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Ashkenazi Jews descend from 350 people, study finds
The Times of Israel ^
| Andrew Tobin
Posted on 07/15/2015 2:42:04 PM PDT by Pharmboy
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To: humblegunner
Not sure of the religion of this red headed cat but she sure made an impression on this pre-pubescent boy many years ago!
To: Aliska
The definition has expanded, I guess we should say Hebrew for clarification purposes.
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posted on
07/15/2015 3:22:54 PM PDT
by
Smittie
(Just like an alien, I'm a stranger in a strange land)
To: jjotto
...and don’t forget the Black Death. That wiped out a third to one-half of all Euros. If a significant percentage of Jews back then lived in more urban environments as they do now, they would have suffered more from plagues than the country folk.
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posted on
07/15/2015 3:25:50 PM PDT
by
Pharmboy
(Democrats lie because they must.)
To: miss marmelstein
Yes...good point. The Jews that I know with red hair have a lighter, more straw-colored orange than the ginger Celts I know.
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posted on
07/15/2015 3:27:25 PM PDT
by
Pharmboy
(Democrats lie because they must.)
To: Pharmboy
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posted on
07/15/2015 3:28:07 PM PDT
by
jjotto
("Ya could look it up!")
To: Pharmboy
Yes, that’s very true - you know your colors.
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posted on
07/15/2015 3:31:06 PM PDT
by
miss marmelstein
(Richard the Third: "I should like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
To: dfwgator
To: jjotto; Smittie
Thanks for the explanation; you two seem to know more about it.
I guess it's what I have gone by. Paul was the tribe of Benjamin but I don't think of him as a "Benjaminite" but a Jew.
At first i didn't understand Smittie's comment about Hebrew but I think i do now; it could be used as a synonym for Jew.
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posted on
07/15/2015 3:40:15 PM PDT
by
Aliska
To: miss marmelstein
If you are a redhead, please accept my offer of Holy Matrimony.
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posted on
07/15/2015 3:44:27 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Back in the 1970's, Iran used to call us the "Great Satan". Turns out they were right all along.)
To: dfwgator; humblegunner
What religion is the cat?
Catolic. I thought he was Pres-purr-tarian.
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posted on
07/15/2015 3:46:06 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Back in the 1970's, Iran used to call us the "Great Satan". Turns out they were right all along.)
To: justiceseeker93; ExTexasRedhead
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posted on
07/15/2015 3:48:27 PM PDT
by
Clintonfatigued
(The War on Drugs is Big Government statism)
To: Lazamataz
Sorry, Laz, I’m not. My husband loves redheads, too, but he settled for a brunette.
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07/15/2015 3:48:53 PM PDT
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miss marmelstein
(Richard the Third: "I should like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
To: Aliska; Smittie
Isaac was a Hebrew. Israelites are descendents of Jacob, so Jacob’s first son Reuben was probably the first Israelite.
“Jew” used to just mean descendants of Judah, or people from the Kingdom of Judah, but since the remainder of the other 10 tribes mixed in with Judah, you can probably say the first Israelite was also the first “Jew” as we use the term today.
To: Lazamataz
Nice one!
But he could have been a Jewish cat named Katz.
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07/15/2015 3:52:51 PM PDT
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Pharmboy
(Democrats lie because they must.)
To: Boogieman
If I remember correctly, the literal word “Jew” did not enter the English language until about 1750. The 1611 King James translation does not contain the letter “J” at all.
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posted on
07/15/2015 3:56:01 PM PDT
by
odawg
To: Pharmboy
If I had a Jewish cat, would he be wary of other cats that were Mew-slim?
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07/15/2015 3:56:14 PM PDT
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Lazamataz
(Back in the 1970's, Iran used to call us the "Great Satan". Turns out they were right all along.)
To: Aliska
Regarding Hebrew, it’s a tricky word too. It refers to the language of course, but also was used to describe the tribe or nation that the people of Israel descended from. There is some debate on the etymology and exact definition though.
Some think the word derives from Abraham, and refers only to Abraham’s descendants, but others think it is derived from an older patriarch named Eber, so it could include some other closely related tribes as well, like the Edomites.
To: dfwgator
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07/15/2015 3:57:45 PM PDT
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RedMDer
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To: miss marmelstein
You *HUSBAND*?
SCREW HIM!
(Oh, wait....)
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posted on
07/15/2015 3:58:04 PM PDT
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Lazamataz
(Back in the 1970's, Iran used to call us the "Great Satan". Turns out they were right all along.)
To: Lazamataz
I’m not a red-head. Your not missing anything!!!
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posted on
07/15/2015 3:58:53 PM PDT
by
miss marmelstein
(Richard the Third: "I should like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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