Jerusalem Isn't the Capital of the Jews

[Roudy]

1: they are more than 2%.but you dont know .for example john kerry is jewish(race no religious )
2: politic:
.for example.ipec party is one of the most powerfull lobbyist in your congress
or
Barack Obama Administration:
its very very long list
.Jews in the Barack Obama Administration | Jewish Virtual Library


3:
in media:
do you know who is
Rupert Murdoch?
Gerald Levin, CEO and Director of AOL Time Warner
Michael Eisner, Chairman and CEO of the Walt Disney Company
Edgar Bronfman, Sr., Chairman of Seagram Company Ltd
Edgar Bronfman, Jr, President and CEO of Seagram Company Ltd and head of Universal Studios
Sumner Redstone, Chairman and CEO of Viacom, Inc
Dennis Dammerman, Vice Chairman of General Electric
Peter Chernin, President and Co-COO of News Corporation Limited
Those seven Jewish men collectively control ABC, NBC, CBS, the Turner Broadcasting System, CNN, MTV, Universal Studios, MCA Records, Geffen Records, DGC Records, GRP Records, Rising Tide Records, Curb/Universal Records, and Interscope Records.
4: yes .they are smart in bussiness.most italian mafia group use jewish Counselor
most powerfull mafia terror group was jewish gang
you can watch mob and the new york documentary.
5: im not anti-semitism .i never see jewish in my life. i never talk with them.
how i can be anti_semitism?
i just telling fact to you.

Great grandfather from 19th century austria that Kerry only recently found out about.

Jewish linage is passed through the female among the jews.

15 or so out of hundreds of major corporation with thirty or more board members each. How does that make America ruled by jews?
Facts? Exaggerating a handful into a ruling class in the country. Businesses are are single own and run conglomerates with infinite power. If jews work hard they should not be hired in top position in the US?

And the hundreds of muslim men and women owning or running major businesses and financial institutions? Muslims in politics, military, lobby groups, entertainment, media, head of NGOs and other leadership positions? They don't "rule" america?

Christians by far far out number both, so why would you assume jews have any more power than christians or muslims in the US?

If Kerry had no knowledge of his austrian relative, why is there any reason to mention it now, as if a drop of jewish blood has any influence on his career or politics?

and the jewish popuation in the US is about 1.7%

Muslims make up around 1% of the US population

97% of American are neither jewish or muslim, so why do you assume jews run the US?

Nazis believe a drop of jewish blood made one a jews, no matter their faith. Nazi propaganda was that jews were taking over the world. Nazi propaganda was jews control all the money and banks. So who fed you the nazi lies and why do you feel a need to post them here?

Tell me why we have 3 jews on the Supreme court if there are so few Jews. And tell me why this is a Judeo Christian nation, when Israel got their state. Aipac and the Jewish think tanks abound. There are more Jews in the US that we know of. Many hide the fact. Funny how an Iranian knows that, and yet most Americans don't. Explain why with such a small amount of Jewish pop in the US , a politician who says anything anti Israel is not a politician long. On a good note, the jewish influence is dying in the US.

So you think the Jews are to blame because they are driven and high achievers? Ha ha ha ha.

she's just a bitter little terrorist supporter

I just showed you how jews control, hitler was right in that aspect, look at what the jews did to Russia. Why do you think every country expelled the jews, they started every war and lived off of gentiles.

Antisemtic canard number 5.

 

[Roudy]

History shows Jerusalem has always been the Jewish capital and will remain so forever.

Who's history? Yours?

Actual history. When has Jerusalem been a capital of an Arab Muslim nation? Never, and never will be. Inshallah. All others that came after the Jews have been invaders and conquerors.

 

[montelatici]

The only invaders and colonizers as of the 20th century are the European Zionists.

 

[aris2chat]

iranian jewish

100,000 jews before the revolution, now less than 9000 today, in a population of over 78 million iranians

no 9000.
25000+
they gone to their holy land.what is problem?

9000 is from 2015 Iranian government census data

You really don't seem to know much about your own country

correction.....8,756

your source based on 9 years ago poll
and poll had very mistake and wrong method ..
for example iranian armeni are 200000+ .armenia are christian
but based on your source.we have 100000 christian in iran.

your 2004 census has 20,000 jews.
2011 had 9000
2015 8,756


>>non-Turkic groups (e.g. Armenians, Georgians, Assyrians, Circassians,) less than 1%<<

Census are on file with the UN, World-population, world bank, .......... and most encyclopedia sites like Wikipedia for anyone to reference

Why would you think I don't know the difference between 2004 and 2015?

It takes seconds to check facts online, why would you think I would not have looked up something like an Iranian census?

 

[Indeependent]

The only invaders and colonizers as of the 20th century are the European Zionists.

So you missed...
WWI
WWII
The Korean War
The Vietnam War

 

[ForeverYoung436]

Once again Jerusalem Day arrived, and once again the prime minister repeated the clichéd mantra: “Jerusalem was and is the capital city of the Jewish people only.”

Is that really so – or is Benjamin Netanyahu, known for historic declarations that do not always accord with the historical truth, once again mistaken and misleading the masses?

