethnicities of Israel: Syrians

[@BORNFROMFIRE1]

as a syrian i thank you for this video and hope you can do a part 2

[@christofferraby4712]

I miss Latakia and old Damascus.

[@mohamedn7311]

we can all agree that the music in the begining is horible

[@dorbitan2935]

lol

[@akent6393]

It’s sad. My ancestry is Syrian and my grandparents that were Christian were expelled along with Jews in Syria that were their neighbors and friends.

[@LeonidVainshtein-ge9zt]

Its not sad at all. The only land of the jews is israel . Dont tell us to go back to your dirty lands

[@vengefu437]

I am a Syrian Muslim, I have been living with my Jewish friends and Syrian Christians since I was young, but I am very sad because the Jews have left their homeland Syria

[@zivgann1808]

as a half Syria (Jewish) We left good Syria for our homeland in Israel not vice versa, Syria is a beautiful land with beautiful people and i really hope that in some day of my life i will be able to visit it

[@JosephOccenoBFH]

Are you Alawi?

[@بنت_الحق]

@@zivgann1808 Your homeland is Syria and your blood bleeds Syria, you can play pretend as you like but you shouldn't deny your land.

[@MichouThe]

Lol you kicked them out so it is your muslims to blame

[@youngfinance6319]

@@MichouThe after 1948 when it was formed they kicked them out because they were occupying land

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

Eli's story: wow, I never realized it was that bad for Jews in Syria. it sounds like escaping from North Korea.

[@Dmitri300]

+Beni Habibi Yet at the same time he says (15:10): We had everything we needed in Syria. We were happy and lived 1000 times better than we live here (Israel).

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

Afghan they would round up your family and your cousins if you tried to escape to Israel.

[@guywhousesapseudonymonyout4272]

+Afghan He said in pre-Assad days it was crap. (He's talking about from 1947 -- when there was a big pogrom and riots against the Jews in Alleppo in response to the Israeli independence and the period of constant coups d'etat and instability when people took out their frustrations on Jews in Syria -- so he remembers that period). Hafez al Assad, the father, took power in 1970. He was a cruel dictator and a complete bastard and a fierce enemy of Israel -- but one thing is true - -he protected the minorities in Syria, including the Jews, and of course, as an Alawite, he came from a minority group himself, so singling out minority groups in Syria was interpreted as an attack on him too. As the guy being interviewed said, "As long as you didn't involve yourself in politics, you were fine". And back in the 1970s, when Syria got massive subsidies from the USSR, the economy wasn't that bad either, so the Jews, as long as they didn't say anything or do anything pro-Israel or anti-regime, could live okay, but they weren't free either. Syrian Jews could also travel for business or other reasons back in the 1970s/1980s, but as he said, they had to leave most of their family members behind in Syria because the regime was afraid they might defect to Israel if they all went on a family vacation together, for example.

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

***** I am seeing you on more and more of my threads, whats your deal?

[@guywhousesapseudonymonyout4272]

***** I was responding to "Afghan" who was the one who was cherry-picking and I clearly put that comment into the context of the history of Jews in Syria in the 20th century. Are you confusing between me and him?

[@findufoni4899]

My father is originally from Iraq Baghdad. He says once upon a time when there was no Saddam Hussein my fathers family lived with Jewish and Christian Neighbours in a mixed Area of Baghdad. When my grandmother cooked meals she cooked for the neighbours too and on the other side the same The jewish and the christian neighbours did the same. My father says he didn't thought of killing Jews or Christians or nothing. He says this is the Oldschool haha but nowadays everyone hates everyone for no reason. My Point is that racism isn't a thing of Religion. It is a thing of education, the way someone is raised and how the environment around someone is.

[@meirtt]

+Findu Foni Yes that's true but religion has a part in your education. in radical Islam the racism comes from educating kids and the education comes from their religious environment

[@leenidrees4866]

I'm from Syria and I would really like to know about the situation in Iraq, some Iraqis like Saddam Hussein and some don't. Are you saying you don't like him because he hated Jews and Christians and only supported Muslims or did he do other bad things to the country? And also if you know what good stuff he did or is it only bad stuff?

[@mohamedn7311]

sadham houssein is a great man all respect to him we need all arabs leaders to be like him

[@mohamedn7311]

+Leen Idrees sadham was more of a comunist than a relegious person

[@findufoni4899]

+Leen Idrees en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feyli_Kurds My whole family is Kurdish Feily. I asked my parents and 90% of the things written in this aricle are true. So you can imagine if they or i love or hate saddam hussein

[@Yuval012]

corey you seriously have to do more this kind of videos, like turkish jews, indian jews, ethiopian jews, kavkazi jews, georgian, bukharan and so on.

[@barakah4097]

What is forbidden is sweet, brought tears in me...

[@christofferraby4712]

I lived in Syria from 2005 till 2009 in Damascus. I used to go once a week to relax in Old Damascus. In the Jewish Quarter there are beautiful old houses now operating as restaurants and hotels. Some of those old houses have Hebrew inscriptions on the walls. It was interesting to hear from Christian Syrians and Muslim Syrians that the Jewish Quarter of Damascus used to be famous 100 years ago for their ancient Jewish community whose men were very literate in classical Hebrew along with Damascene Arabic. There was once a famous Hebrew school in Damascus and one in Aleppo. Most Jews in Syria moved to Palestine in the 1940s just before Israeli independence. Old Syrians say that under Turkish rule Palestine and Syria was more or less one territory under Turkish rule and Syrian Jews saw themselves as indigenous to ancient Israel(later Palestine).

