87. Origins of the Jews of Poland and Eastern Europe (Jewish History Lab)

[@dr.janusztanas2956]

Depth of knowledge, easiness of delivery and warm jokes, love it.

[@cocoscabana]

I'm just starting my genealogy and I am fascinated by my families southern polish Jewish ancestors. I adore your humor by the way ! Thank you so much

[@erikaxchristine]

I have the same thing. I was shocked

[@brigittebeltran6701]

Me too!!!! Baruch Ha Shem!!! 🕎

[@brigittebeltran6701]

@@erikaxchristine ME too! And I always had something in me that gravitated towards the plight of the Jews! I now keep the true Sabbath and am a Messianic Jew! 🕎

[@plrc4593]

@@brigittebeltran6701 A Messianic Jew? Very nice to read it. Greetings from Poland.

[@suzanpanijel8850]

Massianic Jew? There is no such a think... Jews don't except Jesus as the " Mashiah" İf you do so, you still remain Jew, but just in paper.

[@Jewish_Israeli_Zionist]

I really love Poland ❤ super interesting country. Beautiful culture. And for the ignorants among us Jews, they saved the most Jews during ww2 and gave us a shelter after the pogrom of the black plague.

[@LightningBugInTheSwamp]

They also massively collaborated are doing holocaust denial and have denied survivor's or the deads family stolen property back.

[@martynas-kiba3147]

Hearing some good things I am starting feel so safe that world is leading for peace and that I am pole but smart people from other generations passed away and it is hard to back looking for past alwyas for young ones. I cannot stand some things that some poles say much things without having proofs on it and they spread toxic things instead say to children - Hey, you have to look and back to beginning to understand present and still people are forgeting about this but it can help fix everything just by searching.

[@empe3332]

​@@LightningBugInTheSwampnot as much as the j. themselves. Look up judenrats and jewish police in gettos.

[@dannyboy536]

@@LightningBugInTheSwamp Communism removed all private property from Poland. The Soviets moved the whole Polish nation westward. For them to return pre-WWII property, they would have to undo the last 83 years of history.

[@NEbluefire]

That's literally where Auschwitz was located.

[@TheNummatus]

Thanks Henry for that instructive lecture. As a Polish judeophile, I am well aware of our bonds, mental and material, and all the more sad, because of modern history.

[@konradnsa]

Same here. I'm very ashamed of what Israel become. Colonial, military and apartheid state.

[@molivson]

@@konradnsa lol....so you're a "Judeophile" who has bought into the Soviet-created lie that is "palestine"? With friends like that, who needs enemies?

[@lordemed1]

@@konradnsa We do not need you and your shame.

[@konradnsa]

@@lordemed1 - apartheid state is internationally recognized fact. One needs v.special brain wash to be proud of it.

[@jfalk35]

Jacek, Never met a "judeophile", but thank you! My wife is a Polish/Christian from Chicago and we both have a love for scripture and G-d.

[@yelenahafisov9409]

Thank you so much Dr. Abramson, it is such a pleasure to listen to your lectures. Your vast knowledge of Jewish history, your sense of humor, and your pleasant demeanour are the reasons I look make forward to watching your videos.

[@Artur_M.]

I'm always glad to see the knowledge of our shared history being spreaded. Greetings from Poland!

[@nigelkennedy3427]

Thank you for such an unostentatious, stimulating and informative overview based on useful factual information. Fascinating.

[@archraskal]

Considering that Ukraine as a place plays an especially significant part in Jewish history, people in the media and elsewhere seem to not treat as noteworthy that Ukraine's current president, Volodymyr Zelensky is Jewish. The man got 73% of Ukraine's vote in his election. All of this, in its historical perspective, deserves much more attention it would seem.

[@orrinschwab9521]

yes, especially since the Ukrainians have a centuries old history of virulent anti-Semitism which culminated in Ukrainian complicity with the SS in the murder of large numbers of Ukrainian Jews.

[@henryterranauta9100]

Very noteworthy, considering how Jewish communities were ravished by the Cossacks in the 1800’s.

[@larryjackson6075]

@@orrinschwab9521 Jesuits.

[@lordemed1]

@@larryjackson6075 ???

[@xaviermccloud4586]

@@lordemed1 Any caucasian person claiming Jewish ancestry is the same as any white person claiming to be native American.

[@karolw.5208]

Thank you, dr. Abramson. I learned something about the country where I was born.

[@krisjustin3884]

Really enjoyed this interesting lecture! New subscriber here. My family were German Evangelicals in East Prussia and I read the Lutherans, Catholics and Jews lived harmoniously together for many years and many had mixed German, Slavic and Jewish ancestry. Look forward to more of your lectures on our common homeland. My family weren’t Jewish, yet I feel honored to be part of a nation that welcomed these people.

[@seanjohnkotris4981]

Thanks for your history lesson and free education. My father taught me a very small piece of this, from there we ended up in bohemia (czechoslovakia )and All fled in 1946 almost every member of our family

[@collegesuccess]

04:38 min. mark: Worthwhile detail on the emergence of design, workmanship and the foundation of the complete production of royal coinage generated in Poland, very early on. Great episode, Dr. Abramson. Cheers! 😃

[@kasiakondracki5171]

Thank you. As a non Jew, I found this informative and learned a lot!

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

You're welcome! Thank you for being a public subscriber!

[@hasanar5618]

Can I talk to you on Facebook?

[@martynas-kiba3147]

I am Pole and for 21 years I did not know who was Mieszko I ! Jewish people have parts of Poland history this is good ! That some things were not destroyed.

