Story of a Pakistani Jewish Boy Growing Up as a Minority | Ep 01| Karachi To Tel Aviv

Growing up as a religious minority, Emanuel has seen his happiest times in Karachi, Pakistan. Hear him tell stories of his childhood days and how he keeps in touch with Pakistan and its culture even while living miles away.
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[@Ammar-wh7lk]

Pain in his voice, stay blessed ❤️ lots of respect and love

[@ayazmunir3302]

You are a part of us and will always be , I wish Pakistan govt. Could make it easier for Jews, Parsis and Hindus who left Pakistan to come back and visit their ancestral homes here , Karachi in particular feels empty without these communities

[@baghi536]

Yes karachi has lost its religious diversity.

[@ayazmunir3302]

@@baghi536 I won't agree, Karachi still has at least half a million plus non Muslims , plus all the Muslims sects such as sunnis of all kinds, twelver shias , bohris , aga Khanis , zikris etc live here

[@faz5171]

@@baghi536 When was the last time Karachi had bombings/killings in the name of religion? Just wanna know as I can't recall.

[@ayazmunir3302]

@Rayhan TV Karachi still has amazing diversity with every ethnicity of south Asia and religion present here

[@ijlalrizvi9856]

Yes, They are the true "Lost Jews" who left their homeland for a fabricated apartheid country.

[@syedraza2495]

God bless him wherever he lives. Being an immigrant and not able to return to the place where you spent your childhood must be painful.

[@ahmadshah7091]

yes pain ful bro

[@ATMmm62]

He might do Yehudi sazish

[@FoodStreetRider]

Zabardast .. as i am karachite and seen saddar christians, parsis and other communities while growing here .. i miss this community... anyways he is enjoying peace. good to know ... he should come and visit karachi again and again and show his kids how he lived here... KARACHI SE MOHABBAT JHALAK RAHI HAY INKAY ANDAR SE ... love you brother

[@TheInspiringKhan]

Looks like TCM is back to its good jouranlistic work. Thank you for bringing this amazing perspective.

[@JunaidKhalid23]

Haha yeah after pointlessly promoting that khusra on every fu**in issue, they are finally back to their signature premium quality.

[@saqibcreations856]

@@JunaidKhalid23 Transgender hona Natural hai kisi ko bura nhi kehna chaiye

[@ExposeSkyMonkey]

​@@saqibcreations856😂😂 transgender matlab tujhe pata hai ?? Besharm asal meh tum jaise Librandus ko.bahar fhek dena chahiye mulk seh. Non-muslims>>>>>> naam ke Muslims (Librandus/munafiqs) Jews and Christian are thousands times better than Librandus munafiqs

[@Mr82adnan]

Stay blessed wherever u are sir. Thanks for sharing the lovely story of ur life. Enjoyed it

[@sohaibali3909]

I wish we are more tolerant towards the other religion or people with different faith.... so the country could be a better place to live for all.

[@imranahmad7871]

Agree

[@shahzilraza8203]

Why israeli should be tolerant towards islam

[@Raees720]

Chal chal nikal

[@sohaibali3909]

@@miansajeelsohail8941 They all left because they know how minorities will suffer in our country

[@shahzilraza8203]

@@Raees720 yehan apna background mat dikha

[@MuhammadMohsinShahzadKahloon]

He is a Pakistani no matter where he is

[@muhammadfasihkhan8508]

Sir, I wish you never had to leave. You are our brother, bound by nationhood.

[@nadeemsiddiqui9235]

Wassalam and Shalom brother ! You will always have a place in the heart of your fellow Pakistanis . Even though we are scattered throughout the world, we share a common heritage . Stay blessed !

[@coldshlder]

This is an incredible video! Thank you TCM!

[@FahadFSA]

This channel always being so distinctive and amazing!

[@fakhretaj]

I am so sorry that you had to leave your home Karachi, Pakistan because of the intolerance of our Mulahs especially and some extreme religious Muslims in general. I wish one day my Pakistan will be more tolerant towards other faiths and point of views about religion. Humanity above all 🙌 Peace!