[@nogac8809]

Thank you for sharing. And yes you're right, syria- palestine was viewd as one territory. My grandfather was born in damscus but originaly the family is from Tiberius, in northern israel

[@danietti4038]

My family is christian from Halab (Aleppo). They were always proud of Halab especially for its diversity. Sure some area's weren't safe for Christians and Jews but for the most part very tolerant. The quality of life in Syria is very underestimated by non-Syrians (Pre-war ofcourse). The last guy in the video, who was the only one who lived in Syria, said it the best. For one he said Assad protected them and did not want the jews or christians to leave, he even said he was 1,000 times happier there than in Israel. Obviously exaggerating but Syria's coexistence is very unique and natural compared to other countries. And then Islamic terrorism was planted into Syria and look at the destruction. My best memories are of Syria...

[@HITBnn]

where do you live now ?

[@andromilk2634]

I feel sorry for Syria. I'm from Lebanon, I hope you guys can fix the situation and carry on with your lives.

[@hiimabot8937]

+Andromilk Every great country has had to go through horrible times and recover from them in order to become what it is today, including Lebanon.

[@andromilk2634]

It was always a failed state that began for sectarian bs. What we have is the natural result of what was asked for, you have to be blind to not have seen this come.

[@hiimabot8937]

Syria is not a failed state

[@arameansyriac3535]

Make the new video about Arameans (Syriacs) We are a recognised ethnicity in Israel

[@BinaryTechnique]

Aramean and Assyrians good people you should take Beth Nahrain back

[@tFighterPilot]

Most of you don't even speak Aramaic though.

[@arameansyriac3535]

tFighterPilot Lmao, how can you say that? Do you know all Arameans worldwide? No. The motherlanguage of the Arameans is Aramaic and almost every Aramean can speak it! But there are also Arameans from Iraq and Syria who speak Arabic.

[@tFighterPilot]

Talking about those in Israel. There's like one guy, Shadi Halul, who's been pushing the whole Aramaic thing, and he got a lot of attention. However, he's pretty much alone in this, and is pretty much the only one who knows Aramaic. There's a Greek Orthodox priest called Gabriel Naddaf who created the Christian Enlistment Forum to push Israeli Christians the join the IDF. In many pictures in their facebook page they also add the Syriac translation of "Christian Enlistment Forum", except the letters are reversed and not a single one of them has noticed it.

[@danietti4038]

You have to remember we dont have a country, much like the jews did not until 50 years ago, which 90% of them did not speak Hebrew, their original language. I speak aramaic and many Aramaens dont, it's not there fault and if you ask everyone of them they wish they can speak it, but until today they all pray in aramaic.

[@mathewborisj7276]

I am israeli and i think we should live in peace with Syria and all the arabic countries (sorry 4 my bad english)

[@fidelsyrian1809]

AnArabicHetalian 14 we speak Arabic but that doesn't mean we are Arab ok

[@mathewborisj7276]

Fidel Syrian Don't be rude man. I am trying to say something gold

[@fidelsyrian1809]

AnArabicHetalian 14 really I didn't know ‏anyway 🤣The Syrians have many races coming from southern Russia. The Caucasus, Greece, Anatolia, Armenia, Syriac, Cyprus, Romans, Kurds and Phoenicians Syria is the oldest in the world you should to know

[@betrousaltaweel]

Syria hasn't attacked Israel directly since 1973. Syrian government severed all ties with Hamas in 2012 after Hamas started supporting Syrian opposition. Syria isn't going to do anything to Israel for as long as Russian military remains in Syria.

[@M.K-SAVE]

Give us Golan heights back then

[@leithmotiff]

Corey, could you please do a video on Azerbaijani Jews or at least on Mountain Jews in general? Thanks!

[@jaredknows7090]

+leithmotiff This, Cory. Please

[@meirtt]

+leithmotiff You can ask Sarit Hadad

[@DonMrLenny]

There are not many azeri jews,i know one but he is more russian then azeri,99% of the mountain jews as far as i know are georgians

[@leithmotiff]

Their number is up to 150 000 in Israel, so they are quite numerous. Georgian Jews are distant from Mountain Jews who mainly come from Azerbaijan and Dagestan. They even speak different languages. Those from Azerbaijan and Dagestan speak a dialect of Tat which belongs to the Iranian group of languages whilst Georgian Jews speak a dialect of Georgian.

[@leithmotiff]

Even if we consider Mountain Jews and Georgian Jews to be the same, Georgians are around 200 000 in Israel whilst Mountainers are around 150 000. So it would be more like 40% and 60%, definetely not 1% and 99%

[@shmsra2077]

As a Syrian muslim , I wish the Syrian jews of Israel to visit the land of thir grandparent's after the war stopping , I wish the new politcians after kill Bashar to make peace with Israel My greetings to my all Syrian jews brotherhood in all the world

[@hanenmedromi99]

S HMSRA Until they give back Golan heights Shut up traitor

[@SeagullB]

S HMSRA from your mouth to the ear of god.good wishes.hopefully the war will be over soon

[@abucanaan5335]

This is why as a Palestinian I support bashar

[@shmsra2077]

Muhammad Taha As a Syrian i really enjoy when Israel fuck the people like you every day

[@interestingyoutubechannel1]

+S HMSRA As an Israeli Jew, I wish for you, and for all the kind people in Syria, safety, good health, and a better tomorrow. I too hope our peoples make peace as brothers, millions of Israelis like me will say the same - don't let the media make you think any different. You are also very welcome to visit, we have good mujaddara in Israel too :)

[@marokaisrael]

syrians can you tell me where i can find info about the jewish cemetry in damascus or aleppo ? thank you

[@mousa-yi4iz]

you can find it at wekipedia search for syria jews today only 20 jews are left in syria

[@TheOsmanly]

I really wish that we live together again.

