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The Story of "Oy Vey" | My Jewish Learning

Oy vey! — also: Oy vavoy! Oy vey iz mir! Oy gevalt! Or quite simply: Oy! — is an iconic ...

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Oy Vavoy----is my fave----it is biblical

 

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Today in Jewish History​

• Last Jew comes home (2nd Temple Era)
During the Second Temple Era (circa 230 BCE), Cheshvan 7 was the date on which the Jew most distant from the Holy Temple -- who resided on the banks of the Euphrates River, a 15-day journey's distance from Jerusalem -- arrived at his homestead upon returning from the Sukkot pilgrimage. All Jews would wait for this before beginning to pray for rain. Cheshvan 7 thus marked the return to everyday activities following the spirituality of the festival-rich month of Tishrei.

 

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The topic even reached the mainstream newspapers in 1888. A widely spread article said:

The Jews of Morocco are to my mind at once the most interesting and most trying race of people, says a writer in the Boston Transcript.....Among the anomalies connected with them is that they are hated and despised by the Moors, subject to every insult and degradation that can be imagined, yet they are recognized as such necessary members of society that there is a law which is actively enforced, forbidding Jews to leave the country under any circumstances. The Jews, outside of one or two coast towns, are treated worse than the meanest and lowest animals

... Moor thinks no more of killing a Jew, if he can do It quietly, then of killing a rat. The Jews are not allowed to carry arms of any kind, nor to ride upon a horse, mule or donkey, or bullock, but he must make all journeys on foot; neither are they allowed to wear any foot covering outside of their own quarter, where they are herded together like animals, their dresses being regulated and restricted so they may always be known from the believers at a glance and they are forbidden to build any places of worship or to hold religious services of any kind-which command is religiously disregarded, services being held regularly in their houses, with, in some cities, a guard posted to inform of the approach of strangers.

If there is any nasty work to be done, as for instance the embalming of heads of executed rebels 80 that they may bang the longer at the traitor's gate, the Jews are pressed. into service; if the sultan or one of his officers wishes a few thousand dollars to meet a sudden demand, some wealthy Jew who has paid the least for protection, is seized without notice and thrown into a dungeon until he has been squeezed out of a proper sum..

Jews were treated horribly in Morocco by Muslims in the 19th century - before Zionism

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Arthur Frommer, guidebook trailblazer who opened world to travelers, dies at 95

Legendary Jewish writer made international travel feel attainable with budget-friendly tourism guides at a time when overseas trips were exclusive province of wealthy jet-setters

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Today in Jewish History​

• Lisbon Earthquake (1755)
A great earthquake struck Lisbon, Portugal, destroying much of the city including the courthouse of the Inquisition.

 

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Today in Jewish History​

• Hasmonean Holiday (137 BCE)
In Talmudic times, Cheshvan 23 was commemorated as the day on which the stones of the altar which were defiled by the Greeks were removed from the Holy Temple.

 

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I found this letter from the famous Rabbi Manasseh ben Israel to the Caledonian Mercury newspaper urging England to allow Jews to return to that country. (July 9, 1753)



His defense of Jews says "they will ever zealously struggle for the Rights of the Crown and the Riches of the People, and thatthey will never cause any Persons to be circumcised against their consent;"

What?

If Ben Israel felt he had to say that to a general British audience, that means that this must have been a somewhat widespread fear among British antisemites.

I found corroboration from a book called "Marked in Your Flesh: Circumcision from Ancient Judea to Modern America" by Leonard B. Glick. It shows a lot of satirical opposition to the "Jew Bill" to allow Jews to re-enter England but it mentions that some took this fear of forced circumcision very seriously.

(full article online)

18th century British citizens spread rumors that Jews, if allowed in England, would force them to be circumcised (update)

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Full text of the first Jewish Thanksgiving sermon in America, by Gershom Mendes Seixas

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Today in Jewish History​

• Mumbai Terror Attacks (2008)
The city of Mumbai, India, was hit with a series of coordinated terror attacks, starting on Wednesday evening, the 29th of Cheshvan 5769, which left close to 200 dead and scores more injured.

One of the terrorists' chosen targets was the local Chabad House, known as the "Nariman House," operated by Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries Rabbi Gavriel Noach (Gabi) and Rivkah (Rivki) Holtzberg.

In the subsequent standoff, which continued until Friday afternoon, Gabi and Rivki and several other Jews in the Chabad House – Rabbis Bentzion Chroman and Leibish Teitelbaum, Norma Schwartzblatt-Rabinowitz and Yocheved Orpaz – were killed in cold blood. May G‑d avenge their murders.

Miraculously, the Holtzbergs' two-year-old child, Moshe, was saved by his nanny.

