It's fun to accuse Greeks of being half Turkish because it sets them off. It's good for hours of amusement.
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My ancestors were Eastern European Jews, as far back as I have records, (which isnt all that far back - roughly 1870 all the way across the tree, with some hints a generation or two further back).
My paternal grandmother's family was from Vilna, Lithuania. My paternal grandfather was born in Minsc, Belarus, though in Jewish Geography that was Lithuania as well, since all Jews from the lands of the Grand Duchy were called "litvaks". My maternal grandparents were of Galician (south Polish) origin - my maternal grandmother was I believe from Lodz (though of Galician ancestry) while my maternal grandfather was actually born in a small town in Galicia.
AFAIK, like most east european Jews, they were descended from migrants from Western and Southern europe, who in turn came from the Mediterranean world, who in turn came from the land of Israel (sometime via Babylonia). Ergo (most of) my ancestors came from ancient Judea.
As for the "what are the Jews question" The distinctions of nation, ethnicity, and religion are themselves foreign to Jewish civilization. A Jew is someone who belongs to a people who are dedicated to following God's Torah. Whether or not he does so. And she may be born into that people, OR she may join it, by a "religious" conversion ceremony.
As R. Abraham Joshua Heschel said ' Israel is not one species of the genus "nation". It is the ONLY species of the genus "Israel"'"A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.” Martin Buber
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Regarding Hannibal, though my father was from the German region of Switzerland he had fairly dark skin. My brother and I also have dark skin and tan up in like 25 minutes. Also, we have clear blue eyes, which is a wierd combo.
I'm thinking the passes through the alps may not have been Hannibal's only pass in Switzerland.Long time member @ Apolyton
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Originally posted by Oerdin
It's fun to accuse Greeks of being half Turkish because it sets them off. It's good for hours of amusement.Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...
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Originally posted by Lancer
I'm thinking the passes through the alps may not have been Hannibal's only pass in Switzerland.Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...
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Originally posted by Lancer
Regarding Hannibal, though my father was from the German region of Switzerland he had fairly dark skin. My brother and I also have dark skin and tan up in like 25 minutes. Also, we have clear blue eyes, which is a wierd combo.
I'm thinking the passes through the alps may not have been Hannibal's only pass in Switzerland.
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Originally posted by paiktis22
che the expert speaks againChristianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...
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Why?Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...
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Originally posted by Lancer
"Hannibaal wasn't that dark."
Was he arab or white? What color were the Carthaginians?Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...
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