[@davidjay4373]

Incredible listen. Very casual and informative style, thank you professor!

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Glad you liked it!

[@sajordan3428]

Wow, factual, obviously well versed, easy to listen to. I like Profe’s humor. Thank you, can’t wait to watch more, and I’m not a Jewish person.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Glad you find it useful!

[@pgrnighttrash1026]

@@HenryAbramsonPhDKaraimi (Jews) Tatars(Muslims) , Ormians, Gypsy's, Łemkowie(orthodox, Rome)Poles... MULTI CULTURAL Lands ♥️

[@adielbenjudah1360]

E1B1A is the real Israelite Hebrew(Jew) DNA haplogroup(Lemba, Bantu, Igbo, Negros). There were many invaders that occupied the land after the Israelite had been exiled/dispersed. Ashkenazi are a mix of Scythian, Khazar, and the bastard children from Turkish harems under the Ottoman empire. History and DNA shows the Ashkenazi originated in the Caucus Mountains, not Israel. See: "Lemba tribe", "Bantu", "Dr Eran Elhaik", "Arthur Koestler", "Dante Fortson".

[@carolinekoen2414]

I just discovered your videos this evening and have already listened to two. I just love that there is a wealth of knowledge here for me to immerse myself in!

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Welcome aboard! Thank you for the kind feedback!

[@twisters999]

It was a pleasure to listen to this story. Greetings from Poland!

[@elkiness]

Thank you; this is very interesting to me-- All my grandparents came from the Ukraine, towns near the Russian-Polish border, and the family name (Liebersohn)--shows German orgins before that (I think--perhaps descendants of a Rabbi Lieber.) They came to the USA in the early part of the last century. My parents were born in the US, their brothers and sisters in Europe. Yiddish was the language spoken at home, although my grandfather spoke 5 languages. I left America to live in Israel 50 years ago. Here, of course, is an amazing mixture of Jews from so many countries; my own family is now mixed Askanazi/Sphardi. I'm very glad to find your site! Looking forward to more of your lectures.

[@elzbietarossa-kusmirek877]

Nazwiska niemieckie zostały nadane wszystkim żydom po upadku Rzeczpospolitej. Wcześniej żydzi mogli mieć tylko swoje własne nazwiska, nie było ogólnokrajowego spisu poddanych. To się zmieniło po zaborach - Prusy i Austria nadawały nazwiska wszystkim żydom w swoim języku - niemieckim. Pozdrawiam serdecznie z Polski

[@Jsmith2024]

Thank you very much for this. I'm not particularly interested in Jewish history, but I am interested in medieval and early medieval European history and find your presentation style (including your jokes) so good I am drawn to pay attention to your lectures.

[@adielbenjudah1360]

E1B1A is the real Israelite Hebrew(Jew) DNA haplogroup(Lemba, Bantu, Igbo, Negros). There were many invaders that occupied the land after the Israelite had been exiled/dispersed. Ashkenazi are a mix of Scythian, Khazar, and the bastard children from Turkish harems under the Ottoman empire. History and DNA shows the Ashkenazi originated in the Caucus Mountains, not Israel. See: "Lemba tribe", "Bantu", "Dr Eran Elhaik", "Arthur Koestler", "Dante Fortson".

[@davissae]

Thank you for posting this great explanation. I was wondering why we have so many Lithuanian/Polish/Belarusian jews with German surnames! The Yiddish thing makes sense now too.

[@jeffmax2941]

Ok so I guess there not true jews

[@davidcrandall4958]

davisee you have it reversed,The Jews were therehfitst

[@LoveEm-r9i]

Common. My family is from Europe and I was born in Europe. They couldn't pronounce Long Jewish last names and names , so my family changed to Russian. The one who came from Australia and Germany took German last names , because of that problem. They couldn't pronounce them

[@efstratiosfilis2290]

Wow: how mind blowing to see those coins! This is not only Jewish history but Polish & Lithuanian history as well. Thank you Dr. Abramson.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

You are most welcome!

[@GK_Imagimotion]

He just mixed everything together. So it sounds like Jews began to get their privileges during Lithuanian- Polish Commonwealth, while in fact, the Statute of Kalisz(mentioned in the vid) happened long before the Commonwealth even existed.

[@MatejVcelka]

Yeah, the coins and King Mieszko were long before Polish-Lithuanian "union" - in the time of true Kingdom of Poland

[@NACHALCHAIM]

The fact that zero words or terms from the Khazar language were incorporated in "Yiddish" that is, the lingua franca of Eastern European Jews, completely disproves the antisemitic canard that they come from gentile Khazars. Exactly as Dr. Abramson stated, Eastern European Jews came from Germany, Yiddish is German. Here is a quote from the world renown linguist (of Slavic and Turkic languages), Prof. Victor Friedman, U of C. “I agree wholeheartedly that Yiddish-speaking Jews in East Europe came from Germanic territory, just as surely as Ladino-speaking Jews came to the Balkans from Spain in 1492… However, it is absolutely true that we know that Khazar was a Turkic language belonging to the l/r-branch (like Hunnic, Bulgar, and Avar, but unlike all the living Turkic languages [which belong to the s/z branch] except Chuvash, cf. Chuvash təxər = Turkish dokuz ‘nine’) and indeed there is not a trace of Khazar in Yiddish that any serious linguist has identified."