[@benavraham4397]

This is one of your best videos, especially at the end!

[@mgmofliwa]

I have an merchent uncle who told me that when he was young , he was dealing with a jewish merchent and that they had have great friendship . Also told me that when he moved to aleppo to study he rented a house that was belong to a jewish family uder the goverment control , you see after the jews left Syria the goverment took over their appartments , houses and shops and made an association to take care of them ; so they were rented and some money goes to the maintanece and the rest were "kept in safe hand" ,meaning its supposed to be saved if someone asked for them but we syrians use the expression to say that its stolen because our goverment is so corrupted . I wish Israel can deal with peace process seriously "specially the Plaestinian immigrantes issue" in orrder to be able visit each other , and hope to give back all the rights back to our beloved jewsih community . Love from Dier azzor

[@KaleEb449]

So sad about this. I'm only 23, I left Syria over a decade ago due to war. I've never met a Syrian Jew. The way the girl at the 3 minute mark talks about Syria is the exactly the same as I do. I left it as a child, she never got to experience any of it. Yet we both love it and have it as a dream to visit, one day. The Jewish people definitely went through some shit. When I ask my family about it they always say they lived together, but there was definitely some segregation. I'm not talking about post 48', there was some shady shit happening beforehand, as well. The more I read about it, the more I realise Arab nationalism and Zionism are equally as bad. And don't let get me started about Islam extremism. I hope one day we could all live together again.

[@nogac8809]

Zionism is finding a home to be safe from persecution. The political movement was invented by herzel after watching horibble discrimination and persecution of the jewish people in Europe, espicialy after drayfus affair - he came to the understanding, jews wont be safe without a home. So these things are pretty much tied together, spiritual zionism - the longing to zion (=jerusalem) existed for thousands of years, and then the raise in persecuation, simply made them leave. My grandfather was from damscus i wish to visit it as well

[@negationf6973]

I think both Zionism and Arab nationalism had understandable premises. But the execution of both ideologies was terrible. A lot of sadness brought about.

[@danielgidoni]

"Do you want to go back to Syria?" Like asking a black guy if he wants to go back to Africa...

[@cathy-pz2to]

he will respond I never been to Africa I was born here.

[@cathy-pz2to]

did you know black Brazilians were never Africans. they just originated from Brazil.

[@guywhousesapseudonymonyout4272]

+The Observer Their ancestors did

[@guywhousesapseudonymonyout4272]

The Observer im k'var medaykim, az tsrihim ledayek

[@danielgidoni]

cathy2000 Same goes for most people in this video, I'm curious, what do you think my opinion is?

[@canopeaz]

Guy at 7:37 looks/seems like he could be in both Italian Mafia and Jewish Mafia.

[@kkaa4494]

lol

[@Valerie4293]

PLEASE do one on Kavkazi jews from Azerbaijan and Dagestan and ask them how they feel about their culture? Ask about their culture and language and dancing.

[@jaredknows7090]

+Valerie4293 This, Cory. Please

[@yakov95000]

Proud and love the culture and dance every time there is lezginka lol

[@JosephOccenoBFH]

Paula Abdul's parents were Syrian Jews.

[@jafarsakour8807]

I recommend people to watch Damascus with love its a Syrian movie talk about Syrian jewish it’s available on youtube and its translated to english

[@halamachotkova5079]

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[@josesfeir8462]

You have to do that with Lebanese Jews, I'm eager to watch it

[@CoreyGilShusterAskProject]

+José Sfeir slowly working on it, there aren't many here

[@guywhousesapseudonymonyout4272]

+Corey Gil-Shuster There are, but more in NYC, Montreal and Brazil. Lebanese Jews often have Syrian roots, anyway, though -- usually grandparents/great-grandparents from Halab who went to Beirut. The Halabim moved to a lot of other places in the Middle East -- Beirut, Alexandria and Cairo --and of course Erets Yisrael.

[@Roflbrowser]

+Corey Gil-Shuster when will you do ethiopians? and caucasus mountain jews?

[@meirtt]

+José Sfeir There aren't many Lebanese Jews really hard to find.

[@hazak2251]

+The Observer My wife is from Aley, Lebanon

[@threetwo6055]

im a jew and i love your Videos because they tell non jews how Israel and jews realpy are beyond antisemitic prejudges BUT could you please delete this opening intro or at least the intro????? sorry but it annoys me to much but still keep doing your videos

[@threetwo6055]

i meant or at least the music

[@fatimdaghri6227]

I'm from Morocco and thanks to those videos I changed my bad or wrong taughts about Jews more specifically about israeli people. I really want to learn Hebrew. chalom (I don't know how to write it)

[@mirotrash]

+fati mdaghri there are many Jews from Morocco living in Israel. like me. my mother was born in Ntifa, and my fathers family are from Dmnat (i hope i said the names right) Shalom fchal Salam, el hadra dialna hiya al Arbia di Maroc min kabl 1948.

[@foreverbrillant6566]

+mirotrash shalom. Demnate is a village in the Atlas mountains. Do you speak Berber ?

