🧵 1) The Mufti of #Jerusalem, Amin al-Husseini, was the founder of Palestinian Nationalism and a Nazi collaborator

In his early writings, he identified as a South Syrian

However, as more Jews arrived and bought land in #Israel, he shifted to a new form of local nationalism 2) In 1936 he established himself in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany by making propagandistic radio broadcasts and by helping the Nazis recruit Muslims from Bosnia and the Caucauses to the Waffen SS

🧵 1) Amazing how the staff at al-Shifa, the largest hospital in #Gaza was complicit with hostages and rape victims from #Israel being dragged into their property by #Hamas terrorists on October 7th

https://twitter.com/ZechariahSharab/status/1726509696687727037?t=6PSfkujmM7ZQjlRXvO6VzA&s=19

🧵1) The Houthis recently made the news with attempted rocket attacks on #Israel but they have been wreaking havoc in #Yemen for over a decade

Like #Hamas, The Houthis are funded by #Iran. They killed over 500,000 Yemenis and ethnically cleansed Yemen's entire Jewish community 2) Ever heard of Taiz? It's #Yemen's 3rd largest city, which has been under complete blockade by the Houthis since 2015!

Despite pleas from human rights organizations, the Houthis continued shelling civilians, starving the population, and not allowing any humanitarian aid

🧵1) Margalit Zinati is not Sephardic, Ashkenazi, or Yemeni

Her family has lived in the Galilee continuously for over 2,000 years. She comes from a family of Cohanim who left #Jerusalem upon the destruction of the 2nd Temple and found safe haven in the town of Peki'in 2) Peki'in was a #Jewish village since the time of the Temple and is mentioned extensively throughout the Mishna and Talmud.

It is recorded that the influential Sage Rabbi Yehoshua and his many disciples set up their Yeshiva in Peki'in

🧵The #Cairo Geniza is a collection of 400,000 #Jewish manuscript fragments which were stored in the Ben Ezra Synagogue in Fostat #Egypt 🇪🇬

Spanning 6th-19th Centuries, the Geniza comprises the largest and most diverse collection of medieval manuscripts in the world 2) The Torah forbids throwing away writings containing the name of God. It was common to open personal letter with an invocation of God so this rule is not limited to religious materials

All such documents must be stored in a separate archive, and the buried in a cemetery

🧵on the Talmud תלמוד

1) Social media is full of fake quotes attributed to the Talmud and myths about "talmudic rituals"

It's due time for some truth and education about the Talmud!

The central text recording the ancient oral traditions of Judaism 2) Originally, Jewish scholarship was oral and transferred from one generation to the next

Rabbis expounded and debated the Torah without the benefit of recording the discussions or conclusions

Traditions were transferred from Rabbi to student, from parents to their children

🧵on "East" #Jerusalem

1) People are trying to justify yesterday's horrific attack on Jews (as they exited synagoguge prayers during the holiest day of the week) by saying it took place in "East" #Jerusalem, a term made up by #Jordan when they occupied this land in 1948 2) Did you know that Batn Al-Hawa حي بطن الهوى the largest part of Silwan #Jerusalem was established by #Yemeni Jews in 1881? The land was purchased by the Ezrat Nidachim charity fund and included synagogues, yeshivas, and many homes

🧵on Jews of #Syria سُورِيَة 🇸🇾

1) #Syrian Jews are one of the most ancient and indigenous communities of the Middle East

#Jews first arrived in Syria from #Jerusalem during the time of King David, over 3,000 years ago 2) A large and influential Jewish community was first established in Damascus. During the rule of the Byzantine Empire, the community was led by Rabbi Rafram Bar Papa, son of Babylonian Rabbi Rav Pappa, who is cited often in the Talmud

🧵on sidelocks פאות

1) The first question I always get when travelling in the West is why we grow long sidelocks?

The short answer is: it's not a fashion statement but rather an ancient Jewish tradition dating back at least 3,000 years

But there is much more to it... 2) The source for sidelocks in the Torah is in Leviticus 19:27

You shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard

לֹ֣א תַקִּ֔פוּ פְּאַ֖ת רֹאשְׁכֶ֑ם וְלֹ֣א תַשְׁחִ֔ית אֵ֖ת פְּאַ֥ת זְקָנֶֽךָ

🧵on Jews of #Yemen ٱلْيَمَن 🇾🇪

The #Jews of Yemen are one of the most ancient and indigenous communities of the Middle East

Our community first arrived in the Arabian peninsula prior to the destruction of the First Temple in #Jerusalem, over 2,500 years ago 2) Depite the geographic distance from other Jewish communities, Yemeni Jews preserved authentic traditions of Judaism as well as pronounication of the Hebrew language

As such, we are not Sephardic, but rather have our own unique branch of traditions

🧵on Jews of Djerba جربة 🇹🇳

1) Djerba, an island off the coast of #Tunisia, is home to one of the oldest Jewish communities in the world, and the 2nd largest in the Arab world

Jews have lived on this island for over 2,500 years 2) Jews found refuge in Dejrba following the destruction of the First Temple in #Jerusalem

The high priest Tzadok (Kings I 2:35) along with his fellow Kohanim escaped to this distant Island and settled there. They carried stones from the altar as a memoir of the destruction

🧵on Sig'd ምህላ סיגד 🇪🇹✡️

1) Tonight marks the holiday of Sig'd, an ancient tradition celebrated by Ethiopian Jews 50 days after Yom Kippur

Sigd marks the end of the high holidays, where the entire community fasts for 24 hours and makes a pilgrimage to Jerusalem the next day 2) Sig'd commemorates the acceptance of the Torah, and such, the community stands near the tallest mountain in #Jerusalem overlooking the Old City, and reads passages from the Torah, Prophets, and King David's Psalms

🧵on Samaritans السامريون

1) The Samaritans are an ancient ethnoreligious group, native to the Levant, that follow a unique interpretation of the Torah

I recently visited this amazing community on the holliday of Sukkot and got to see their unique traditions first hand 2) The Samaritans have their own version of the Torah, written in Old Hebrew script. They only follow the 5 books of Moses (with thousands of textucal differences). They do not follow the Prophets or the Oral Laws, hence the difference in traditions

🧵on Jews of #Iraq 🇮🇶 العراق

1) The Jews of #Iraq are one of the most ancient communities of the Middle East

Jews arrived in Iraq in 586 BCE, and later drafted the Talmud in the Babylonian cities of Pompedita, Nahrdeah, and Surah (modern day Fallujah ٱلْفَلُّوجَة) 2) Iraq was the home of the prophet Ezekiel

His tomb still stands to this day in the town of Al Kifl الكفل, and is the holiest site for Jews in Iraq

Iraqi Jews had a long-standing tradition spending passover near the tomb, and the site was well protected by Saddam Hussein