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Brit-Am
Movement of the Ten Tribes
http://www.britam.org/now2/1497Now.html
Tell me please, if you will, were there any people living in
Europe, specifically the British Isles before the destruction of the first Beit
HaMikdash? Or was northern Europe sparsely populated and then inundated with
frightened migrating Israelites? And did these hundreds of thousands of
immigrant Israelites collectively forget where they came from, who they were and
what G-d expected from them? Did these Israelites who apparently suffered from
mass amnesia also forget their brethren (Judah, Levi, Benjamin and countless
people from the other 9 tribes) who fled to Persia under the safety of King
Cyrus?
Yair, your Britam organization is a very good tool to possibly reduce the amount
of Jew hatred in the world by enabling the Gentile nations to believe that they
too are part of Israel and that their ancestors were also present at Mt Sinai.
Maybe, just maybe, you can even get the pope to believe that he too is an
Israelite. Wow, then maybe the Vatican will soon have a glatt kosher kitchen
(the pope can even be the mashgiach [spiritual overseer), a beit medresh [House
of Study] and daily minyanim [Minimum quorums for communal Prayer]. And then to
make this whole scenario completely surreal, maybe the pope will even lead in
the davening [Prayer in Yiddish].
Sounds almost like a Purim shpiel [play, comedy skit held on the Feat of Purim
], yes? Before 1948 Brit-Am would have been shunned by the gentiles, but since
the creation of the State of Israel and especially since the 6-Day War when
Jerusalem became an undivided city and the Temple mount was back in the hands of
its children do many gentiles want to place their destiny with that of the Jews.
As Isaiah writes in Isaiah 53--"Who would have believed our report?" when the
gentile leadership laments the harm done to the Jewish people by their evil
decrees and how the Jews suffered at the hands of the gentiles for centuries as
the suffering servants of G-d.
The church used to point to the "wandering Jews" as proof of G-d's punishment
because we did not accept [the Christian Messiah] as lord and savior---but
Israel's continued existence and strength invalidated this anti-Semitic
theology. And as Mark Twain wrote and pondered over a century ago: what is
behind the immortality of the Jew?
Well, step right up all ye nations and claim your newfound status as descendants
of the children of Israel and you too can be immortal and you dont even have to
have any torah or mitzvot [commandments] in your lives. Hey they cant beat that,
right Yair?
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Brit-Am Reply:
Your post include the following implied critical queries:
Evidence for
mass immigration to west especially British isles within necessary time frame.
Mass amnesia?
Reduction of anti-Semitism. The Pope etc.
State of Israel now making Israelite ancestry attractive.
Freedom from commandments and obligations alongside being part of the "Chosen".
Conventional History is different on many points from the Brit-Am understanding.
Nevertheless even conventionally there were several stages of diminished
population followed by sudden increase alongside drastic cultural changes. This
is consistent with demographic disasters followed by the immigration of new
peoples. Brit-Am publications (e.g. The Tribes, Origin, Lost Israelite Identity,
Ephraim) and articles on our site show part of the relevant evidence.
Even according to Conventional Evidence it is academically agreed in Scandinavia
that their Bronze Age Civilization originated with the immigration of peoples
who had originated from somewhere in the Middle East area.
Our next issue of New Tribesman will probably carry an article on this subject.
The Ten Tribes before their Exile were idol worshippers (2-Kings 17). The
Midrash says they had ceased to practice circumcision. There was not much that
was "Jewish" or culturally Hebrew about them. They had intermixed with other
peoples and borrowed their customs and beliefs. They were exiled in groups but
subject to the influence of foreign cultures and alien surroundings etc. By
comparison look at the USA today. How many are descended from German immigrants?
How many speak German? How many even know their ancestors came from Germany? And
this is just after a distance of 300 years in some cases and less than ca. 200
years in most.
In addition Brit-Am (and other studies) have shown that some recollection of
Israelite Ancestry did remain amongst part of the Lost Ten Tribes.