 

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Today in Jewish History​

• Mumbai Terror Attacks (2008)
The city of Mumbai, India, was hit with a series of coordinated terror attacks, starting on Wednesday evening, the 29th of Cheshvan 5769, which left close to 200 dead and scores more injured.

One of the terrorists' chosen targets was the local Chabad House, known as the "Nariman House," operated by Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries Rabbi Gavriel Noach (Gabi) and Rivkah (Rivki) Holtzberg.

In the subsequent standoff, which continued until Friday afternoon, Gabi and Rivki and several other Jews in the Chabad House – Rabbis Bentzion Chroman and Leibish Teitelbaum, Norma Schwartzblatt-Rabinowitz and Yocheved Orpaz – were killed in cold blood. May G‑d avenge their murders.

Miraculously, the Holtzbergs' two-year-old child, Moshe, was saved by his nanny.

Today in Jewish History​

• Mumbai Terror Attacks (2008)
The city of Mumbai, India, was hit with a series of coordinated terror attacks, starting on Wednesday evening, the 29th of Cheshvan 5769, which left close to 200 dead

Today in Jewish History​

• Mumbai Terror Attacks (2008)
The city of Mumbai, India, was hit with a series of coordinated terror attacks, starting on Wednesday evening, the 29th of Cheshvan 5769, which left close to 200 dead and scores more injured.

One of the terrorists' chosen targets was the local Chabad House, known as the "Nariman House," operated by Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries Rabbi Gavriel Noach (Gabi) and Rivkah (Rivki) Holtzberg.

In the subsequent standoff, which continued until Friday afternoon, Gabi and Rivki and several other Jews in the Chabad House – Rabbis Bentzion Chroman and Leibish Teitelbaum, Norma Schwartzblatt-Rabinowitz and Yocheved Orpaz – were killed in cold blood. May G‑d avenge their murders.

Miraculously, the Holtzbergs' two-year-old child, Moshe, was saved by his nanny.

for those who do not know----Mumbai, the erstwhile Bombay is a port city in India which, historically, was a city of refuge for Zoroastrians and Jews fleeing the GLORIOUS AGE OF ISLAMIC CONQUEST. Both communities still exist in
Mumbai. The jewish community was the target of the islamic murder spree
there in ?2008. The rabbi murdered in Qatar, Zvi Kogan (age 28) a few days ago was a relative of a young couple (rabbi and wife) also murdered for the
glory of islam

 

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From the Stockport Advertiser, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, Dec 17, 1824:


The pope was the recently installed Pope Leo XII, whose papacy started in September 1823.

This edict seems to have been only for the Jews of Rome.

Wikipedia mentions this along with another edict that Leo issued against the Jews:

Laws such as that forbidding Jews to own property and allowing them only the shortest possible time in which to sell what they owned, and that requiring all Roman residents to listen to Catholic catechism commentary, led many of Rome's Jews to emigrate, to Trieste, Lombardy and Tuscany.

200 years ago: The Pope forces Jews of Rome, including children, to attend Catholic sermons weekly

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Andorra, where non-Catholic houses of worship are illegal, gets its first full-time rabbi

Andorra appoints its first full-time rabbi, Kuty Kalmenson, to lead the growing Jewish community and support local needs.

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Israel Film Festival in Los Angeles Concludes Its Sold-Out Run With More Than 7,000 Attendees - Algemeiner.com Israel Film Festival in Los Angeles Concludes Its Sold-Out Run With More Than 7,000 Attendees

The 36th Israel Film Festival in Los Angeles recently ended with sold-out screenings, more than 7,000 attendees, and the most sponsors in its history of nearly four decades. The film festival, which is the largest display of Israeli films in the United States, took place Nov. 13-26 after a...

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Surrounded by hostile Muslim nations, the 30,000-strong Azerbaijani Jewish community is one of the most isolated and distinctive in the world.

Unlike many Jewish populations across the Middle East and Europe, they have remained in their homeland for thousands of years after leaving ancient Persia.

Their vibrant and unique traditions include the creation of a new language that blends Arabic and Hebrew, reflecting their rich cultural heritage.

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Surrounded by hostile Muslim nations, the 30,000-strong Azerbaijani Jewish community is one of the most isolated and distinctive in the world.

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If you want the real history of Israel, I invite you to visit my website The Case for Israel:

The Case for Israel

The Case for Israel Why Israel Deserves Our Support Michael T. Griffith If any nation on Earth deserves our support, it is the nation of Israel. After the Holocaust, the United States led the way to help establish the state of Israel in 1948. Israel was founded mostly by Jews who left Europe during

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One should also dispell the Myth of "Palestine" , which never existed except in the mind of Islamic Terrorists.

 

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https://www.israelhayom.com/2024/12/11/from-magnificence-to-destruction-the-story-of-syrias-jewish-community/

 

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