#jews — Public Fediverse posts

"...it is actually a very big deal when the richest person on Earth, who also owns one of the most influential communications platforms on Earth, starts publicly dabbling in ideas about #Jews, bloodlines, DNA, appearance, and racial authenticity. (You remember the people who did that back in the 1930s and 1940s, right?)."

https://zeteo.com/p/will-republicans-be-asked-to-disavow-musk-antisemitism

#ElonMusk #antisemitism

[T]he first data from #Jewish respondents is “particularly alarming,” and suggested the numbers could be higher as many Jewish #civilservants are afraid to publicly identify as Jewish at the workplace.

“The data that we are seeing today points to really high levels of #discrimination amongst those Jewish employees that feel comfortable in self-identifying. A lot of folks still hide their identity because they’re afraid,” Wilczynski explained.

Since the #Oct7, 2023 #Hamas attacks, #antisemitism in #Canada has reached levels without precedent in the available data. #StatisticsCanada’s police-reported #hatecrime figures, released in July, show that #hatecrimes targeting #Jews jumped 82 percent in 2023, to 959 from 527 the year before. The count has since eased slightly—943 in 2024 and 788 in 2025—but Jews, who make up roughly 1 percent of the population, were the target of 70.7 percent of all religion-motivated hate crimes and 16.7 percent of the 4,708 hate crimes..."

https://thehub.ca/2026/09/01/harassment-and-discrimination-of-jewish-government-employees-twice-as-high-as-civil-servant-average/

[T]he first data from #Jewish respondents is “particularly alarming,” and suggested the numbers could be higher as many Jewish #civilservants are afraid to publicly identify as Jewish at the workplace.

“The data that we are seeing today points to really high levels of #discrimination amongst those Jewish employees that feel comfortable in self-identifying. A lot of folks still hide their identity because they’re afraid,” Wilczynski explained.

Since the #Oct7, 2023 #Hamas attacks, #antisemitism in #Canada has reached levels without precedent in the available data. #StatisticsCanada’s police-reported #hatecrime figures, released in July, show that #hatecrimes targeting #Jews jumped 82 percent in 2023, to 959 from 527 the year before. The count has since eased slightly—943 in 2024 and 788 in 2025—but Jews, who make up roughly 1 percent of the population, were the target of 70.7 percent of all religion-motivated hate crimes and 16.7 percent of the 4,708 hate crimes..."

https://thehub.ca/2026/09/01/harassment-and-discrimination-of-jewish-government-employees-twice-as-high-as-civil-servant-average/

[T]he first data from #Jewish respondents is “particularly alarming,” and suggested the numbers could be higher as many Jewish #civilservants are afraid to publicly identify as Jewish at the workplace.

“The data that we are seeing today points to really high levels of #discrimination amongst those Jewish employees that feel comfortable in self-identifying. A lot of folks still hide their identity because they’re afraid,” Wilczynski explained.

Since the #Oct7, 2023 #Hamas attacks, #antisemitism in #Canada has reached levels without precedent in the available data. #StatisticsCanada’s police-reported #hatecrime figures, released in July, show that #hatecrimes targeting #Jews jumped 82 percent in 2023, to 959 from 527 the year before. The count has since eased slightly—943 in 2024 and 788 in 2025—but Jews, who make up roughly 1 percent of the population, were the target of 70.7 percent of all religion-motivated hate crimes and 16.7 percent of the 4,708 hate crimes..."

https://thehub.ca/2026/09/01/harassment-and-discrimination-of-jewish-government-employees-twice-as-high-as-civil-servant-average/

[T]he first data from #Jewish respondents is “particularly alarming,” and suggested the numbers could be higher as many Jewish #civilservants are afraid to publicly identify as Jewish at the workplace.

“The data that we are seeing today points to really high levels of #discrimination amongst those Jewish employees that feel comfortable in self-identifying. A lot of folks still hide their identity because they’re afraid,” Wilczynski explained.