Jerusalem, according to scientific research, has existed for about 4,000 years. During the first 1,000 years it had no connection to the Jewish people. Even in the Bible, the Book of Genesis tells about Melchizedek, the king of Salem, who came out to bless Abraham, who had no connection to Jerusalem. During the time of the patriarchs, Jerusalem did not figure in their activity at all. Even when the Israelites were in Egypt, Jerusalem was never mentioned, and when they wandered in the desert they spoke about the Land of Canaan – but not about Jerusalem.

The conquest of “the land” by Joshua, son of Nun, did not include taking over Jerusalem. It was actually the king of Jerusalem who organized the coalition of five monarchs against Joshua, and at the time the city was apparently the capital of another nation, not the Israelites.

The conquest of Jerusalem by the tribe of Judah, following the death of Joshua, led to the burning of the city rather than to settlement of the tribe there. Later on it was inhabited by the Jebusites, and only 1,000 years after its establishment did King David capture the city and turn it into his capital.

The city maintained the status of capital of the Jewish people during the reign of David and his son Solomon, and at the beginning of the reign of his son, Rehoboam. During the latter’s rule, the Israelite kingdom separated from Jerusalem, which became the capital of the small Judean kingdom. It no longer served as capital of the Jewish people as a whole during the entire period of the First Temple.

Four-hundred years after the destruction of the Temple, with the establishment of the Hasmonean state, Jerusalem once again became the capital of the Jewish people, but for only 100 years, until the Romans conquered it and crowned Herod its king. Folllowing the destruction of the Second Temple, Jerusalem once again did not serve as a capital city for the Jews, just as it wasn’t the capital of the Romans, the Byzantines or the Arabs who conquered it. However, in 1099 the Crusaders succeeded in their conquest of it, making it the capital of Crusader Jerusalem, which of course was not Jewish.

read more: Jerusalem isn't the capital of the Jews - Opinion
Interesting

The fact remains that Jerusalem is mentioned close to 700x in the Hebrew Bible, and not once in the Quran. The famous Binding of Isaac also took place on Mount Moriah, which is identified as a hill in Jerusalem. Besides which, Solomon sanctified Jerusalem for all time by building the Temple there. Jerusalem is mentioned in daily prayers, in the Grace after meals, and at every Jewish wedding when a glass is broken. A long summer fast day, Tisha B'Av, is observed over the past destruction of Jerusalem. Practically every Jewish home is decorated with pictures of Jerusalem on their walls. And every Jew also knows this Psalm by heart: "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, may my right hand lose its cunning, may my tongue cleave to the roof of its mouth, if I do not place Jerusalem above my greatest joy!"

 

[Lipush]

Once again Jerusalem Day arrived, and once again the prime minister repeated the clichéd mantra: “Jerusalem was and is the capital city of the Jewish people only.”

Is that really so – or is Benjamin Netanyahu, known for historic declarations that do not always accord with the historical truth, once again mistaken and misleading the masses?

Jerusalem, according to scientific research, has existed for about 4,000 years. During the first 1,000 years it had no connection to the Jewish people. Even in the Bible, the Book of Genesis tells about Melchizedek, the king of Salem, who came out to bless Abraham, who had no connection to Jerusalem. During the time of the patriarchs, Jerusalem did not figure in their activity at all. Even when the Israelites were in Egypt, Jerusalem was never mentioned, and when they wandered in the desert they spoke about the Land of Canaan – but not about Jerusalem.

The conquest of “the land” by Joshua, son of Nun, did not include taking over Jerusalem. It was actually the king of Jerusalem who organized the coalition of five monarchs against Joshua, and at the time the city was apparently the capital of another nation, not the Israelites.

The conquest of Jerusalem by the tribe of Judah, following the death of Joshua, led to the burning of the city rather than to settlement of the tribe there. Later on it was inhabited by the Jebusites, and only 1,000 years after its establishment did King David capture the city and turn it into his capital.

The city maintained the status of capital of the Jewish people during the reign of David and his son Solomon, and at the beginning of the reign of his son, Rehoboam. During the latter’s rule, the Israelite kingdom separated from Jerusalem, which became the capital of the small Judean kingdom. It no longer served as capital of the Jewish people as a whole during the entire period of the First Temple.

Four-hundred years after the destruction of the Temple, with the establishment of the Hasmonean state, Jerusalem once again became the capital of the Jewish people, but for only 100 years, until the Romans conquered it and crowned Herod its king. Folllowing the destruction of the Second Temple, Jerusalem once again did not serve as a capital city for the Jews, just as it wasn’t the capital of the Romans, the Byzantines or the Arabs who conquered it. However, in 1099 the Crusaders succeeded in their conquest of it, making it the capital of Crusader Jerusalem, which of course was not Jewish.

read more: Jerusalem isn't the capital of the Jews - Opinion
Interesting

The fact remains that Jerusalem is mentioned close to 700x in the Hebrew Bible, and not once in the Quran. The famous Binding of Isaac also took place on Mount Moriah, which is identified as a hill in Jerusalem. Besides which, Solomon sanctified Jerusalem for all time by building the Temple there. Jerusalem is mentioned in daily prayers, in the Grace after meals, and at every Jewish wedding when a glass is broken. A long summer fast day, Tisha B'Av, is observed over the past destruction of Jerusalem. Practically every Jewish home is decorated with pictures of Jerusalem on their walls. And every Jew also knows this Psalm by heart: "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, may my right hand lose its cunning, may my tongue cleave to the roof of its mouth, if I do not place Jerusalem above my greatest joy!"