[@jeffreywalsby4878]

'Yamulka' is a Turkic word although I don't know if it's Khazar. There is some Khazar influence of course there'd be

[@NACHALCHAIM]

@@jeffreywalsby4878 There is no such word in Yiddish, "Yamulka". I guess you believe in the 13th tribe canard. Not a shred of evidence.

[@zafirjoe18]

@@jeffreywalsby4878 “Yamulka” better pronounced Yarmulke is a Yiddishised word from the Hebrew ירא מקל which means fear of heaven. For that is the reason for one to done a head covering , shows fear and humility from the one above .

[@jeffreywalsby4878]

@@zafirjoe18 What is your source for that? Just curious. 'Makel" means 'cain' doesn't? I lived in Israel 10 years, so I do know my Hebrew, \

[@zafirjoe18]

@@jeffreywalsby4878 Ashkenazi Jews don’t say El when referring to Hashem only in prayer and litiurgy or bible study . Unlike the Sefardim that are only scrupulous in this regard with the substitute of the Tetragrammaton A-D-O-NA-I by saying Hashem ( the [holy] name). But for an Ashkenazi Jew any reference to Hashem even using כנויים it would be modified in mundane speech . Hence for El we say Kel . ירא fear m’ kel from Hashem. Hope this clarifies

[@Radio_Mango]

Outstanding Professor!

[@stevenjackson6360]

Hi Dr Abramson, I'm not Jewish but am fascinated by your lectures. I'm from Northern Ireland, would it be possible to do a lecture on Jewish culture /Judaism in Ireland? I know we don't have much of a Jewish community, but there must be some history there

[@formulaone07]

The current President of Israel had a grandfather who was Chief Rabbi of Ireland.

[@KameaMedia]

Dublin has had two Jewish mayors, a father and son, -named Briscoe. James Joyce made his protagonists Leopold and Molly Bloom Jewish in the mind-bending, tour-de-force novel, “Ulysses.”

[@jezalb2710]

Poles are more popular in Éire than Jews. They sure will have left their mark on Ireland.

[@Owen741.]

Lost tribes

[@ciaoitalo]

thank you for posting these, these are very educational!

[@blakewilley2754]

Thank you. Great presentation and highly informative. Keep up the good work!

[@Ciech_mate]

I'm really proud of the good elements of Polish - Jewish affairs. I am Polish just to clarify.

[@martynas-kiba3147]

I am Lach 🤣( Pole) Do you remember this sentence ? Strachy na lachy ?

[@AnnetteHollander]

I enjoyed listening to your lecture, and mostly because you speak extremely well and clearly.

[@pierremauboussin3527]

One of things that was fundamentally different was that in many parts of Poland-Lithuania Jews were given the ability to own land and practice a wide variety of professions. This was unheard of in most of Europe. So you had Jewish villages with farmers, blacksmiths, charcoal makers, etc. The Statute of Kalisz of 1264 granted religious toleration to Jews and the Warsaw Confederation of 1573 granted toleration to all Christian sects, Jews and Muslims. The Counter Reformation led to the reintroduction of some restrictions in the 17th century.

[@KampGallery]

Ok,Thanks rabbi. My mom's parents were from Poland and Ukraine and I was raised Catholic, in an Irish-German parrish. I always felt since being a child, this strong attraction to Judaism as a philosophy. But growing up there were no Jewish kids in my neighborhood so I didn't get to interact with Jews my own age, just older "authority figure" jewish people, e.i, our pediatrician, my dad's business associate, and the "bubbie" down the block. That was until we moved and I changed high schools. There I finally met my people! At 16, I met people who who looked like me, talked like me and held the same values. Mostly jewish students of Polish and Russian heritage. Well, there were German Jews too but that's another story. It came to no surprise to my dad when I told him I was only interested in going out with Jewish women and having Jewish friends. My mom's reaction, well that was another story too. I think she embraced the church because here parents, for all practical purposes, were atheists. But I also feel my ancestry somehow inclined me to my jewish-phile. I converted a year after my marriage, had my bar-mitzvah when my oldest daughter had her bat-m. Our family is crazy in love with our faith and yiddishkeit. And my mom, she got used to the idea and loved her grandchildren.

[@lauras2519]

Great story

[@rogerlephoque3704]

Amen

[@jimtwisted1984]

You need help.

[@molivson]

What a journey!

[@kennethcarney5874]

Have you actually read the Talmud, the ultimate authority of Judaism, then you would know how evil this religion is

[@plrc4593]

Excellent wideo! Such videos are very needed because folks know nothing about history of Jews in Poland. All they know is only Holocasut, and "antisemitism". They don't know how Jews got to Poland and why there was so many Jews in Poland. If all you know about history of Polish Jews is Holocaust and antisemitism, then you know nothing about history of Polish Jews. Especially congatulations go for the Council of Four Lands. A very obscure fact I think. Greetings from Poland.

[@martynas-kiba3147]

It totally saved my BRAIN now I know the past !!!!!!!!!

[@randybobandy4801]

Dr. Abramson, I appreciate and enjoy your warm and informative lectures a lot. I deeply considered conversion to Judaism for many years. It has fascinated and felt almost like a calling to me since childhood. It was recently broken to me that I am just not going to be able, due to being happily married to and in love with a Catholic and other factors. That said I can’t pull my head out of Jewish history and philosophy- very little else interests me as much- and I’ve been binging your videos along with Michael Skobac’s and Simon Jacobson’s for months now. It’s astounding how much world history you learn on the way, and how many blank spaces in my imagination of these historical spaces actually have bricks in them that I just couldn’t see. Take care and thank you.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Thanks for the kind words, and I wish you success on your spiritual journey.