Since the #Oct7, 2023 #Hamas attacks, #antisemitism in #Canada has reached levels without precedent in the available data. #StatisticsCanada’s police-reported #hatecrime figures, released in July, show that #hatecrimes targeting #Jews jumped 82 percent in 2023, to 959 from 527 the year before. The count has since eased slightly—943 in 2024 and 788 in 2025—but Jews, who make up roughly 1 percent of the population, were the target of 70.7 percent of all religion-motivated hate crimes and 16.7 percent of the 4,708 hate crimes..."

https://thehub.ca/2026/09/01/harassment-and-discrimination-of-jewish-government-employees-twice-as-high-as-civil-servant-average/

[T]he first data from #Jewish respondents is “particularly alarming,” and suggested the numbers could be higher as many Jewish #civilservants are afraid to publicly identify as Jewish at the workplace.

“The data that we are seeing today points to really high levels of #discrimination amongst those Jewish employees that feel comfortable in self-identifying. A lot of folks still hide their identity because they’re afraid,” Wilczynski explained.

Since the #Oct7, 2023 #Hamas attacks, #antisemitism in #Canada has reached levels without precedent in the available data. #StatisticsCanada’s police-reported #hatecrime figures, released in July, show that #hatecrimes targeting #Jews jumped 82 percent in 2023, to 959 from 527 the year before. The count has since eased slightly—943 in 2024 and 788 in 2025—but Jews, who make up roughly 1 percent of the population, were the target of 70.7 percent of all religion-motivated hate crimes and 16.7 percent of the 4,708 hate crimes..."

https://thehub.ca/2026/09/01/harassment-and-discrimination-of-jewish-government-employees-twice-as-high-as-civil-servant-average/

"In 2019, #DavidSorkin described his #book #Jewish Emancipation: A History Across Five Centuries as an effort to “re-direct the focus of modern Jewish #history.” “Jewish emancipation” refers in this case to the #Jews’ acquiring rights of #citizenship, and more generally #civilrights, in the countries where they had lived for centuries as resident strangers. By his own admission, #Sorkin wrote about that process of change “from the side of the state.” His new book, The Emancipationists: Nineteenth-Century Jews’ Campaign for Citizenship, is his effort to complement his prior work with “the other side of that history, the Jews’ political mobilization.”

The #Yale #historian’s primary interest is the period from the late 18th century to the eve of World War I, a time during which #European nations, and to a lesser degree the #UnitedStates and North #Africa, addressed and reformed the status of Jews in their midst."

https://momentmag.com/jagged-line-to-citizenship/

"In 2019, #DavidSorkin described his #book #Jewish Emancipation: A History Across Five Centuries as an effort to “re-direct the focus of modern Jewish #history.” “Jewish emancipation” refers in this case to the #Jews’ acquiring rights of #citizenship, and more generally #civilrights, in the countries where they had lived for centuries as resident strangers. By his own admission, #Sorkin wrote about that process of change “from the side of the state.” His new book, The Emancipationists: Nineteenth-Century Jews’ Campaign for Citizenship, is his effort to complement his prior work with “the other side of that history, the Jews’ political mobilization.”

The #Yale #historian’s primary interest is the period from the late 18th century to the eve of World War I, a time during which #European nations, and to a lesser degree the #UnitedStates and North #Africa, addressed and reformed the status of Jews in their midst."

https://momentmag.com/jagged-line-to-citizenship/

"In 2019, #DavidSorkin described his #book #Jewish Emancipation: A History Across Five Centuries as an effort to “re-direct the focus of modern Jewish #history.” “Jewish emancipation” refers in this case to the #Jews’ acquiring rights of #citizenship, and more generally #civilrights, in the countries where they had lived for centuries as resident strangers. By his own admission, #Sorkin wrote about that process of change “from the side of the state.” His new book, The Emancipationists: Nineteenth-Century Jews’ Campaign for Citizenship, is his effort to complement his prior work with “the other side of that history, the Jews’ political mobilization.”

