GO AFRICA!!!! Vuvuzella for everyone!
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 2:33 AM, Michael Dinowitz < [email protected]> wrote: > > During WWII, a Japanese government official asked a Rabbi why the Nazi's > hated the Jews so much. The Rabbi answered "because we're Asian". (Israel > is > on the Asian continent) > > In the last few generations, Judith's family was in Poland and Romania. Her > mother is the daughter of a Levi and I've seen pictures in her mother's > house of Rabbis from generations back. My family also hails from the Poland > area and my mother is the daughter of a Cohen. > > Bottom line is that I'm Jewish in faith and in decent. I belong to a > cultural and genealogical group of people who have had a continuous > presence > in Israel for thousands of years and Israel has been central in our prayers > and beliefs for all of that time. My being an American or having light skin > does not break that connection in any way. > > But in the end, aren't we all African. :) > > > On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 1:28 AM, Eric Roberts < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Where is Judith's family from? And where were your parents from? That > > could > > play into that as well. In my family...they are all white like the rest > of > > the Poles/Lithuanians/Czechoslovakians/Russians where they came > from...not > > a > > whole lot of middle eastern traits. Add that to my Germanic and Irish > > heritage as well...and my daughters and I are pretty white. I am sure > > there > > is some Israeli Jew in there somewhere, but not to the point where I > would > > consider it my homeland. By your logic, I can say that Africa is my > > homeland... > > > > Eric > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 11:57 PM > > To: cf-community > > Subject: Re: palestine, a country? > > > > > > You see, that's what pisses me off. The attempt to separate Jews (i.e. > me) > > from Israel. In other words, delegitimizing my connection to my homeland. > > How about this. It has been shown that the those of the 'priestly' class > of > > Judaism have specific genes that can and have been traced across > > generations > > and locations. A Jew from Iceland and a Jew from Yemen who are both > Kohanim > > both share a proven genetic heritage. > > Lets try another one. For all of the generations that my family has been > in > > the European area, my brother still has an olive complexion. Not as dark > as > > an Israeli but darker than me. My son Moshe has a darker, more olive > > complexion than I do, though not as dark as my brother. > > So bottom line is that I am of Israeli decent and the Jews in Israel are > my > > people in blood as well as faith. > > > > On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Eric Roberts < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Here's a serious question for you Michael...are you of Israeli descent, > > or > > > does you family come from Eastern Europe? If they are from Eastern > > > Europe...the Israeli's aren't your people other than the fact they > share > > > your faith. Any middle eastern blood has long since been diluted out > > from > > > eastern Euro populations. Even and insular as Jews were in Europe, > they > > > did > > > intermarry quite a bit with the local population. > > > > > > Eric > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:331933 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
