Were Jews ALWAYS Living In Israel? | Jewish Myths Debunked

Dr. Henry Abramson, an esteemed professor of Jewish history, expertly navigates the most prevalent misconceptions in Jewish history.
In this myth vs. fact episode, we delve into pressing questions like "Was the Holocaust planned?" and challenge assumptions about topics like the whereabouts of the 10 Lost Tribes, the relationship between the Church and Jews, and the pivotal role of the Land of Israel.
🕰️ Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:25 The Truth about the 10 Lost Tribes
02:37 Did the Jewish people ever leave the Land of Israel
05:21 Was the ancient church antisemitic?
07:58 Why Jews gravitated to certain professions
10:05 Was the Holocaust planned?
13:45 Why learn Jewish history?
🌐 Explore the rich and complex narrative of the Jewish people, and let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
Visit Dr. Abramson's channel / @henryabramsonphd
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[@gerberjoanne266]

I heard that the protection of Jews by the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages had a more sinister motive. The policy was that they should be allowed to survive, but not thrive; and the purpose was that their visibly outcast and often miserable status would serve as an object lesson on the consequences of rejecting Christ.

[@tudormiller887]

Those were the early beginnings of antisemitism.

[@saraleigh5336]

Yes.

[@kenadams5697]

The Catholic church blamed the Jews for being complicit in the crucifixion of Christ. Thus the start antisemitism in Europe.

[@nickgoldring1446]

​@@tudormiller887. What were the later beginnings of anti-semitism?

[@drjerry5389]

The Israelis (Who control Food import, power and water to Gaza) suggested the Gazan should be kept just above starving when it came to food supplies. "To survive and not to thrive!"

[@thecrimsondragon9744]

I love Henry, one of my favourite KZbinrs and as someone interested in Jewish culture and history, I always like to hear what he has to say first. A very respectable gentleman.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Hey thanks! I'm not quite as nice IRL, though. I sometimes talk in Shul.

[@janishart5128]

@@HenryAbramsonPhD: Shocking!! 🤣😁

[@draoi99]

Crusaders who entered into Jerusalem in 1099 slaughtered both Jews and Muslims. There is a record of a pogrom against Jews in Safed in 1517. There's always been Jews in their homeland, there's never been a time there wasn't.

[@johnwalker2619]

@draoi99 get your history right kiddo. First, the muslims came and chopped the heads of Christians and Jews then built al aqsa, which is still the most disrespectful grotesque disgusting slap in the face to all Judeo-Christians around the world.

[@NoOne-ev3jn]

Exactly, and that’s what Israhelli propaganda is hiding from their st*pid supporters

[@wyosundancer]

The crusaders got it off to a bang with the murder of the Jews in Worms, Germany while enroute to the Crusades.

[@allaboutperspective650]

Before Abraham came as an illegal immigrant there weren’t any Jews just the forefathers of the Palestinians, they have always been there and still are. Get your facts straight 😂

[@josiahtaylor]

​@@allaboutperspective650So... the so-called "Palestinians" are Grecian in origin? Like, did you think about what you were going to say before you said it? Have you even studied _any_ History, Anthropology, and Genetics? SMH No, the current Palestinians are a bunch of Arabs, completely unconnected from the Philistines.

[@somersetdc]

This gentleman is fascinating. Extremely interesting.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

I have to show your comment to my wife

[@AvnerRosenstein-ULTRA-LXV]

Love Dr. Abramson and his channel is really really insanely great from multiple perspectives especially for educational purposes and would totally recommend to anyone looking for insights in Jewish History. Really great to see him on JLI! "Within walking distance of a synagogue of a ritual bath and of an Asian restaurant" that would be classic Dr. Abramson!

[@MrYishaiShields]

This isn't the crossover we deserve. It's the crossover we need!

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Thanks for the kind words! Glad someone caught that.

[@valerieprice-wn9qb]

I am so glad I watched this incredible truthful informative history of the Jews The Dr Abramson is a distinguished gentleman

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Much appreciated

[@matazapah1251]

The Judeans are Black ppl according to The Pictorial History of Israel which takes its depiction of the Israelites off the walls of Egypt.

[@thethinkingman-]

as they say its time Israel put out the trash!

[@peachesb-georgia1125]

Thanks you for your excellent explanation 😃😌...

