Re: Publications Showing the Jews to be Khazars and Not Israelites

[George Robinson <GRComm...>]

Yes, I believe those are the guys. A friend of mine who has since made
aliyah with her family told me a story about getting into a debate with
one of them on the subway once. The guy refused to believe the Tanakh
had been written in Hebrew. She said to me, "How can you argue with
someone like that?" I told her, "You can't. So don't."

George Robinson


Lori Cahan-Simon wrote:
> 
> I spoke with a group of "Hebrew Israelites" once, a mostly Black group.  Are 
> they
> the same people?  They were woefully ignorant of actual Jewish philosophy and
> practice.
> 
> Lorele
> 
> George Robinson wrote:
> 
> > There's another source for this particular canard, albeit less
> > well-known and more poorly distributed; there is a small strand of
> > fringe black nationalist thought (primarily the so-called Black Hebrews,
> > who claim to be the "real" Jews) that expounds the Khazar theory. A
> > little of the literature in support of this notion is published by tiny
> > black-owned independent publishers.
> > George Robinson
> >
> > Trudi Goodman wrote:
> > >
> > >    Tayere Lorele:
> > >    I haven't read all of this..but I've seen it before. I believe,it Goes
> > > back to an essay/book by Arthur Koestler about how the Jews in Eastern
> > > European countries were for the most part converts.  Just a theory on his
> > > part.  My feeling is..if I'm not really Jewish...do I get a special 
> > > discount
> > > on atrocity or what?  I'd like a few of my nice relatives back from
> > > Paradise?
> > >
> > > >From: Lori Cahan-Simon <l_cahan (at) staff(dot)chuh(dot)org>
> > > >Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
> > > >To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> > > >Subject: Publications Showing the Jews to be Khazars and Not Israelites
> > > >Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 06:54:16 -0500
> > > >
> > > >Would someone visit this site and tell me what you think of these
> > > >quotes?
> > > >
> > > >http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/jews.htm
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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