Did you know that, like First Nations of the “American” continent, Jews are grouped into language tribes? Twelve plus one languages, to be specific, with their own unique minhagim (customs), cuisine, folklores, music, and halachot (community laws). Yet, unlike First Nations, all Jews share between us a specific Levant language, Read more…
“Colonial relations do not stem from individual good will or actions; they exist before his arrival or his birth, and whether he accepts or rejects them matters little.” – Albert Memmi Many in the colonized world, both the European colonized and the Arab colonized world, engage regularly in apologetics for Read more…
Kahana reminds me of my Dad, just without the beard! The Jewish concept of “Conversion” is a confusing one for non-Jews. It is utterly unlike Christian or Islamic conversion, because it is not based in a theological belief. Because Jews are an ethno-religious community, the easiest way to understand “conversion” Read more…
“Though the British ran the Mandate through their Colonial Office, technically they were the appointed administrators for the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine, not colonizers.” Ah, the privileged claim of white nation innocence: we were just “administrating” other peoples lands! Uh, dear sir, … Every heard of the British Read more…
ʻO ka ʻŌlelo ke Kaʻā o ka Mauli. Language is the fiber that binds us to our cultural identity. שפה היא הסיב שמחבר אותנו לזהות התרבותית שלנו. The personal flag of this island Jew. ————- Wave the lulav and etrog in the six directions for seven days, and know the Read more…
If you want to understand what it is to be Jewish, to experience my ethnic world firsthand – which some call neo-Chassidus (free Hasidism), this one day within our lunar-solar year explains all(!). There is nothing like the traditional theatrics to remind us *who* we are as an indigenous tribal Read more…
Let me ask a question of my friends: Do you think that Jews base their indigenous status in historic Palestine (formerly Israel) upon the stories of conquest in our ANE inherited Torah (the attributed to “Five Scrolls of Moses”)? To answer this question, we must first answer the question: How Read more…
Indeed, in full agreeance, my personal stake in a multiracial America, as well: “Don’t ever underestimate White supremacy’s ability to adapt. The assumption that more racial diversity equals more racial equality is a dangerous myth. Racial diversity can function as a cloaking device, concealing the most powerful forms of White Read more…
Let me help those who are a bit confused by DNA test results. Here is a quick “how to” on properly interpreting DNA test results. First, if you are a male, there are only two haplogroups you need to be directly interested in – the Y and X haplogroup results. Read more…
Texas’ Evangelical Christian Taliban has achieved a 50 year takeover of governance over the citizens. In response to desegregation of schools, Evangelicals sided politically with all white schools. In response to Roe vs Wade, Evangelicals sided politically with Christian misogyny to oppress women. Now, as of Sept 1st, 2021…. Texas Read more…