[@annabeans0311]

The Asian restaurant part 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Heh heh heh

[@raymondfrye5017]

Didn't you ever hear about Kosher-Chinese food? Yeah! Every Christmas/Hanukah

[@Galuppi728]

I thought I heard wrong. Is there another possibility or explanation? Perhaps not mixing milk & meat? Perhaps a lot of veg which is generally kosher?

[@skipinkoreaable]

I haven't even watched the video but I was wondering what he was going to say about Jews and their national dish (Chinese food). Those jokes are still funny even after a few years of hearing them.

[@tamarfischer283]

That was lovely- that unacademic bit at the end. " reading encyclopedia judaica makes me want to run to shul and daven" I'm convinced!

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Actually, I usually do run to Shul after reading EJ.

[@quaver1239]

Really enjoyed this. Thank you. First time I've heard Dr Abramson and will be listening again, and again. Am quite pleased at how much of this history I already know - at age 81 it's good to realise one has learnt something!

[@RoryWhite]

as always, refreshingly clear substantive and edifying. thanks!

[@andrewlim9345]

I can see parallels between how Christians and Muslims treated Jews during the Middle Ages. Tolerance did not necessarily mean equality.

[@tricia_kay]

The history of history itself - no matter what the events, the nuance and weight given will always be dependant on its authors!

[@brendawelsh391]

Absolutely interesting and informative. Enjoyed every minute

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Thank you!

[@Tamar-sz8ox]

I like this format Q n A interview style ( unbelievable history )

[@Galuppi728]

Absolutely. Reading Jewish history is what made me love Jews & return to my roots, Jewish ancestry! Or at least, I'm still on the journey, having finally left Christianity in Oct 2022.

[@Best-wm5ln]

Keep it up, go to Chabad they'll support your spiritual journey

[@edelgyn2699]

@Galuppi Unless you are Jewish through your mother you are not Jewish (obligated to observe Torah) and will need to convert.

[@Madmen604]

Good. Now I have a source for what I already seemed to know.

[@vanessac1965]

The Palestinians have been genetically proven to descend from Jews who converted to Christianity and Islam. They just never left the land. They are not 'recent Arab migrants' and are genetically almost indistinguishable from Mezrahis. They are Levantines who speak Arabic. Before the Levantines, the Natufians lived in that region for thousands of years. The fact that our Jewish identity is now based on invalidating the identity of the Palestinians is really awful and sad to me, and did not exist before the Zionist movement. I refuse to define Judaism as a race when science shows it is not a unique race. It is a religion. And one third of modern Israelis are atheists! While the Christians and Muslim descendants of ancient Israelites who are today believing in God, the Tanakh, the Torah, are being expelled and massacred to make way for atheists! What a far cry from the ancient kingdom of Israel. May God help us to stop this madness.

[@johnwebber750]

Brilliantly put! Its shows how much things are geopolitics than 'Jews'. Making Jews sometimes religious and sometimes racial make a wide way for abuse for geopolitical ends. The best solution is make the whole area independent and free for all. Call it Israel or Palestine or Mars whatever, doesn't matter, as long it is free for all with absolute equal rights. Give Jews special treatment some of the times, the Christians some other times, Muslims some other times, heck even secularist other times too. If Jews want a peaceful, secure existence, it should be in the US, the UK or Germany since they love Jews exclusively. That none would like to lose a small part of their country for a Jewish ethnostate will make them realise why the Palestinians also do not. Btw, Israel is only 15% in size of Florida, so should be a no brainer to the US to create a Jews exclusive region, fully secured by US military with no hostile neighbours, and getting all the benefits of a industrious bunch! But then, exactly, no. Why? Because it is all geopolitics. Imperialism. The world has been fooled. The Bible and Jews are just very convenient and effective rams. After all, like Prof Abrahamson said, Jews never left the area fully, so the idea that Jews lost their ancestral land and making a grand return is a total lie. They could have returned peacefully. Many actually did and were accepted by the Palestinians but then went on stealing their hosts' home, through violence. Nobody would accept that. Or should.