[@fatimazahramdarhri7408]

+mirotrash waaw you speak moroccan arabic, nice to meet you

[@fusfusgusgus4156]

Corey for real I haven't seen this video yet but I have to tell you you are the best haha Is there even a chance by meeting you if I come to Tel Aviv? Greetings from Germany

[@CoreyGilShusterAskProject]

+Fusfus El Hidary Of course, contact me when you know you are coming

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

+Corey Gil-Shuster I would like to meet you to Corey :)

[@fusfusgusgus4156]

+Corey Gil-Shuster Okay Cool 👌

[@conflictresolutionandmedia5867]

+Beni Habibi Let me know when you are here :)

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

Conflict Resolution and Mediation Program what do you mean?

[@LazieKat]

I am Aleppine and I am really proud of my city, it held the largest diverse society in Syria, in ethnicities ranging from Native Syrians (we're not Arabs), Turks, Kurds, Circassians, Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians, and other Europeans, and all of Muslims, Christians (they once reached around 35% of population), and Jews... It was a golden era for diversity and living in peace and harmony before Assad family took over the country and oppressed all people which forced them to flee the country, and before Israel was established which lead to tension in relationship between Jews and other Syrians (including some Christians), we blame them, because you don't need to invade Palestine (or southern Syria) and kill its other indigenous people if you want to live there, not mentioning that Aleppo was your home for centuries and that it held the Aleppo codex in the central synagogue, which still exists, for almost 600 years before it was moved like all Jews to Israel.

[@semsemeini7905]

Aleppo was famous for beautiful women. That's what my Egyptian Jewish family used to say.

[@warpedcomedy]

The Aleppo Codex was originally from Israel (written in Tiberias). Like Jews. Syria's Jews are home now.

[@CsalbertCs]

@@semsemeini7905 They're still there, Aleppo, Latakia, and Tartous the woman are beautiful.

[@avail1.]

Jacobs wives were Syrian. 12 Sons/tribes part Syrian; part hebrew. Jacob was Abraham's (a hebrew) son. God changed Jacob's name to Israel - Gen.35:10 Why are family fighting ???

[@SnoWolfyechiel]

hello corey :) very nice video i'm Spheradic jew from melilla there was a very nice jewish comunnity in melilla this comunity was part of "spanish marocco" - a few cities that was controlled by spain what is unique in those communities is the mix between jewish - marrocoan - spanish culture my mother knew hebrew, spanish, arabic and french! and our foods is i promise you: the best food with all the jewish world! a mix of marrocoan food and spanish food with a little bit of a jewish soul! my grandfather even was in jail for zionism, he was helping jews arrive to israel from marroco - to spain - to israel

[@foreverbrillant6566]

Do you speak Haqetiya? It is the Ladino(Judeo-Spanish) dialect spoken in Morocco.

[@hiimetai7547]

+yechiel avital wow thats realy intersting, thanks for sharing.

[@georgebenyamin3030]

yechiel avital I’m from Casablanca Morocco half Mizrahi half Sephardi...which family are you from?

[@بنت_الحق]

It's literally occupied by Spain not controlled, lmao you guys obviously don't know the difference.

[@Dor150]

You should have spoken to my grandparents, 2 proud halabis who'd tell you much more than 3rd generation israelis.

[@randasswad4984]

+Zelazo it's always interesting if you do take a video yourself of them or even write what they say and submit it to the channel. Cheers!

[@THEnoaliens]

if they are proud halabis why did they abandon halab?

[@Dor150]

Would you stay in a place where you're hunted? it was like that back in the 40's

[@Dmitri300]

Please do Afghan Jews. I know there are very few of them, but it would be really interesting to see.

[@bilalmohsin4128]

+Afghan there is no afghan jews in afghanistan 0_o

[@interestingyoutubechannel1]

Bilal Ahmad Not true, there is one Jew left in Afghanistan. Only one.

[@qv8281]

interestingyoutubechannel there were even Buddhists but I doubt there are any left

[@syriennepeace3309]

I am a syrian and I would like to learn hebrew, it sounds so easy, could you continue making videos like that , but just adding hebrew subtitles ( in latin alphabet), that would help people like me to learn the hebrew anguage. PLEEEASE :D

[@semsemeini7905]

Easy for Arabs to learn Hebrew and Israelis to learn Arabic.

[@Adir-Yosef]

Hebrew is really close to Arabic you already have the H like in Hamas and Hezbollah I thing the only other sound you need to learn is the P also ever thought about a spy to assassinate Assad

[@asaf0125]

@@Adir-Yosef arabic is very close to hebrew.

[@asaf0125]

@@Adir-Yosef arabic is very close to hebrew.

[@someguythatexists5099]

@@Adir-Yosef you okay there?

[@oliverhakim414]

8:28 the Italian genes are so strong that wears a gold chain and smokes like a mob boss

[@dogbert52]

Totally. Strong "Fat tony" vibes

[@guywhousesapseudonymonyout4272]

Corey, glad you asked the half Italian-Jewish guy if he was "Italki-Italki" or from the Libyan Jews (Tripolitaim) who settled in Italy in the 1960s/1970s after Qaddhafi kicked them out. Italian Jews from Italy are further subdvided, there are the "real" Italian Jews ( realize you probably know that because you asked him if his family was descended from the group that had been there for 2,000 years, they were taken as slaves or settled there in Roman times), then you have Sefaradim who came "only" after 1492 and settled in Venice and Rome (newcomers!), then Ashkenazim who also settled in places like Venice also in the Middle Ages (also newcomers!). I have passed by the Italian synagogue in Jerusalem, but never been inside and have never met anyone who is a "real" Italian Jew in Israel, though --just Libyan Jews and more recent Ashkenazim (Chabadnikim of Russian-Jewish descent who lived in Milan) who lived in Italy. I know that there are Italian Jews in Israel from the old Italian Jewish community, but they are such a rare species. If you do a series on them and find any to interview, ask if they still know the nusakh Italki for the tefilot, I would guess you can find more Italian Jews (or people who know where to locate them) at the Italian synagogue, I think it's on Hillel Street in Jerusalem.

