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Was Colombus a Secret Jew?
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For too long, scholars have ignored Columbus’ grand passion: the quest to liberate Jerusalem from the Muslims.
During Columbus’ lifetime, Jews became the target of fanatical religious persecution. On March 31, 1492, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella proclaimed that all Jews were to be expelled from Spain. The edict especially targeted the 800,000 Jews who had never converted, and gave them four months to pack up and get out. The Jews who were forced to renounce Judaism and embrace Catholicism were known as “Conversos,” or converts. There were also those who feigned conversion, practicing Catholicism outwardly while covertly practicing Judaism, the so-called “Marranos,” or swine. Tens of thousands of Marranos were tortured by the Spanish Inquisition. They were pressured to offer names of friends and family members, who were ultimately paraded in front of crowds, tied to stakes and burned alive. Their land and personal possessions were then divvied up by the church and crown.... |
Four thousand years of Jewish history at a glance.
Note that we are following the Jewish calendar for these events (and not the Gregorian calendar which is at times 150 years at odds with Jewish computations).
Jewish European History
Black Plague- Although the Europeans didn't know what brought on the bubonic plague, they had no trouble naming the cause -- it had to be the Jews! During the 1300 the Jews suffered one of the most humiliating persecutions and exterminations any human race could endure. Even though they continue to be persecuted the hand of YHWH has blessed them above all nations.
The land of opportunity for Jews -- from the 8th to the 12th century -- was Spain.
As the armies of Islam conquered larger and larger swaths of Europe, the Jews of the Middle East saw new opportunities opening up for them in Muslim Europe.
One of the best opportunities proved to be Spain, starting with the Muslim conquest of 711. Indeed, things were so good for Jews there, that to this day, half the Jewish world is known as Sephardi meaning "Spanish." (The other half would later become known as Ashkenazi, meaning "German.") (1)
One of the best opportunities proved to be Spain, starting with the Muslim conquest of 711. Indeed, things were so good for Jews there, that to this day, half the Jewish world is known as Sephardi meaning "Spanish." (The other half would later become known as Ashkenazi, meaning "German.") (1)
The Constantine Inquisition
The basic accusation of the Inquisition was that Jews who converted to Christianity were still secretly Jewish.
Hidden Secrets of the Foundation of America
The amazing story of Jewish influence on the founding of American democracy is a well-kept secret.
The Holocaust
While Nazi Germany proceeded to systematically round up and execute Jews, the rest of the world closed its eyes and its doors.
In the final analysis, Jewish history makes no rational sense.
"I was a slave in Egypt. I received the Torah on Mount Sinai. Together with Joshua and Elijah I crossed the Jordan River. I entered Jerusalem with David and was exiled with Zedekiah. And I did not forget it by the rivers of Babylon. When the Lord returned the captives of Zion I dreamed among the builders of its ramparts. I fought the Romans and was banished from Spain. I was bound to the stake in Mainz. I studied Torah in Yemen and lost my family in Kishinev. I was incinerated in Treblinka, rebelled in Warsaw, and emigrated to the Land of Israel, the country from where I have been exiled and where I have been born and from which I come and to which I return.
Movies Shalom
THE FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
The film follows the plot of the stage play very closely, although it omits the songs "Now I Have Everything" and "The Rumor". It takes place in the Jewish village of Anatevka in Tsarist Russia in 1905 and centers on the character of Tevye, a poor milkman, and his daughters' marriages. As Tevye says in the introductory narration, the Jews have relied upon their traditions to maintain the stability of their way of life for centuries; but as times change, that stability is threatened on the small scale by Tevye's daughters' wishes to marry men not chosen in the traditional way by the matchmaker, and on the large scale by pogroms and revolution in Russia.
Part 1 of 3
Part 2 of 3
Part 3 of 3
One Night With the King - Part 1 of 12
Life is beautiful - Part 1 of 12
Ushpizin (guest) Part 1 Part 2
Watch this cool video Judah is going Home
The film follows the plot of the stage play very closely, although it omits the songs "Now I Have Everything" and "The Rumor". It takes place in the Jewish village of Anatevka in Tsarist Russia in 1905 and centers on the character of Tevye, a poor milkman, and his daughters' marriages. As Tevye says in the introductory narration, the Jews have relied upon their traditions to maintain the stability of their way of life for centuries; but as times change, that stability is threatened on the small scale by Tevye's daughters' wishes to marry men not chosen in the traditional way by the matchmaker, and on the large scale by pogroms and revolution in Russia.
Part 1 of 3
Part 2 of 3
Part 3 of 3
One Night With the King - Part 1 of 12
Life is beautiful - Part 1 of 12
Ushpizin (guest) Part 1 Part 2
Watch this cool video Judah is going Home
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