[@henryterranauta9100]

Many thanks for such rich lecture. The coinage is very interesting for me, with Hebrew letters all over. My suggestion is that you develop it further by mentioning, if possible, its metal content and geographical circulation. Possibly, if such money was only for trade among Jewish communities. For example, the golden florin lasted of 300 years and most of its 3.5 grams. Looking forward for your clear explanations. Mazeltov. 👏🏽

[@agnesfrandsen1599]

I'm Polish. I recently found out that I have Jewish ancestry.

[@martynas-kiba3147]

and viking 🤣

[@TerryFerrellmathematics]

Dr. Abramson thank you for your videos. I appreciate the historical perspective on Jews migrating from Western Europe to Eastern such as Poland and some Austria and others.

[@pierrekiroule2827]

I'm a Southern French and northern Italian Catholic, but i'm very fascinated by the history of Eastern jewry. . And do my researches on the topic since months...as a Medditerrean, and even in the ancestors family, i feel deep links and interest with the whole History of Mediterrean lands and people, whatever the religions. Thank you so much for the Masterclass!

[@plumeria9990]

Very good. I am a retired professor of sociology, and very familiar with Jewish migration. Thank you. Susan Stein Mills

[@Psychiatrick]

Are you familiar with the etymology of the word "Jew"? It ain't Torahical!

[@Lagolop]

@@Psychiatrick Jew=Hebrew=Israelite. Different terms, same people.

[@jimhurt3224]

An interesting question which I am eager to learn more about, but the author's story essentially begins rather abruptly in the tenth century Rheinland, with a dash of the Byzantines and Kahzars. Shouldn't we start in the first century and the Levant and go from there?

[@dibanani8826]

coz nothing happened for 1 000 years

[@gfriedman99]

@@dibanani8826 lol

[@elzbietahadjali6547]

Great history details 👌 👏 👍 🙌 😀...thank you so much...!!!

[@cfchh1905]

Very well made video of you, Henry. You know, what you talk about. I will follow you now.

[@y2kabilov]

Why no mention of the Sephardic Jewry in Poland?

[@user-jr4kc6lu9q]

For that you can read my articles online with the titles "Sephardic Jews in Central and Northern Poland" and "Sephardic Jews in Galitzian Poland and Environs".

[@Baruch-q4n]

There were indeed Sephardi jewish refugees in Poland and other countries of Central and Eastern Europe.As well as here in Western and northern Europe.My own deported Sephardi family relatives had to come from.Spain and Portugal to to France Italy and the Ottoman Empire where my own particular family branch settled in what later became Greece.Where I came from in Salonika/Thessaloniki.My parents and I later moved to London England.Where I still live.

[@NetzachUmholtz]

Thank you so much. Great lecture. My family heritage is there.

[@ramalammagramma2888]

Our family migrated from Spain and France into Holland and then Poland-at least that’s the family story on my mom’s side.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

interesting

[@user-jr4kc6lu9q]

From my article "Sephardic Jews in Central and Northern Poland" -- "A number of Sephardic businessmen moved from Amsterdam, Netherlands and Hamburg, Germany to Gdańsk, a city along the Baltic coast in northern Poland. Some stayed and raised families there, while others moved back west." But some of these Sephardim in Poland originated in Portugal. Sometimes the migration path involved Spain to Portugal to Holland, without France as an intermediary.

[@corneliacarden4344]

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I love the Jewish people, they have been a great blessing to the world and mankind. I love and support Israel. Shalom

[@سليمجمال-ع3ف]

I dont support Israël but i love jews people

[@Kikap6001]

There has been nothing but war since the State of Israel was Founded How is that a blessing for the World The Victims in the Middle East have been ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS the FOUNDING CHURCH OF KRISTO🌿☦️🌹🙏 and PALESTINIANS

[@louisschloss9768]

I love Israel too

[@davidcrandall4958]

the Jews ARE Israel!

[@davidcrandall4958]

😊😊The Jews of Europe were also Israel!

[@ant4935]

I have for a long time enjoyed your teachings. Was wondering do you have a top ten of your jokes video?

[@pheebsbee1280]

Good idea!😀

[@smileylady485]

Thank you, I enjoyed your history. It's good to know about other cultures.

[@malgorzatamiroslawakim7187]

Shalom from Tokyo thank you very much for video, dziękuję bardzo I pozdrawiam serdecznie,

[@kensilverstone1656]

Thanks!

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Thank you for supporting the research!

[@MrPickledede]

Shalom from Be'er Sheva Israel! I have enjoyed your videos for years. I have noticed that you have covered the length and breadth of the Jewish World from the Ashkenazi Jews to the Sephardic Jews even to the Ethiopian Jews. As a Yemenite Jew as far as I can see you haven't yet covered the history of the Yemenite Jews except in passing with the history of the Jews of Arabia. I would love it if you can make a video on the history of the Yemenite Jews I would really appreciate it. As an aside we Yemenite Jews do not consider ourselves to be Sepharadi nor Mizrahi. The early Yemenite Jewish settlers in Israel in the late 19th century fought and won the right to have their own Beit Din after initialy being forced to accept the authority of the Sepharadi Beit Din. Our Hebrew pronunciation is uninteligible to Sepharadim and our Baladi Nusach is seperate and distinct. Though we have a Shami Sepharadi influenced nusach accepted largely because of the lack of a printing press in Yemen and the destruction by the Muslims of our handwritten Siddurim and Sefarim in the 17th century.