[@ZviJ1]

During my regular military service I served for a while in a part of a base where one of the female NCO's was, probably, an Italkit. She may have been the offspring of Sefardics or Tripolitains though.

[@guywhousesapseudonymonyout4272]

@@ZviJ1 Yeah, that's what I mean, in Israel we call anyone from Italy, Jewish or non-Jewish "Italki" and in modern Hebrew someone can be the child of a Tripolitanian Jew who settled in Rome in the 1960s, or an Ashkenazi Chabadnik who lives in Milano -- that's all "איטלקי"! Since I wrote that a few years ago. though, I have met some "real", "asli" Italian Jews in Israel, including someone I went to yesodi school with during the couple of years I lived in Israel as a kid -- I just never realized that was his background (he is half Yekke, half Italian). There are some of these real "Italki" Jews who have made aliyah, of course. There is Kibbutz Netzer Sereni, named after Enzo Sereni (very interesting Italian Jewish guy from Rome who made aliyah back in the 1930s and, along with Hanna Szenes, was one of the paratroopers who infiltrated behind the Nazi lines and was captured and excuted by them). Also Bar Refaeli and Ya;ir Nitzani are part Italian background, and there is also the Israeli chef Yitam Ottolenghi.

[@kelltal]

Corey - love your vids! I'm surprised that even though guy #2 said his father is Syrian, you asked if his mother cooks Syrian food. It's not always the mothers who cook!

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

+kelltal "anywhere you go, a man is the best cook" - some guy from Donnie Brasco

[@letshostel]

syrians are nationals from syria. it's not an ethnicity. I am impressed on how these concepts are messed up these days.

[@meirtt]

+Fabio O Well in theory that is the definition but its also used (for convenience) to explain your background.

[@Anonymouse166]

+Fabio O LOL as if Israeli is an ethnicity..All made up

[@meirtt]

Rami Well it is an ethnicity just as Australian or American is an ethnicity.

[@Anonymouse166]

The Observer These are made up ethnicities. None natives...

[@meirtt]

Rami well what is an ethnicity? None are native anywhere if you go back long enough.

[@dachou55cs]

corey, we don't care about music.

[@MariiiaPuder]

@09:12 why is that man said "i am turkish" and then said "no i am syrian"?

[@Zenguidev]

I really curious about that as a Turkish :D

[@TeekoNST]

@@Zenguidev because a lot of syrians have Turkish blood in them since it was controlled by the ottomans for along time

[@icap8830]

11:29 that Syrian man spoke the truth; Assad protected the Jews. yes Syrian jews flourished and lived like any other Syrian

[@adilelnhaily1960]

they lived in open air prison. Do you think it's good to have to justify about your whereabouts?

[@CsalbertCs]

@@adilelnhaily1960 The part he mentioned about 7am happened before Hafez al-Assad, it was after Hafez that they were given more freedoms and rights, but they still spy on them.

[@TheOsmanly]

The best people were the jews of Aleppo they were honest and close to us.

[@jonathanhanson9977]

@11:04 I'm pretty sure his families house in Aleppo is gone...

[@adamjunior54]

I do not think so Here in Damascus, the houses of the Jews were left as they were (except for some houses in which the Palestinians who were displaced in 1948 were settled, but the houses remained owned by the departing Syrian Jews) Until there are a number of synagogues that are closed and no one has touched them, and there is one synagogue today that is open and the last of the Jews in Damascus come to it, I think their number is 5 or 6

[@aliornek3705]

This quote from the old dude, who said they had faced oppression in Syria until Assad came into power tells a lot: "If for exampe, I wanted to go from one city withing Syria, I would need a permit with a reason why to travel. The permit was for 4 or 5 days and called Hijazi. Like the permits that West Bank Palestinians need now"

[@nogac8809]

Its absolutly different. He needed permits to travel inside his own country. Ther permits for palestinians are permits to enter israel. They dont need permits to move inside the west bank

[@TeekoNST]

when the war ends you areore then welcome to come back. much respect to all syrians whatever you are Jewish Christians Muslim Druze etc.

[@615bla]

the last guy's story was chilling

[@MichaelFarah961]

Hafez al-Assad didn't die in the early 90's.

[@Zelielz1]

Minute 02:00 i do the same thing ! My grandparents were syrian. Argentinian by the way

[@florenciachueke775]

zeliz Mine too. I have just sent my brother the video to see 02:00. we ate also such food!!

[@christofferraby4712]

I forgot to mention there were still some 4,000 plus Jews in Syria till 1992. Then most left to Israel or to Brooklyn(USA).

[@LVZVRUS]

My grandparents are from Qamishli and Halab. Never felt a need to visit. And now we are ashkenazi minhag. Think we just do food. I can swear in Arabic like a boss tho.

[@davidmalka9904]

I really enjoy these videos but the titles are wrong. Our ethnicity/nationhood is Jewish but different communities/Kehilot

[@user-hh2is9kg9j]

when will you do yemenis

[@MushIAF]

He did, search for it.

