But aren't Jews God's 'chosen people'?

Why Jews are NOT God's chosen people

(The Dance of Life Podcast with Tudor Alexander) In an age where rhetoric and emotions determine people’s beliefs, one of the most counter-cultural things we can do is to objectively look at the evidence regardless of how it makes us feel. It is also important to remember that things are often not what they seem, that history is not what we’ve been told, and that the truth will always be hated by the world.

• 00:00 - Introduction
• 02:03 - Problems with the Term "Jew"
• 05:18 - Edom and Israel
• 08:39 - The Conversion of Edom
• 12:44 - History After 70 AD
• 14:20 - The Meaning and Origin "Antisemitic"
• 21:24 - The State of Israel
• 30:46 - Abraham’s Land Promises (~2100 BC)
• 33:22 - Daniel's 70 Weeks (~538 BC)
• 36:24 - The Woman in Revelation 12 (~95 AD)
• 38:11 - The Babylonian Talmud (~500 AD)
• 40:00 - Why Was Israel Chosen in the First Place?
• 45:14 - Rabbinic Judaism vs. The Hebrew Scriptures
• 59:19 - Today's Jews vs. Biblical Israel
• 1:08:52 - The Israel of God
• 1:17:19 - The Real Replacement Theology
• 1:20:21 - Epilogue

Zionism: Global Jewish rejection—and what changed after Nazi Holocaust

With the advent of bloody [settler colonial project's nonstop] conflict in the Middle East, many are beginning to question the paradigm they have been told by the media and their pastors. Many more have yet to begin this questioning process. Today you will learn the truth about God’s chosen people — who they are and who they aren’t — with Judeo-Christian scripture and history as our guide on an adventure through time.

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History of most hated people: The 'Jews'

(TRT World) Why would anyone hate these peace-loving [white] people just returning to their homeland to claim it and expel or exterminate (ethnically cleanse) anyone living there since they claim to have left centuries ago?

• Zionist Jewish terrorists harass and violently attack Armenian Christians (who suffered a genocide under the Turks that Israel has only this year agreed to recognize after a century of denial but only in spite as a rebuke to Türkiye) who have long lived in illegally occupied East Jerusalem

(Living Ironically in Europe) The history of the Most Hated People

(Will Sexton) Real estate riches, Israel, and the most bizarre Jews you've never heard of

• "Hasidim but I don't believe 'em" - Paulie, The Sopranos

(Tucker Carlson Network)

(The CJ Werleman Show) Mass deportation of Jews from Buddhist Asia

(Times Now World) "What remains now is consequence": legal expert

schools UN on failing to act against criminal genocidal Israel

Short Attn Span Theater: Israel's crimes

(JimmyDore.com) Zionist ruins life of college student

(Sammy Obeid) Crowd goes to war over Israel Palestine

(The Young Turks) Ana Kasparian opens up on Zionist Laura Loomer

1. Celebrity With a Backbone‼️🔥 #usa #america #israel #palestine #congress #news #uk #canada
2. It Is Starting! 🔥 #america #politics #israel #global #palestine #usa #us #iran #congress #news
3. Tucker Nailed It‼️🔥🔥 #usa #israel #palestine #politics #congress #news #uk #canada #america #europe
4. Brilliantly Articulated‼️🔥🔥 #usa #america #israel #palestine #iran #politics #congress #uk #canada

Why did 100 countries expel Jews?

How to be a good New Jew in Israel

The Israeli identity crisis no one talks about | Explained

He's the King of the Jews. - Uh, Prime Minister

(Unpacked) April 16, 2025: Israel’s founders hoped for unity, strength, and a clean break from exile. Nearly a century later, Israel is home to something far messier and more magnificent.

Israelis are a mosaic of contradiction — [legal Jews and illegal non-Jews], secular and devout, Eastern and Western, joyful and jaded. Messy, vibrant, and fiercely connected, Israel today is less a single identity and more a chorus — discordant at times, but always unmistakably Israeli.

