Comments on: Are You a Lebanese Jew? http://www.thejewsoflebanon.org/me/2006/06/28/are-you-a-lebanese-jew/ The Official JOL Website Coming Soon Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:20:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: issa http://www.thejewsoflebanon.org/me/2006/06/28/are-you-a-lebanese-jew/#comment-9613 issa Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:31:07 +0000 http://jewsoflebanon.lubnan-alkawi.com/?p=11#comment-9613 i hope one day to see the lebanese jews coming back to lebanon to live and to mix with other people from all religons . i love all lebanese citizens does'nt matter what religon they belong too . i hope one day to see the lebanese jews coming back to lebanon to live and to mix with other people from all religons . i love all lebanese citizens does’nt matter what religon they belong too .

]]> By: mike http://www.thejewsoflebanon.org/me/2006/06/28/are-you-a-lebanese-jew/#comment-8797 mike Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:38:30 +0000 http://jewsoflebanon.lubnan-alkawi.com/?p=11#comment-8797 why as a lebanese we don't ever heard from our medias about lebanese jews? i believe lebanese jew are part from our communitie and we should help them to rebuilt them self as a lebanese jews and we should be proud leaving all together in ours country why as a lebanese we don’t ever heard from our medias about lebanese jews?

i believe lebanese jew are part from our communitie and we should help them to rebuilt them self as a lebanese jews and we should be proud leaving all together in ours country

]]> By: Roqayah Tbeileh http://www.thejewsoflebanon.org/me/2006/06/28/are-you-a-lebanese-jew/#comment-6028 Roqayah Tbeileh Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:30:23 +0000 http://jewsoflebanon.lubnan-alkawi.com/?p=11#comment-6028 We have a real problem, not just in Lebanon but also in all the Arab Middle Eastern countries. We don't understand how Diversity is more of a benifit that a disgrace. Unfortunatly, we take that as a reason to start wars. Sometimes we forget that main issue here is politics. We forget that this war between us (arabs,not just muslims) and Israelis isn't between us and jewish people. We are having an actual problem here, we are starting to be blind, we were observe a little bit, we notice that many jewish communities, not just individuals, are anti-zionism and against the existance of the state of Israel. However, we don't have to forget that many arabs muslims and christians were zionists and masons, Why don't we start fire on those instead of starting fire on jews just because they were born jews. The bottom line is that we have to start seperating between Judiasm and Zionism. I'm a supporter of Hizbulla and proud of it , And i know I'll never abhore a Jewish personn just for being a Jewish. thanks for this interesting subject. www.roqayahtbeileh.blogspot.com We have a real problem, not just in Lebanon but also in all the Arab Middle Eastern countries. We don’t understand how Diversity is more of a benifit that a disgrace. Unfortunatly, we take that as a reason to start wars. Sometimes we forget that main issue here is politics. We forget that this war between us (arabs,not just muslims) and Israelis isn’t between us and jewish people. We are having an actual problem here, we are starting to be blind, we were observe a little bit, we notice that many jewish communities, not just individuals, are anti-zionism and against the existance of the state of Israel. However, we don’t have to forget that many arabs muslims and christians were zionists and masons, Why don’t we start fire on those instead of starting fire on jews just because they were born jews. The bottom line is that we have to start seperating between Judiasm and Zionism. I’m a supporter of Hizbulla and proud of it , And i know I’ll never abhore a Jewish personn just for being a Jewish. thanks for this interesting subject.
http://www.roqayahtbeileh.blogspot.com

]]> By: AJ http://www.thejewsoflebanon.org/me/2006/06/28/are-you-a-lebanese-jew/#comment-5094 AJ Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:54:14 +0000 http://jewsoflebanon.lubnan-alkawi.com/?p=11#comment-5094 My great grand father migrated from Lebanon to Latin-America somewhere in the 1890's or first decade of 1900. Either in the way to his final destination or upon arrival he changed his whole name for something phonetically similar to his real. By questioning my grand father (one of his children) we know his given name were Assad Faris, which he changed to "Jose Francisco", it is not clear what as his last name since he hardly learned Spanish and he never wanted to tell his children and new family (it is assume he left family behind) anything about his pass. Our last name ended up to be Ferreira, some of his children claim his real last name is something that sounded, in Spanish, like "Jaraira" or "Jairallah". By researching, I found there is an Arab surname Jairallah but taking in consideration that the guy was Caucasian and married a catholic woman of Spanish descent and raised his children catholic, makes it hard to believe he was Muslim or Arab/Lebanese. Would like to find a list of Lebanese surnames to find something that phonetically would sound like the last name he was given when he was clearing customs in America or perhaps Portugal which is another assumption. Thanks My great grand father migrated from Lebanon to Latin-America somewhere in the 1890’s or first decade of 1900. Either in the way to his final destination or upon arrival he changed his whole name for something phonetically similar to his real. By questioning my grand father (one of his children) we know his given name were Assad Faris, which he changed to “Jose Francisco”, it is not clear what as his last name since he hardly learned Spanish and he never wanted to tell his children and new family (it is assume he left family behind) anything about his pass. Our last name ended up to be Ferreira, some of his children claim his real last name is something that sounded, in Spanish, like “Jaraira” or “Jairallah”.
By researching, I found there is an Arab surname Jairallah but taking in consideration that the guy was Caucasian and married a catholic woman of Spanish descent and raised his children catholic, makes it hard to believe he was Muslim or Arab/Lebanese. Would like to find a list of Lebanese surnames to find something that phonetically would sound like the last name he was given when he was clearing customs in America or perhaps Portugal which is another assumption.