The #Yale #historian’s primary interest is the period from the late 18th century to the eve of World War I, a time during which #European nations, and to a lesser degree the #UnitedStates and North #Africa, addressed and reformed the status of Jews in their midst."

https://momentmag.com/jagged-line-to-citizenship/

"In 2019, #DavidSorkin described his #book #Jewish Emancipation: A History Across Five Centuries as an effort to “re-direct the focus of modern Jewish #history.” “Jewish emancipation” refers in this case to the #Jews’ acquiring rights of #citizenship, and more generally #civilrights, in the countries where they had lived for centuries as resident strangers. By his own admission, #Sorkin wrote about that process of change “from the side of the state.” His new book, The Emancipationists: Nineteenth-Century Jews’ Campaign for Citizenship, is his effort to complement his prior work with “the other side of that history, the Jews’ political mobilization.”

The #Yale #historian’s primary interest is the period from the late 18th century to the eve of World War I, a time during which #European nations, and to a lesser degree the #UnitedStates and North #Africa, addressed and reformed the status of Jews in their midst."

https://momentmag.com/jagged-line-to-citizenship/

"In 2019, #DavidSorkin described his #book #Jewish Emancipation: A History Across Five Centuries as an effort to “re-direct the focus of modern Jewish #history.” “Jewish emancipation” refers in this case to the #Jews’ acquiring rights of #citizenship, and more generally #civilrights, in the countries where they had lived for centuries as resident strangers. By his own admission, #Sorkin wrote about that process of change “from the side of the state.” His new book, The Emancipationists: Nineteenth-Century Jews’ Campaign for Citizenship, is his effort to complement his prior work with “the other side of that history, the Jews’ political mobilization.”

The #Yale #historian’s primary interest is the period from the late 18th century to the eve of World War I, a time during which #European nations, and to a lesser degree the #UnitedStates and North #Africa, addressed and reformed the status of Jews in their midst."

https://momentmag.com/jagged-line-to-citizenship/

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Jerusalem’s Basimta Cafe may decide to close on Shabbat amid weekly haredi protests

The demonstrations against the cafe began following a revelation that the the eatery is an official Jews for…
#Israel #News #jerusalem #Jews #restaurants
https://www.europesays.com/3229717/

https://www.europesays.com/people/211560/ Netanyahu’s double standard on settler violence in Israel #BenjaminNetanyahu #IsraelKatz #ItamarBenGvir #Jews #MikeHuckabee #Terrorism #WestBank

https://www.europesays.com/iran/274752/ Netanyahu’s double standard on settler violence in Israel #BenjaminNeta​nyahu #Israel #IsraelKatz #ItamarBenGvir #jews #MikeHuckabee #Terrorism #WestBank

"Over the centuries, #American #Jews have built a vast religious landscape in which no single institution or orthodoxy can reign supreme or dictate how #Judaism should be practised. Such free market Judaism has produced a panoply of diverse religious #Jewish life, but it has also made collective representation more difficult.

Who ends up speaking on behalf of American Jews when #antisemitism spikes? Who testifies on Capitol Hill before Congress? Who can synthesise the concerns of #Orthodox, #Reform, #Conservative and unaffiliated Jews without pretending their differences don’t exist?

Whether #America ever gets a chief #rabbi again or a universally-accepted council of chief #rabbis may be beside the point. What isn't beside the point is that at a time of disturbing levels of antisemitism and a Jewish community fractured by politics, some kind of unity, however America chooses to build it, has never felt more necessary."

https://www.thejc.com/opinion/could-america-ever-have-a-chief-rabbi-rforj7x8

Blog: Are the Jews Still Israelites?

I recently got some comments on a short video from some Muslims who argued that Israel doesn’t belong to the Jews because most of them came from Europe, which somehow means that they are no longer the Israelites or Hebrews of the Bible. Unfortunately, this isn’t a new belief, so let’s debunk this.