[@rogerlephoque3704]

G-d bless you and our proud brothers and sisters in the Yemenite community. A few years ago, I had a fascinating discussion with a gentleman who was originally from Aden. As a Jew, he told me that Adeni Jews consider themselves distinct from their co-religionists to the north...

[@xaviermccloud4586]

The man never even looked at your comment.

[@xaviermccloud4586]

@@shainazion4073 They get a notification for every comment made.

[@xaviermccloud4586]

@@shainazion4073 Stop please. You're comment is pointless really.

[@philliparieff7862]

B”H married into an Israeli Teimani family 40+ years ago and love the Baladi Nusahh

[@bobbi5523]

Thanks. Bobbi (from TCS... ) I'm curious on how Mtn Jews/Mizrachi Persian on MyHeritage classifications mixed into so many "Eastern European Jewish" families. It's a constant strain in some femilies genetically who ended up in Plunge Lithuania as well as Belarus. We've been trying to track it down but beyond possibly Georgian Jewish areas, no one in the related families can track down the demographics of where and when they would have migrated into European Jewish families connected to various Rebbes. I know the Silk Road families had many connections to some Persian families. When you get around to it, it would be interesting. If you have, please point me in that direction. Thanks, love your lectures. Be well and have a good year.

[@jeffreywalsby4878]

Good point. Many Jews from certain communities of the the Ukraine (East of Galicia) look remarkably non-European and very Middle Eastern even though they are culturally Ashkenazi. In fact, I come from a family like this. We basically look Persian from both sides of the family who spoke Yiddish but we didn't always. There are Jewish historians (not this one) who have connected some Rhadanite vestigial presence in Ashkenazi comminities from France all the way to China (Including present day Iraq) due to Rhadanite trade and the fact that some Middle Eastern rabbis and their families ocasionally sojourned and settled in many European lands. Eastern Europe was thus a place of both Eastern and Western Jewish genetics, with a strong Ashkenazi Jewish cultural influence.

[@janglestick]

there were some 'recent' documentaries on the connection between the genetics of 300 to 380 (iirc) families found in ancient schtetl , i believe in the extreme south east of Austria in the area around Vienna, and more anciently, a bit farther east along the southern border of Hungary ending in the mountains before the black sea. And the inference is that not all the jews went west, up (germany basically) and then back down and east. Instead some of them seem to have rather predictably trickled up from the area of the Levant and slowly across the mountains, eventually emerging and possibly re-consolidating from groups emerging from the Romanian area and also trickling up through the Swiss area. Again, iirc this evidence also came with some good reports from the non-jews in the area. And a slight indication that people were allowed to leave and re-join the jewish community in their way of life. I wish I had the documentary link for you but it was late at night and I was watching a ton of jewish stuff and it wasnt until later that I realized the relevence of what I watched. I suppose "ancient schtetl" is the key search lately. Im sorta curious what 'TCS" is, do you jewish cultural / genetic studies?

[@janglestick]

@@jeffreywalsby4878 interesting jeffrey, as far as i understand im from that same area, however im barely able to take a tan and have blue eyes maternally. I'd be curious in whatever either of you come up with. Certainly quite a lot culturally seems to have happened for the jews in that area. You site some interesting sources, I can see how the Rhadanites certainly passed through there, to me that probably supports the area being already jewish-friendly, rather that being initially settled by Rhadanites during trade journeys, which doesnt seem probable given there were already major centers of modern commerce by then and no need for the jews to establish relatively remote villages, especially as they had a fair amount of wealth and a need to trade constantly and on a high level, so, why go there or even go through that slightly less-taken route, unless it was already somewhat jewish friendly at the least. I like the list of genetic and cultural influences you site. The "ancient schtetl" are found along the southern mountainous border of that area, apparently, as I said in prev msg to OP, trickling up through the mountains, and from the east. Anyway, sorry im so lazy, I'd be interested if you end up with some more concrete data than I have. Happy new year all

[@janglestick]

@@shainazion4073 That's very interesting, I am surprised to see something of such certainty stated by Nature. I cannot imagine how they would determine at that age of antiquity that someone was an Israelite, given that we only have a smattering of things like dual small / large pillars in homes and remnants of the time when ashera was included, for example, some symbols that seem to pre-cursors to the shape of early menorah. And I thought those indicators were almost entirely in the southern levant. I will try to decode that article, although it's implications might be beyond me. Thank you very much for the link.

[@user-jr4kc6lu9q]

MyHeritageDNA isn't the most reliable test but, on the other hand, it isn't wrong for them to suggest a small Mizrahi Jewish component in some Ashkenazic individuals -- and, yes, specific lineages very close to or exactly shared with Mountain Jews such as R2a-FGC132117 (page 185 in the book "The Jews of Khazaria, Third Edition") and HV1b2 (page 58 in the book "The Maternal Genetic Lineages of Ashkenazic Jews"), so, genetic contributions from both men and women, that would have formed part of the Jewish communities in Khazaria and Kyivan Rus'.

[@grayj7441]

Knowledge is the faith i live by.

[@mjungwir]

Dr. Abramson, thank you for another wonderful lecture. I appreciate your cheezy jokes. I can't believe that you have already done 87 of these lectures!

[@OxFromPhilly]

I loved the calorie joke in the beginning lol. Great video Rabbi, thanks for sharing.

[@inquisitiveguest]

why is Jewish community and writers are trying to cover up and/or minimize kazharian impact on european jewish history, what is the plan or suspicion behind it?