[@guywhousesapseudonymonyout4272]

Syrian Jews in the USA (mostly Brooklyn and New Jersey) and Latin America tend to be much more close-knit than the Syrian Jews in Israel. In Israel they mix much more with other Jews while in the USA, Mexico, Panama, Argentina, they stick to themselves more. In the past 20 years the ones in the Americas have started to marry more Ashkenazim and other Sefaradim/Mizrahim, but the people who marry into Syrian families usually adopt the Syrian-Jewish customs, not the other way around. In Israel it's one big Jewish melting pot, unless you're Haredi.

[@florenciachueke775]

M Benyossef not so true. my father married a christian in Buenos Aires

[@guywhousesapseudonymonyout4272]

Florencia Chueke OK. But is he still consdiered a member of the community in good standing? Some Syrian Jews marry non-Jews in New York/New Jersey too, but if they do , they are basically out of the community. Even Syrian Jews who marry Orthodox converts are not welcome. In New York, Syrian Jews who marry a non-Jew can always join a non-Syrian synagogue that welcomes intermarried couples (like Reform) or if the originally non-Jewish spouse had an Orthodox conversion, join a non-Syrian Orthodox synagogue that welcomes converts. (For instance, I know one Syrian Jew who married a convert, they are Orthodox, but the husband, from a Syrian-Jewish family, can no longer be part of the Syrian synagogue he was raised in in Brooklyn; they now go to "Beit Jabad".)

[@guywhousesapseudonymonyout4272]

Florencia Chueke So of course (as in your family's case) there are cases of Syrian Jews who marry out of the community, but it's still much more rare. My ex is from a Syrian-Jewish family from Mexico City, but her parents were already mixed; her father was half Halabi/half-Shami (from Damascus) and her mother's side was originally Turkish Sephardic, not Syrian-Jewish at all. Then she married me and I am half-Ashkenazi, and a New York-Israeli. ¡que escandalo! :-)

[@florenciachueke775]

M Benyossef they married 50 years ago and at the beginning they were angry but then they accepted my mother. His family was not going to the sinagoge frequently or celebrated Sabbat. They did not like orthodox jewish and they were fron syrian origins

[@florenciachueke775]

M Benyossef IT is the same with my family, my grandfather was from Aleppo my grandma from Damasco and my grand grandmother from Istanbul. My Cousins live in Mexico DF in Polanco. Perhaps we are relatives? :)

[@AyoubHD]

Will there be one for Libyan jews?

[@Yuval012]

there is, check in his videos.

[@evettekabareti7828]

Come take all the Syria Jews in America to Israel please . We all want to go home 🏠

[@adamjunior54]

What prevents you from going to Israel? LOL

[@sorcererprince7670]

Ask Israeli Jews what do they feel about the fact that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob would be unable to marry in Israel today because of current Rabbinical Laws.

[@interestingyoutubechannel1]

+Jewish Ancestry hahaha well said. I'm an Israeli Jew, and I guess my answer is that the matriarchal nature of the Jewish nation's identity was not introduced until later in our history - around 100-200 CE. Rabbinical laws today are stemmed from that time period, not earlier Israelite eras (so, same basis for why we don't have polygamy in rabbinical laws). Some say the reason was that if a Jewish woman was pregnant during times that Jews were victims of raping & pillaging, they wouldn't know if the father was Jewish or not, but they could be certain if the woman is Jewish, thus her child. The fact that the tradition of rabbinical laws are applied in Israel today is, I agree, ridiculous (I'm a secular humanist Jew, as are most Israeli Jews) but those orthodox rabbis are widely believed to be the most authoritative for determining who is a Jew i.e. right of return. They've studied this their whole lives & they've kept all the traditions very strictly for thousands of years. If you give that authority to someone like me, lines start blurring & things start getting very complicated. So question is, if the orthodox rabbis aren't in charge of identifying Jewish identity for Israel's right of return, then who should be? It's a complicated issue. Generally though, the religious are given too much in Israel - it's mostly a secular country and yet gay marriage isn't legal yet because of religious groups, its crazy. If it were up to me, it would be a Jewish state wholly based on secular, non-religious Jewish tradition & identity, from Spinoza to the Haskalah to the pioneers of modern Zionism. Many in Israel would agree but its difficult, because of religious groups.

[@sorcererprince7670]

+interestingyoutubechannel You would make Abraham and Sarah proud! Thank you for your response!

[@sorcererprince7670]

+interestingyoutubechannel I think the fact that the Rabbis says Moses is not a Jew and would be unable to handle Kosher wine today means that for 1000s of years their study has been fruitless. I mean he anointed the Holy of Holies...

[@meirtt]

+Jewish Ancestry Well Abraham, Isaac and Jacob would be accepted because they were the first Jews. If however they existed in the 21st century then they would agree that they have to convert officially

[@sorcererprince7670]

The Observer Who will tell Moses to convert, you? And if you curses you than what? Because Moses had a temper. Would you risk telling Moses to convert or Elijah when faced with death?

[@hahs4]

that first guy though

[@guywhousesapseudonymonyout4272]

I thought Morrocans and other Sefaradim also did the bit with the Q: "Where did you come from?" A: "From Egypt" Q: "Where are you going?" A "To Eres Yisra'el, the Promised Land"

[@benyah123]

Hey Corey, love the work you do! Any plans to do a similar video asking people with Turkish heritage?

[@courtney7027]

of course you disable comments on that other video after i comment. don't want the truth to come out

[@wheelinthesky300]

Somehow, Corey can't get to the cutie in the background at 3:30. How about "Ask An Israeli Hottie?"

