tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13751430.post112603586822679424..comments2023-10-16T08:00:03.188-07:00Comments on Jew is Beautiful: OrthodoxJewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09499891102052725678noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13751430.post-90672598778390135202007-03-20T07:14:00.000-07:002007-03-20T07:14:00.000-07:00It's very possible and it's very good and noble th...It's very possible and it's very good and noble that you're looking for that truth. It seems like many of the pieces that you need in your puzzle are already there - your father (of blessed memory, z"l) kept Seventh Day Adventism, which yeah, I know keeps the Sabbath from Friday evening to Saturday evening, like Jews. It very well could be that he did that because it appeared close enough to Judaism, and he picked up on that. Something like definitely seems like a logical venue for a Jew trying to hang on to things that he finds himself drawn to. As far as Jewish genes, there basically aren't any, because genetically (or ethnically, if you want to say), Jews are diverse. It is found that the "priests," which in Hebrew is "Cohen," have a distinctive Cohen gene because they didn't intermarry (most of the time). There was a genetic study on both Ashkenazi (European) and Ethiopian Jews who said they were Cohanim, and it was found that they both indeed carried an identical genetic code, which they labeled as a Cohen code. The Cohanim, by the way, are a subset of the tribe of Levi. All I'm saying is that there isn't a Jewish gene to look for, at least I don't think so, but your family history seems to be somewhat of an indicator that maybe you're a Jew. I don't know, but please write back on here. Yaniv...OrthodoxJewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499891102052725678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13751430.post-27877786838971375572007-03-20T04:20:00.000-07:002007-03-20T04:20:00.000-07:00My last name is Hernandez and I only recently bega...My last name is Hernandez and I only recently began to serious think I may have Jewish heritage. Although the names in my family history indicate that I'm related in some way to the Men who sailed with Columbus from Spain to America, things in my history dawn upon me that strongly hint at what I believe are clues to my true ancestors. I know that my father left Colombia a couple decades ago and converted to seventh-day adventism, a religion that seems to split the difference between Judaism and Christianity (Adventists keep a Jewish style sabbath, from sundown friday to sundown saturday). Also, although both my parents are dead, photos of my father show evidence of jeeish ethnic features. I myself have occasionally been assumed to be Jewish, which at first i though nothing of, since I wasn't aware of the history of Jewish discrimination in Spain I'm thinking of getting a DNA test to conclusively indicate my jewish heritage. If I end up having genetic similarities, I can only say I will feel as if I finally have a connection to a people.<BR/><BR/>writegabe@gmail.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13751430.post-1131340773593108272005-11-06T21:19:00.000-08:002005-11-06T21:19:00.000-08:00Carlos, thanks for responding. What you said abou...Carlos, thanks for responding. What you said about what "ez" means is what someone else told me to. Are Perez, Cordozo, and Espinoza also Jewish names? Just curious, what explains your change in life? Thanks, Yaniv...OrthodoxJewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499891102052725678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13751430.post-1131236301398153352005-11-05T16:18:00.000-08:002005-11-05T16:18:00.000-08:00HI,The "ez" at the end of Spanish last names does ...HI,<BR/><BR/>The "ez" at the end of Spanish last names does not mean they are Jewish. It just means one is "of" so and so. Fernandez means OF Fernando... Hernandez, Of Hernando, etc. As far as I know they tend to be royal names. People with the last name Fernandez are decendents of King Fernando (Ferdinad) etc. Some Jewish Spanish names are Lopez (of the wolf or originally ben zev), Perez, Cordozo, Espinoza, etc.Carloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07983647332114968816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13751430.post-1126133303300264492005-09-07T15:48:00.000-07:002005-09-07T15:48:00.000-07:00First off, well done JJew, I enjoyed the article t...First off, well done JJew, I enjoyed the article thoroughly. Secondly, I have traveled around this planet a little bit and I have met lots of crazy, interesting and scary people. I can attest to the fact that far more Jews exist in this world than we know. <BR/><BR/>I was walking to synagogue one shabbat morning in Madrid, and I happend to notice a man staring intently at my kippah. I then asked him if I could help him, and he said with wide eyes and curiosity "you are Jewish?" I responded by saying Woop woop!! I'm Jewish. Too my surprise he had never met a Jew, but had always carried something very Jewish in his wallet. He proceeded to pull out a very small piece of parchment, a piece cut from a real torah. He had no clue what is was, or what it meant, but he revealed the story of how he obtained it. His mother's, mother lived all her life in Ukraine. When she died, his mother found this small scrap, although prescious scrap of perfectly scribed cowhide, hidden in the back of a picture frame. The picture was of his great grandparents. I have been told that in Russia, A.K.A. big brother, as well as in Nazi Europe, Jewish artifacts were disfiguered and turned into other items. Silver items were remolded into swastikas, and Torahs, Mezzuzahs and other items with Hebrew writing were made into boots, purses, floormats etc. Since the people in power had the intent of exterminating the Jews, the items were considered novelty or fashionable remnants of a soon to be extinct people...nice try! Anyway, my Jewish homie from Ukraine, Mihael, is Jewish, and now knows exactly where the synagoge is if he want to wrap T'filin...or if he just wants to rap with the rabbi. The rabbis in Spain spit some amazing freestyles. <BR/><BR/>So the lesson to be learned, you never know who your brothers and sisters are. So, treat every one as your brother and keep your eyes peeled because you never know when you will find Waldo Shultz.<BR/>Keep it cracking <BR/>Baruch Hashem<BR/>PeaceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13751430.post-1126037222471443602005-09-06T13:07:00.000-07:002005-09-06T13:07:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com