(Sahar TV) Jewish comedian Modi joke about Ashkenazi Jews

• Haley Joel Osment sees dead people, and they're Jews: Child actor apologizes for antisemitic slur during arrest (Who does he think he is, Hollywood Mel "Mad Max" Gibson saying "sugar tits" and claiming "all wars are caused by Jews"?

CHAPTERS

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:51 Categorizing Israeli identities
• 02:10 What did Israel's founders envision?
• 03:04 Stereotypes about Mizrachi and Ashkenazi Israelis
• 06:50 Cultural fusion into an Israeli identity
• 08:44 Israeli unity and discord
• 10:27 Haredi opinions about Israelis
• 11:55 How religion permeates Israeli culture
• 13:35 The national-religious camp
• 14:33 Why it's great to be Israeli

Recommended video — Is Israel the Scariest or Happiest Country? | Unpacked

• Ashkenazi Jews versus Mizrahi Jews versus Sephardic Jews versus Samaritans (Jewish ethnic divisions)
• Why are there so many Jewish-Buddhists?

(Annie Hall) New Yorker Alvie Singer (Woody Allen) muses, "Jew eat?"

SOURCES

• Gelfman Schultz, Rachael. "Mizrahi Jews in Israel." My Jewish Learning.
• Graizbord, David L. "Israel’s mosaic of Jewish ethnic groups is key to understanding the country." The Conversation. Nov. 30, 2023.
• Friedman, Matti. "Mizrahi Nation." Mosaic Magazine. June 1, 2014.
• Großbongardt, Annette. "Unholy Conflict in the Holy Land." Spiegel International. March 7, 2007.
• Cahaner, Dr. Lee and Malach, Dr. Gilad. "Statistical Report on Ultra-Orthodox Society in Israel." The Israel Democracy Institute. Dec. 28, 2021.
• Zameret, Zvi, and Moshe Tlamim. “Judaism in Israel: Ben-Gurion’s Private Beliefs and Public Policy.” Israel Studies, Vol. 4, No. 2, 1999, pp. 64–89. JSTOR.
• Goldberg, Shayna. "Between Modern Orthodoxy and Religious Zionism: At Home as an Immigrant." 18Forty. Nov. 28, 2024.
• Liel Leibovitz. "Zionism’s Moment of Decision." TabletMag. April 19, 2023.

• Jewish Voice for Peace (jvp.org)
• Religious Jews against Israel (nkusa.org)
• ‎شرش | Shoresh | שר”ש‎ (@shoresh_us) • IG
• NOT IN OUR NAME: ifnotnowmovement.org
• IDF confess war crimes: breakingthesilence.org.il

How to become Jewish

How to Become Jewish | Modi's stand up comedy routine

Hollywood's Adam Sandler

Merch – shop.Unpacked.media. Connect: Website Unpacked.media Instagram — jewishunpacked, Twitter — jewishunpacked, TikTok — jewishunpacked, Facebook — jewishunpacked.

Image and footage credits: Getty Images. Co-Executive Producers: Dr. Shmuel and Evelyn Katz Platinum.

Level: Stephanie & Gilad Abrahami Barry Skolnick Gold Level: Charles Crane Family Foundation Silver Level: Corie & Michael Koss Lustman family Bronze Level: Julia & Brad Berger Mimi & Akiva Friend Marci & Andrew Spitzer Stephanie & Ilan Ulmer This video is in partnership with The Weisfeld Family Charitable Foundation

Translation credits: Portuguese: Saymon Pires, www.livrariasafra.com.br, @safralivraria

ABOUT Explainers: From ancient Jewish traditions to the modern State of Israel [which is not a state with a constitution but it calls itself a state and no one questions it], Unpacked explains it all. Diving into anything and everything related to Jewish culture, history, and even religion. Understand Jewish holidays, Israeli politics, Jewish diasporic communities, and more. Learn about Judaism in pop culture, debunking myths about Jews, and explore obscure Israeli landmarks. Asking questions as basic as “What is the Talmud?” and as obscure as “How did hip-hop boost Kosher wine sales?” and everything in between, that what Explainers do.

