tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post1336391017841942800..comments2024-03-27T07:01:13.725+02:00Comments on The Muqata: The Crypto-Jews of PalestineJameel @ The Muqatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15890095633246557332noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-52485192176151079922009-06-15T19:44:22.610+03:002009-06-15T19:44:22.610+03:00I recall almost 30 years ago Aharon Bier z'l a...I recall almost 30 years ago Aharon Bier z'l and Haim Mageni describing several clans in the Southern Hevron Mtns. (Drom Har Hevron) who had maintained curiously Jewish customs for generations. The bottom line, of course, was that nothing could be proven about their origins; but it sure did fuel speculation.Mordechai Y. Scherhttp://www.kolberamah.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-14502884014645972842009-06-15T00:09:42.066+03:002009-06-15T00:09:42.066+03:00There's a few people on YouTube who are pushin...There's a few people on YouTube who are pushing that "Pashtuns are really Joooooos" video as an argument AGAINST the Pashtuns. [search "Jews and Pashtuns" on YT for it]<br /><br />You gotta be a little cautious, tho, this roof-of-the-world tribal politics can be amazingly complex, petty, and paranoid...Jewish Odysseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16704379332151214452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-53566920565556964132009-06-14T14:15:15.484+03:002009-06-14T14:15:15.484+03:00Oops - my point is that these Muslim crypto-Jews o...Oops - my point is that these Muslim crypto-Jews of Herat are among the fiercest tribes in Afghanistan. Allied troops have pretty much steered clear of them.Ashanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08447755257306604807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-7677989766436868012009-06-14T14:11:49.040+03:002009-06-14T14:11:49.040+03:00Right you are, Neshama. some years ago, Canadian-J...Right you are, Neshama. some years ago, Canadian-Jewish filmmaker/historian Simcha Jacobovici made a series tracing the lost tribes. His film of the Muslims of Herat, Afghanistan, was particularly enlightening. He showed a madrassa set up precisely like an old-fashioned heder, with boys sitting on benches around a long table and swaying back and forth (shuckeling). The boys all wore an Afghani woven "kippa" and "talit", replete with fringes and blue threads. Blew my mind.Ashanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08447755257306604807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-11192409072225057392009-06-12T17:27:00.657+03:002009-06-12T17:27:00.657+03:00WOW that snake is so cool!!!WOW that snake is so cool!!!KACH 613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-80820773727649585102009-06-12T05:20:07.448+03:002009-06-12T05:20:07.448+03:00another source: http://www.israelnationalnews.com...another source: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/122084Neshamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06326762185596512130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-89502609301129946582009-06-12T04:22:10.104+03:002009-06-12T04:22:10.104+03:00This theory of being fierce, "And the allege...This theory of being fierce, "And the alleged reason why they are so extreme in their religion and violence?" <br />This is what I think about the (Jewish) Pashtuns of Afghanistan. If you look into those blue eyes, many with red hair (Dovid HaMelech), customs, etc., it is amazing. Afghanistan may be part of GogMagog and the war there now, I believe, is to wake up the Jewish neshomas that have been there since biblical times. They could be the large group coming from far off that comes on horses to help protect Israel. For more interesting info, visit: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/Afghanistan.htmlNeshamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06326762185596512130noreply@blogger.com