[@manzerm7805]

He didn't even say he had to leave because of intolerance. Israel gives citizenship to all Jews so they all moved there for a better life.

[@TCMOriginals]

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[@jawadalinaqvi9265]

We all love you and miss you

[@twinsofchina5839]

Forgotten history which we are never told about -

[@azad8840]

What a lovely story ❤️

[@nayab031]

Jinnah never wanted religion mixed with politics, but today’s Pakistan disappoints me

[@sulemanwarraich9387]

true. our politicians changed what Jinnah wanted.

[@birdoflaments]

Sorry to say but your statement is false. Historically its proven what he wanted. If you will only read his address at Bar Association Karachi on 25th of January 1948, it will become clear what he wanted as did Iqbal. There are almost 73 statements of his where he mentions “Islamic governance”. Not once does he mention “secularism”. You do not need to become apologetic for someone’s bad experience to the extent that you dismiss what’s factual. Discrimination against minorities isn’t structural, its individual which renders it unnecessary to argue for a secular governance.

[@pirtawseef5945]

Religion gives a lot only to politicians , while common people are befooled with religious propagandas by politicians & suffering only for fools which were befooled

[@birdoflaments]

@@pirtawseef5945 then that is a state of shame for us that let it happen. We shouldn’t blame this on religion but on ourselves. Politicians are only effective as far as we let them be. A recourse to secularism is not the answer to solve this ignorance on our part. If not religion, secular principles will be exploited by the same politicians while we remain unconcerned. Regardless, your concern still doesn’t change the aforementioned fact. There is no such thing as secularism in Islam at least. Neither was such governance demanded by Jinnah or Iqbal.

[@cringeasf8618]

@@birdoflaments Jinnah wanted a Pakistan where minorities could feel safe living side by side the majority . Waise bhi Kamzoor tabke pe takat dikhana Islam ni buzdili hai

[@mehrankhan5000]

Lots of love from your motherland Sindh.. you are still our brother and will remain..

[@r4rehan]

You can leave Pakistan but cannot take out "pakistaniat" from inside of you. Saw this phenomenon among many Pakistani expats and immigrants who left Pakistan years ago but try to connect with Pakistan by one thing or another.

[@ATMmm62]

But Paxtani hinduz don't miss paxtan when they leave for India, they feel much happy here than in your country.

[@barashah1171]

its a shame brother you had to leave....may you live happily....i dont think qaid intended to create the country that we are living in now.....

[@bettyboo4971]

No He wanted a secular country with all ppl and religions accepted

[@ATMmm62]

Hinduz se insecure hoke yeh mulk bana hai yaad rakhna 👉🇵🇰

[@ilikebisquits4266]

This is wonderful. Thank you for sharing your story

[@Khan.shujaat25]

Stay blessed and thank you for sharing your golden memories.

[@talhazafar110]

Beautiful story. I wish one day Pakistan becomes more inclusive and tolerant society

[@aaidahnaveed1924]

This is such a nice channel. Glad I've found it!

[@anum1990]

Asalamu Alaikum brother. Love and respect to you. You are a true Pakistani and will always be, no matter what. We wish that people of Pakistan become prosper and get educated. I hope and pray to Allah that he softens our hearts and Pakistanis respect each other irrespective of parochial and religious differences. Stay blessed our brother.

[@Sarcastic4u2]

You are a part of us. Stay blessed wherever you are brother.

[@Sarcastic4u2]

@@DanishAnsari_93 grow up. The guy had all but good things to say about his childhood and youth in Pakistan. Had he wanted, he could have tarnished Pakistan’s image.

[@Sarcastic4u2]

@@DanishAnsari_93, ok quack

[@Sarcastic4u2]

@@DanishAnsari_93 ok psycho

[@Sarcastic4u2]

@@DanishAnsari_93 , keep it up psycho

[@ATMmm62]

He is Yehudi sazish

[@munirc1749]

Great to hear your story. Keep your youth years alive and always remember where you were born. Love you brother and May Allah Bless You🙏🏻

[@faizjokhio1856]

We miss you...u r a Pakistani.... No matter whatever ur religion is... We always respect religious sentiment of everyone... there's always religious harmony and tolerance found in Pakistani society.. our constitution guarantees every citizen right

[@george4vIogging]

Completely delusion

[@davepete9537]

Only if people want to follow the law. First, become a minority in pakistan then come back here and comment lol.

