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Are Modern Jews Really Israelites? (Pt. 4)

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Previously in this series, we surveyed the ancient and medieval history of Ashkenazi Jews—from their origins as Israelites in Judea, to their exile in Italy, to their migration and settlement in the German Rhineland where, by the 14th century, they came to face immense persecution culminating in the Black Death massacres. This section will cover how Ashkenazi Jews fled Germany to find refuge in Poland, until renewed persecution in the modern era led them to return to their ancestral homeland, helping to refound Israel as the independent nation we see today.

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Are Modern Jews Really Israelites? (Pt. 3)

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In part 2 of this series, we began tracing the Israelite heritage of Ashkenazi Jews by documenting how early Judean exiles came to live in Italy, and then following that community’s continuous presence through the 8th century. This section covers the migration of Italian Jews to the German Rhineland―where Ashkenazi Jewish identity and culture began to develop―and their painful medieval history through the 14th century.

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Are Modern Jews Really Israelites? (Pt. 2)

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In the first part of this series, we began an overview of Ashkenazi Jewish history by establishing the strong Israelite heritage of Jews in Yeshua’s day, in both the Land of Israel and the Diaspora. Leaving biblical times, this article will cover the period from the destruction of Jerusalem through the 8th century, focusing specifically on the exiled Jewish communities in Italy.

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Are Modern Jews Really Israelites? (Pt. 1)

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In February of this year, the U.S. Ambassador to Israel was interviewed by Tucker Carlson, a longtime conservative commentator and former host of a top-ranked cable news program. When Ambassador Huckabee expressed his belief that the Jewish people have a covenantal and historical claim to their ancestral homeland of Israel, Carlson showed hostility, arguing, “The only thing we know about them is they lived in Latvia or Poland—they’re Eastern European…. By what definition [are they Jewish]? How do we know they have any connection to the Jews of the Bible?”1

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