[@Itsstuff7328]

​​@@johnwebber750 ?? When did the returning Jews "keep stealing homes"? Just the mere fact that you say this proves that there needs to be a country that states Jews will not be persecuted or dispelled (and no, stating that doesn't make ean 'ethnostate'. Evidence, multi-faith, multi-ethnic modern Israel). And you mention Germany??? Germany was a liberal modern multicultural nation when it was captured by ideology. Don't get taken in by a false narrative yourself. The only time "stealing land" is kinda true (if you squint and turn your head to the side) is following the 1st Arab-Israeli war when 700k Arabs were displaced. But how many were land owners is unknown. How many had arrived as migrant workers is unknown. This also was an era of displacement as modern countries were drawn. Look at Silesia. Look at Czechoslovakia. Why is THIS one jumping out at you?

[@ameerameer9235]

10000000%

[@wheelz114]

wrong

[@ArianiMauve999]

THE ZIONIST FASCISTS AGENDA OF TRYING TO ERASE THE TRUE LEVANTINE ORIGINS OF PELESET PALESTINIANS.

[@esthercorper799]

I can understand you standpoint so much! Your history studies proove and reassure your believe! Thank you again for your Chanel! Esther Tom Berlin

[@PatBly-zb3dk]

The Children of Jacov are the greatest Teachers... Ravi Abrahamson is one of most interesting,and intelligent of the very best... Such a joy to ride the waves of his explanations and expression. 🌊😂😮😊🎉

[@davorkamatic1349]

Thank you Professor Abramson, your wisdom, knowledge and calm never cease to amaze me.

[@englishfrog]

I stumbled upon Dr. Abramson's channel a few months back, it the wake of the horrific Oct 7th attacks on Israel, and it has been an enormous blessing. His passion for the Jewish faith is always apparent, and especially in this interview. I myself am a professing Chrstian, and I am indebted to Dr. Ambramson for all his wisdom and knowledge.....every video I learn something new. Today I learned about this doctrine of witness, something that I was not familiar with at all....but that makes total sense....and now I have to do some more reading on it.

[@marielubanda-lt8bt]

Very good explanation thank you

[@romanland_]

Love this man

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Thanks!

[@DonZusyaGoodman]

Baruch Hashem! Wonderful interview!!!

[@booblam6919]

1. What was Reuben calling........ 2. What was Simeon calling....... 3.what was Levi calling........ 4. What was Judah calling...... 5. What was Issachar calling..... 6. What was Zebulun calling..... 7. What was Dan calling...... 8. What was Gad calling...... 9. What was Asher calling..... 10. What was Napthali calling.... 11. What was Joseph calling...... 12. What was Benjamin calling...... Each tribe has a specific calling from GOD.....calling such as sonship....watchman...and high priest.

[@T.Tuxedo]

You left one out: What was Judas Iscariot calling.......

[@booblam6919]

@@T.Tuxedo okay I see

[@Pasture_Prime]

@@T.Tuxedo non such thing

[@janishart5128]

@@T.Tuxedo: That name is only found in the "NT", which is absolutely NOT scripture that was given to mankind by God.

[@T.Tuxedo]

What was Noel Ignatiev calling........

[@TEMindset83702]

Great interview!

[@jon9625]

So engaging and interesting

[@neilbolitho]

Thank you, again, Henry. So brilliantly enlightening.

[@stephanottawa7890]

Henry, he asked you about the period after the second Temple and you talked about the period after the first Temple....Or did you mean the second Temple? How many temples do you think existed? I count only two thus far.

[@janishart5128]

Dr. Abramson is more than aware that we're currently awaiting the Prophet Elijah to herald the arrival of the 3rd Temple, as it states at the end of the book of Malachi.

[@johnwalker2619]

​@@janishart5128do you mean 4th temple? Or is it hard for you to count to 4? You seem to forget their has already been 3 temples

[@mybeautifuldoggies]

