Tag: Indigenous
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What Does It Mean To “Convert” To Indigenous Judaism?
What does it mean to “convert” to an Indigenous People’s ethno-religion? Meaning, to convert to Indigenous Judaism? You know, to the religion and way of life of the Jewish people of the Canaan land of Israel? Jewish “conversion” is a lengthy legal process of education to determine by a beit din, a Jewish court of…
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Maui Hawaii Should Never Be An Indigenous Cry For Human Action!
The devastating brushfires on the island of Maui Hawaii reach in such a way that ONLY still surviving Indigenous Peoples can understand! We Jews are so used to seeing our precious ancient artifacts destroyed by fire (bombings), a constant threat of worldwide antisemitism(!), that we know the kānaka ʻōiwi will survive this “climate” disaster. But,…
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A Quick Thought About Island Jews Of Hawaii
Aloha v’shalom (love and peace)! I have a story to share about island Jews. Or as we would say in our island creole: Like talk stori with u bout da hana butta dayz! Can o wot? In the hana butta dayz (the days of youth, childhood), ka’u kumu (chachami, my rabbi) was fond of saying,…