Trying to explain what Jerusalem means to the Jews is like trying to describe the sunset to a blind.

 

[Roudy]

The only invaders and colonizers as of the 20th century are the European Zionists.

Funny joke. You must be a Muslim comedian. Islam IS Arab Colonialism.

Now get back on topic and tell us when Jerusalem has been an Arab or Muslim capital.

 

[montelatici]

Maybe Weizmann was joking.


"Successful Jewish Colonization Will Extend Beyond Palestine Frontier, Weizmann Tells Actions Committee
July 25, 1926



London (Jul. 23)

(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

“Due to the success of our colonization work in Palestine proper, it is possible that eventually our colonization work will be extended beyond the frontiers of Transjordania. It is true that the Palestine government has not taken a clear stand in regard to its economic policy, but well founded demands have every prospect of being agreed to. A great deal has been achieved during the last months,” Dr. Weizmann said."

Successful Jewish Colonization Will Extend Beyond Palestine Frontier, Weizmann Tells Actions Committ


Zionists plan to colonize Palestine in 1899 NY Times

An article about a Conference of Zionists published on June 19, 1899 in the New York Times depicts how the Conference sought to “colonize Palestine” and discussed the purchasing of land with English Zionists.

Zionists plan to colonize Palestine in 1899 NY Times - World Bulletin

 

[Roudy]

....still can't show us exactly when Jerusalem was the capital of a Muslim Arab state. Ha ha ha!

Yes, there were Jews there already, Jerusalem had a Jewish majority in 1896, and more decided to join their brethren to re-establish a Jewish state in Judea, the Jewish holy land.


"During the Peasants' Revolt under Muhammad Ali of Egypt's occupation, Jews were targeted in the 1834 looting of Safed and the 1834 Hebron massacre. By 1844,some sources report that Jews had become the largest population group in Jerusalem and by 1890 an absolute majority in the city."

 

[Indeependent]

Maybe Weizmann was joking.


"Successful Jewish Colonization Will Extend Beyond Palestine Frontier, Weizmann Tells Actions Committee
July 25, 1926



London (Jul. 23)

(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

“Due to the success of our colonization work in Palestine proper, it is possible that eventually our colonization work will be extended beyond the frontiers of Transjordania. It is true that the Palestine government has not taken a clear stand in regard to its economic policy, but well founded demands have every prospect of being agreed to. A great deal has been achieved during the last months,” Dr. Weizmann said."

Successful Jewish Colonization Will Extend Beyond Palestine Frontier, Weizmann Tells Actions Committ


Zionists plan to colonize Palestine in 1899 NY Times

An article about a Conference of Zionists published on June 19, 1899 in the New York Times depicts how the Conference sought to “colonize Palestine” and discussed the purchasing of land with English Zionists.

Zionists plan to colonize Palestine in 1899 NY Times - World Bulletin

I can only imagine what the Muslim Publications of those days was saying about THE JEWS.
Oh, but I forget, the Muslims were mostly illiterate by then.
My mistake.

 

[Kondor3]

Jerusalem Isn't the Capital of the Jews

If is, if the Israelis SAY it is. Unless, of course, you have the requisite muscle to dispute the title.

 

[montelatici]

Maybe Weizmann was joking.


"Successful Jewish Colonization Will Extend Beyond Palestine Frontier, Weizmann Tells Actions Committee
July 25, 1926



London (Jul. 23)

(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

“Due to the success of our colonization work in Palestine proper, it is possible that eventually our colonization work will be extended beyond the frontiers of Transjordania. It is true that the Palestine government has not taken a clear stand in regard to its economic policy, but well founded demands have every prospect of being agreed to. A great deal has been achieved during the last months,” Dr. Weizmann said."

Successful Jewish Colonization Will Extend Beyond Palestine Frontier, Weizmann Tells Actions Committ


Zionists plan to colonize Palestine in 1899 NY Times

An article about a Conference of Zionists published on June 19, 1899 in the New York Times depicts how the Conference sought to “colonize Palestine” and discussed the purchasing of land with English Zionists.

Zionists plan to colonize Palestine in 1899 NY Times - World Bulletin

I can only imagine what the Muslim Publications of those days was saying about THE JEWS.
Oh, but I forget, the Muslims were mostly illiterate by then.
My mistake.

The Palestinians were extremely literate, especially the Christian Palestinians that at the time represented nearly 20% of the population.

 

[Indeependent]

Maybe Weizmann was joking.