So many people seem to be unaware of the Jewish colonies along the western coast of India. There is evidence of Jews in India since before Christ. During the early 1800s, Claudius Buchanan, a chaplain of the British East India Company, documented studies of the Jews in the southern state of Kerala, and determined that there had been many migrations throughout the centuries, reaching into the B.C. era. He labeled some of them as "black Jews" (not necessarily black, but looked more similar to the native population), and "white Jews" (later migrations, who were still more distinct in their appearance). In addition to that, Kerala also has a large early migration of "Syrian Christians". My hypothesis is, that the Syrian people have no reason to leave their own country en masse, but rather, since the majority of the early Christians were, in fact, Jews, these were also ethnic Jews, who had been settled in Syria (Jews were always dispersed, which is why the apostle Paul traveled widely, to spread the news of the Messiah to the Jews settled far and wide.) In addition to that, since the Jews themselves persecuted their fellow Jews for the "heresy" of accepting Jesus as the Messiah, they were further dispersed. The gentiles were a minority, the Jews the majority, in the early Christian Church. Roman Catholicism is an entirely different religion, but early Christianity was just Judaism, where Jews accepted that the Messiah had come already, and that he was Jesus. Anyway, if you want to trace "the lost tribes", or just the presence of Jews throughout the world, India has been greatly overlooked. Of course I know that there was a migration back when Israel was founded, but their bloodlines are still there.

[@Shambar18]

Many Bnei Menashe live in Israel.

[@edelgyn2699]

You can't be 'ethnically' Jewish - Judaism is a religion which you can convert to if you wish - Jews are ethnically diverse. You've mistaken the obligation to follow the Torah if your mother is halachically Jewish - you can be born with that obligation, but still follow another religion or none at all. The obligation has nothing to do with ethnicity because your Jewish mother could be African, European, Arab, Asian, etc.

[@demonking86420]

​@@edelgyn2699 religion is part of culture, and culture is part of ethnicity.

[@mootpro]

Thank you all for this. Especially those last sentences. Powerful.

[@E.OrthodoxMHNIN]

Incredibly and strangely honest talking points on the genocide of Jews in WWII.

[@joshualara4350]

Fascinating !!!🎉

[@NY_Mountain_Man]

This was very helpful. Thank you.

[@Pamsouthdakota]

Thank s

[@joycealdrich]

Wow! 💙🤍💙

[@h.w.barlow6693]

Good presentation.

[@briansim1648]

I agree whole heartedly.

[@HOWMUSICTV]

@8:27 😂 🤣 Asian Restaurant

[@stevenparker8076]

A good lecture. To learn the Biblical roll of Israel in the church age read Rom 9-11.

[@balbeerbahi5719]

Cheers matey! Really lovely vibe and could listen to you all day ;-0) But there's one highly contentious issue really at the heart of Judaism for me... Asian restaurants?!?!?

[@alimerhi5531]

Excellent video, I love history

[@marnikondor5885]

What an informative interview! Wow.

[@NewsNotShownonTV]

Josephus said this: But two tribes in Asia (aka Middle East today) and Europe were subject to the Romans, while the ten tribes are beyond the Euphrates till now, and are an immense multitude, and not to be estimated by numbers. (The Antiquities of the Jews Book XI 5:2)

[@russbianchi8120]

Consider THE GREAT PARTNERSHIP by the late great UK Head Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

[@gkolivier8918]

Easily the most balanced and rational among Jewish voices that I've heard on YT in the recent weeks. However, this historian is completely silent on current events, and that's surely a deliberate choice, and a sad shame. The world needs some more honest commentators, and more consequential thinkers opining on the current conflict.

[@Nepalese123]

But I think we can extrapolate. Anyway it doesn't matter, he provides a good foundation, he doesn't have to spoon feed us all the way.

[@leviashanken2506]

In fact he doesn't mention the miracle of modern Israel at all. I think he wanted to just be an objective historian and he did a great job.

[@josemadrid2913]

I love the “is the new Coca Cola as good as the classic” line

[@rosmariegisin4475]

This Report its so beautiful thank you Dr . Abraham Im Christin God plessing for Israel for all Jews the World 🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭❤️🙏🙏🙏

[@user-dh6ps1nl8r]

The fist jew I ever came across was when I was seven years old, playing hardball in the street, I was in the outfield, all of a sudden the guys in the infield drop everything and run toward me. I look behind me and there is a kid about our age walking by. I join the chase, not knowing who he was just a little dog following the pack. A block and a half and the kid jumps a fence and his father comes out. I was stuck on the fence and he grabs me and takes me through the house and out the front door. Being a kid who made his own decisions about people I later met this kid and he invited me over to his house. We didn't hit it off but I later understood that he was Jewish. Why do people who never met a Jew hate them?