ABOUT Unpacked: It provides nuanced insights by unpacking all things Jewish. People are complex and complicated — yet we’re all constantly being pushed to oversimplify our world. Unpacked knows that being complex makes things more interesting. Because of this, Unpacked breaks the world down with nuance and insight to drive curiosity and challenge thinking. #israel #people #culture

• Unpacked Explainer, April 17, 2025; Modi via Sahar TV; Modi; Sheldon S., CC Liu, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Why does Israel commit genocide? (BDS)

What can people of conscience do? BDS

Direct link to watch on YouTube.com (Hkjnv1LJ7I)

10 companies to boycott over their links to Israeli apartheid

(Ethical Consumer) Feb. 29, 2024: BDS website: bdsmovement.net. What is BDS? ("Boycott. Divest. Sanction").

• ethicalconsumer.org/ethicalcampaigns/boycotts/bds-israel-boycott

Boycott List:

• ethicalconsumer.org/ethicalcampaigns/boycotts

Alternative shopping guides

• Electronics: ethicalconsumer.org/technology
• Banks: ethicalconsumer.org/money-finance
• Travel companies: ethicalconsumer.org/transport-travel/shopping-guide/ethical-sustainable-travel-companies

Are you boycotting any companies over their links to Israeli apartheid? Let us know in the comments.

• 0:00 Intro
• 0:55 Barclays Bank
• 1:44 Hewlett Packard
• 2:54 Amazon
• 3:49 Airbnb, booking.com, Expedia
• 4:30 AXA
• 5:04 Israeli supermarket produce
• 5:44 Siemens
• 6:55 Chevron & Texaco
• 7:35 Successful boycott story: Puma

People worship a sexist Bible? (Joe Rogan)

Dark Bible stories that you never heard | Joe Rogan and Michelle Dowd

(University of JRE) April 18, 2024: There was a woman before Eve. Her name was Lilith, Adam's first wife, who was demonized and sent away. There was Onan who practiced "onanism" (which is purposely misinterpreted as masturbation), which is why you can't. Onan spilled his seed, that is, purposely avoid impregnating his dead brother's wife, as was his Jewish duty. So God killed him. He didn't masturbate, but there shall be no spilling of seed without its intended purpose, which has to be attempted pregnancy. Poor Tamara. To survive the patriarchy, she has to put on a costume and pretend to be a prostitute, tempt a man to get her pregnant, be stoned to death for getting pregnant outside of marriage (which was called adultery in those days), and be saved by the fact that the man calling for her stoning was the man who got her pregnant. The Bible is far from complete but, fortunately, the Apocrypha still exists and makes excellent companion reading. The Bible should not be read without reading the Apocrypha for a more complete picture. But the powers that be do not want the Apocrypha read. Read, instead, what the Empire selected as suitable reading material -- the story of Ceasar's Messiah (Josephy Atwill) and the Flavian line or Roman rulers, who conducted a psyop to bring the world the most popular book in circulation, a fabricated, false, forged, and altered Bible.

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Michelle Dowd is the author of Forager: Field Notes on Surviving a Family Cult, revealing her life growing up on an isolated mountain within an apocalyptic cult and how she found her way out by gleaning strength from the wilderness.

Host: Joe Rogan. Producer: Jamie Vernon. Episode: 2137. Full Podcast here: open.spotify.com. Follow socials: universityofjre

Live at UCLA's pro-Palestine protest camp

Violent Jewish extremists: Fights break out at UCLA; bombs thrown at student tents

(FOX 11 Los Angeles) Started streaming 11:00 pm, April 30, 2024: Multiple fights broke out and pro-Israel, pro-genocide counter-protesters threw bombs (fireworks) at student tents in dueling demonstrations between pro-peace pro-Palestine student protesters and anti-peace, pro-genocide Zionist Jewish Israel supporters.

