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On Nov 19, 2010, at 2:33 AM, Michael Dinowitz <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:331937 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
