[Prodigal Daughter]

So what you're saying is that the Sephardic and Ashkenazi, etc., are not Jews even though they identify themselves as Jews and even though they are descended from the Kingdom of Jewdah?

[LostTribe]

>So what you're saying is that the Sephardic and Ashkenazi, etc., are not Jews even though they identify themselves as Jews and even though they are descended from the Kingdom of Jewdah?

No, I didn't say that at all. Please review my Profile and the comments in this thread again. Thanks.

[LostTribe]

The much smaller Southern Kingdom was made up of the Tribe of Judah & a mix of Levites and Benjamites. It was also known as the Kingdom of Judah or House of Judah , and it's inhabitants were later called Jews , as are their offspring today. These Southern Kingdom of Judah Israelites were taken captive in ~587 BC and removed to Babylon. Only ~50,000 returned to Palestine ~70 years later.