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Arthur Ruppin, a German-born lawyer and sociologist, is considered the father of the Zionist national settlement in the Land of Israel, beginning in 1908. Among other things, he was involved in the establishment of Kibbutz Degania and in the early development of Tel Aviv, he was among the founders of Bank Hapoalim and until his death in 1943, he was one of the leaders of the Zionist enterprise. He was also one of the fathers of Hebrew education and Hebrew culture in general; indeed, his outlook influenced the worldview of Moshe Dayan and other notables
Bloom discovered that Ruppin had a "definitive influence" on the German view of the Jews as a race.
For example, Ruppin's own research, some of it carried out at the Hebrew University, offered an explanation for Jews' supposed avarice:
He posited that the Jews who originally lived in the Land of Israel before the destruction of the First Temple, and engaged in agriculture, actually belonged to non-Semitic tribes.
At a certain stage they began mixing with Semitic tribes, something that compromised their racial purity and weakened them. As the Semitic element began to become dominant, it prompted the Jews to leave agriculture and to develop commercial instincts, a heightened lust for money and uncontrollable greed. (that explains it, why the Palestinians are poorer and the Zionist are weatlhy)
Ruppin believed these were correctable flaws, and the first task he demanded of the Zionist enterprise was, therefore, to identify remnants of the "original" or "authentic" group of Jews - those with a direct, biological connection with the ancient, racially pure Israelites. He believed they would be found among the Ashkenazi Jews of Eastern Europe. At that time, Western Jews were already in the midst of a process of assimilation while, in Ruppin's opinion, Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews (from Middle Eastern and North African countries) were experiencing biological atrophy, which cast the fact of their identity as part of the Jewish race in doubt. Therefore, it was only after long hesitation that he authorized bringing Jewish laborers over from Yemen; furthermore, he declared that there were no black Jews.
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Well let me say Mr. Ruppin, they were not correctable. Please read the entire article, he actually went about to measure noses and skulls to try and figure out who the real Hebrews were.
Unbelievable, what shall we make of this?
Bloom discovered that Ruppin had a "definitive influence" on the German view of the Jews as a race.
For example, Ruppin's own research, some of it carried out at the Hebrew University, offered an explanation for Jews' supposed avarice:
He posited that the Jews who originally lived in the Land of Israel before the destruction of the First Temple, and engaged in agriculture, actually belonged to non-Semitic tribes.
At a certain stage they began mixing with Semitic tribes, something that compromised their racial purity and weakened them. As the Semitic element began to become dominant, it prompted the Jews to leave agriculture and to develop commercial instincts, a heightened lust for money and uncontrollable greed. (that explains it, why the Palestinians are poorer and the Zionist are weatlhy)
Ruppin believed these were correctable flaws, and the first task he demanded of the Zionist enterprise was, therefore, to identify remnants of the "original" or "authentic" group of Jews - those with a direct, biological connection with the ancient, racially pure Israelites. He believed they would be found among the Ashkenazi Jews of Eastern Europe. At that time, Western Jews were already in the midst of a process of assimilation while, in Ruppin's opinion, Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews (from Middle Eastern and North African countries) were experiencing biological atrophy, which cast the fact of their identity as part of the Jewish race in doubt. Therefore, it was only after long hesitation that he authorized bringing Jewish laborers over from Yemen; furthermore, he declared that there were no black Jews.
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Well let me say Mr. Ruppin, they were not correctable. Please read the entire article, he actually went about to measure noses and skulls to try and figure out who the real Hebrews were.
Unbelievable, what shall we make of this?