[@saeidbinhossain2524]

Nobody hates Jews but people confuse hating Israel as hating judaism

[@tommiller3017]

I read before that many of Israelite fled to Judea after the conquest. Before that, I wondered why the history of Israel was so deeply integrated into the Tanakh. Have scholars checked further into this? I did watch KZbin videos of an Israeli archeologist who discovered that there never was a united kingdom.

[@NotoriusMaximus]

Jerusalem is in the middle of Judea

[@RolanRoyce]

Here's one, that Jericho was an inhabited walled city in the supposed time of the conquest. There are ruins of large thick walls, no doubt, but they're from before 2000 BC and they were destroyed by an earthquake, archaeology has come a long way. If you were living in Canaan and you saw mysterious wall ruins you just might make up a story about them, not having access to written history from the 2000s BC to know what really ruined them and when. It's an interesting story actually, the real one I mean, the walls were quite a wonder apparently, look it up sometime.

[@victorghassomians7059]

Interesting history thank you for sharing God bless Jewish people 🙏 Amen 🙏

[@truthseeker3740]

Respect!

[@billmclaurin6959]

It is interesting to note that Hitler's YDNA haplotype was E1b1b, which supports previous conspiracies theories about him having Jewish ancestry. If he was a real 'Aryan' or indigenuous to Europe his YDNA haplotype would have been R1b, R1a, I1, I2 or any of the G haplogroups. E1b1b is the most common YDNA haplotype among the people of the Levant.

[@thembakhumalo-li7bl]

If DNA tests were carried out, most Israelis would fail, especially the Ashkenazi.

[@chafeimasoud8907]

Bravo bravo mister abramson moral man and truth.salamaleikun

[@whitebird357]

The "church" he is referring to is not the Christian church that Christ set up, but an apostate or counterfeit political religious order that mixed many religions into Christianity; namely, Roman Catholicism and then later Eastern Orthodoxy as well. He is not coming from a Biblical and spiritual context, but a worldly and historical one. Nevertheless, he did make some important observations concerning Jewish populations, demographics, and their schisms. I would not say, however, that original Israelites maintained a significant populace in Judea and Samaria over the past 1900 years or so as their identities on the biological side were integrated and dispersed throughout many generations from the first century onward, not to mention the intermingling of the tribes and with other nations in the 6th through 1st centuries BC. A lot of distinctions were lost over the past 2,600 years.

[@user-zw5xh6qf1c]

one of my heroes for many reasons

[@stevesamuels7032]

This is a masterclass of a man sharing knowledge. Not propaganda. The backdrop being this horrific war in the holy land. I say this because, here is a man, discussing real, factual information. Rather than a man screaming for the blood of others, screaming victimhood, screaming in defense of terrorism.

[@russbianchi8120]

Reread THE GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED by Moses Maimonides

[@ramask31]

Dr. Abramson answered all tough questions very wisely in a composed, compromising manner including Jewish-Christian relations. I am a Hindu from India living in the USA. I have always been amazed at how the Jews built a prosperous nation in Israel out of a largely barren land given to them in 1948. Israel has helped India in many ways, sharing advanced defense technology, agricultural tech for farmers. Majority of the 1 billion Hindus in India support the Jews and Israel strongly. Long live Israel and India/Bharat - two ancient civilizations.

[@thecrimsondragon9744]

I would argue that the Jews also helped to build much of the modern USA. New York is only as great as it is because of the Jews, and their contributions particularly in the sciences and business have been monumental.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@DearProfessorRF]

It was in the barren land. Do your homework .

[@everythingandmore5537]

Palestine was never a barren land. The Negev desert can be said to be barren land but the rest of Palestine was very fertile and had a large population. In 1948 European Jews managed to get 80% of the land and drive 80% of the Arabs into 20% of the land. There was not much development in Palestine until the fall of the Soviet union in 1990. Then in the 1990s highly educated 'Russian Jews" moved to Israel to escape the bad economic conditions in Russia. They made the Israeli economy grow by leaps and bounds. However they were resented by extremist Jews who wanted a more religious Israel. As a result there is a movement of smart people out of Israel. So it appears Israel is on the way down. This process will be accelerated soon as most Americans have enough of Israel.