Thanks

]]> By: BASSEL http://www.thejewsoflebanon.org/me/2006/06/28/are-you-a-lebanese-jew/#comment-2837 BASSEL Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:31:38 +0000 http://jewsoflebanon.lubnan-alkawi.com/?p=11#comment-2837 Good day to all of you, i know that i am Lebanese and i feel so sorry that most of the Lebanese people have left there country just because of a reason or another, any one who live his country and do not demand the right of returning then he is selling his roots. for those who are thinking of returning to Lebanon, let me put it this way, i live in africa and every body look at me like if i am white they don't see that i am a human like any body else, i can breath the same air eat and drink and for sure i can enjoy, no matter how hard i try, i will always be seen as white men. so concerning Lebanon, Lebanese people are fighting over stupid things.They hate each other in the morning . At night!! they go and drink in the same places, they got drunk and the next morning they start talking about love of this country(knowing that with the money they spend on there own pleasure can help some families)about how there plan will help Lebanon grow faster, and how they are planing to make Lebanon a free country, since when my country is not free ??? i see that love is in the air, Lebanon is such a lovely place and believe me i've met a lot of Lebanese and went almost every where and yet i see that at the end it is only us who are hurting Lebanon. please (sorry to say it ) "don't come back", not because i don't want you to come back, but just because i love Lebanon, maybe i can see how much you care about this country, because of all this i don't want you to be hurt by the love you have for this country, Lebanon loves everybody anyone and it is a small country with a big heart, but always you will see a lot of Lebanese people that they say " i love Lebanon" while in fact they only Love them self, and believe me if i say it they will hurt you. not only because you are Judaist , but they will use it as an excuse to tell you that you are not welcome . you don't believe me ??? ok look what is happening now, how many Lebanese killed each other just because of the religion . even more than any other foreigner( Israel, Syria, French , and many) and at the end we will say I love Lebanon, how many times you stand up when you hear the National anthem, or you defend what is said about another Lebanese person, So now take a moment and think about it, i love this country and every day they fight over basic and stupid things, are they going to spare me or my life. there is no country belong to a men, always there is a men belonging to a country. Good day to all of you, i know that i am Lebanese and i feel so sorry that most of the Lebanese people have left there country just because of a reason or another, any one who live his country and do not demand the right of returning then he is selling his roots.
for those who are thinking of returning to Lebanon, let me put it this way, i live in africa and every body look at me like if i am white they don’t see that i am a human like any body else, i can breath the same air eat and drink and for sure i can enjoy, no matter how hard i try, i will always be seen as white men.
so concerning Lebanon, Lebanese people are fighting over stupid things.They hate each other in the morning .
At night!! they go and drink in the same places, they got drunk and the next morning they start talking about love of this country(knowing that with the money they spend on there own pleasure can help some families)about how there plan will help Lebanon grow faster, and how they are planing to make Lebanon a free country, since when my country is not free ???
i see that love is in the air, Lebanon is such a lovely place and believe me i’ve met a lot of Lebanese and went almost every where and yet i see that at the end it is only us who are hurting Lebanon.
please (sorry to say it ) “don’t come back”, not because i don’t want you to come back, but just because i love Lebanon, maybe i can see how much you care about this country, because of all this i don’t want you to be hurt by the love you have for this country, Lebanon loves everybody anyone and it is a small country with a big heart, but always you will see a lot of Lebanese people that they say ” i love Lebanon” while in fact they only Love them self, and believe me if i say it they will hurt you.
not only because you are Judaist , but they will use it as an excuse to tell you that you are not welcome .
you don’t believe me ???
ok look what is happening now, how many Lebanese killed each other just because of the religion .
even more than any other foreigner( Israel, Syria, French , and many)
and at the end we will say I love Lebanon, how many times you stand up when you hear the National anthem, or you defend what is said about another Lebanese person,
So now take a moment and think about it, i love this country and every day they fight over basic and stupid things, are they going to spare me or my life.
there is no country belong to a men, always there is a men belonging to a country.