To start with, we should define who the Hebrews, Israelites, and Jews are. In the Bible, the terms are often used interchangeably. These are names that were used during different eras in Jewish history, and all refer to the same ethnic group. By that standard, the Jews, by defintion, are technically still Israelites.

But besides that, we need to address if modern-day Jews are still the Israelites culturally when there is so much ethnic mixing. The Jews have been dispersed throughout the Middle East, Northern Africa, and Europe for thousands of years, starting with the Assyrian conquest of Israel in 722 BC. However, despite their dispersion and intermingling with other people groups, Jewish communities still recognized Israel as their ancestral homeland, and preserved their religious practices, texts, and traditions through generations.

Additionally, if we look at other examples of mixed people groups, we see a similar thing play out. For example, look at Native American tribes. Today, it is incredibly rare to meet a Native American who is 100% a member of their specific tribe. Many of them intermarry with other tribes or have married people of other races entirely. Despite this, too, they may still try to keep some of their tribal customs, beliefs, and practices.

Imagine if you tried to say that Native Americans no longer have a connection or right to their territories because very few of them are 100% members of a specific tribe, even if they try to keep the culture of the tribe they identify with alive. You would immediately be called racist and bigoted. So, how come that logic doesn’t apply to Jews?

Further, to say that Jews aren’t actual Israelites because many of them are Ashkenazi (from Eastern Europe) is also stupid on a genetic level. Just because you look a certain way doesn’t nullify your genetics. Your DNA contains thousands of variations, many of which are more common in certain ethnic or racial groups than others. Those variations, when compared to the DNA of other groups, is what allows geneticists to figure out where your ancestors might have been from going back several generations. Even if your great-times-10-grandma was Jewish, your DNA still carries those markers indicating that someone in your family was Jewish. Thus, if we go off of genetics, the Jews still carry those genetic markers and are genetically Jewish, even if they aren’t 100% Jewish.

For an example, in my case, my genetics are very mixed. I may not identify with the Navajo community or look Navajo, but genetically, I am Navajo. To say otherwise denies reality.

Thus, the entire argument that the Jews are no longer the Israelites is absurd both on a genetic and cultural level. But, to make it even worse for Muslims is the fact that this ties into the Islamic Dilemma. If the Bible is correct, then Israel belongs to the Jews. However, if the Bible is corrupted, then the Quran is not only wrong, but history shows that the Jews have a better claim to Israel than the Palestinian Arabs.

Until next time,

M.J.

My people came from Vilna. I have zero desire to go visit Europe. Its just one giant Jewish graveyard in my mind.

"A rare "antisemitic incident in #Lithuania: A local #blogger and #socialmedia activist was arrested after being filmed spitting at three #Israeli #rabbis visiting #Vilnius and urging others to do the same.

According to #Lithuanian authorities, the suspect, #GintarasLiutkevičius, posted a video on social media showing him approaching the three #Jews, who were wearing traditional religious clothing, spitting toward them and encouraging others to follow his example.

“I heard you love to spit on #Christians ... what if I spit on you?” he is heard saying in the video. “You need to go home. This is not your home. This is Lithuania — go home.”

https://www.ynetnews.com/jewish-world/article/rjjjgezefe?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

"The #Italian #Parliament has introduced a bill that would allow the government to create a #restitution process for #art and #culturalproperty lost under #Fascist laws and during the broader #Holocaust period.

Bill 2834 would enable the Italian Government to create a framework for #reparations for art and other cultural items that were seized or otherwise looted due to #antisemitic persecution that was codified and permitted by law under #BenitoMussolini's Fascist government in 1938.

The bill was reviewed by the Chamber of Deputies’ VII Committee on Culture, Science, and Education on June 24. During the hearing, the President of the Union of Italian #Jewish Communities (#UCEI), #LiviaOttolenghi, affirmed her support for the proposal.

"There is no need to repeat how deeply the wounds inflicted by the racial laws are still felt today by Italian #Jews and our communities," Ottolenghi stated."