[@curtisthomas2670]

lsraeI also helped assassinate Indira and Rajiv Gandhi. lsrael also steadfastly supported Apartheid South Africa which negatively affected Indians in South Africa.

[@MrEVAQ]

Dr. Abramson, considering that there has been a significant Jewish presence in the land of Israel up until at least the Muslim conquest, would you subscribe to the idea that Palestinians today are largely descendants of those Jews (and perhaps Samaritans as well) who had given up their Judaism?

[@curtisthomas2670]

Some DNA studies say they are

[@eugenedavid3932]

NO!!! Palestinians are from the Mediterranean Sea Area and not Indigenous to Palestine!!!

[@fredintas6596]

@@eugenedavid3932 David Ben-Gurion and Yitzhak Ben-Zvi disagree with you: _"The fellahin_ [farmers] _are not descendants of the Arab conquerors, who captured Eretz Israel and Syria in the seventh century CE. The Arab victors did not destroy the agricultural population they found in the country. They expelled only the alien Byzantine rulers, and did not touch the local population. Nor did the Arabs go in for settlement. Even in their former habitations the Arabs did not engage in farming…their whole interest in the new countries was political, religious and material: to rule, to propagate Islam, and to collect taxes…the Jewish farmer, like any other farmer, was not easily torn from his soil…Despite the repression and suffering the rural population remained unchanged."_ David Ben-Gurion and Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, _Eretz Israel in the Past and in the Present,_ Jerusalem, 1918, reprinted 1979 (in Hebrew), p196 Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, a trained ethnologist, reiterated this again later: _"The great majority of the fellahin do not descend from the Arab conquerors, but before that, from the Jewish fellahin, who were the foundation of this country before its conquest by Islam."_ Yitzhak Ben Zvi, _Our Population in the Country, The Executive Committee of the Youth Alliance and the JNF,_ 1929 Palestinians have a greater claim to being the descendants of the ancient Israelites than modern Jews do.

[@user-in5sh5fg3s]

Exactly that is what happened

[@user-in5sh5fg3s]

​@@eugenedavid3932dna results proved otherwise from your claims

[@yl4521]

0:40 the 10 lost tribes were conquered by who?

[@loicrodriguez2532]

Sennacherib : king of the (Neo-)Assyrian Empire from the death of his father Sargon II in 705 BC to his own death in 681 BC. The 2nd king of the Sargonid dynasty, Sennacherib is one of the most famous Assyrian kings for the role he plays in the Hebrew Bible, which describes his campaign in the Levant. Other events of his reign include his destruction of the city of Babylon in 689 BC & his renovation & expansion of the last great Assyrian capital, Nineveh.

[@Madmen604]

We should not have jumped ship. However, otherwise we might not have received the revelation of faith that was first given to Judaism and then spread all over the earth. That is no small thing. But I think we should have insisted on becoming a branch of Judaism and maintained the conventions of Judaism. It is not too late, imo.

[@damarafriederich9190]

Agree and I believe HaShem is bringing this realization or revelation to many. I study with a group of 8 other Christian women who didn’t see it coming but now they see the People, the Land and the Covenants of the Scripture.

[@demonking86420]

Pauline Christians compromised too much. Especially when the Roman adoption happened, where Christianity was modified to suit the Roman agenda.

[@milkamilosevic9626]

👍🕯Or la goim! Baruch Hashem🙌

[@vodekz1534]

I just received a book "Isbica Isbica" by Rafal Hetman.

[@almo1956]

Hi rabbi Can you tell us please what the connection is between Judaism and freemasonry ? And can a jew that considers themselves a freemason be part of a minion?

[@billmclaurin6959]

I had the impression that the Samaritians were previously the so called 10 lost Hebrew tribes of Israel, while the Jews represted the tribes of Judea and Benjiman. Maybe some of the Palestinains are decendants of the Samaritians.

[@ML-mu6vr]

The so called Palestinians are Arabs from Egypt , Transjordan, Syria etc.