"Successful Jewish Colonization Will Extend Beyond Palestine Frontier, Weizmann Tells Actions Committee
July 25, 1926



London (Jul. 23)

(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

“Due to the success of our colonization work in Palestine proper, it is possible that eventually our colonization work will be extended beyond the frontiers of Transjordania. It is true that the Palestine government has not taken a clear stand in regard to its economic policy, but well founded demands have every prospect of being agreed to. A great deal has been achieved during the last months,” Dr. Weizmann said."

Successful Jewish Colonization Will Extend Beyond Palestine Frontier, Weizmann Tells Actions Committ


Zionists plan to colonize Palestine in 1899 NY Times

An article about a Conference of Zionists published on June 19, 1899 in the New York Times depicts how the Conference sought to “colonize Palestine” and discussed the purchasing of land with English Zionists.

Zionists plan to colonize Palestine in 1899 NY Times - World Bulletin

I can only imagine what the Muslim Publications of those days was saying about THE JEWS.
Oh, but I forget, the Muslims were mostly illiterate by then.
My mistake.

The Palestinians were extremely literate, especially the Christian Palestinians that at the time represented nearly 20% of the population.

So what were THEY publishing?
And yes, I believe the Christian Arabs living in the area were literate; far more than their Muslim cousins.
Most of my family and friends in Israel like the Christian Arabs just fine.

 

[montelatici]

Maybe Weizmann was joking.


"Successful Jewish Colonization Will Extend Beyond Palestine Frontier, Weizmann Tells Actions Committee
July 25, 1926



London (Jul. 23)

(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

“Due to the success of our colonization work in Palestine proper, it is possible that eventually our colonization work will be extended beyond the frontiers of Transjordania. It is true that the Palestine government has not taken a clear stand in regard to its economic policy, but well founded demands have every prospect of being agreed to. A great deal has been achieved during the last months,” Dr. Weizmann said."

Successful Jewish Colonization Will Extend Beyond Palestine Frontier, Weizmann Tells Actions Committ


Zionists plan to colonize Palestine in 1899 NY Times

An article about a Conference of Zionists published on June 19, 1899 in the New York Times depicts how the Conference sought to “colonize Palestine” and discussed the purchasing of land with English Zionists.

Zionists plan to colonize Palestine in 1899 NY Times - World Bulletin

I can only imagine what the Muslim Publications of those days was saying about THE JEWS.
Oh, but I forget, the Muslims were mostly illiterate by then.
My mistake.

The Palestinians were extremely literate, especially the Christian Palestinians that at the time represented nearly 20% of the population.

So what were THEY publishing?
And yes, I believe the Christian Arabs living in the area were literate; far more than their Muslim cousins.
Most of my family and friends in Israel like the Christian Arabs just fine.

The Christian Palestinians were the main editors of the letters to the British Colonial Office as members of the Palestinian Delegation to London. They were the most ardent supporters of Palestinian independence and the most ardent anti-Zionists as they knew full well what the Zionist Jews intended to do.

 

[Indeependent]

Maybe Weizmann was joking.


"Successful Jewish Colonization Will Extend Beyond Palestine Frontier, Weizmann Tells Actions Committee
July 25, 1926



London (Jul. 23)

(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

“Due to the success of our colonization work in Palestine proper, it is possible that eventually our colonization work will be extended beyond the frontiers of Transjordania. It is true that the Palestine government has not taken a clear stand in regard to its economic policy, but well founded demands have every prospect of being agreed to. A great deal has been achieved during the last months,” Dr. Weizmann said."

Successful Jewish Colonization Will Extend Beyond Palestine Frontier, Weizmann Tells Actions Committ


Zionists plan to colonize Palestine in 1899 NY Times

An article about a Conference of Zionists published on June 19, 1899 in the New York Times depicts how the Conference sought to “colonize Palestine” and discussed the purchasing of land with English Zionists.

Zionists plan to colonize Palestine in 1899 NY Times - World Bulletin

I can only imagine what the Muslim Publications of those days was saying about THE JEWS.
Oh, but I forget, the Muslims were mostly illiterate by then.
My mistake.

The Palestinians were extremely literate, especially the Christian Palestinians that at the time represented nearly 20% of the population.

So what were THEY publishing?
And yes, I believe the Christian Arabs living in the area were literate; far more than their Muslim cousins.
Most of my family and friends in Israel like the Christian Arabs just fine.

The Christian Palestinians were the main editors of the letters to the British Colonial Office as members of the Palestinian Delegation to London. They were the most ardent supporters of Palestinian independence and the most ardent anti-Zionists as they knew full well what the Zionist Jews intended to do.

And I'm sure they always felt secure surrounded by the ever stable Muslims who have been at war with each other since Mohammed's passing.
Not to mention what Syria has done to the Lebanon Christians since 1982.
Time for you to post more BS about how Christian Arabs LOVE their Muslim neighbors.

 

[Roudy]

Maybe Weizmann was joking.


"Successful Jewish Colonization Will Extend Beyond Palestine Frontier, Weizmann Tells Actions Committee
July 25, 1926



London (Jul. 23)

(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

“Due to the success of our colonization work in Palestine proper, it is possible that eventually our colonization work will be extended beyond the frontiers of Transjordania. It is true that the Palestine government has not taken a clear stand in regard to its economic policy, but well founded demands have every prospect of being agreed to. A great deal has been achieved during the last months,” Dr. Weizmann said."