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-902019

🤡

"#Scandinavians in the upper Midwest, #AfricanAmericans clustered in the South and beyond, #MexicanAmericans in the Southwest, #Portuguese along the coast of New England, #Yemeni #immigrants and their descendants in Detroit, and #NativeAmericans living across a country that was once theirs.

“Much of what we see is a history of #immigration,” explain the authors, #AlbertSun, #JeffAdelson and #LarryBuchanan. The story accompanying the #map goes on to describe the ebbs and flows of the #migrant tide, including the surge at the turn of the 20th century and the current crackdown on #refugees, #asylumseekers and even naturalized citizens.

But zoom in on the map, and there’s a notable omission: #Jews. Hover over Manhattan, home to one of the largest #Jewish communities in the world, and you’ll find pockets where 20% or more of the residents are #Chinese, #PuertoRican, African American, #Dominican, #German and #Italian. Conspicuously, there is no heading for “Jewish.”

https://www.jta.org/2026/07/06/ideas/a-new-york-times-map-tells-americas-immigration-story-so-where-are-the-jews

Ok, that should have been elaborated more thoroughly, so here is an extended #Fediverse Fitness Chart one can check oneself against (posting without my opinions to reduce bias).

✅ stands for yes, counts as 1
❌ for no, counts as 0
⚠️ for "have reservations against"/"not sure"/other non-binary opinion, counts as 0.5.

1. Being #LGBT
2. Being #transgender
3. Being #nonwhite (under whatever definition)
4. Being a #USian
5. Being a #feminist
6. Unwilling to depend on #BigTech
7. Hatred against #Jews , i.e. #antisemitism / #antizionism /etc.
8. Support of #Ukraine
9. Refusal of #AI
A. Demanding specific #pronouns to be used
B. Praising #communism
C. Demanding to execute #rich people.
D. Being anti- #Christian
E. Being #atheistic
F. Being a #linuxoid
10. Being a #programmer.
UPD:
11. Alarming about the climate change.
UPD2:
12. Being #vegan
13. Demanding #AltText

Have I finally included everything important?

Ok, that should have been elaborated more thoroughly, so here is an extended #Fediverse Fitness Chart one can check oneself against (posting without my opinions to reduce bias).

✅ stands for yes, counts as 1
❌ for no, counts as 0
⚠️ for "have reservations against"/"not sure"/other non-binary opinion, counts as 0.5.

1. Being #LGBT
2. Being #transgender
3. Being #nonwhite (under whatever definition)
4. Being a #USian
5. Being a #feminist
6. Unwilling to depend on #BigTech
7. Hatred against #Jews , i.e. #antisemitism / #antizionism /etc.
8. Support of #Ukraine
9. Refusal of #AI
A. Demanding specific #pronouns to be used
B. Praising #communism
C. Demanding to execute #rich people.
D. Being anti- #Christian
E. Being #atheistic
F. Being a #linuxoid
10. Being a #programmer.
UPD:
11. Alarming about the climate change.
UPD2:
12. Being #vegan
13. Demanding #AltText

Have I finally included everything important?

Ok, that should have been elaborated more thoroughly, so here is an extended #Fediverse Fitness Chart one can check oneself against (posting without my opinions to reduce bias).

✅ stands for yes, counts as 1
❌ for no, counts as 0
⚠️ for "have reservations against"/"not sure"/other non-binary opinion, counts as 0.5.

1. Being #LGBT
2. Being #transgender
3. Being #nonwhite (under whatever definition)
4. Being a #USian
5. Being a #feminist
6. Unwilling to depend on #BigTech
7. Hatred against #Jews , i.e. #antisemitism / #antizionism /etc.
8. Support of #Ukraine
9. Refusal of #AI
A. Demanding specific #pronouns to be used
B. Praising #communism
C. Demanding to execute #rich people.
D. Being anti- #Christian
E. Being #atheistic
F. Being a #linuxoid
10. Being a #programmer.
UPD:
11. Alarming about the climate change.
UPD2:
12. Being #vegan
13. Demanding #AltText

Have I finally included everything important?