[@CarollemMen-cl8nz]

Yea, they always try to skip over or minimize the Khazararian part. We know the Jews intermarried and intermingled with people of the lands they were in.

[@michaelferto6588]

....I studied this for years, years ago....I was amazed...Then my ant told me, my grand parents spoke Polish and Yiddish...My mom said they were Galiziana....Today that's western Ukraine... My father's side came from Hungary and Slovakia...This area was the Austrian Hungarian empire, at one time as well... The more I study this, the more I want to learn.....The council of four lands was interesting to learn of, in the Poland Lithuanian Empire.... I was saddened to learn, when it ended... Thanks for sharing....

[@plrc4593]

Greetings from Poland.

[@skeletonkeysproductionskp]

Thank you very much for this video, subscribed! Even as a Gentile I find Jewish history fascinating!

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Enjoy in good health!

[@skeletonkeysproductionskp]

@@HenryAbramsonPhD Mazel Tov!

[@yodorob]

I didn't notice any mention of the mysterious, ancient, pre-Ashkenazic Jewish language known as Judeo-Slavic or Knaanic/Cnaanic that was spoken by Jews in Eastern Europe before the huge Ashkenazic tide. Perhaps speakers of that language were the same ones who had migrated to Eastern Europe directly from the Byzantine Empire and/or Khazaria!

[@user-jr4kc6lu9q]

I'm going to partially agree with you. Have you read the study "Genome-wide data from medieval German Jews show that the Ashkenazi founder event pre-dated the 14th century"? The Turkic-Mongolic haplogroup N9a3a1b1 was found in a member of the Judeo-Slavic subpopulation in Erfurt, Germany in the 14th century which had recently migrated there from Slavic lands. Also found in the Judeo-Slavic subpopulation in Erfurt was HV1b2, a haplogroup that is shared with Romaniote Jews in Greece, perhaps because of a migration from Byzantium into Eastern Europe (that's one of the possibilities).

[@gzonus]

Thank you Henry Thank you for your enlightening videos. I have been very surprised to learn that jews from Poland came from western Europe. So the missing link is how did they get there after the destruction of the second temple ? Thank you

[@DiegoVaz3]

The Holy Roman Emperor invited 80 Jewish families from Italy. Those are the origins of the European Jewry.

[@negationf6973]

Jews arrived in Europe in different ways. Some were slaves taken by the Romans after their wars with the Jews. But others arrived as merchants and mercenaries who settled in Europe willingly. DNA evidence shows European Jews have European ancestry as well as Middle Eastern ancestry, so some of their ancestors were Europeans who converted to Judaism and joined those Jewish diaspora communities.

[@mariamoreira9829]

I just found out I have Ashkenazi roots, and I want to learn more about it. Thank you for this!

[@forgiveyourenemiesnow]

I find Jewish history fascinating! Thank you for making these videos. Greatly appreciated. God bless you and your beautiful family.

[@عليياسر-ك9ظ]

Iranian Jews: The Khazars and Ashkenazis have become advanced. I am proud of them, but Christ hates them.

[@dannyboy536]

The map beginning at 1:10 shows Prussia as Rus. It only became part of the Russian Federation under the Soviets through their mass ethnic cleansing and relocation of populations from the Baltic to the Pacific. At the time of the map, some of the Prussians would still be speaking their Old Prussian language.

[@luiscarlosbarragan]

Fantastic lecture profesor!

[@giovanniloubetancourt3829]

Hello Rabbi, I loved the explanation, I practice messianism and we are with joy studying the Torah and the origins of the wonderful Jewish people ... thank you

[@sirexcellent5310]

As long as you believe in one god

[@brigittebeltran6701]

@@sirexcellent5310 Amen....and they keep Holy the true Shabbat as well! 🕎

[@brigittebeltran6701]

I always gravitated towards Jewish people and culture...began the first Messianic Congregation in Tucson AZ in the early 1990's..now discovered my Jewish roots! ✡️ Still keep the true Sabbath...SABADO! 🕎

[@irekd76]

Thank you Henry or the video

[@janb2996]

Which Mieszko you are talking about. The most famous one was a prince and not a king. He ruled in the 10th century?

[@Artur_M.]

It is dated to be a coin of Mieszko III the Old (c. 1127 - 1202), also not a King, so it's interesting that the inscription uses the Slavic word for "king" (presumably as a general term for "ruler") with disregard for the proper titulature. BTW the inscription is considered by some to be one of the few remaining examples of the extinct Knaanic language (Judeo-Slavic).

[@janb2996]

@@Artur_M. Thanks a lot.

[@Dovid2000]

Very informative.

[@DugoKuneho]

Amazingly interesting lecture

[@nicoleallio204]

Thank you very much for this informative video. Well done.

[@husq48]

Did the writings of Martin Luther have anything to do with the Jews migrating east?

[@dougthegreat1808]

Thank you rabbi. Having "Groseltren" who were born in Obertyn Galicia with an Austrian last name, this enlightenment is appreciated...

[@robertkruchell5534]

Thank you I love my Jewish roots you are making it fun and understanding for me thank you

[@jeffmax2941]

So really there not from middle east

[@erectilereptile7383]

@@jeffmax2941 genetic evidence says otherwise. So you’re wrong.

[@sumofighter]

subscribed, thumb up... very good history overview.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Thank you

[@dawmster]

11:52 Little oral typo: Jewish Karczma (karchma not krechma) 😀 Greetings from Poland!

