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Jerusalem – Israel’s eternal capital (Videos)

Yom Yerushalayim / Jerusalem Day – the Israeli government proclaimed the holiday of “Jerusalem Day” for the 28th of Iyar, corresponding to the date that the Israeli military liberated those parts of Jerusalem which had previously been in Arab possession. In 1967 – 19 years after the establishment of the State in 1948 – The Israelis captured Jerusalem in 1967. On May 14, 1948, on the day in which the British Mandate over a Palestine expired, the Jewish People’s Council gathered at the Tel Aviv Museum, and approved the following proclamation, declaring the establishment of the State of Israel. The new state was recognized that night by the United States and three days later by the USSR. For the first time in 2520 years she was independent. That follows the destruction of the Jewish state 2520 years ago by the Babylonians in 606 BC followed by the destruction [...]

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Anusim, Jewish Roots, Jewish Studies, Video of the Week

The Marranos Jews (Videos)

The Marranos Jews (Videos)

The story of the Marranos, the lost Jews from Spain, started in the 14th century when the Spanish Inquisition of the Roman Catholic Church persecuted the large Jewish community in Spain and Portugal. Many Jews preferred to die rather than to give up their faith and convert. Many other Jews were forced to become Christians. Despite this, the church ...

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Jewish Roots, Jewish Studies, Video of the Week

Cochini Jews – Malabar Jews (Videos)

Cochini Jews - Malabar Jews (Videos)

The Jews of India aren’t one singular community. Among themselves they are divided into different communities. Each community has its own different culture, background and origin. Each community claims its arrival in India in different ways and it is not always clear how they really came to India. The three main Jewish communities of India ar ...

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Anusim, Jewish Roots, Jewish Studies, Video of the Week

Jews in India – Bene Israel (Video)

Jews in India - Bene Israel (Video)

The largest Jewish community of Indian Jews is that of the Bene Israel. Earlier the Bene Israel lived in the villages of west Maharashtra in the Konkan coast. In the nineteenth century they started moving to the cities, mainly to Bombay (now called Mumbai) and to other cities among them Pune, Ahmadabad and Karachi which is now part of Pakistan. Fro ...

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Jewish Roots, Jewish Studies, News, Video of the Week

Jews of Iran (Videos)

Jews of Iran (Videos)

The beginnings of Jewish history in Iran date back to late Biblical times. The biblical books of Isaiah, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, Chronicles, and Esther contain references to the life and experiences of Jews in Persia. In the book of Ezra, the Persian kings are credited with permitting and enabling the Jews to return to Jerusalem and rebuild their T ...

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Anusim, Castellano, Video of the Week

Benei Anusim y la inquisición (Video Serie)

Benei Anusim y la inquisición (Video Serie)

La comunidad judía en españa no gozó de paz ni con cristianos ni con musulmanes, a penas breves periodos de calma, más por intereses políticos de unos y otros dominadores que por un deseo real de convivencia. Perseguidos y acosados por cristianos y musulmanes, finalmente los judíos españoles fueron f ...

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Newsletter, Toronto Pride Parade, Video of the Week

Homosexuality in the Buff

Homosexuality in the Buff

The Science of Homosexuality: “Well I was born this way – God created me this way – God made me a homosexual” Due to the Fall of Mankind and sin entering the world it opened the door for physical degenerations, mutations, and physical and medical anomalies in the human genome as well as chemical imbalances and deficiencies i ...

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Parasha Vayechi, Torah, Video of the Week

Unrecognized Mashiach: Mashiach ben Yosef

Unrecognized Mashiach: Mashiach ben Yosef

Yosef said to his brothers, "I am about to die and God will remember you (pakod yifkod) and bring you up from this land to the land which He swore about to Avraham, to Yitzchak, and to Ya’akov." (Bereishit 50:24) The words "pakod yifkod" – God will remember you – were not only his parting words, but the very wo ...

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Israel, Jewish Studies, Video of the Week, Zionism

The land of Israel – אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ – Eretz Yisrael (Videos)

The land of Israel – אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ –  Eretz Yisrael (Videos)

Every one who knows the problems of territory, religion, education, and simple racial hate and international involvement, knows that the greatest problem of all is related to the Bible. Jews have for the two thousand years of exile among the nations dreamed of returning to the land of their forefathers, the land of Israel, between the Jordan River ...

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Parasha Toledot, Torah, Video of the Week

Parasha Overview: Toledot (Videos)

Parasha Overview: Toledot (Videos)

Weekly Sidra: Toledot (Generations) Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 25:19-28:9 Haftorah: Sh’muel Alef / I Samuel 20:18-20:42 Toledot, Toldot, or Tol’doth (תּוֹלְדֹת — Hebr "" for “line” or “Generations,” the second word and the first distinct ...

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How to Videos, Jewish Roots, Video of the Week

Why of Yarmulka, Skullcaps, Kippah (Videos)

Why of Yarmulka, Skullcaps, Kippah (Videos)

Wearing of a head covering (yarmulka, skullcaps, kippah [pl. kippot]) for men was only instituted in Talmudic times (approximately the second century CE). The first mention of it is in Tractate Shabbat, which discusses respect and fear of God. Some sources likened it to the High Priest who wore a hat (Mitznefet) to remind him something was always b ...

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Jewish Roots, Jewish Studies, Video of the Week, Zionism

Short History of Italian Jews (Videos)

Short History of Italian Jews (Videos)

Italy is located centrally in the Mediterranean sea and served as an important crossroad and an intersection between North and South, East and West, Sephardic and Ashkenazi culture. That’s why Italy has a very important role in Jewish history and genealogy. Italy contains some of the oldest Jewish Communities in Europe. Jews arrived in South ...

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Israel, Jewish Roots, Jewish Studies, Video of the Week

The Black Jews Of Africa (Videos)

The Black Jews Of Africa (Videos)

The Beta Israel, the Lemba, Igbo Jews, and more… After the fall of the Kingdom of Israel (Northern Kingdom) in 720 B.C. and the Kingdom of Judea (Southern Kingdom) sixth century B.C., there have been several groups who have either fled the land of Israel, or who were captured and removed as slaves, which in turn commenced a diaspora that form ...

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Parashat Parah, Parashat Shemini, Torah, Torah Video, Video of the Week

Parah Adumah | Red Heifer

Parah Adumah | Red Heifer

Weekly Sidra: Shemini (Eight) Shabbat: Parah Adumah (Red Heifer) Torah Portion: Vayikra / Leviticus 9:1 – 11:47 Special Maftir: Bamidbar / Numbers 19:1-19:22 Haftorah: Yechezkel / Ezekiel 36:16 – 36:38 "This is the decree of the Torah, which HaShem has commanded, saying: Speak to the Children of Israel, and ...

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Torah, Tu B'Shevat, Video of the Week

Tu B’Shevat | The 15th of Shevat

Tu B'Shevat | The 15th of Shevat

Although we are all familiar with the Rosh Hashanah, the "Head of the Year," which occurs in the Fall, there are actually four Rosh Hashanah’s which define, to an extent, the Hebrew calendar. They are as follows: 1. First of Nisan – This is the month about which Moshe was commanded in Egypt, "This month shall be considere ...

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