Successful Jewish Colonization Will Extend Beyond Palestine Frontier, Weizmann Tells Actions Committ


Zionists plan to colonize Palestine in 1899 NY Times

An article about a Conference of Zionists published on June 19, 1899 in the New York Times depicts how the Conference sought to “colonize Palestine” and discussed the purchasing of land with English Zionists.

Zionists plan to colonize Palestine in 1899 NY Times - World Bulletin

I can only imagine what the Muslim Publications of those days was saying about THE JEWS.
Oh, but I forget, the Muslims were mostly illiterate by then.
My mistake.

The Palestinians were extremely literate, especially the Christian Palestinians that at the time represented nearly 20% of the population.

Nothing like the Jewish people though. Their success and survival is tied to their education and literacy.

Botticini, M. and Eckstein, Z.: The Chosen Few: How Education Shaped Jewish History, 70-1492. (eBook, Paperback and Hardcover)

Princeton University Press

The Chosen Few:
How Education Shaped Jewish History, 70-1492
Maristella Botticini & Zvi Eckstein

In 70 CE, the Jews were an agrarian and illiterate people living mostly in the Land of Israel and Mesopotamia. By 1492 the Jewish people had become a small group of literate urbanites specializing in crafts, trade, moneylending, and medicine in hundreds of places across the Old World, from Seville to Mangalore. What caused this radical change? The Chosen Few presents a new answer to this question by applying the lens of economic analysis to the key facts of fifteen formative centuries of Jewish history. Maristella Botticini and Zvi Eckstein offer a powerful new explanation of one of the most significant transformations in Jewish history while also providing fresh insights into the growing debate about the social and economic impact of religion.

Maristella Botticini is professor of economics, as well as director and fellow of the Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), at Bocconi University in Milan. Zvi Eckstein is dean of the Arison School of Business and of the School of Economics at IDC Herzliya in Herzliya, Israel; Judith C. and William G. Bollinger visiting professor in the Finance Department at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania; and emeritus professor in the Eitan Berglas School of Economics at Tel Aviv University.

Reviews:

"[A]mbitious . . . systematically dismantle much of the conventional wisdom about medieval Jewish history."--Jonathan B. Krasner, Forward

"[W]here so many have simply taken as a given universal literacy among Jews, [Botticini and Eckstein] find that a majority of Jews actually weren't willing to invest in Jewish education, with the shocking result that more than two-thirds of the Jewish community disappeared toward the end of the first millennium. . . . The astonishing theory presented here has great implications for both the Jewish community and the broader world today."--Steven Weiss, Slate

"[E]ventually, The Chosen Few will have changed the course of history in the Middle East . . . as part of a broad reinterpretation of the history of the peopling of the world, underway for a century and a half, that has begun gathering force since the 1990s. . . . This may be the first you have heard about The Chosen Few, but I pretty much guarantee you that it will not be the last."--David Warsh, Economic Principals

"[P]rovocative."--Choice

"Botticini and Eckstein's simple yet sophisticated human capital analysis provides new insights into Jewish history for the fourteen centuries covered in this book. . . . [Their] methodology yields a very convincing Cliometric analysis that we can expect to inform all future economic histories of the Jews between 70 and 1492."--Carmel U. Chiswick, EH.net

"I found The Chosen Few, a book on Jewish economic history by Maristella Botticini and Zvi Eckstein, enormously enlightening and relevant to the draft-the-Haredim debate."--Shlomo Maital, Jerusalem Report

"If you've ever wondered how the Chosen People survived the vagaries of history, reading The Chosen Few will give you answers you cannot find anywhere else."--Huffington Post

 

[aris2chat]

Maybe Weizmann was joking.


"Successful Jewish Colonization Will Extend Beyond Palestine Frontier, Weizmann Tells Actions Committee
July 25, 1926



London (Jul. 23)

(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

“Due to the success of our colonization work in Palestine proper, it is possible that eventually our colonization work will be extended beyond the frontiers of Transjordania. It is true that the Palestine government has not taken a clear stand in regard to its economic policy, but well founded demands have every prospect of being agreed to. A great deal has been achieved during the last months,” Dr. Weizmann said."

Successful Jewish Colonization Will Extend Beyond Palestine Frontier, Weizmann Tells Actions Committ


Zionists plan to colonize Palestine in 1899 NY Times

An article about a Conference of Zionists published on June 19, 1899 in the New York Times depicts how the Conference sought to “colonize Palestine” and discussed the purchasing of land with English Zionists.

Zionists plan to colonize Palestine in 1899 NY Times - World Bulletin

I can only imagine what the Muslim Publications of those days was saying about THE JEWS.
Oh, but I forget, the Muslims were mostly illiterate by then.
My mistake.

The Palestinians were extremely literate, especially the Christian Palestinians that at the time represented nearly 20% of the population.

Nothing like the Jewish people though. Their success and survival is tied to their education and literacy.