[@suzis5767]

That is how it is pronounced in Yiddish, so not a typo. Just not in Polish.

[@dawmster]

@@suzis5767 ah, ok!

[@robertklose2140]

Very informative presentation. Thank you.

[@ARenewedmind]

In the light of developments at present, I find this lecture very instructive and enlightening as to why there are so many Jews in Ukraine (and also other eastern European countries). Thank you

[@gerdturidlohneolsen5057]

Very interesting! Thank you!

[@roundknittles]

Were coins minted w yiddish letters also to make counter fitting more difficult?

[@menachemsalomon]

Do you have a video on the topic of R' Shaul Wahl of the Katzenelenbogen family, the legendary King of Poland for a day? I'm not sure of the scale of events you're discussing in this lecture merits his mention, but I'm hoping you discuss the story somewhere.

[@serenaisaacson1037]

I have in my genealogical tree at Meir Katzenelenbogen (1482-1565) and Hana Mintz ( died in 1564) in Padova. Italia . Their son Samuel Judah (1545-1617) moved to Poland and his son was Shaul Wahl , king for a night , after the king of Poland Sigismund the third ? died and the new king was proclaimed!

[@menachemsalomon]

@@serenaisaacson1037 You share parts of your genealogical tree with a great many leading rabbis and rebbes. (Any relation to the Isaacson family of rabbis, in Philadelphia and NYC?)

[@serenaisaacson1037]

@@menachemsalomon I know about the great rabbinical families, my husband was Isaacson, my maiden name is Klein, I leave in Israel, from Transylvania Romania. Rav Levy Itzhak from Berdicev had a daughter Eszter Rachel and a son Meir ( the ancestor of Menahem Mendel Ben Levy Itzhak z”l! My great grandmother was Rachel Ester Rossler, buried in Bisztritz Romania! I don’t know about the ancestry of my late husband , Sheldon Isaacson. Part of my family survived the Holocaust and leave in Israel. I wish you all the best and thanks for your kind words!

[@menachemsalomon]

@@serenaisaacson1037 You seem to have very illustrious _yichus,_ indeed. Be well, and best wishes to you, too.

[@serenaisaacson1037]

@@menachemsalomon I believe most of our people are the descendants of the Judah, Benjamin Levites and Kohanim from the Temple and we are all related , but a lot of information was lost in the Holocaust. I wish you all the best, “ Am Israel Chai”🙏🇮🇱

[@richardglady3009]

I miss your jokes. I find it amazing that “Poland” goes from being the largest nation in Europe to disappearing into its neighbors. A wonderful lecture. Thank you.

[@jezalb2710]

It was the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth. Not only Poland.

[@jaycee30865]

Poland. Fieldland in Slavic languages. I thought.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

thank you! I'm glad that you enjoyed the video.

[@jezalb2710]

@@HenryAbramsonPhD I sure did

[@benn7973]

Very interesting stuff!

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@KristinaUSA-x5n]

My mother's side of the family from Poland and Czechoslovakia that fought in the Resistance against the Nazis.

[@matthewgabbard6415]

Very interesting as always

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Thank you

[@bonbon5418]

Thanks for an interesting lesson

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Glad you liked it!

[@marciem2498]

Hello, I'm doing family genealogical research. Is there a link for the maps in this clip? Was Bessarabia part of the Ukraine in the mid-late 1800's? I'm also trying to reconcile family origins from both Belarus and Warsaw. Was there movement between these places?

[@18roselover]

Bessarabia is part of romania ??

[@tzikronanimofagen8741]

Ukraina did not exist as a country in the 19th century. It would have all been a part of Russia. What is Belarus today would have been closely linked to Eastern Poland (where Warsaw is). I know that there is a big genealogy research going on in Warsaw and Poland (Western Ukraine used to be a part of Poland)and i think you might have good chances of finding ancestors through them. For the southern parts might be more difficult

[@marciem2498]

@@tzikronanimofagen8741 do you have a website to link to?

[@AlexanderBassinIam]

@@tzikronanimofagen8741 That is not correct. Poland was the part of Russia at 19 century either. Poland did not exist as a country at that time also. Poland got independence from Russia in 1918 only. So, Belarus, Poland, Ukraine and Lithuania where in same country and there are no borders between. They just spoke different Yiddish dialects.

[@marciem2498]

@@AlexanderBassinIam question. If I were to research Belarus in the late 1800's what country today should I start looking in?

[@thom_1983]

Great lecture, but I think the Prussian Kingdoms and the knights of the "Order of Saint John" should also be mentioned. In my opinion, they did invite the Jews and not the Polish. In their attempt to conquer all the northern territories and to "germanize" the local populations, the Prussian Kings and the German knights called huge German populations to follow them, and the Jews of Rhineland took the opportunity. Hence, the Ashkenazi spoke a German dialect and adopted German names, and although living for centuries in Poland and among other slavic surroundings, they never got slavic adoptions. In some ways, they thought to be obliged by the Germans to stay loyal to the German culture and saw the slavs as interiors. Centuries later did the same the Austrians and wanted to "germanize" their eastern territories and Hungary and again the Jews followed them. Hence, the dark red color in 13:49 corresponds to the Austria-Hungary empire. And last, Magdeburg is nowadays in central Germany, was always in central Prussia and never Polish.

[@flowerchild777]

Very interesting/informative. Thank you for taking time to educate, sir. I'm sorry you were being disrespected in chat😔 Class isn't what it used to be, sadly.

[@kazmierzglinny6728]

Thank you that was interesting ✌🏻.