]]> By: Nadim http://www.thejewsoflebanon.org/me/2006/06/28/are-you-a-lebanese-jew/#comment-2750 Nadim Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:14:37 +0000 http://jewsoflebanon.lubnan-alkawi.com/?p=11#comment-2750 Hello i just want to show my sadness seeing jewish community decreasing in number in lebanon , i think that it s a big loss to the country it needs huge efforts to let the jewish heritage in lebanon comes out of ruins , but i think that it s worthy to be done and it s the responsibility of every free mind in the world Hello
i just want to show my sadness seeing jewish community decreasing in number in lebanon , i think that it s a big loss to the country
it needs huge efforts to let the jewish heritage in lebanon comes out of ruins , but i think that it s worthy to be done and it s the responsibility of every free mind in the world

]]> By: DAVID BARKAY http://www.thejewsoflebanon.org/me/2006/06/28/are-you-a-lebanese-jew/#comment-2475 DAVID BARKAY Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:54:47 +0000 http://jewsoflebanon.lubnan-alkawi.com/?p=11#comment-2475 I WAS BORN IN BEIRUT.AND I CAN'T SAY THAT I AM PROUD WHITH THIS COUNTRY.PRESIDENT CHOCOLAT SOLDIER.THE HISBALLA HAS NO ALLA. lebanon is miserable .to see what THE lebanease citizens done to the synagogue MAGEN ABRAHAM TELL ALL THE STORIES.NO NEED MORE WORDS FOR COMMENT.SORY I WAS BORN IN BEIRUT.AND I CAN’T SAY THAT I AM PROUD WHITH THIS COUNTRY.PRESIDENT CHOCOLAT SOLDIER.THE HISBALLA HAS NO ALLA.
lebanon is miserable .to see what THE lebanease citizens done to
the synagogue MAGEN ABRAHAM TELL ALL THE STORIES.NO NEED
MORE WORDS FOR
COMMENT.SORY

]]> By: Bshara http://www.thejewsoflebanon.org/me/2006/06/28/are-you-a-lebanese-jew/#comment-2397 Bshara Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:27:48 +0000 http://jewsoflebanon.lubnan-alkawi.com/?p=11#comment-2397 Hello to all my fellow Lebanese citizins first of all and then to everyone who loves Lebanese people cause we as Lebanese we love all peoples and nationalities and reliogions.Iam a Lebanese and i want to say this is our connection together and our identity that ties us strong wherever we go in this world.i challenge anyone of you when he is somewhere in this planet when hears about a Lebanese people or hearing someone talking our accent not to feel his heart jumping out of his chest and when we hear of Lebanon our eyes not to be full with tears,and i wish it will be always tears of happiness rather than tears of sadness of what we do bad with our own hands against our great land and culture,and then what our (beloved) neighbors do to us like israel and syria and many far (good friends) like america and others...let me call you my brothers cause we were all of us Lebanese before we were christians,jews or muslems.Enough my brothers Lebanon was before all reliogions and from our Land we have the reliogions delivered to the world.we must accept each other as it is and im proud to have a Lebanese jew friend and as families too sharing each other our ceremonies good and bad.Lebanon is for all its sons,and just who believe in this land and its glory and great herritage must be called a son and a brother.Iam a Lebanese Syriac Aramean christian and im proud of this but this identity will have no meaning without my other partners which i call brothers the muslim shia or sunni or druze or jew and all other sects in Lebanon...this is the case that hurts the enemies of our great culture and herritage and wants us to believe that we are barbarians and cant live with each other and wants us to belive this and leave our country and bases and run away from our land.let us close the door and protect our home from winds of evil and open this door to everyone who believes in this diversity and great herritage and this unique Lebanese identity.My brothers its so warm feeling to hear you and read your encouraging threads,keep it the good work and spirit,we will return and win back our gloriuos way of life and this Great Lebanon which no can find a place equal to it on the face of earth.God bless you and your families and bless and protect our HOMELAND LEBANON. Hello to all my fellow Lebanese citizins first of all and then to everyone who loves Lebanese people cause we as Lebanese we love all peoples and nationalities and reliogions.Iam a Lebanese and i want to say this is our connection together and our identity that ties us strong wherever we go in this world.i challenge anyone of you when he is somewhere in this planet when hears about a Lebanese people or hearing someone talking our accent not to feel his heart jumping out of his chest and when we hear of Lebanon our eyes not to be full with tears,and i wish it will be always tears of happiness rather than tears of sadness of what we do bad with our own hands against our great land and culture,and then what our (beloved) neighbors do to us like israel and syria and many far (good friends) like america and others…let me call you my brothers cause we were all of us Lebanese before we were christians,jews or muslems.Enough my brothers Lebanon was before all reliogions and from our Land we have the reliogions delivered to the world.we must accept each other as it is and im proud to have a Lebanese jew friend and as families too sharing each other our ceremonies good and bad.Lebanon is for all its sons,and just who believe in this land and its glory and great herritage must be called a son and a brother.Iam a Lebanese Syriac Aramean christian and im proud of this but this identity will have no meaning without my other partners which i call brothers the muslim shia or sunni or druze or jew and all other sects in Lebanon…this is the case that hurts the enemies of our great culture and herritage and wants us to believe that we are barbarians and cant live with each other and wants us to belive this and leave our country and bases and run away from our land.let us close the door and protect our home from winds of evil and open this door to everyone who believes in this diversity and great herritage and this unique Lebanese identity.My brothers its so warm feeling to hear you and read your encouraging threads,keep it the good work and spirit,we will return and win back our gloriuos way of life and this Great Lebanon which no can find a place equal to it on the face of earth.God bless you and your families and bless and protect our HOMELAND LEBANON.