Ok, that should have been elaborated more thoroughly, so here is an extended #Fediverse Fitness Chart one can check oneself against (posting without my opinions to reduce bias).

✅ stands for yes, counts as 1
❌ for no, counts as 0
⚠️ for "have reservations against"/"not sure"/other non-binary opinion, counts as 0.5.

1. Being #LGBT
2. Being #transgender
3. Being #nonwhite (under whatever definition)
4. Being a #USian
5. Being a #feminist
6. Unwilling to depend on #BigTech
7. Hatred against #Jews , i.e. #antisemitism / #antizionism /etc.
8. Support of #Ukraine
9. Refusal of #AI
A. Demanding specific #pronouns to be used
B. Praising #communism
C. Demanding to execute #rich people.
D. Being anti- #Christian
E. Being #atheistic
F. Being a #linuxoid
10. Being a #programmer.
UPD:
11. Alarming about the climate change.
UPD2:
12. Being #vegan
13. Demanding #AltText

Have I finally included everything important?

Ok, that should have been elaborated more thoroughly, so here is an extended #Fediverse Fitness Chart one can check oneself against (posting without my opinions to reduce bias).

✅ stands for yes, counts as 1
❌ for no, counts as 0
⚠️ for "have reservations against"/"not sure"/other non-binary opinion, counts as 0.5.

1. Being #LGBT
2. Being #transgender
3. Being #nonwhite (under whatever definition)
4. Being a #USian
5. Being a #feminist
6. Unwilling to depend on #BigTech
7. Hatred against #Jews , i.e. #antisemitism / #antizionism /etc.
8. Support of #Ukraine
9. Refusal of #AI
A. Demanding specific #pronouns to be used
B. Praising #communism
C. Demanding to execute #rich people.
D. Being anti- #Christian
E. Being #atheistic
F. Being a #linuxoid
10. Being a #programmer.
UPD:
11. Alarming about the climate change.
UPD2:
12. Being #vegan
13. Demanding #AltText

Have I finally included everything important?

Judeo-Christian :fozzie_wocka_wocka:

"Among the many #faiths practiced by millions of #Texas #students, a new statewide required #reading list that includes #biblical passages draws from just two traditions: #Protestant #Christianity and #Judaism.

Yet Texas #rabbis say #Jews had no role in shaping how #Judaism appears in the #curriculum, and they disagree with how the lone #Jewish text is presented. Rather than teaching about Judaism on its own terms, they argue, the lessons filter Jewish texts through a #Christian perspective.

The #readinglist, which is expected to go into effect in 2030, will have #publicschool students across the state reading passages from the #NewTestament and mostly Christian #translations of the #Hebrew Bible alongside #literary classics. Of the curriculum’s six #HebrewBible readings, just one uses a Jewish #translation."

https://forward.com/news/834539/texas-bible-curriculum/

Israeli army chief warns reserve forces could 'collapse' amid manpower crisis [😜]
Opposition figures have intensified criticism of Prime Minister #BenjaminNetanyahu's government over its failure to draft ultra-Orthodox #Jews
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-army-chief-warns-reserve-forces-could-collapse-amid-manpower-crisis

from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
12 May 2026

"In January 2027, due to the reduction of mandatory service to 30 months, the #IDF [#Israel's army] will lose thousands more combat soldiers," Zamir told the committee.

"The reserve army will collapse into itself," he added, according to i24news.

Zamir warned MPs that after nearly three years of war on multiple fronts, the #military is facing a severe manpower shortage that could undermine future operations.

