I am an orthodox yeshiva Jew and I must say i thoroughly enjoy your history. Even if at times I learned something a bit different I am so glad to hear it coming from different point of views. I wish you only further success and to go from strength to strength. God bless.
Blue, from Overly Sarcastic Productions, titled his History Summarized video on the history of Judaism the "Persistence of Judaism". With each new video you make the more I realize the deep meaning of that title.
This channel exists because of OSP. They are much better-promoted in the Israeli algorithm (due to geographic relevance, I guess) and I first saw their videos while jet-lagged on my first night in Israel.
"because listening to them would be bad for you." you sound just like my Jewish professor of Ethics, down to the cadence and everything, it is a comforting thing to hear these days.
This was actually a reference to Jon Bois' "The Bob Emergency." The origin of this is at 19:45 but the whole thing is worth a watch from start to finish. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lvh6NLqKRfs.html
Nice video, I'm a huge fan of your work here from northern Brazil (Amazon rainforest), most of the jewish comunity here where I live are sephardic from Maroccan descent, I can't wait for the video about chassidut to come up, their sages and works were brilliant as well!
Best Jewish history chanel. I watched the 40 videos on your Jewish history Playlist in a day, but forgot to thank you. As a native born jew, Israeli and a big history buff, I have still managed to learn a lot of new things. I have nothing but kind words for you. לא אגיד שאתה עושה מצווה, אבל אתה מדהים. אם תרצה עזרה בערבית או בעברית, רק תגיד. ד"ש ליפו!
It's crazy that no one teach us this part of our history in Portugal. I had never heard of this part of Portuguese (i.e Iberian) history, that's is clearly so influential on the definition of Portugal as a country. I bet you almost every in Portugal never heard this
Visigoth rulers were actually very lenient towards the jews, many laws targeting jews being dead letters and the rulers refusing to adopt never ones as in the rest of Europe and demanded by the papacy. Bachrachs "Early medieval Jewish policy in Western Europe" is a good source on it.
I like how you refer to the Byzantine Empire as the Roman Empire. Not only is it accurate, but when dealing with a more eastern and southern Mediterranean context it fits the perspective.
This is genuinely one of the best channels on RU-vid, and undoubtedly one of if not THE best history channel. The details and nuances and differences of perspective and overall specificity of the narrative of the history presented here is really fascinating. Weaving the story of the Jews into the stories of the world they lived in and were integral to is so much more interesting than the way non-Jewish historians have attempted to draw out some of this material and much of this story is largely ignored by much mainstream Euro-American history writing. I’m reminded what it was like when I first began to encounter Chinese history in China written from a Chinese perspective. Thank you for producing such high quality content and for taking the time to even correct your videos when necessary. That’s a commitment to rigour that is sorely missing among even the most respected academics.
Hey Sam, will you ever make a video telling us a bit more about yourself, more specifically how and why you made Aliyah to Israel and stuff? I think I'm not the only one who'd be interested in that.
You never mention the title we use for him, Shemuel ha-Nagid (the prince) or that he was also a prolific poet and accomplished Talmudist (or much about the Judaism of that era in general).
Fascinating. Thank you and waiting forward for videos on Askenasi and Mustaarbi jews in the Middle Ages. Most people have little idea about the origins of Askenasi jewry (hint - originally Babylonian Talmud adoption and only later Jerusalem Talmud, and this hints two migrations from Mediterranean to lower Germania), and the continuous Jewish community in the Levant (ruined by Crusaders, guess you next video about this menace).
great video! though i think it's a bit silly to argue over whether it's even or ibn gvirol, because if your point is "he spoke arabic in his daily life" then his real name would be sulyman bin yahya bin jabirul
Excellent channel very informative and educative, i'm learning a lot about our history and leagacy, i like especially the videos about the golden age of Sephardic jews, very collateral and specific as well, i liked it the fact you insist to correct the way people mistakingly reffer to ribi sholomo iben gabirol keep up the good work it's brilliant!
"In all Jewish history, a Jew being the foreign minister of the strongest country on Earth has happened only twice." *Shows picture of Kissinger* Eehh, Idk I think it's better to just stick with the smart Andalusian guy and forget about the American war criminal
Good videos Jewish friend please made more on this part of western Europe as many scholar and knowledgable Jewish people rose from Iberia specially the time between 750 Ad to 1020 Ad was the cultural golden age and zenith and peak of Jews in western Europe in medieval Europe.As a Muslim I must say Jews have fascinating and history full of adventure of different places they are everywhere in past times .