Pro-Palestinian protests and arrests grow on campuses nationwide

(NBC News) April 29, 2024: The protests against Israel and its war crimes, atrocities, crimes against humanity, and genocide in Palestine, both in Gaza and the West Bank, expanded on American campuses from coast to coast. New York's Columbia University and other schools warned those who have set up encampments that they better clear them or face disciplinary action from authorities. Many students remain defiant, with a few being arrested. NBC News' Liz Kreutz reports. NBC News: nbcnews #Protest #College #IsraelHamasWar

Bombs hurled by Jewish domestic terrorists dressed in all black, some holding flag of Israel, attacking UCLA students

Bomb throwing counter-protesters attack UCLA encampment overnight as Jewish violence erupts amid dueling pro-war and pro-Palestine demonstrations

(KTLA 5) May 1, 2024: Police were noticeably absent when violence erupted on the campus of the University of California Los Angeles Tuesday night amid dueling protests over the Israel-Hamas war. Dozens of pro-Israeli protestors, many wearing white masks and flags around their shoulders, arrived around 10:45 p.m. and began attempting to dismantle the encampment, deploying fireworks and what may have been bear spray. At least one person was injured and was seen being carried away.

Trojans and Athenians agree: STOP Israel

When we said, "You can't spell 'SUCKS' without 'U-S-C,'" we just meant football, Brothers.

Public school students (UC Berkeley, UCLA, Cal Poly Humboldt) usually hate private school brats (Harvard, Yale, Princeton). But there's one thing we agree on. Israel's crimes are wrong. They are war atrocities, crimes against humanity, and constitute genocide (a textbook case). Columbia U is right, and NYU is public. Whereas the cops of the LAPD and DPS, plus FBI agents in and their undercover operatives and NSA spying apparatus locked down USC (Sparta), Athens is wide open and the only police are undercover. Occupy the War Machine! Say no to America's endless-war economy!

Counter-protesters respond to pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA

(NBCLA) April 26, 2024: Pro-genocide/pro-Israel counter-protesters who support Israel and its decades of war crimes have responded to the ongoing pro-Palestinian demonstration on the UCLA campus. Jonathan Gonzalez reports for the NBC4 News on April 26, 2024.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators and pro-genocide counter-protesters take over UCLA

We work for you, Bibi. - I know, Joe, but why don't you pull a Kent State on your students?

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(KTLA 5) April 26, 2024: Pro-Palestinian demonstrators and pro-genocide/pro-Israel/pro-Zionist counter-protesters squared off on the campus of UCLA this week.

A little Jewish force takes down a big giant

Student protests over Israel's war crimes (genocide, scholasticide, murder of journalists) and ethnic cleansing of Gaza and attempted forced relocation of Palestine into the Sinai or the sea are finally being noticed by the mainstream media after fomenting on a large number of college campuses.

Satanic HQ, the unburnable building from Hell

While the peace demonstrations have been largely peaceful, minor altercations have occurred.

The peace activists (called Bruins at UCLA, which is Athens compared to Sparta/USC, who call themselves Trojan), including students and outside participants, are calling for American universities to divest from any war-profiteering interests in Israel.

Oh, to be alive to see this! (We're dead inside).

This is in response to Israel's offensive war crimes against all of Palestine and anyone standing in their way of stealing a country for themselves from other people's land in the wake of the Oct. 7 retaliation for 75 years of violent and racist oppression.

We blew up the hospitals, leveled the schools, killed the journalists, murdered and maimed the civilians, incinerated their children, destroyed their houses, starved them, what does it take for them to get the message?

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KTLA's Chris Wolfe reports on April 26, 2024. Details: ktla.com/news/local-news/pro-... KTLA 5 News, keeping Southern Californians informed since 1947.