#SanctionIsrael
#StopStarvingGaza
#FreePalestine
#IsraeliCrimesAgainstHumanity
#StopGazaGenocide
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#AntiZionismIsNotAntisemitism
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#SolidarityWithPalestineIsNotAntisemitism
#Gaza #Palestine
#news #politics

I discovered anti-#Zionism at the #UniversityOfMichigan. I'm glad it lives on there
A controversial speech conveyed essential lessons for all #Jews
https://forward.com/opinion/824062/university-of-michigan-derek-peterson-anti-zionism/

from #TheForward #Forward
[#Jewish publication from #USA]
May 8, 2026

At the U. of #Michigan’s recent commencement ceremony, history professor Derek Peterson delivered a 5-minute speech in which he celebrated all those who have fought for justice at the university, my alma mater. Invoking our legendary fight song, he asked the crowd to “sing” for suffragist Sarah Burger, who battled to get #women admitted as students; for Moritz Levi, UM's first #Jewish professor; for all the students who fought for #RacialJustice at #UM as part of the Black Action Movement; and for the “pro-#Palestinian student activists, who have over these past two years opened our hearts to the injustice and inhumanity of #Israel’s war in #Gaza.”

#AntiZionismIsNotAntisemitism
#FreePalestine
#news #politics #USpol #Palestine

"Not you. You guys are cool."

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1897049/not-you-you-guys-are-cool

Cyrus the Based

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Samaritanism

Samaritanism is an Abrahamic monotheistic, ethnic religion. It comprises the collective spiritual, cultural, & legal traditions of the Samaritan people.

Often preferring to be called Israelite Samaritans, who originated from the Hebrews & Israelites. They began to emerge as a relatively distinct group after the Kingdom of Israel was conquered by the Neo-Assyrian Empire during the Iron Age. The Neo-Assyrian Empire was the 4th, & penultimate, stage of ancient Assyrian history.

Central to their continuity as an Indigenous Heritage in the Holy Land is keeping the Patriarchal & Mosaic covenant as specified in the Samaritan Torah. Samaritans believe this is the original & unchanged version of the Pentateuch (which is the first 5 books of the Hebrew & Christian bible) since Moses & the Israelites at Mount Sinai.

The Abisha Scroll is traditionally held by the community to be the oldest existing scroll written by Abisha, son of Aaron the priest, around 3,000 years ago based on living tradition. However, Jewish & Christian theologians have made attempts to dispute this claim which proved unsatisfactory.

Judaism claims Samaritanism developed right alongside their own religion. Samaritanism asserts itself as the true preserved form of the monotheistic faith that the Israelites kept under Moses. Samaritan belief also holds that the Israelites’ original holy site was Mount Gerizim, near Nablus, the State of Palestine (West Bank).

They also believe that Jerusalem only attained importance under Israelite dissenters who had followed Eli (In the Book of Samuel, Eli was a priest & judge of the Israelites in the city of Shiloh) to the city of Shiloh.

The Israelites who remained at Mount Gerizim would become the Samaritans in the Kingdom of Judah. Mount Gerizim is revered by Samaritans as the location where the Binding of Isaac occurred. In comparison to the Jewish belief that it occurred at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount.

Today there are only about 900 registered communal members. This puts Samaritanism as 1 of the smallest ethnoreligious groups globally in the Abrahamic faiths. Samaritans believe that this is a prophecy fulfilled from the scriptures: “You’ll be left few in number.”

Though they hope for a future time when a prophet like Moses known as the “Taheb” (Restorer) will perform 3 signs, namely the jar of manna, the staff of Moses, & Cherubim, or the Golden Candlestick.

This time period they believe is when an era of Divine Favor would return, & the hidden tabernacle of Moses would miraculously be revealed for the Israelite people & Mount Gerizim is restored to its former glory.

Samaritans trace their history, as a separate entity, to a period soon after the Israelites’ arrival into the “Promised Land.” Samaritan historiography traces the schism to High Priest Eli leaving Mount Gerizim, where stood the 1st Israelite altar in Canaan, & building a competing altar in nearby Shiloh.

The dissenting group of Israelites who followed Eli to Shiloh would be the ones who, in later years, would head south to settle in Jerusalem (the Jews). Whereas the Israelites who stayed on Mount Gerizim, in Samaria, would become known as the Samaritans.