Botticini, M. and Eckstein, Z.: The Chosen Few: How Education Shaped Jewish History, 70-1492. (eBook, Paperback and Hardcover)

Princeton University Press

The Chosen Few:
How Education Shaped Jewish History, 70-1492
Maristella Botticini & Zvi Eckstein

In 70 CE, the Jews were an agrarian and illiterate people living mostly in the Land of Israel and Mesopotamia. By 1492 the Jewish people had become a small group of literate urbanites specializing in crafts, trade, moneylending, and medicine in hundreds of places across the Old World, from Seville to Mangalore. What caused this radical change? The Chosen Few presents a new answer to this question by applying the lens of economic analysis to the key facts of fifteen formative centuries of Jewish history. Maristella Botticini and Zvi Eckstein offer a powerful new explanation of one of the most significant transformations in Jewish history while also providing fresh insights into the growing debate about the social and economic impact of religion.

Maristella Botticini is professor of economics, as well as director and fellow of the Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), at Bocconi University in Milan. Zvi Eckstein is dean of the Arison School of Business and of the School of Economics at IDC Herzliya in Herzliya, Israel; Judith C. and William G. Bollinger visiting professor in the Finance Department at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania; and emeritus professor in the Eitan Berglas School of Economics at Tel Aviv University.

Reviews:

"[A]mbitious . . . systematically dismantle much of the conventional wisdom about medieval Jewish history."--Jonathan B. Krasner, Forward

"[W]here so many have simply taken as a given universal literacy among Jews, [Botticini and Eckstein] find that a majority of Jews actually weren't willing to invest in Jewish education, with the shocking result that more than two-thirds of the Jewish community disappeared toward the end of the first millennium. . . . The astonishing theory presented here has great implications for both the Jewish community and the broader world today."--Steven Weiss, Slate

"[E]ventually, The Chosen Few will have changed the course of history in the Middle East . . . as part of a broad reinterpretation of the history of the peopling of the world, underway for a century and a half, that has begun gathering force since the 1990s. . . . This may be the first you have heard about The Chosen Few, but I pretty much guarantee you that it will not be the last."--David Warsh, Economic Principals

"[P]rovocative."--Choice

"Botticini and Eckstein's simple yet sophisticated human capital analysis provides new insights into Jewish history for the fourteen centuries covered in this book. . . . [Their] methodology yields a very convincing Cliometric analysis that we can expect to inform all future economic histories of the Jews between 70 and 1492."--Carmel U. Chiswick, EH.net

"I found The Chosen Few, a book on Jewish economic history by Maristella Botticini and Zvi Eckstein, enormously enlightening and relevant to the draft-the-Haredim debate."--Shlomo Maital, Jerusalem Report

"If you've ever wondered how the Chosen People survived the vagaries of history, reading The Chosen Few will give you answers you cannot find anywhere else."--Huffington Post

Education has always been a priority to jews. It is also necessary for them to be able to read the torah for their bar mitvah, which the bible records Jesus had.

Jews were know for their translations into a number of languages, their knowledge of law, medicine, commerce, science beyond the torah. Even among those who hated and persecuted them, they were still used for their ability as translators and scribes in a number of languages and even as bankers and liaisons for ransoms and negotiations between opposing armies and nations.

 

[Roudy]

Maybe Weizmann was joking.


"Successful Jewish Colonization Will Extend Beyond Palestine Frontier, Weizmann Tells Actions Committee
July 25, 1926



London (Jul. 23)

(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

“Due to the success of our colonization work in Palestine proper, it is possible that eventually our colonization work will be extended beyond the frontiers of Transjordania. It is true that the Palestine government has not taken a clear stand in regard to its economic policy, but well founded demands have every prospect of being agreed to. A great deal has been achieved during the last months,” Dr. Weizmann said."

Successful Jewish Colonization Will Extend Beyond Palestine Frontier, Weizmann Tells Actions Committ


Zionists plan to colonize Palestine in 1899 NY Times

An article about a Conference of Zionists published on June 19, 1899 in the New York Times depicts how the Conference sought to “colonize Palestine” and discussed the purchasing of land with English Zionists.

Zionists plan to colonize Palestine in 1899 NY Times - World Bulletin

I can only imagine what the Muslim Publications of those days was saying about THE JEWS.
Oh, but I forget, the Muslims were mostly illiterate by then.
My mistake.

The Palestinians were extremely literate, especially the Christian Palestinians that at the time represented nearly 20% of the population.

Nothing like the Jewish people though. Their success and survival is tied to their education and literacy.

Botticini, M. and Eckstein, Z.: The Chosen Few: How Education Shaped Jewish History, 70-1492. (eBook, Paperback and Hardcover)

Princeton University Press

The Chosen Few:
How Education Shaped Jewish History, 70-1492
Maristella Botticini & Zvi Eckstein

In 70 CE, the Jews were an agrarian and illiterate people living mostly in the Land of Israel and Mesopotamia. By 1492 the Jewish people had become a small group of literate urbanites specializing in crafts, trade, moneylending, and medicine in hundreds of places across the Old World, from Seville to Mangalore. What caused this radical change? The Chosen Few presents a new answer to this question by applying the lens of economic analysis to the key facts of fifteen formative centuries of Jewish history. Maristella Botticini and Zvi Eckstein offer a powerful new explanation of one of the most significant transformations in Jewish history while also providing fresh insights into the growing debate about the social and economic impact of religion.

