Would the middle east be in so much turmoil if "Israel' was in Germany were most Jews originate from?

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Most Jews are Ashkenazi which means they are from Germany. From the Jewish encyclopedia:The reason for this rather peculiar identification of Ashkenaz, who is one of the descendants of Japheth (Gen. x. 3), is found in the Midrash, where R. Berechiah says: "Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah are " (Gen. R. xxxvii. 1), which evidently means German tribes or German lands. It would correspond to a Greek word Гερμανικια that may have existed in the Greek dialect of the Palestinian Jews, or the text is corrupted from "Germanica." This view of R. Berechiah, again, is based on the Talmud (Yoma 10a; Yer. Meg. 71b), where Gomer, the father of Ashkenaz, is translated by "Germamia," which evidently stands for Germany, and which was suggested by the similarity of the sound. The explanation of as a Mesopotamian district (Neubauer, "La Géographie du Talmud," p. 421, Paris, 1868; Fürst, "Glossarium Græco-Hebræum," p. 92, Strasburg, 1891; Krauss, "Lateinische und Griechische Lehnwörter") is forced. Not better is the derivation by Elijah Levita from the Talmudic = "fair" (see Tishbi, s.v., and "Monatsschrift," xxxviii. 260). A peculiar usage of the word is found in the dictionary of Samuel ben Solomon of Urgenj, who interprets Ashkenaz as Khwarizm (see Bacher, "Ein Hebräisch-Persisches Wörterbuch," pp. 19, 31, Budapest, 1900).

In later times the word Ashkenaz is used to designate southern and western Germany, the ritual of which sections differs somewhat from that of eastern Germany and Poland. Thus the prayer-book of Isaiah Horowitz, and many others, give the piyyuṭim according to the Minhag of Ashkenaz and Poland. The neo-Hebraic writers, mostly of Russian and Polish origin, have coined a verb, "to ape modern social manners."D.

furthermore, since Jews are descendants of Ashkenaz they are not descendants of Jacob"Israel"

I got this "propaganda" from the jewish encyclopedia.

all i want is peace and there can not be peace without truth!

Answer 1

Good info to know....

Answer 2

well, it isn't propaganda, but it isn't exactly complete either. After the exiles by the various powers who invaded israel and destroyed it, many jes moved through europe, from greece and outward. communities flourished and regional rituals and beliefs developed. meanwhile, a similar movement was happening in far eastern communities with strong jewish presence in yemen, morocco and the middle east (and eventually south america and latin america from spain).

the ashkenazic/german thread was only one of a number of different sects with polsih, litvak and french each with its own subtly different liturgy. when travelk increased and scholarship found its center, the ashkenazic rituals and traditions became most widely accepted in the european world and other traditions became minorities. however, as in other places, jews in germany were still visitors, and the post ww1 hatred which developed into the holocaust attests to that.

by your argument, there would be no muslim country outside of, say, iraq or iran, because they were the source for a huge number of muslims. there would also be no vatican because the original christians were in jerusalem. the majority of any group does not dictate where that group should be, and the germanic notion as a majority ois a gross simplification of a very complex process is exile and wandering.

and by the way, just because i live in new jersey, that doesn't mean i'm not my father's son.

Answer 3

The Jewish culture is Semitic, and from the Middle East. After the Diaspora, the Israelites were scatterd to all parts of the world. HUGE populations of Jews settled in Russia and, eventually, the United States.

If, as you say, MOST Israelis came from Germany, it would make me wonder who those 6 million were he had killled as part of his "final solution."

Answer 4

Dude, you are completely clueless. All I can figure is your muslim and you hate the Jews and your looking for a scenario to get them out of Israel.
Abraham came from the land of Ur and God settled him in the land of Canaan which is the current Israel. The Jews are from that land and rightful residents of it, no Arabs have any claim to it other than the Jews.

Answer 5

Because the Land of Israel, was promised to the Jewish people, they became dispersed throughout the land because they disobeyed God and worshipped other Gods, But God did promise the restoration of Israel to the remnant which He kept alive.

Answer 6

Actually, most israeli jews are sfardi, meaning they are not of ashkezani descent.
Additionally, ashkenazi isn't in contradiction to being a descendent of jacob. It just means they went to the ashkenazi lands after the exile.

oh, and you're an idiot.

Answer 7

Jews Originate from Germany?

And there I was letting Afro-Centrists win me over to their argument...

Answer 8

maybe, but they were not meant to live there. that is why God kick them out there. Read Genesis16:12, you will find out that God wants the Islamic people to live with the Jewish.

Answer 9

What a wonderful talent you posses in your superior abilities to copy and paste.


Do you understand anything that you copy and paste?

Answer 10

More propaganda!

You have wrong information...

Grace to you and God Bless!