[@ATMmm62]

😂😂

[@ayaanvz]

Amazing episode!

[@talhaqayyum8184]

Really nice work TCM 👍

[@AJIZSULTAN]

It was too much emotional... I wish I could do something for him... Just love from Pakistan❤🇵🇰

[@Dino-gj9oq]

U R OUR BROTHER...WE CAN COME ANY TIME TO VISIT UR COUNTRY OF BIRTH.. WE WILL WELCOME U WITH OPEN ARMS.....

[@faiqahmad2049]

The flag of Pakistan is the most beautiful and meaningful flag on Planet. Pakistan was meant for Pakistanis of every race religion and creed. The fact that we targeted Ahmadis in the 1974 constitution has all minorities and even Muslims rift further apart.

[@pirtawseef5945]

U are right...Pakistan is for all..

[@ammarahmed6432]

Don't be an Ahmadi sympathizer. We never targeted Ahmadia as a people. Just that we cannot allow them to call themselves Muslims as they don't have anything to do with Islam. They can live here peacefully as a separate religion.

[@ATMmm62]

Paxtan meaning 👉 country formed due to prejudice for hinduz

[@AliAhmed-gu7tm]

God bless this man! Jews are our siblings.

[@mbilal2822]

آپ پاکستان کے بیٹے ہیں اور ہمارے دل کے ٹکڑے ہیں میں ایک مسلمان ہوں پاکستان سے ہوں اور آپ پر سلامتی بھیجتا ہوں اللہ تعالی آپ کی حفاظت کرے

[@irshadarif9129]

Or ap par lanat bhejty hain hum

[@m.hussaintayyab6329]

Bilkul saii kaha lanat ka he mustahik hy ye

[@TheHITBOY852]

@@irshadarif9129 shi bhai

[@talibattari837]

اللہ اس کو یہودی مذھب چھوڑ کر اسلام۔اپنانے کی توفیق عطاکرے

[@rukhsanafaisal9205]

یہودی ایک ایسی قوم جو اللہ کے لاڈلے تھے ۔لیکن اللہ کے نہیں ہو سکے تو پاکستان کے کیسے بن سکتے ہیں۔وران پڑھ کر پھر ان کے بارے میں کہنا۔اللہ نے انکو باربار باز آجاؤ ورنہ سخت عزاب کے لیے تیار رہو

[@munirabbasi556]

Stay blessed dear seems a gentleman Jahan raho khush raho Love you from Pakistan 🇵🇰

[@khano1971]

Always very welcome.

[@zebaurang6590]

Hallo sir assalmualikum nice to see u Pakistani love u sir u R in our heart proud be Pakistani sir Allah bless u

[@Loading........Dr.]

the thing that hurts more is his enormous love for Pakistan. I mean we failed to protect then. we have forgotten our values

[@ATMmm62]

Paxtan needs to protect it's own muzlims first.

[@dabanngboy4316]

We all pakistanis's love you. peace✌️

[@Pakfloms349]

Sach a lovely person he is .....love and respect from lahore

[@AA-qk1nf]

This was so heart warming. Seems like a nice gentleman, even though he watches Geo News over Ary :) Pakistani diaspora, of all ethnicities and religions, still stay connected to the land even if they will never return.

[@UsmanAli-fs3jo]

Stay bless bro 💝 I'm really sorry that you left your birth place

[@ahmadshah7091]

Big respect to you manoo bhai ❤this is so painful you are not visit your mother land

[@zaiidsvagee3514]

Very nice story ❤️❤️😊😊

[@cryptogenie01]

What a nice person God bless you

[@ashuazeem356]

with wishes for this true Pakistani we are sad for him he leave his country

[@sciencedaan11]

Subhan Allah

[@adeelhuawei5811]

Mufti Abdul wahab also took his interview in Tell Aviv. He is a gentleman

[@jawadalinaqvi9265]

You are us and we miss you. Thanks for remembering us even after decades. Unfortunately, there are some stupid so called religious people in our country who are the base of every seditious activity in Pakistan.