Maristella Botticini is professor of economics, as well as director and fellow of the Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), at Bocconi University in Milan. Zvi Eckstein is dean of the Arison School of Business and of the School of Economics at IDC Herzliya in Herzliya, Israel; Judith C. and William G. Bollinger visiting professor in the Finance Department at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania; and emeritus professor in the Eitan Berglas School of Economics at Tel Aviv University.

Reviews:

"[A]mbitious . . . systematically dismantle much of the conventional wisdom about medieval Jewish history."--Jonathan B. Krasner, Forward

"[W]here so many have simply taken as a given universal literacy among Jews, [Botticini and Eckstein] find that a majority of Jews actually weren't willing to invest in Jewish education, with the shocking result that more than two-thirds of the Jewish community disappeared toward the end of the first millennium. . . . The astonishing theory presented here has great implications for both the Jewish community and the broader world today."--Steven Weiss, Slate

"[E]ventually, The Chosen Few will have changed the course of history in the Middle East . . . as part of a broad reinterpretation of the history of the peopling of the world, underway for a century and a half, that has begun gathering force since the 1990s. . . . This may be the first you have heard about The Chosen Few, but I pretty much guarantee you that it will not be the last."--David Warsh, Economic Principals

"[P]rovocative."--Choice

"Botticini and Eckstein's simple yet sophisticated human capital analysis provides new insights into Jewish history for the fourteen centuries covered in this book. . . . [Their] methodology yields a very convincing Cliometric analysis that we can expect to inform all future economic histories of the Jews between 70 and 1492."--Carmel U. Chiswick, EH.net

"I found The Chosen Few, a book on Jewish economic history by Maristella Botticini and Zvi Eckstein, enormously enlightening and relevant to the draft-the-Haredim debate."--Shlomo Maital, Jerusalem Report

"If you've ever wondered how the Chosen People survived the vagaries of history, reading The Chosen Few will give you answers you cannot find anywhere else."--Huffington Post

Education has always been a priority to jews. It is also necessary for them to be able to read the torah for their bar mitvah, which the bible records Jesus had.

Jews were know for their translations into a number of languages, their knowledge of law, medicine, commerce, science beyond the torah. Even among those who hated and persecuted them, they were still used for their ability as translators and scribes in a number of languages and even as bankers and liaisons for ransoms and negotiations between opposing armies and nations.

That is correct, it can be even said that these Jewish translators and scholars lay the seeds for Western civilization, morality, and philosophy. Jews were used for their literary abilities even in ancient history.

Septuagint - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Septuagint

The Septuagint (from the Latin septuaginta, "seventy") is a translation of the Hebrew Bible and some related texts into Koine Greek. As the primary Greek translation of the Old Testament, it is also called the Greek Old Testament. This translation is quoted a number of times in the New Testament,[1][2] particularly in Pauline epistles,[3] and also by the Apostolic Fathers and later Greek Church Fathers.

The title (Greek: Ἡ μετάφρασις τῶν Ἑβδομήκοντα, lit. "The Translation of the Seventy") and its Roman numeral acronym LXX refer to the legendaryseventy Jewish scholars who solely translated the Five Books of Moses into Koine Greek as early as the 3rd century BCE.[4][5]Separated from the Hebrew canon of the Jewish Bible in Rabbinic Judaism, translations of the Torah into Koine Greek by early Jewish Rabbis have survived as rare fragments only.

The traditional story is that Ptolemy II sponsored the translation of the Torah(Pentateuch, Five Books of Moses). Subsequently, the Greek translation was in circulation among the Alexandrian Jews who were fluent in Koine Greek but not in Hebrew,[6] the former being the lingua franca of Alexandria, Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean at the time.[7]


"King Ptolemy once gathered 72 Elders. He placed them in 72 chambers, each of them in a separate one, without revealing to them why they were summoned. He entered each one's room and said: "Write for me the Torah of Moshe, your teacher". God put it in the heart of each one to translate identically as all the others did.."

Philo of Alexandria, who relied extensively on the Septuagint,[16] says that the number of scholars was chosen by selecting six scholars from each of the twelve tribes of Israel.

Christian Use

The Early Christian Church used the Greek texts[39] since Greek was a lingua franca of the Roman Empire at the time, and the language of the Greco-Roman Church (Aramaic was the language of Syriac Christianity, which used the Targumim).