• Jewish Voice for Peace (jvp.org)
• Not in Our Name! (ifnotnowmovement.org)
• Code Pink: Women for Peace
• American Veterans for Peace
• Shoresh
• Former Israeli Jewish militants for peace: breakingthesilence.org.il
• Amnesty International

Fashion: What's it like in Mexico City?

Hailey Gates, Refinery29, 10/9/23; Crystal Quintero, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

The Surreal Fashion of Mexico City's Urban Tribes | States of Undress

(Refinery29) In Mexico City, familiar subcultures like punk and emo transform into warring urban tribes. Hailey goes to all corners of the city to find out why these unique identities have taken hold. This episode of States of Undress originally aired on VICE TV in 2017.

(Mexican Institute of Sound) Who dares to sing about "Mexico"?

ABOUT: In the series States of Undress, Hailey Gates explores global fashion and issues the industry often ignores, showing us what the world wears, and why. #mexicocity

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Why are Church Christians mean? 10 excuses

Jeremy Myers (redeeminggod.com); Crystal Q., Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Why are Christians so mean? 10 excuses church people give for treating others badly

Christians are notorious for bad behavior.

Some Christian church people are just downright mean. Why?

In some recent surveys (reported in books like unChristian and They Like Jesus but Not the Church), it appears that most people in American culture believe that Christians are about as trustworthy as car salesmen or lawyers.

And I will admit, I myself can behave pretty badly at times, and many of the Christians I know behave in far worse ways than many of the Unbelievers I know.

I am always amazed at the grace, love, support, and forgiveness that is found among the “Unchurched” that is rarely found among those who regularly go to church. There are numerous contributing factors to this.

Reasons Christians are mean

Die in bliss by being sincere, not a hypocrite.

Some of it is our theology. Many Christians develop a sense of entitlement because we [like our fellow Jews] are the “chosen ones,” the “elite [elect],” the members of the family of God.

We feel this gives us the right to look down upon others who are not one of us. Sometimes, our behavior is a result of our understanding of God’s grace and [guaranteed] forgiveness.

We feel that because God forgives us [in advance] for all our sins, we can treat others in terrible ways, and God will still forgive us. [What choice does He got?]

While it is true that God will forgive us for such behavior, His grace is never a license to treat others so shamefully [Yeah, but, c'mon! Do what'cha want. Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend, like the song from Billy Jack].

Beware of church folk, Billy Carson.

Then there is the critical, judgmental, legalistic attitude so often taught and practiced in churches. Since we feel we have a corner on the truth and that we are the ones who are always right, this makes us believe that it is our responsibility to be the world’s policemen, going around pointing out where people are wrong and how they are sinning.

This is rarely received well by anyone, especially when we have glaringly obvious sins ["missing the mark"] in our own life.

Mean Girls: We're Judeo-Christian

Finally, there is the fact that Christians love to pick and choose which sins are the worst – things like homosexuality or murder – while ignoring sins that are prevalent within our own congregations (which might actually be much worse) – sins like gluttony, greed, and pride [arrogance, conceit].

The watching world sees our blatant hypocrisy and criticizes us in return for our unjustified criticism of them.

But over the years, as I have personally engaged in hypocritical and sinful behavior, and as I have watched other Christians do the same, I have found that there are several excuses we give for our poor treatment of other people and for sin in our own lives.

When we treat others badly, we give excuses for why our treatment of them is justified. Here are the top ten reasons I could think of:

1. We Christians are sinners, too

There are other versions of this excuse such as, “Hey! Nobody’s perfect!” or “I’m not perfect, just forgiven.” The idea behind this excuse is that the watching world has put unrealistic expectations on us as Christians.

We complain that they seem to think we should live perfect lives, which is impossible. So when we sin, and our sin is pointed out to us, we excuse our actions by reminding others that we are sinners, too. Theologically, this is correct. [Is it?!]

