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Saul Singer is Editorial Page Editor and author of the weekly column “Interesting Times” for the Jerusalem Post. He is the author of Confronting Jihad: Israel's Struggle and the World After 9/11. Before moving to Israel from the Washington area in 1994, Mr. Singer served for ten years as an advisor on the personal and committee staffs of the United States Congress, including the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Senate Banking Committee, and Senator Connie Mack. Close.

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The "Jewish Tribe," Reconciling With Modernity

Jerusalem, Israel - I believe that tribal and modern values can be reconciled, though probably not without compromising both to some degree. Though I have lived only in modern societies, as a Jew I feel that when we refer to...

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Ray:

I stumbled on this blog after a conversation with my wife this morning over a cup of coffee. I am as perplexed as to why being Jewish is understood as an ethnic background as my wife understands that it is.

Based on the research I have done, aren't Jews actually Hebrews who came from a specific geographic area called Isreal?

Why is the Jewish religion the only one that is perceived as an ethnic background?

Is it really the same as one who has an ethnic background of French, African, or Asian?

I'm confused and just looking for some insight on what some of you may think.

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fUny1:

Also you must remember that the Ancient Kingdom was made up of two parts.

The northern Kingdom was called ISRAEL and the Southern Kingdom was called JUDEA.

THERE ARE 12 TRIBES

The JEWS are HEBREW but not the other way around but most people don't like basic facts.

The REST of the HEBREWS are not jewish. Now we do have arab descendants of Abrhama( through Ishmael) and they are technically half hebrews but since their mother is not Hebrew, might not count as hebrews.

Hence, we have a dillema. You have foreigners claming to be jews when they are GODLESS IDOLATORS worshipping BAAL( Money, The WallStreet Bull, you name it)

and there are hebrews that were scattered and there are part hebrews that are arab and there are real jews who are silent while watching the horrors perpetrated by two sides in a maddening fight of annihilating anti particles.

And then there are the Hebrew converts to other religions and we can go on forever if we like.

The northern Kingdom was made up of the 10 HEBREW tribes that were scattered among the nations only to return when the LORD YHWY makes it happen, not land exchanged for paper called money and land stolen after villages are slaughtered.

Now the Orthodox Jews know this and that is why they do not serve in the IDF Army because they believe this nation, founded via the manipulation of people with a money based fractionally reserved monetary policy where money is printed out of thin air and now out of electronic transactions.

This is also why the first IDF soldiers that usually go to war are made up of non JEWS but of DRUZE( a secretive tribe that pracitices the occult and its various forms . The Druze are based in Lebanon)

The real Jews do not want to kill. The GOG and MAGOG love to kill weak, helpless individuals. It coalesces with their state of being. The GOG and MAGOG were also ruling under the guize of the NAZIS.

Basically, the seed of the Adversary rules through fear, subjugation, violence and hate no matter what part of the EARTH it is ruling. You know them by how they act when threatened themselves.

It is a tragic situation but they bring it upon themselves.

The problem in the middle East is that the GOG and MAGOG are scattered among every nation just as HITLER was promised when he sacrificed millions of Innocent people.

Let us not forget that much more than 100 million people died violently since the beginning of 1900.

fUny1:

And that is why I stated that ISRAEL means prisoners of the Most High GOD EL which is also mentioned in the Old Testament.

The real problem here is the following: There are a set of people that come from the North from an area that used to be called KHAZAR( modern day Southern Russia and parts of Turkey). At some point in time, the Rulers of KHAZAR adopted the Jewish religion in order to subjugate their people. They chose Judaism because it was in the middle of Christianity and Islam.

These people took on a faith that did not belong to them and to make matters worse, they were invaded by mongols who raped and pillaged them and spread their defiling seed into them and then scattered them to areas around KAHZAR. These areas are known as GOG and MAGOG( Ezekiel 38-40). The Ezekiel Prophecy states clearly that they will "invade" from the North and trample the holy land. I personally believe that all persons who participate violently in this fight without regard to anything but themselves are called GOG and MAGOG. These people are not hebrews. They don't look like Europeans either. They are a GODLESS where a GODLESS state called the Soviet Union was founded. Their arrogance was prevelant in that they made status for themselves and were scattered among the people also. You know them simply by their actions. They always sacrifice others before themselves and never care for the sufferring of wretched souls cast both and villians and victims.

They do not believe in peace nor GOD. They believe in their Piece of the Holy land and they worship free real estate and state subsidised freebies.

Basically, they are lazy cretins who want to reap from what they never planted since they never owned any land nor ever were part of any plan by LORD YHWY.

Their seed is the Abomination of desolation and their weapon is fear and subjugation is their desire for they do not have spirit granted by the LORD YHWY.

Their rule by deception and fear and oppression of people weaker than them. We find them everywhere we find a spiritually weak individual putting another's life on the line in order to save theirs.

As the saying goes: those who seek to lose their life will surely save it and those who seek to save their life will surely lose it.

What he was talking about in a nutshell is fear. When you are afraid, you tend to get irrational if you are unable to control yourself and you may lose your temper and shoot first and ask corpses while you killed them later.

It is this type of vermin that infests the Earth and is making it increasingly violent.