]]> By: Andrea http://www.thejewsoflebanon.org/me/2006/06/28/are-you-a-lebanese-jew/#comment-2114 Andrea Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:40:17 +0000 http://jewsoflebanon.lubnan-alkawi.com/?p=11#comment-2114 George, I respect your opinion even if your idea is different from of mine. Judaism is a religion for all but attention please... First thing, "race" is a bad word, above all in Europe (Hitler said "race"). No "race" but "people", "origin", "generation". These are positive words. About religion... I knew, some year ago, hebrew persons without "religion", without "God" (Adonay / Allah). This people, hebrew-people without Judaism religion, were (and are) always hebrew. "Jew" is a religion-word, "hebrew" is multi-word: religion-word but also "people-word". I think in DNA test, in "people / homeland". There is a lot of hebrew people without religion in their life: they are, at the same way, hebrew persons. Pretty often, "hebrew people" is "jew people". Pretty often, not always. Hebrew person is, also and not only, to be person speaks hebrew language, person with semitic-origin (with others semitics, arabs and maronites, if for you these last are not arabs) etc. etc. Judaism is the religion for hebrew people but not all hebrew people has got Judaism (I say this thing with MAX respect). Salaam, Andrea. George, I respect your opinion even if your idea is different from of mine. Judaism is a religion for all but attention please… First thing, “race” is a bad word, above all in Europe (Hitler said “race”). No “race” but “people”, “origin”, “generation”. These are positive words. About religion… I knew, some year ago, hebrew persons without “religion”, without “God” (Adonay / Allah). This people, hebrew-people without Judaism religion, were (and are) always hebrew. “Jew” is a religion-word, “hebrew” is multi-word: religion-word but also “people-word”. I think in DNA test, in “people / homeland”. There is a lot of hebrew people without religion in their life: they are, at the same way, hebrew persons. Pretty often, “hebrew people” is “jew people”. Pretty often, not always. Hebrew person is, also and not only, to be person speaks hebrew language, person with semitic-origin (with others semitics, arabs and maronites, if for you these last are not arabs) etc. etc. Judaism is the religion for hebrew people but not all hebrew people has got Judaism (I say this thing with MAX respect). Salaam, Andrea.

]]> By: George Assaf http://www.thejewsoflebanon.org/me/2006/06/28/are-you-a-lebanese-jew/#comment-1799 George Assaf Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:56:13 +0000 http://jewsoflebanon.lubnan-alkawi.com/?p=11#comment-1799 Judaism to me is a religion not a race.. and every single religion tells u to respect all other religions , there is no doubt that Lebanese jews are just like christian jew or muslim jews... Im sorry to hear that jews were attacked in lebanon but so is every other religion .. the only different is that Jews were a very tiny community and cant defend themselves as much as others did... I hope Lebanese jews will never have to hide their religion again and go back to their synagogues in lebanon ... never ever have to change their names... cuz Lebanon is lebanon with all its 19 religion sects.. I always was interested to meet Lebanese jews.. and I did meet one.. the CEO of PUMA the shoes company is a lebanese jew and i was very happy to meet him cuz he was not ashamed to say he is a lebanese jew... but before anything he said he was LEBANESE... GOD BLESS LEBANON! Judaism to me is a religion not a race.. and every single religion tells u to respect all other religions , there is no doubt that Lebanese jews are just like christian jew or muslim jews… Im sorry to hear that jews were attacked in lebanon but so is every other religion .. the only different is that Jews were a very tiny community and cant defend themselves as much as others did… I hope Lebanese jews will never have to hide their religion again and go back to their synagogues in lebanon … never ever have to change their names… cuz Lebanon is lebanon with all its 19 religion sects.. I always was interested to meet Lebanese jews.. and I did meet one.. the CEO of PUMA the shoes company is a lebanese jew and i was very happy to meet him cuz he was not ashamed to say he is a lebanese jew… but before anything he said he was LEBANESE… GOD BLESS LEBANON!

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