admin | March 23, 2020
BEIRUT, Lebanon Down on earth, the coronavirus outbreak was felling lives, livelihoods and normalcy. A nation-spanning blessing seemed called for. So up went a priest in a small airplane, rumbling overhead at an epidemiologically safe distance from the troubles below, wielding a sacred golden vessel from a cockpit-turned-pulpit.
admin | March 23, 2020
JERUSALEM - In the Middle East, where the three main monotheistic faiths shape daily life, the coronavirus pandemic has seen religious leaders support constraints unthinkable just a few weeks ago. Top Islamic clerics in the region and in Muslim-majority North Africa have endorsed the closure of mosques to avoid large gatherings where the risk of contamination could be high. The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, custodian of Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre -- believed by Christians to house Christ's tomb -- has told congregations to receive communion in their hand, instead of on their tongue
admin | March 23, 2020
Modern-day Israel is a country defined by centuries of multicultural history, providing rich inspiration for music and art. Sitting on the south-eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, Israel is a melting pot of cultural and musical influences from across the region
admin | March 22, 2020
THEMAR, Germany As the deafeningly loud, rapid-fire music known as "hate rock" blasted out, hundreds of white nationalists, skinheads and neo-Nazis nodded their heads and swigged their drinks. Among them was Keith, 46, a welder from Las Vegas, who for the second year in a row had traveled from Nevada to Germany to attend several far-right events
admin | March 22, 2020
Photo Credit: pixabay {Originally posted to the MEF website} Suddenly, influential voices blame the COVID-19 virus not on Communist China but on the United Kingdom, the United States and Israel. This shift fits a pernicious medieval pattern that needs to be taken seriously and refuted
admin | March 22, 2020
The Stars Group has revealed that it has performed ahead of expectations so far in the current quarter, but warned that the outbreak of novel coronavirus (Covid-19) could have a material impact on sports betting revenue in the near term. The operator said it saw continued strong underlying momentum within its UK-facing Sky Betting & Gaming division, due in part to favourable sporting results, while its BetEasy business in Australia also experienced growth
admin | March 21, 2020
Do you have Ashkenazi Jewish DNA? This can be an exciting journey for you
admin | March 21, 2020
FLICKR, ADAM BAKERThe majority of Ashkenazi Jews are descended from prehistoric European women, according to study published today (October 8) in Nature Communications. While the Jewish religion began in the Near East, and the Ashkenazi Jews were believed to have origins in the early indigenous tribes of this region, new evidence from mitochondrial DNA, which is passed on exclusively from mother to child, suggests that female ancestors of most modern Ashkenazi Jews converted to Judaism in the north Mediterranean around 2,000 years ago and later in west and central Europe
admin | March 21, 2020
Ashkenazi Jews( Y'hudey Ashkenaz in Ashkenazi Hebrew)Total population10[1]11.2[2] millionRegions with significant populationsUnited States56 million[3]Israel2.8 million[1][4]Russia194,000500,000Argentina300,000United Kingdom260,000Canada240,000France200,000Germany200,000Ukraine150,000Australia120,000South Africa80,000Belarus80,000Hungary75,000Chile70,000Belgium30,000Brazil80,000Netherlands30,000Moldova30,000Poland25,000Mexico18,500Sweden18,000Latvia10,000Romania10,000Austria9,000New Zealand5,000Azerbaijan4,300Lithuania4,000Czech Republic3,000Slovakia3,000Estonia1,000LanguagesYiddish[5]Modern: Local languages, primarily English, Hebrew, RussianReligionJudaism, some secular, irreligiousRelated ethnic groupsSephardi Jews, Mizrahi Jews, Samaritans,[6][6][7][8] Kurds,[8] other Levantines (Druze, Assyrians,[6][7] Arabs[6][7][9][10]), Mediterranean groups (Italians,[11][12] Spaniards[13])[14][15][16][17] Ashkenazi Jews / Ashkenazic Jews / Ashkenazim are Jews who originally lived in northern and eastern Europe. They once lived in the area of Rhineland and France and after the crusades they moved to Poland, Lithuania and Russia.
admin | March 21, 2020
Sol Schindler of Bethesda, Md., writes: Paul Kriwaczek tells us in his book In Search of Zarathustra: Across Iran and Central Asia To Find the Worlds First Prophet that the Hebrew word ashkenazi originally meant a Scythian. I myself always thought it meant a German. Did ancient Hebrew speakers use one term to describe all the barbarians beyond the Danube, or did they actually distinguish between Goths and Scythians
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