But their time is almost up for the Footstool maker's plan of action is almost at hand for the Reign of the Volunteers draws near.

In a parabolicly cryptic way I bid you adieu. -> :- F

Karim:

Funy1,

Anti-semitism usually refers to anti-Jewish feelings. Depending on the country, it can take a form of racism (because Jews look different, for instance in Europe) and/or disrespect for the Jewish faith itself.

While some might disagree on semantics, I think it is not applicable when you defend your position by claiming that Arabs are also Semites.

The system that violates the Palestinian dignity, their rights and their hopes is not Judaism or Jews.

It is the ISRAELI system.

Karim:

If my comment were misunderstood as some kind of criticism against the Jewish faith, then I would like to make it clear that it is not.

It is not Judaism that grants Aliyah rights (automatic Israeli citizenship) to any person who is deemed Jewish by certain standards while refusing the right of return to Palestinian refugees, but it is the Israeli government through its racist policies.

I had to bring this up because Mr. Singer himself is one of those "privileged" people who were given the right to settle in Israel when hundred thousands of refugees are still banned to this day.

This is my way to protest this injustice that doesn't seem to bother Mr. Singer.

Billy (Dubai):

To add to the above reminder of definitions: Israel means UPRIGHT WITH GOD in Hebrew....ISHRA (upright) and EL (God).

But again, words can be abused.....

fUny1:

Per Webster's dictionary, here is the definition of a semetic person. They are called a semite.
Quote>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Semite
2 entries found for Semite.
To select an entry, click on it.

Main Entry: Sem·ite
Pronunciation: 'se-"mIt, especially British 'sE-"mIt
Function: noun
Etymology: French sémite, from Semitic Shem, from Late Latin, from Greek SEm, from Hebrew ShEm
1 a : a member of any of a number of peoples of ancient southwestern Asia including the Akkadians, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs b : a descendant of these peoples
2 : a member of a modern people speaking a Semitic language
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Now that we know what the meaning of the word semetic is, who is the ANTI?

ANTI = opposed = Adversary = Opponent.

Semetic = generally a person from the middle east. We could get deeper into the subject but there are people that boil when confronted with the truth of the real meaning of words.

fUny1:

Providing one's opinion always reveals more about the person making the judgemental statement than the object that they must provide an opinion on.

Karim:

Jon:

"This wasn't even a column about Israel or anything along those lines. "

It sure is when it is written by a US-born Oleh like Mr. Singer.

Olim who embrace the tribal racist Israeli law of return should not be commenting on this subject.

Mr. Singer claimed that Jews think of themselves as direct descendants of the Bible's twelve tribes. This might common among Olim, settlers, and all other fundamentalists, but I doubt it is the case among the majority of Jews.

Karim:

Jon:

"This wasn't even a column about Israel or anything along those lines. "

It sure is when it is written by a US-born Oleh like Mr. Singer.

Olim who embrace the tribal racist Israeli law of return should not be commenting on this subject.

Mr. Singer claimed that Jews think of themselves as direct descendants of the Bible's twelve tribes. This might common among Olim, settlers, and all other fundamentalists, but I doubt it is the case among the majority of Jews.

Anonymous:

"Some people just can't help but to ooze out anti-semitic rants."

And some people respond to being told the truth with childish name calling and base accusation. Which are you?

Certainly not ashamed of myself, but I am ashamed for you. Your inability to get across one decent makes for a waste of a post.

Jon:

Get these idiots out of here. Some people just can't help but to ooze out anti-semitic rants. This wasn't even a column about Israel or anything along those lines. You should be ashamed of yourselves, racist scum.

V comment:

Hyper Incrypted message decyphering:

ISRA = PRISONERS

EL = SUN GOD

ISRAEL = PRISONERS OF SUN

Care to be and remain a prisoner?

IRAN
SYRIA
RUSSIA
AMERICA
EGYPT/ENGLAND
LEBANON/LYBIA

It's an acronym. Metaphor! get it?

just like snake in Guarden of Eden downfall = negative sign since communication with primitives must be done with signs.

Karim:


And by the way, writing "Jerusalem, Israel" is inaccurate and misleading.

Western Jerusalem is in Israel.

Eastern Jerusalem is not in Israel. It is illegally occupied by Israel.

I have complained to the Post about this but they don't seem to care.

Anonymous:

It is a great challenge of the modern age to somehow preserve the communal bonds and values that a tribe can represent, without sacrificing too much freedom, equality of opportunity, and human rights."

I would like to remind him that it is no longer a great challenge for the state of Israel; it is rather a matter of policy.

Karim,
You left out that the Israelis have not only not risen to the challenge, they have continued to bolster the first part, while conveniently forgetting the second. That is the policy.

Karim:

Simply put, Israeli tribalism has been exploited to deprive natives of their rights.

In that sense, Israeli tribalism has taken a form of racism and systematic discrimination against natives who are considered outside the tribe.

Tribalism in Israel is state sponsored and is part of the core foundation of the state.

Mr. Singer tells us:

"It is a great challenge of the modern age to somehow preserve the communal bonds and values that a tribe can represent, without sacrificing too much freedom, equality of opportunity, and human rights."

I would like to remind him that it is no longer a great challenge for the state of Israel; it is rather a matter of policy.

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