[@SunniLeBoeuf]

Corey, I love these, but the way you frame the question "would you move back there?" Is so awkward. Sounds like you're trying to get rid of them lol.

[@SammyCee23]

What is forbidden is sweet?where did that come from?

[@talmoskowitz5221]

He was trying to be vague while interrogated by the Syrian government security officer. He could have been killed for saying anything provocative.

[@asialababidi]

Syrian proverb

[@safaabelaizi2647]

iam here to read comments

[@dachou55cs]

Ask Israelis from France !

[@asaf0125]

Thank god o left france .

[@emtn1221]

Shalom Corey! love your videos, do you mind putting up a video on Turkish Jews? We really like to how they are getting on, Thanks!

[@avail1.]

p.s. So, since √Jacobs time, kids√ both * Hebrew, and* > Syrian*

[@YLB-wk2fg]

You have to make a video on Libyan Jews, they are common over there

[@YLB-wk2fg]

LIBYANS!! Do one about Libyan Jews

[@danl9633]

*GOTTA LOVE ISRAEL!!!* #peace #onlydemocracy

[@element4element4]

Thanks a lot for these interesting videos. It would be interesting to do a similar video with Kurdish Jews. Especially since there are many stories about them visiting the Iraqi part of Kurdistan. I am wondering if they still speak their mother tongue, Aramaic.

[@BinaryTechnique]

Kurds don't speak Aramaic... kurds speak aryan tongue so if they are jews from north iraq that speak aramaic and they call it their mother tongue then 99% chance they are from the ancient Assyrian tribe better known as ashuri

[@element4element4]

+Cy8erInVad3r Kurds don't speak Aramaic, but "Kurdish jews" aren't actually ethnically kurds. They were deported (from Kingdom of Judea I think) around 3500 years ago by the assyrians to the region today inhabited by kurds. They spoke Aramaic like a lot of groups at the time (Aramaic was actually not the mother tongue of ethnic assyrians at the time, but it was lingua franca of the whole region). Also Babylonian jews in Baghdad/Mosul spoke Aramaic until the Arab conquests, but the Kurdish jews have kept the language to this day. Since they lived with kurds for thousands of years and were well integrated into kurdish society and tribes, they identified as "Kurdish Jews" despite having a different mother tongue. The people you talk about are Christians and also speak a dialect of Aramaic. But they are different from what is usually called kurdish jews (jews from Kurdistan might be a better name).

[@BinaryTechnique]

+element4element4 good point bro hopefully all 3 can live together and find peace... the 3 being chaldean assyrian and kurds including ezidis... they've all suffered a lot at the hands of turks and arabs

[@משהאדירגבאי]

My family was from zakho and they spoke Aramaic but they said the non Jewish Kurds didn't speak it

[@alpere.3756]

hello, can you ask what jews and palestinians think about Turkey since our relations changed nearly 180 degrees

[@missaseel1989]

if only there was no religion we would all live in peace ...

[@Zenguidev]

9:07 why he say i am turkish he isnt syrian ?

[@mohammedmasood3031]

🇸🇾❤🇮🇱

[@syriano9637]

?

[@dokkanblox9695]

I really want to return to Syria is it save there now?

[@lev9086]

nah we hate syria.

[@hamodets7206]

We are all Syrians, I am sad that the Jews left Syria, it was because of the government

[@M.K-SAVE]

Nope. Our government did nothing. Foreign intervention

[@TheRamez99]

Because of Zionism.

[@TheRamez99]

I know many Syrian Jews from USA and when they visit Syria they all go to areas controlled by the government.

[@theexorcist8685]

Romans 9:6.But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For they are NOT all Israel who are descended from Israel; 7nor are they all children because they are Abraham's descendants, but: "THROUGH ISAAC YOUR DESCENDANTS WILL BE NAMED."…

[@mirotrash]

+corey “hell tormentor” bartholomew THROUGH JACOB (2nd name Israel, given by god) YOUR DESCENDANTS WILL BE NAMED

[@youtubedeletestomanyaccoun4247]

So Assad basically made them prisoners so they wouldn’t escape to their homeland in Israel Palestine

[@CsalbertCs]

He didn't want them to leave because he looks at them as Syrian first, he doesn't care about religion. But without Jews it is a stain against Syrian history and secularism, this is why Assad protects Christians and is doing everything he can to protect their villages and homes like Kesab, Homs, Aleppo.

[@Genius766]

it doesn't matter he protected or no, these jews, Christians and now Muslims are leaving Syria because of poverty, fallen economy, no freedom of speech etc @@CsalbertCs why would they choose Israel? tell me? because Israel is rich, if Syria was rich they would NEVER LEAVE. Syria was destroyed by this gov. I'm a Christian btw. Jews, Christians Muslims etc are not sheep, so no they never had everything they need in Syria. that's why they left to Israel and the US.

[@michaelpreston233]

Fuck the racism, Peace will win out over Trump and his retarded racists.

[@ihsanamsal2947]

😢

[@valentinao1]

Muslim and jewish aleppians (aleppo) Always stick to themselfs and kinda racist towards other who dont speak like them or think like them

[@diako8263]

ask them how do you think the world be without religion.

[@vidong1704]

These are not official ethnicities. These are called countries of exile( Galut). The official ethnicities of Israel are Jews, Arabs, Armenians, Druzes, and some more. Algerian Jews are Mizrahi Jews and will be marked as Jews in population registries of Israel. Or are you Corey starting your own ethnicity registry?

[@viniciusmerlo100]

Damn, this girl at 07:00 is so beatiful!