[@bernarddanny2023]

Always wondered how Israelites migrated to Europe. Thanks for the infor , just love history. 🇵🇬🇵🇬🇵🇬🇵🇬🇵🇬🇵🇬👍👍👍

[@Hakolology]

What does the rest of the coin's inscription read?

[@andreasbyczkowski3435]

Excellent history lesson!!!!! As an Am with roots in all three main “Polish” cultures: Polish/German/Jewish, it always bothers me that, unlike in “melting pot” Am, these three amazing cultures are very vehemently and decidedly distinct in Poland. This is very advantageous to maintaining originally authentic “cultural attributes/markers”, but also creates many misunderstandings and resentments because there is always a persisting degree/atmosphere/undertone of “mutual non-empathy”. Ergo, we cannot remotely-to-fully understand others unless we genuinely imagine “walking in their moccasins”. Cultures/nations shouldn’t play the “Win/Lose game” with each other, but hopefully mainly respect each other where possible. 🙏🏻

[@robertomorales8286]

Greetings from Puerto Rico.Great lecture.

[@tomaszcichanski809]

I am Polish I didn't listen to the end. But i have a question about dutchy of prussia on this map and Rus signature. It wasn't Russian at this time it was baltic tribe of Prussians which was germinized. Also it was vasal to Poland and after swedish war it was under rule of brandenburg.

[@tomaszcichanski809]

All right I thought it over it always ends bad when you put todays borders and another borders from early 17 century,

[@LisaRichards_123]

My real last name is Pollack, but my father’s family was from Lithuania, so I look forward to hearing this. My late father always said his father’s side’s lineage goes back to the exile from Spain during the Inquisition.

[@eddihaskell]

Borders changed several times in the area between Eastern Prussia, Russia, Poland, the USSR, Lithuania, Latvia, and Belorussia and Russia after the break-up of the USSR. The majority in Europe lived in the Pale of Settlement (Russian Empire) before the first world war. So saying you come from Poland or Lithuania really is the same thing if your ancestors migrated before the first world war to the USA or anywhere else. Your ancestors came from the Russian Empire if they came from the general area.

[@ef2718]

@@eddihaskell A friend of mine was born in the same house as her mother and grandmother, yet each was born in a different "country"...

[@Lagolop]

@@ef2718 Borders shifted a lot. There is a saying that a Jew is born in one country, lived in another and died in a this ... but never left the same village.

[@user-jr4kc6lu9q]

Search for the free article "Sephardic Jews in Lithuania and Latvia" by Kevin Alan Brook.

[@johncordbooks593]

Wonderful, sir, and I shall watch more. French-Catholic family (my mother's side) from San Francisco are of Jewish ancestry, I find out after mother passes in 2016. She was w/USSS 22 yrs and, I see, could keep a secret. Her ancestors from Pau, of the "Segals" (iterated to Segalas), in an area once "the land of the Segals" I saw in a documentary years ago. Had reason to study since 15. The abuses in that Catholic School in Japan (I was the only nonreligious child) would lead me to study the Bible (5X) & Quran (3X). Had no intent to write books, and I don't sell them anymore since the Publ Co closed. I don't see how there shall ever be an end to the anti-Jew, racism, holy wars, oppressions until the meaning of the 1st Law of Moses is taught, along with what the Jew, Gentile, Circumcision (of the heart) & "dead letter" means. It's all there in Scripture, but remains silenced. I was raised in Yokohama for over 5 years, leaving in 1969. Father was #2 Seniority Pilot with JAL until he retired. Wasn't till moving back to The States that I started hearing this vile blaming of "The Jews." Why? Our dearest friends in Japan (and after we returned the US) were Jewish. My folks also had wonderful Catholic & Protestant friends. They didn't hate our family because we were nonreligious. We all know that Life is about your Good Character. The rest is hoopla if it's not serving Law #1 and actually building the Wisdom & Integrity of Character that keeps the holy land holy. The land is only as holy as the character of those upon it. Thank you, kindly. Love, from Reno NV.

[@pamelaleibowitz3019]

Thank you, so enlightening and informative.

[@kingcobra7565]

Great lectures

[@GilmerJohn]

How was all this affected by the Viking (Swedish?) invasion of Russia?

[@jezalb2710]

Was not

[@zackmano]

Interpreting "Poland" as "פה לין" is a beautiful idea. I remember being a young man in Yeshiva and meeting an old mekubal in Yerushalayim. When I told him I was from America he said: "Ah! עם ריקה!", meaning "empty nation".

[@dovoppenheim3106]

some even said - פולניה - "here rest god!" meaning God chose Polan as a resting place for the Jews

[@davidfranklin2975]

Also, there is some speculation that Brit ish, meaning man of the covenant, is possibly Jewish. I personally do not subscribe to that etymology, but it is irrelevant since all of us humans are of one species.

[@Mala_Li]

@@dovoppenheim3106 in You dreams - Poland belongs to Polish nation not jews

[@dovoppenheim3106]

@@Mala_Li can you understand English? I said “resting” place. A place where traveling person can rest before he continues his journey…

[@agataparczewska7259]

@@dovoppenheim3106 Please, read The New Testament and you will find out what does it mean;)

[@tagbarzeev8283]

Hello I am looking for a link that would indicate the Jewish population of Poland between the 1100's and 1300's

[@saxonstacker7269]

Fascinating history. Khazar history is mysterious.

[@Headhunter_212]

Another informative and engaging lecture. How much of this material is covered in tour dissertation and other publications ?