The relationship between the apostolic use of the Old Testament, for example, the Septuagint and the now lost Hebrew texts (though to some degree and in some form carried on in Masoretic tradition) is complicated. The Septuagint seems to have been a major source for the Apostles, but it is not the only one. St. Jerome offered, for example, Matt 2:15 and 2:23, John 19:37, John 7:38, 1 Cor. 2:9.[40] as examples not found in the Septuagint, but in Hebrew texts. (Matt 2:23 is not present in current Masoretic tradition either, though according to St. Jerome it was in Isaiah 11:1.) The New Testament writers, when citing the Jewish scriptures, or when quoting Jesus doing so, freely used the Greek translation, implying that Jesus, his Apostles and their followers considered it reliable.[3][24][41]

In the Early Christian Church, the presumption that the Septuagint was translated by Jews before the era of Christ, and that the Septuagint at certain places gives itself more to a christological interpretation than 2nd-century Hebrew texts was taken as evidence that "Jews" had changed the Hebrew text in a way that made them less christological. For example, Irenaeusconcerning Isaiah 7:14: The Septuagint clearly writes of a virgin (Greek παρθένος) that shall conceive.[42] While the Hebrew text was, according to Irenaeus, at that time interpreted by Theodotion and Aquila (both proselytes of the Jewish faith) as a young woman that shall conceive. According to Irenaeus, the Ebionites used this to claim that Joseph was the (biological) father of Jesus. From Irenaeus' point of view that was pure heresy, facilitated by (late) anti-Christian alterations of the scripture in Hebrew, as evident by the older, pre-Christian, Septuagint.[43]

When Jerome undertook the revision of the Old Latin translations of the Septuagint, he checked the Septuagint against the Hebrew texts that were then available. He broke with church tradition and translated most of the Old Testament of his Vulgate from Hebrew rather than Greek. His choice was severely criticized by Augustine, his contemporary; a flood of still less moderate criticism came from those who regarded Jerome as a forger. While on the one hand he argued for the superiority of the Hebrew texts in correcting the Septuagint on both philological and theological grounds, on the other, in the context of accusations of heresy against him, Jerome would acknowledge the Septuagint texts as well.[44] With the passage of time, acceptance of Jerome's version gradually increased until it displaced the Old Latin translations of the Septuagint.[23]

The Eastern Orthodox Church still prefers to use the LXX as the basis for translating the Old Testament into other languages. The Eastern Orthodox also use LXX untranslated where Greek is the liturgical language, e.g. in the Orthodox Church of Constantinople, the Church of Greece and the Cypriot Orthodox Church. Critical translations of the Old Testament, while using the Masoretic Text as their basis, consult the Septuagint as well as other versions in an attempt to reconstruct the meaning of the Hebrew text whenever the latter is unclear, undeniably corrupt, or ambiguous.[23] For example, the New Jerusalem Bible Foreword says, "Only when this (the Masoretic Text) presents insuperable difficulties have emendations or other versions, such as the ... LXX, been used."[45] The Translator's Preface to the New International Version says: "The translators also consulted the more important early versions (including) the Septuagint ... Readings from these versions were occasionally followed where the MT seemed doubtful ..."[46]

 

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Maybe Weizmann was joking.


"Successful Jewish Colonization Will Extend Beyond Palestine Frontier, Weizmann Tells Actions Committee
July 25, 1926



London (Jul. 23)

(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

“Due to the success of our colonization work in Palestine proper, it is possible that eventually our colonization work will be extended beyond the frontiers of Transjordania. It is true that the Palestine government has not taken a clear stand in regard to its economic policy, but well founded demands have every prospect of being agreed to. A great deal has been achieved during the last months,” Dr. Weizmann said."

Successful Jewish Colonization Will Extend Beyond Palestine Frontier, Weizmann Tells Actions Committ


Zionists plan to colonize Palestine in 1899 NY Times

An article about a Conference of Zionists published on June 19, 1899 in the New York Times depicts how the Conference sought to “colonize Palestine” and discussed the purchasing of land with English Zionists.

Zionists plan to colonize Palestine in 1899 NY Times - World Bulletin

I can only imagine what the Muslim Publications of those days was saying about THE JEWS.
Oh, but I forget, the Muslims were mostly illiterate by then.
My mistake.

The Palestinians were extremely literate, especially the Christian Palestinians that at the time represented nearly 20% of the population.

So what were THEY publishing?
And yes, I believe the Christian Arabs living in the area were literate; far more than their Muslim cousins.
Most of my family and friends in Israel like the Christian Arabs just fine.

The Christian Palestinians were the main editors of the letters to the British Colonial Office as members of the Palestinian Delegation to London. They were the most ardent supporters of Palestinian independence and the most ardent anti-Zionists as they knew full well what the Zionist Jews intended to do.

And I'm sure they always felt secure surrounded by the ever stable Muslims who have been at war with each other since Mohammed's passing.
Not to mention what Syria has done to the Lebanon Christians since 1982.
Time for you to post more BS about how Christian Arabs LOVE their Muslim neighbors.

Can you send me the relevant post from whence you deduced such nonsense?

But, the fact is Christians from the Middle East are not at all fond of Israel and feel closer to their fellow Arabs of the Muslim faith. After all, Christians and Muslims were evicted by the Zionists. Do you think Christians would forget?

"Sen. Ted Cruz was booed offstage at a conference for Middle Eastern Christians Wednesday night after saying that “Christians have no greater ally than Israel.”

"When Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks to Christian audiences about Israel, he's accustomed to receiving enthusiastic applause whenever he declares his support for the Jewish state.


Ted Cruz Booed Off Stage At Middle East Christian Conference [VIDEO]