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– About Explweek, we’re looking at a long-standing theory that claims that Ashkenazi Jews are descendants of the Khazars. If it were true, that would make Ashkenazim offshoots of a multi-ethnic conglomerate of Turkic people who converted en masse in the eighth century in the kingdom of Khazaria.
Turns out, it’s totally false.
Unlike other conspiracy theories, though, it’s not just a fringe few who are pushing this idea. It has the backing of academics, including some in Israel – with dangerous implications.
The hypothesis has been disproved, so why does it continue to resonate and how did an attempt to use the theory to fight back against antisemitism in the 1970s end up fueling anti-Israel rhetoric to this day?
Let us know what you think of this week’s video in the comments below.
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Ashkenazi Jews are Jews. Period.
jews aint white thats for sure.
Can you explain why Ashkenaz is listed as one of the descendants of Japheth? If Ashkenais are semiti (from Shem), How come Ashkenaz is from Japheth's lineage? Genesis 10:3 and Jer 51:27?
Well done. But “Ashkenazim” and “Sephardim” are not “denominations.” They’re geographical terms derived from the word “Ashkenaz,” which referred to German lands (originally), and “Sepharad,” which referred to the Iberian peninsula. It’s important to be precise with the terminology when discussing this sensitive topic. (“Denomination” refers to an autonomous branch of Christianity. Although some people use the word to refer to movements within the Jewish religion, this is not appropriate. “Ashkenazi” and “Sephardi” groups are ethnic terms within the larger Jewish people.)
BTW Shlomo Sand is an outlier among Jewish academics. Virtually no Jewish academics support that Khazar nonsense.
There third the largest Jewish community, called Mizrahi.. The eastern jews… As non Ashkenazi nor Sepharadi jew I want to say, we all are one and look alike…
But even if the theory is correct, (which I doubt), I would say so what? Would that make them less Jewish? Converts do count as Jews.
Ashkenazi jews are phenotypically an enigma.
They don't look nothing like Europeans and nothing like semites.
And I've seen half arab half white people…they do NOT look Ashkenazi at ALL.
So I get the doubted origins of Ashkenazi
I have read the Koestler book. At first it sounded quite convincing. Then I tried to find traces of Turcic language in Yiddish and I could not find the smallest bit. The legendary conversion to Judaism by the Khazars – if it happened at all – was probably an attempt by a very small elite which never thoroughly convinced a relevant proportion of the Khazar population to pracice the Jewish religion.
I have learned so much from these videos.
I'm a Mizrahi Jew , and this Video is all True , 100% Truth
this is something I have to deal with on the internet all. the. timeeeeeee
So many non-Jews think they know about Jewish ancestry better than Jews, and yet call others to be PC.
People who have converted are also Jews according to halacha, so why does any of this matter? It began with Ruth the Moab and people have joined ever since.
When the christians start talking ratios you know some shit's got them riled up 😂
It's the sad fate of any video regarding Jews in YouTube to have a comment section filled with delusional lunatics and anti-Semites who use bible thumping to justify their bizarre theories
Great.
I'm slow. I never heard that one. Thanks. Keep up the good work.
Great video! Too many misinformed, anti-Semite comments. Thank you for posting
Thanks for this video from Ashkenazi Jew 🙂
Just a few remarks: Rus is not Russia, I'm saying as an Ashkenazi Jew from Ukraine origin 🙂
And according to research Karaim people, a community in occupied Crimea, probably are desсenents of Khazars. Khazars had Judaism as a religion for their elit, as i remember.
Perfectly obvious why Abbas would latch on to the Khazar lie: he masquerades as as the leader of the Palestinian people!
He is not an effective leader and he doesn't lead a people that existed before 1960.
The whole comments section is repugnant. It brings to mind diagrams of facial structures based on ethnicity.
however look at people like Jeff Goldblum. His familiy came to the US from Russia but he looks obviously middle eastern. Could pass as a tall Arab with better teeth and smell
Genealogical studies prove Jews are from Israel. So does archaeology, history and the Bible.
I get so tired of this: No jews are not Khazars. If you would know even the slightest of the Histroy of Jews in Europe you would know this as a FACT!
Wow, comments show how stupid humanity is
I've never seen so many people try to discredit a people from being jews soooooo bad until "black" people started claiming to be them…lol..for years nobody said anything about the caucasian jewish people proving they're the real jews! Their word was proof enough and the placing of them in that land in 1948 was the icing on the cake I guess..smh
So what? Khazar khanate ruling class were Jewish, just because they weren't from iberian peninsula or Germanic territory doesn't make them less jewish, so if Ashkenazi Jews came from rhine or khazaria should not matter.
I just don't understand why, if Ashkenazi were indeed khazar, would result in Israel being a fake nation, by that logic most of today's nation state are fake. Only anti Semitic people find some thing useful in the khazar origin of Ashkenazi.
Ugh we are still talking about this in 2020??? This topic is so old and irreverent!!! Lets focus on educating non Jews on the different Jewish communities since most think of all Jews being Ashkenazi.
What in the heck is happening in the comments section
man i dont know whats going on in here but it feels like someone here is trying to justify a genocide but I cant tell who
I recently learned of my Jewish heritage. Even those old ones in my family that knew never spoke of it. I found out by accident. I want to explore my roots. I am even strongly drawn into living the life. What is right? How do I begin? I am 68 years old. Is it to late? Someone please answer this message.
Mizrahim?