Genetic studies in 2004 suggest that Samaritans’ lineages trace back to a common ancestor with Jews in the paternally-inherited Jewish high priesthood (Cohanim) temporally near to the period of the Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel. They’re probably descendants of the historical Israelite population. The Cohanim refers to the Jewish priestly class, male descendants of Aaron the priest.

The Hasmonean king, John Hyrcanus, destroyed the Mount Gerizim Temple & brought Samaria under his control around 120 BCE. This led to a long-lasting sense of mutual hostility between the Jews & Samaritans.

From this point, the Samaritans likely sought to consciously distance themselves from their Judean brethren. Both peoples came to see the Samaritan faith as a religion distinct from Judaism. By the time of Jesus, Samaritans & Jews deeply disparaged one another, as shown by Jesus’ Parable of the Good Samaritan.

The main beliefs of Samaritanism are:

• There’s 1 God, Yahweh, the same God recognized by the Jewish prophets.
• The Torah is the only true holy book & was given by God to Moses. The Torah was created before the creation of the world & whoever believes in it is assured a part in the world to come. The Torah’s status in Samaritanism as the only holy book causes them to reject the Oral Torah, the Talmud, & all the prophets & scriptures, except for a version of the Book of Joshua (which they don’t hold as Scripture), whose book in the Samaritan community is significantly different from the Book of Joshua in the Jewish “Bible.” Moses is considered to be the last of the line of prophets.
• Mount Gerizim, not Jerusalem, is the 1 true sanctuary chosen by God. The Samaritans don’t recognize the sanctity of Jerusalem & don’t recognize the Temple Mount, claiming instead that Mount Gerizim was the place where the Binding of Isaac took place.
• The Apocalypse, called “the day of vengeance,” will be the end of days. When an entity called the Taheb (basically the Jewish Messiah equal) that comes from the tribe of Joseph will come, be a prophet like Moses for 40 years & bring about the return of all the Israelites, following which the dead will be resurrected. The Tahib will then discover the tent of Moses’ Tabernacle on Mount Gerizim, & will be buried next to Joseph when he dies.

The Samaritans have retained the institution of a high priesthood & the practice of slaughtering & eating lambs on Passover Eve. They celebrated Pesach, Shavuot, & Sukkot. But they use a different method from that used in mainstream Judaism in order to determine the dates annually.

For example, Yom Teru’ah (the biblical name for Rosh Hashanah), at the beginning of Tishrei (This is the 1st month of the civil year & the 7th month of the ecclesiastical year in the Hebrew calendar.), isn’t considered a New Year as it is in Rabbinic Judaism.

Their Sabbath is observed weekly by the Samaritan community every week from Friday to Saturday, beginning & ending at sundown. For 24 hours, the families gather together to celebrate the rest day: all electricity with the exception of minimal lighting (kept on the entire day) in the house is disconnected, no work is done, & neither cooking nor driving is allowed.

The time is devoted to worship which consists of 7 prayer services, reading the weekly Torah portion, spending quality time with family, taking meals, rest & sleep, & visiting other members of the community.

Passover is particularly important in the Samaritan community, climaxing with the sacrifice of up to 40 sheep.

The Counting of the Omar remains relatively unchanged. The Counting of the Omar is a ritual in Judaism that consists of a verbal counting of each of the 49 days between the holidays of Passover & Shavuot. However, the week before Shavuot is a unique festival celebrating the continued commitment Samaritanism has maintained since the time of Moses.

During Sukkot, the Sukkah (the temporary hut built for use during Sukkot) is built INSIDE of houses, instead of OUTSIDE like mainstream Judaism. This Samaritan tradition is traced back to the persecution of the Samaritans during the Byzantine Empire.

The roof of the Samaritan Sukkah is decorated with citrus fruits & branches of palm, myrtle, & willow trees. This is in accordance with the Samaritan interpretation of the 4 species designated in the Torah for the holiday. The 4 species are 4 plants (the etrog, lulav, hadass, & aravah) mentioned in the Torah as being relevant to the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.

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