There is a legend that states that Rodrigo, final visigod king, violate a virgin, and that his father who was a noble man, asked for help to the emir of ifriquiya, who landed and conquered the land after Guadalete, which was the battle that created a muslim spain.
No, my friend, in the study of history, the commander of the Gothic army turned against the Gothic king and seized power, and a civil war broke out against the supporters of the Goth king.
@@nestorjuansavinonportorreal Why did the commander of the Gothic army turn against the Gothic king? The Arabs in Andalusia said he might have done this in order to seize power.
@@aliyaser7698 the spanish legend Is the one i stated. But actually, Rodrigo's legitimacy on the throne was question by other members of the visigothic noblety, whom claim to have better claims in order to rule Spain
Also Ibn Gabirol was most certainly not the boyfriend of Shemuel haNagid lol (and I imagine he might have pronounced his name as abn Jabirul but I'm not really sure).
You mentioned that there wouldn't be another Jewish head of state until the 20th century. Would that be Léon Blum? Wouldn't Disraeli be before him (unless you discount him because of his conversion to Christianity).
I'm a history guy, a Christian, have a solemn respect for the Jewish people and all they have been through from satan chasing them around the world for millennia....And I like the cut of you're jib. Just found another favorite channel. Keep it up.
@@aliyaser7698 Jesus hates NOONE. And He preached to The Jews alone because they wee God's chosen people and had thousands of years worth of. relationship and God still will make good on His promises to His people. Only after Jesus' death, and Pauls's(a Jew) frustration with certain Jews did he a long with the other disciples began preaching to the gentiles. I feel lucky to be "grafted in" to God's children(The Israelites).
It was a very interesting episode. Very educating. It could be perfect if you wouldn't add this little humiliating opinion about Shmuel and Ibn Gavirol - two great pillars in Jewish history. Other than that, good episode.
Now I'm wondering what language Samuel ibn Nagrela used when writing poetry? You mention the Gaon of Kairaoun, assuming such a position would only exist for a substantial community where else had a Gaon? Thanks for what you do.
1. Hebrew and Arabic. 2. Sura and Pumbedita had most of the geonim. Tiberias and Ramla had a couple. Kairouan had the last of them. And the masters in Spain aren’t considered Geonim but the first generation of them aren’t considered Rishonim either. It’s all pretty nebulous.
@@SamAronow Thanks for the reply, I thought those two the most likely for languages but then wondered if he used classical or colloquial Arabic, a quick search suggests colloquial. So none outside the Muslim world then? Also grateful for the link to the vid on Fraxinentum, an illustration that European history is more Islamic than generally recognised.
Over 80% of the world's Jewish population at this time was within the Muslim world. Only in the 11th century would Ashkenazi centers of learning rise in power, which I'll discuss in the next video.
Jews didn't learn the Qur'an and thus tended not to know Classical Arabic. Jews and Christians for most of Islamic history were the only ones to write in colloquial Arabic so scholars really like seeing old Jewish and Christian texts to get an idea of the Arabic from back then.
@@freetube5304 He is only talking about the portion when the video referred to Berbers (North Africans) as Afro-Romans, which would be a bit weird way to call them. the term Afro-Romans is West Centered since Berbers had Kingdoms (Mauritania, Numidia) that were client to the Roman Empire.
Your North African map is incorrect; the Barghwata only lived in the Atlantic coast of Morocco; the rest of the territory was controlled by the Shiite Iddrissids. Also, you forgot to include Tahert, which was a prosperous Ibadi Kingdom in today's Algeria, and which had a large Jewish population as well.
Found an error. Jews in Europe representing state until the 20th Century. However Benjamin Disraeli was Prime Minister of Britain during the 19th Century. Sorry to be that guy.
@Hindustani Muslim Mamluks he actually converted to Christianity from Judaism as a formality to the Anglian Church. However it was just a formality as his loyalty to the crown, because he was Jewish was brought up countless times in Parliament.
@Hindustani Muslim Mamluks As a British Jew with Israeli parents I can say with certainty that you are completely wrong on all counts. Firstly if your mother was Jewish then the Jewish community recognises you as a Jew, it doesn't matter who you worship or don't believe at all that person is still considered a Jew. Secondly Jews don't see Jesus as a "deviant" as you put it. We don't learn anything about him or Mohammed as that is a completely different religion. Finally I don't know why you are bringing up Israel into this. It has nothing to do with the video or Benjamin Disraeli
The Al-Nasirids were "Berber-Arabs" they remind me of the guy you mentioned Abd Al-Rahman. They were white but of partial Berber and even less Arab ancestry. Even Jewish ancestry.