[@mohammadyasirkhan2709]

Love to have you here

[@sohailaahmed9996]

I wish we could go to old Pakistan

[@salmankhanmohmand1196]

I wish Pakistan came back to old liberal & tolerant Pakistan. Even in Medina, Jews lived with Muslim. But here due to many reasons, we started not accepting Ahle-kitab and all other minorities. Wish you stay happy wherever you are. And you come back to Pakistan with your family.

[@ATMmm62]

Paxtan won't become like before

[@syedqasim205]

PROUD BVS MOMENT TBH ✨

[@qasimraoabid9155]

Very good. Salam to the guest.

[@aroobatariq1165]

thankyou so much for such good work u ppl bring forward ..plz small respect,,, background music end Kr dy ,,,

[@muhammadsalman637]

Love from Pakistan ❤

[@hasanirtiza]

Bandaa urdu bohat acchi bol raha hai good good!

[@foodtravelentertainment4671]

❤❤❤❤A Great parson Amanul Mano bhai ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@pirtawseef5945]

You are son of 🇵🇰soil & always be...may Allah bless you & your family.. Pakistan is incomplete without our minority brothers & sisters.. Lanath on our grand parents who forced others to leave 🇵🇰

[@Jaffar532]

Masa Allah

[@youknow6968]

Pakistan will always belong to you, brother.

[@nassermj7671]

He - IZZZ - our brother, always will be. A'int no doubt about that.

[@zeeshansiddiqui3683]

God bless you.

[@R.R.51214]

I was born in Karachi but now live abroad, years and years ago we were doing groceries and were talking in Urdu, there was a guy standing next to us asked us in Urdu that where we were from, once he came to know that we were from Karachi he started talking about his childhood, he was a Jewish man we were so surprised because we didn't know that Karachi also had jewish community later my father told us about a jewish SYNAGOGUE in the RAMSAWAMI section of karachi. I miss my old beautiful Karachi.

[@MrMryasin]

Love you big brother keep always smil ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@ajaxamsterdam8310]

Nice to see you video bro. Love and Respect from Holland

[@asifiabal3460]

I am from pakistan karachi, miss you brother, come back karachi

[@jacksongill6127]

shalom Aleichem Emanuel Matat Sir apka interview dakh kar bohat acha laga bohat maza aya aj bi apka andaz e bayan full karachi wala hi hai baki main ek Christian family say hon or Karachi say hon baki God Bless You And Your All Family. Amen 🙏

[@user-Rayyan123]

bhai kiya halaat hain christians ka karachi ma?

[@jacksongill6127]

@@user-Rayyan123 bohat achi halat hai baki aamri gareebi to dunya ke har koone mai hai

[@abdulrahaman7554]

Mere aziz bhaijan aap pr Allah ki rehamat aur salamat ho aur aap k khandan pr.

[@SherKhan-iv3lm]

You should come back to your home land brother, inshallah we will look after you

[@dr.muhammadasadalishah8775]

Pakistan government shud allow all Pakistan born and past residents of our motherland to come to Pakistan and visit their homes and places where they once lived.!! It's their right..we r all Pakistanis and we as nation have love for all our bros and sisters who r pakistanis🇵🇰..no matter where they r living.. we wish them love well being and care esp karachi and all other cities rawalpindi ,Lhr, quetta etc feel sad empty with out zorestians, jews, hindu, sikhs, christians, biddhists etx..!!! long live my dear lovely homeland 🇵🇰. Hope we ll see all of them again in great land of pakistan.

[@pakistan1236]

Nice to see you uncle.app nay bhout hi achay say Pak ka ziker kiya..