[@photini813]

In the New Testament, Saint Paul asked Christians to always protect Jews in many ways as they are our ancestors in religion! ✝️

[@rosesprog1722]

Something that is never mentioned although it could very well have had an influence on the way events turned out for the European Jewish communities is the 1938 Evian Conference called by FDR where the representatives of a number of countries met to discuss the Jewish situation and, if possible find ways to help. At the end of the convention, all nations present announced that they were behind the European Jewish Communities but that, due to unfavorable circumstances, it was not possible to authorize any new immigrations, at least for now... Every country said the same thing, 'no immigrants': what is the statistical chances for that happening, unless there was a directive given to everyone, I'd say pretty dim. So, if they couldn't go anywhere and were stuck in Europe, couldn't that increase the danger they might have to face.; Even when the Nazis and the Zionists collaborated to promote and help Jewish immigration to Palestine, from which everyone benefited was sabotaged by mandated Britain by reducing considerably the number of Jewish immigrants allowed to emigrate to Palestine every year. Obviously, every country was lying, they all could have welcomed a good number of immigrants, if only for the period of the war so, is it a crime to ignore someone in need when you could actually do something for them? It is, and in war, every army commits crimes, if we want to be credible when we claim to value fairness and justice, the allies never had to face the consequences of the crimes they committed, now, those who did anything reprehensible should come forward and tell the truth. Patriotism is okay, but only is small doses.

[@sylviehardy6543]

Doctrine of witness! Wow!

[@Shambar18]

I am a history buff especially Jewish history. And when I read and learn it, I realize that the Torah’s predictions are 100% accurate. Looking forward for the final Redemption

[@MariaGomez-yr1zw]

Beautiful conversation except for the harsh tone of voice in the gentleman asking the questions...

[@user-sw5bq3ek8q]

Actualy, in the kingdom of Juda there were three tribes (JUDAH, BENJAMIN , and LEBY) , so, at the north kingdom (ISRAEL) should be only 9 tribes.

[@gordonfrickers5592]

Historically, Jews, Israelites, have never, ever ceased to ask for the right to live peacefully in their ancestral homeland, nor have they ever denied others people the same right. You don't need to be a scholar to find the documentary proof of the above statement.

[@StephanieDeAyalaLarragoiti]

I think I've angered people but i think the debates are hilarious. Many people have changed their names and basically became as members of other nations, societies or teams and thus not deemed what they were anymire. Linguistics also don't always match up. History, myth, or possible fiction interpretation results could occur.

[@markgendala5689]

How many OTHER ethnicities had all along lived in next to the Jews?

[@Naphtali70]

Thank you for this post. It cibfirmed much of what i know. More details.Very interesting. It is God who has decided the Jewish People wil survive. Genesis 12.

[@anngardner7426]

Praise God!!! I love to learn about Israel !!

[@haimlevy107]

Dr. Henry Abramson, As a historian of the Jewish people, why can't you distinguish between Jews and the sons of Israel when Jews are determined by the mother and the sons of Israel are determined by the father?י Have you ever researched which tribe of the Israelites your ancestors were from?י Sincerely, waiting for answers, Haim Levy.י

[@vivianchinelli8797]

Truth or myth ... do the majority of kosher animals who are slaughtered in a kosher slaughterhouse come from the same factory farms as the animals who are not slaughtered in a kosher manner?

[@Kangawallapossumbat]

at 1:15 , he states there is no evidence of lost tribes remaining as an integral unit. That is not true. Lost tribes are being discovered, and many returning to Israel. For example, in Western China, a large group of practising "Jews" of the tribe of Levi were found living isolated in a mountainous region, and hebrew rock inscriptions dating back to the start of the millenia show there presence since that time.

[@glenn6583]

We would miss you all if you were moved to Madagascar!

[@ovenil60]

Some people in Scandinavian think they was from them.. Danmark from Dan and so on.. 🤔 ...

[@maureendequesada-yx1ul]

Wow! Really? That's fascinating.

[@cel1945]

Is there any evidence that Abraham exisited? and Moses?

[@julie007natural6]

It all begann in Exodus 32 ........

[@4k-os]

15:42 Reading Encyclopedia Judaica makes this believing, orthodox Jew say "Oh my Gosh..." So is a "Gosh" being called out here a usage similar to the tradition of writing "G*d" to invoke the concept of God, does it have some other meaning, or is it just poor habitual verbal gibberish?

[@janiceridsdale2904]

AGREED - AMAZING STORY = JEWS HISTORY - LOVE IT ❣

[@mikev4621]

But Hadrian attempted to remove all the jews from the land after 135 AD - he was quite successful wasn't he?