[@palestinabaddie]

He is shameless and no dignity leaving beautiful Syria to be in an evil apartheid state against his people.

[@andrewtang5761]

doesn't matter who is in the government. indigenous people want to live in their own land.

[@wawawoo-24]

According to Syrian nationalists. Palestine is part of "greater syria" so isn't Palestine also their land too? By the Syrian nationalist standard.

[@jaredknows7090]

- Cory, Would love to hear from people connected to ancient communities in Greece and Italy. Also Kurdish, Caucasian, and Afghani Jews. If you talk to Kurdish Jews, could you ask them about their knowledge of the Aramaic language? Speaking of Aramaic, maybe the freshly acknowledged "Aramean" Christians of Israel as well.

[@jaredknows7090]

"Kurdish" Jews speak Aramaic

[@jaredknows7090]

***** Extra information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Kurdistan

[@abdulh8958]

I am from Syria I hope to vist Israel

[@koioo2]

there is a arab spring.not a israeli spring

[@danielgidoni]

+alberto gorin More of an Islamic winter. :/

[@koioo2]

very cold freezing winter

[@meirtt]

+Daniel Fisher well it changes in name based on season

[@danielgidoni]

The Observer lol

[@ahmedassi3689]

لساتهم بشتاقوا يرجعوا لبلدهم سوريا وهذا دليل واضح على كذبة ما يُسمى اسرائيل ,,, اليهود عملوا من فلسطين " كومباوند " ولموا كل اليهود فيه وسط منطقة البلاد العربية الاسلامية !!!! يعني مجتمع غريب غير مندمج مع جيرانه ! طال الزمن او قصر هذا المجتمع الغريب عن جيرانه سينتهي ويتلاشى

[@LetMeThinkItThrough]

Is there even 20% hebrew in Israel? It's so absurd to have a country built on religion and not on ethnicity. Sure religion is built on a certain people's culture but where in the world are the hebrews?? I bet Israel must be very segregated, if they are not indoctrinated into the religion how do the people even find unity. Where are the hebrews that the Israel b.c. was made of. A country based on religion is so wrong (specially in 2016).

[@LetMeThinkItThrough]

Israel is not based on ethnicity what so ever. The historical Israel was based on ethnicity Hebrew. Where are all the hebrews then? No one define them self as a hebrew. All define them self according to religion. So absurd!

[@LetMeThinkItThrough]

Juda was a tribe not a ethnicity. If people say my ethnicity is syrian egyptian etc then they clearly not hebrew. They define them as jews according to the religion. How ignorant can one be?

[@mitzavor8468]

LetMeThinkItThrough hebrew is a language

[@mitzavor8468]

LetMeThinkItThrough you need to learn the difference between nationality and ethnicity. There is no Syrian ethnicity. In fact, Syria was a nation created by the British after world war 1

[@mitzavor8468]

LetMeThinkItThrough all of these people are ethnically Jews. Israel is a secular nation. The early zionists were atheists. And how is having a country based on genetics more rational than one based on religion anyway

[@mousa-yi4iz]

i am one of them most of the syrian jews left not because of the government hafez al-assad (may god bless him) he didnt want us to leave he felt that jews are part of the syrian history we left because some muslims (not all) were so racist against other religions so most of us left i hope israel and syria have peace

[@Zenguidev]

Ottoman... Good old days

[@stephenshakespear1343]

These "Syrians" are actually ethnically jewish. The diversity of Israel is lacking. Is this due to racism or anti-gentilism you could say?

[@stephenshakespear1343]

+Gohan CC When you say you moved from Syria to Israel because of Zionism, or that you celebrate Passover, etc. it means you are jewish, not Syrian. The reason none of these people care to move back to Syria is because it's not their homeland, Israel is. No brain serious damage here (its written serious brain damage in English btw), i'm just pointing out the lack of diversity in Israel. Why not welcome gentile immigration to spice things up a bit? Again, I ask, is the lack of diversity in Israel due to anti-gentilism on part of the jewish people?

[@stephenshakespear1343]

+Gohan CC When you say you moved from Syria to Israel because of Zionism, or that you celebrate Passover, etc. it means you are jewish, not Syrian. The reason none of these people care to move back to Syria is because it's not their homeland, Israel is. No brain serious damage here (its written serious brain damage in English btw), i'm just pointing out the lack of diversity in Israel. Why not welcome gentile immigration to spice things up a bit? Again, I ask, is the lack of diversity in Israel due to anti-gentilism on part of the jewish people?

[@THEnoaliens]

there is no such thing as ethnically jewish, they are ethnically and phenotypically syrian, except for the polish and iranian one.

[@CDRNY25]

Stephen Shakespear You mean it's still not their homeland if they lived in Syria for 2000 years? Really? lmao

[@stephenshakespear1343]

CDRNY Not if they've kept themselves culturally distinct and been praying for a return for 2000 years.

[@siarotdz2299]

is there any Algerian ethnic. .? definitely no 😂😂

[@Yuval012]

yes there is, he made a video about algerian jews too.

[@mtatelaviv5483]

lol now you are sad hahaha

[@siarotdz2299]

Mta tel aviv wrong sir, I am very proud as Algerian ... it considered as a shame to us we Algerians to have any kind of relationship with Jews namely those are settling in Palastine. Free Palastine ✌.

[@siarotdz2299]

Liran c may you send a link please

[@Allah-does-not-exist]

SIAROT DZ /watch?v=-7ZJbT7quwc /watch?v=Cc51-JH1_54

[@Ferinoification]

you should make a vídeo asking arabs if they speak hebrew!