[ We suspect that the Church in some cases militated against the idea of
Israelite origins. ]
Brit-Am could indeed contribute towards a reduction in Jew hatred and a greater
support for the State of Israel and sympathy for the Jews in general. We would
certainly hope so. Individual cases exist where we have had some positive
influence. On the other hand there were also times when we were disappointed.
About 3 to 5 per cent of our subscribers are probably anti-Jewish. Some of them
are Edomites and others. No matter what we say they will remain anti-Jewish.
They are liable to take whatever we say and use it for their own purposes.
Nevertheless we understand that our overall effect is positive one. Not only are
we good for the Jews but we contribute something to all Bible-believers. On the
whole Believers in the Bible are much better people no matter what their
origins.
This however is not the question, at least not all of it.
The question should be is whether or not Brit-Am is correct. If Brit-Am is
correct in its beliefs and claims then deal with it.
Your remarks concerning the Pope etc were out of place. You have missed the
point.
Having a certain group amongst the Gentiles considered part of the Chosen People
of Israel does not mean making all the Gentiles Israelites.
It means rather simply increasing the size of the Chosen People.
You mocked the idea that Brit-Am Identified Peoples may be considered part of
the Chosen People yet not be obligated by the commandments.
At least not yet.
Not everyone agrees with us on this point.
Even so, this is what Scripture implies and what the Sages said.
Your problem should be with them. Not with us.
If you feel uneasy with this you are urged to check the sources yourself or ask
someone you rely upon to do so.
Perhaps we are wrong or perhaps we are right but someone else can explain it
along lines that make more sense to you than our own explanations did?
It should be pointed out that belonging to the Chosen People entails both
advantages and obligations that not all of us may be prepared for.
YOU
ONLY HAVE I KNOWN OF ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH: THEREFORE I WILL PUNISH YOU
FOR ALL YOUR INIQUITIES [Amos 3:2]
2. THE HEBREW ROOTS OF ANCIENT
UGARIT
AND GREECE by Bruce McKerras
2010
In 1928 a peasant accidently plowed into an ancient tomb near the coast of
Northern Syria. Archaeologists soon determined that it was Mycenaean (Greek) in
style and the nearby mound of Ras Shamra was therefore a probable link between
Canaan and the Aegean in ancient times. Cuneiform tablets discovered
established that Ras Shamara was the capital of the small Ugarit Kingdom.
Ugarit was a well located, rich trading city.Its heyday was about 1400 to 1200
BC.
Translation of their writings reveal very many similarities with Hebrew. Their
epic stories have unmistakable parallels that link preprophetic Hebrew with pre
philosophical Greece. Their alphabet closely matches the Hebrew one, and our
English ABC is also sounded in the same sequence.
These Ugaritic texts demonstrate that the Semitic influence permeated the early
Mediterranean cultures.
Ref. Ugarit and Minoan Crete. By C. Gordon
3. Ecclesiastes 6
1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
2 A man to whom God has given riches and wealth and honor, so that he lacks
nothing for himself of all he desires; yet God does not give him power to eat of
it, but a foreigner consumes it. This is vanity, and it is an evil affliction.
3 If a man begets a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of
his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with goodness, or indeed he
has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better than he?
4 for it comes in vanity and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with
darkness.
5 Though it has not seen the sun or known anything, this has more rest than that
man,
6 even if he lives a thousand years twice, but has not seen goodness. Do not all
go to one place?
7 All the labor of man is for his mouth,
And yet the soul is not satisfied.
8 For what more has the wise man than the fool?
What does the poor man have,
Who knows how to walk before the living?
9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of desire.
This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
10 Whatever one is, he has been named already,
For it is known that he is man;
And he cannot contend with Him who is mightier than he.
11 Since there are many things that increase vanity,
How is man the better?
12 For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life
which he passes like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will happen after him
under the sun?
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