[@loicrodriguez2532]

While Jewish presence in the region significantly dwindled after the failure of the Bar Kokhba revolt (132-136), there was a continuous small presence, & *Galilee* became its religious center. Some of the Judean survivors resettled in Galilee, with some rabbinical families gathering in Sepphoris/Tzipori/Saffuriya. The Mishnah & part of the Talmud were composed in Galilee. Jewish communities continued to live on the edges of Judea, including Eleutheropolis, Ein Gedi & the southern Hebron Hills. There were also Jewish communities along the coastal plain, in Cæsarea, Beit She'an/Beisan & on the Golan Heights. In the aftermath of the defeat, the maintenance of Jewish communities in the land became a major concern of the rabbis. They endeavored to halt Jewish dispersal, & even banned emigration from Palestine (only morally, since they didn't have political power).

[@dias2627]

Thats a myth Hadrian move only the High Class Jews from the Land

[@mikev4621]

@@dias2627 What did Hadrian do with all the revolters?

[@sofiayudelzon4830]

Existance of G-d's people is a manifest of Almighty's existance, to be He blessed.

[@BrickyMindset45]

What tribe is this man from 😂 ?

[@Feechlamana534]

God does not need the assistance of murderers and criminals to prove His existence

[@michaelherriott9767]

@@Feechlamana534 Yet He will use a rebellious nation that He has never stopped loving to show His faithfulness to Himself and His mercy. We all need His mercy.

[@Feechlamana534]

@michaelherriott9767 He sure did up to 70AD. That is long past and that fake colonizer/settler nation that is here today has no more prophetic or Scriptural relevance than a Mcdonalds Restaurant on the corner of a street

[@Feechlamana534]

@michaelherriott9767 God stopped dealing with them as a nation quite a while ago now (like 70AD). Didnt you get the memo? Have you actually read the book of Hebrews?

[@deanpappas8388]

I love ethnocentrism. It's so productive.

[@Thenoobestgirl]

Hahaha my dude really likes Asian food 😂 I can relate

[@chuckcurtis2799]

What about the Khazars?

[@edelgyn2699]

What about the Khazars?????? Do you think Jews have never intermarried or converted? Jews are ethnically diverse. If you are someone from a small Pacific Island and convert to Judaism, do you think you will have the same genetic makeup as someone else who is Jewish and happens to descend from European or African Jewry.

[@arulmary603]

We accept jews being role model as re- organisers from all prohibited mistakes as said in commandments where jews must expose Creator's planning & generations too. In Christians we are well programmed society, still finding a way to avoid God on giving excuses , just close reality with dramatic acts.

[@RootlessNZ]

I am an immigrant from London who has lived in New Zealand for 37 years and I have met older Maori people who believe they are descendants of the 10 lost tribes of Israel.

[@edelgyn2699]

It's the romance of the idea...

[@arriuscalpurniuspiso]

I met an old white guy in Florida who said the same thing. I told him, You should get an ancestry test and find out

[@stephanottawa7890]

What is the common era? Common to whom or what? Were the Chinese using it at the time? I think not. Why not use BC and AD. It will not kill you.

[@maureendequesada-yx1ul]

'Before Christ' and 'After (Christ's) Death' are Christian designations of the measure of time. 'Common Era' and 'Before Common Era' is much more egalitarian. Includes everyone on earth... all religions, belief systems, cultures, races, ethnicities. So why not use CE and BCE? It will not kill you.

[@PatBly-zb3dk]

I will choose the Classic Moshe ...and never drink the New Paul 😅🎉😊

[@maracohen5930]

There were always Jews in the Land, either Habiru/Israelite. My Grandma came from an Ancient Yishuv Family. They were Glassmakers.

[@marksargent2440]

A nice historical history lesson thay are still Gods chosen nation

[@AliAhmed-jh1hd]

How to prove that most of the Jew in this era are the descents of the 12 tribe. Since the 12 tribe are Hebrew Middle Eastern.

[@johnconstable1715]

What’s this bloke talking about when he mentions being close to a chinese restaurant 😅

[@maureendequesada-yx1ul]

Traditional Xmas day supper celebration was always in a Chinese restaurant in our home, growing up. Mazel tov!