But such a statement should never be used to excuse our sin. When our sin is pointed out to us, either by a Christian or non-Christian, the proper response is not, “Hey, I’m a sinner, too, so get off my back about my behavior” but rather should be, “You know what? You are correct. I messed up. I am sorry. Thanks for pointing that out. With God’s help [and maybe some of my own effort], I will do better next time.”

2. It’s nothing personal; it’s just business

Sometimes people say, “This has nothing to do with my Christianity!” Christians who say these things reveal a deep misunderstanding of what following Jesus is all about.

For a follower of Jesus, there is no such thing as “it’s just business.” Truly following Jesus requires that we make changes in all aspects of life... More (507 Comments)

Palestinian dares to defend Hamas' "self-defense"

The Daily Mail (mailonline.com), UK, 10/9/23, via MSN.com; Sheldon S., Pfc. Sandoval, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Pictured: Activist who called Hamas attacks 'beautiful and inspiring' (Daily Mail UK)

A pro-Palestine activist who called Hamas' retaliatory attacks against Israel "inspiring" and "beautiful" is an elected Women Students' officer at the University of Sussex Students' Union, MailOnline can reveal.

Hanin Barghouti was seen addressing a crowd by the Clock Tower in Brighton during a protest organized by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign on Saturday -- a day after fighters began attacking and taking Israeli civilians as prisoners.

Describing herself as a "Palestinian," Ms. Barghouti said: "Yesterday was a victory. For freedom fighters to break out of a 15-year blockade [imposed on them by Israel's Jewish government] so successfully under the inhuman genocide of Israel was so beautiful and inspiring to see.

"It shows the world that we will always fight and always resist, and we need to celebrate these acts of resistance because this was a success.

"Revolutionary violence initiated by Palestinians is not terrorism; it is self-defense..." More

• Trained Israeli killers (soldiers) killed 7 Hamas fighters while their children were safe in a safe room and were then killed
• VIDEO: German-Israeli Shani Louk dances in final moments at rave festival under a giant Buddha before Hamas attacks (msn.com)
• US propaganda glorifying killing of Hamas
• Extremely biased reportage (psyops) in UK press It's the language of war, dehumanization, preparing Western audience for my slaughter of civilians by Israeli War Forces
• Harvard Pres. Claudine Gay finally condemns 'terrorist atrocities committed by Hamas' in Israel -- after 31 to 34 Harvard student groups pledge support for insurgents who are defending themselves against Israeli terror | Daily Mail Online

Liberal comedians fail: Lee Camp (Hedges)

How liberal comedians became lap dogs for Establishment power w/Lee Camp

(The Real News Network) Aug 11, 2023: The Real News Network Podcasts The fusion of politics, news, and entertainment has given prominence to comics like Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, and Bill Maher, who serve as attack dogs for the Democratic Party, which has joined forces with the Establishment wing of the grand old Republican Party against Do Jo Trump and his supporters.

By belittling Trump and his followers, these comics feed the smug self-righteousness of the ruling Establishment, bolstering their sense of moral and intellectual superiority. All the while, they remain comfortably constrained by the capital corporations and advertisers that employ them.

They function as court jesters, never questioning the right of the rulers to rule or the terrible social injustices built into a rigged system. They serve as attack dogs for Establishment power, directing their comedic barbs at critics of the system, even if these critics come from the left.

Comedian and political commentator Lee Camp (Redacted Tonight) joins The Chris Hedges Report to discuss the transformation of comedy from an art form rooted in the counterculture to one that has largely become a megaphone for power.

ABOUT: Lee Camp is a comedian, political commentator, and former head writer and host of the national TV show Redacted Tonight with Lee Camp on RT America. He’s a former contributor to The Onion, former staff humor writer for HuffPost, and his web series “Moment of Clarity” has been viewed by millions. Camp has toured the country and the world with his fierce brand of standup comedy. George Carlin’s daughter, Kelly, credited him as one of the few comics keeping her father’s torch lit. His website is LeeCamp.com.

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