[@ghulammohamma8664]

Great

[@syedabdulwahidsohaily493]

Salam 🙏🏻 Brother 👍🏻 it is indeed a pleasure to see you, 👍🏻so touchy to hear your very nostalgic pure Urdu 👍🏻😂I am also watching almost every video & walking tours of the State of Israel & the Holy City of Jerusalem 👍🏻 since the Abraham's Accord Masha Allah 👍🏻 plz come to your native City Karachi 👍🏻 at least Once Brother 🙏🏻 God Bless You, Amen 🌹 Sohail Karachi Pakistan ❤️

[@user-fr8hb7wn3l]

Kia bat hy love u sir u miss us v miss u love alot from pakistan 😢

[@9thgem]

Lovely guy.

[@joshofali]

Karachi is the only diverse city of Pakistan specifically the area of Saddar . Where you can find Muslims, Hindus, Christians, Parsi, Bohri and Aga Khani community as well. Karachi LOVE ❤ hai!! There's no such place like Karachi. Thank you TCM for this interview! There's a Jewish cemetery in Karachi, try to cover that as well.

[@amj8986]

So sorry that you had to deal with this situation just because there is no religious tolerance in Pakistan.

[@shokeyilyas6538]

Brother may god bless you tk care god safe u always anywhere

[@shamoonmasih113]

I Love Israeli from Pakistan

[@godukhan6582]

Yeh Pakistani ha or Pakistan se Pyare h❤

[@siu5067]

VERY NICE. BUT WE HAVE ALWAYS TRIED TO EXPELL MINORITIES FROM PAKISTAN WHO WERE BACKBONE OF OUR ECONOMY. I WISH WE WOULD HAVE FOLLOWED THE GUIDELINES AND PRINCIPLES OF QUAID AZAM. JUST LIKE MALAYSIA WHERE ALL THE COMMUNITIES LIVE IN HARMONY

[@pirtawseef5945]

CIA & others made us more religious with the help of our politicians & Islamic scholars that a Pakistanis take guns to fight their war in Afghanistan free of cost..

[@alfamale9163]

Son of the soil ❤

[@ashrafalam6075]

Great Respect and Regards from karachi. It was a multicultural society. When Religion became a Commodity it has its negative consequences on society. Jews were living in Nazimabad also. Try to become a bridge for the Prosperity of your Birth Place. It's very unfortunate for the society

[@SalmanKhan-cb6hi]

Most of the arab countries like uae , oman etc accepted Israel . Turkey was the first Muslim country who accepted Israel . Sooner or later even KSA will accept Israel. Arabs do not support their arab brothers in Palestine. Why only Pakistan become chacha choudary not to accept Israel. On the other hand Palestinian students gets all the education from Pakistan. And you know what those Palestinian treat Pakistanis as slave in UAE & other Middle Eastern countries. This is my personal experience back in 2010 when I use to work in UAE. Allah kher kary Pakistan ka Regards from Australia

[@faisalshahzad8847]

Acha laga iss bandy k expereiences sun k

[@sajjadhashmi5449]

Brother you should visit pakistan again. That is your loving country.

[@Eddy-Cool]

bhai come back. you will find Naya Pakistan. no one will stop you from entering your home country and no one dares harass any minority here. the ignorant days of yahoodi saazish are gone; in fact, people actually make fun of those (fazlu diesel😜) who find yahoodi saazish everywhere!! come back bhai - jews are very misunderstood in Pakistan and vice-versa - you, as a Pakistani jew, could be a bridge!!

[@Bilal-zh2lh]

How this interview is possible

[@mohdnasibkhan2296]

❤❤❤

[@muhammadanassiddiqui8228]

He is so cute 🥰🥰🥰. I'm sorry for jews community of Pakistan... Wish we respect each other religion

[@qudratullahshahaab4207]

God bless im with islaam .

[@user-Rayyan123]

what does tha mean?

[@mushtaqahmed2678]

Hello Manoo Bhai I hope soon u Will come Pakistan karachi Tack care

[@kamrantravels1601]

Yar maanu bhai wapis aao burns road ke biryani khilata Hun😊

[@shireenraza246]

Shalom Emanuel brother 🙏

[@yanki188]

he should return to Pakistan 🇵🇰 💓

[@moezhassan9700]

one of the best interview, TCM ever conducted.

[@tiny79793]

Boss you are welcome to Karachi any time you and your family can stay with us if you would like to visit any time

[@lalamusa46]

👍❤️