How could we give you any credit while you are inserting the word morocco(a country born in the 20th century out of the french imperialism)on a map(a very false map for that matter)that dates back to the 10th century(there was no Italy or France neither in those days).And limiting the Fatimids empire to a small part of North Africa.The Fatimid empire started in nowdays Algeria(a country that you ignored in your cartoon like map)and then expanded to nowdays Tunisia,Libya and Morocco before reaching the middle east and setting up their new capital city Cairo in todays Egypt.And you did also not show the Rustemid state in Algeria and Aghlabid state in Tunisia which were in place during the time frame mentioned on the video.And this is only one aspect of the full blown mistakes that riddle your video.
It wasn't the 20th century but the 19th century when a Jew became a leader of a European Country. Benjamin Disraeli served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1874 to 1880.
@@SamAronow From Wikipedia: "Sephardi-Ashkenazi relations have at times been tense and clouded by arrogance, snobbery and claims of racial superiority, with both sides claiming the inferiority of the other, based upon such features as physical traits and culture.[114][115][116][117][118]" There's also a whole section on it here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_Israel#Sephardim_and_Mizrahim_(Middle_Eastern_and_North_African_Jews)
@@condovo Sure, but I'm still curious what the reasons are for this discrimination in the first place. The discriminatory conditions of Sephardim and Mizrahim, as stated in that Wikipedia section, sounds very prevalent and severe.
@@LordJagd It’s because the leaders of the old Yishuv, the pre-state Jewish community in Mandatory Palestine, were predominantly of European background and had internalized prejudice against those who were not Western, despite Jews being persecuted in Europe for millennia. Today, there are lingering indicators of lower achievement by Sephardim/Mizrahim in Israeli society but the gaps are closing. Discrimination is neither prevalent nor severe. Now much of, maybe even most of Israeli leadership across all sectors is of Sephardi/Mizrahi or mixed background.
The chief adviser to the most powerful nation on the planet: "This has only happened one other time in history" Ah, but how many times has it happened in the literature? Two? Three?
Great video as always! When I think about Jews of al-Andalus in that period the person who first comes to my mind is Ibrahim ibn Yaqub (Abraham ben Jacob), whose relation is one of the most valuable and interesting sources about the early Polish history and West Slavic history in general. Anyway, it's somehow weird to think that the crusades are coming already in the next episode, seems like we were still covering Josephus not so long ago.
When you say no Jew has been a head of government until the 20th century in Europe, I presume you are counting Disraeli as a gentile because of his family's conversion?
Disraeli was Jewish by ancestry but raised Anglican. If I included him, it would open an endless semantic debate about conversos, and even by the 18th century almost all European royalty had some Jewish ancestry through Paloma ibn Yahya.
That must have been addressed since the video was published because the street today is called Ibn Gabirol. @@YoelFievelBenAvram he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%97%D7%95%D7%91_%D7%90%D7%91%D7%9F_%D7%92%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9C
The Real sephardic Golden Age was on the 16th century," La Celestina" Fernando de Rojas, "La Perfecta Casada", Fry Luis de León, "Guzmán de Alfarache ", Mateo Alemán., "El quijote ", Cervantes among many others, although converse Jews, they are the fathers of the Spanish literature.
You'd be surprised what you can find if you ask for help from others interested in Jewish genealogy, have any notable rabbinic surnames in your background, or can read Cyrillic cursive (2/3 ain't bad).
Yes you are Right about muslims who invade spain they were mostly amazigh berbers and descendents of romans in Africa or you can say afro romance speaking people
First off the idea that Vikings settled in Al Andulus and converted to Islam to make cheese is an urban legend and has zero archaeological evidence behind it. Most historians do not believe it to be true. Secondly, it's happened a third time. Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State, is Jewish. Finally, Benjamin Disraeli (a Jew) was British Prime Minister (Head of Government) in the 19th Century, from 1874 - 1880.
@@baneofbanes So? Still an ethnic Jew. When the Norse converted to Christianity did that stop them from being Norse people because they abandoned their ethnic Norse religion? Did ethnic Iranians stop being Iranian when they converted from their ethnic Zoroastrianism to Islam?
@@baneofbanes Adhering to traditions and practices does not make you a Jew or not. You can't change your ethnicity, even if you live a completely different lifestyle to your ancestors. I could go into the wilderness and become a hunter/gatherer outdoorsman who lives in tents and worships VHS copies of Eddie Murphy movies as my religion. wouldn't change my ethnicity.
@@everythingman987 yah that really doesn’t change anything I said. Most people don’t consider Disraeli to be a Jew, including himself from what I’ve read at least.
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