[QUOTE=Jimbo;1142832]Many years ago, I remember reading an article about scientists who believe there is a Japan-Jewish connection, too. They pointed to the Star of David appearing on some ancient temples, I believe in Kyoto(?). Also, they mentioned a possibility that the Ainu, the original inhabitants of Japan, may have been old enemies of the Jews from before either group entered Japan, for various reasons that were mentioned.
The latter part I don’t know about, but I’m open to the possibility that ancient Jews could have traveled as far as Japan and become intermixed into the population over time. I’ve read that the Ainu themselves have DNA evidence of connections to the Andaman islands/India, Tibet, Siberia, etc. I also heard speculation that the Ainu may have also come from the Middle East/Western Asia. In the past, many scientists assumed the Ainu were Caucasian due to different characteristics, often including wavy hair, facial structure, body hair, body size, and sometimes even green eyes, but them being European has been pretty much discounted. Though a small number of ‘pure’ Ainu still live on Hokkaido, for the most part, they’ve become intermixed into the general Japanese population.
I also saw a special on cable about the ancient Americas, where many Cherokee believe themselves descended from Jews, and not ancient people from northeast Asia crossing the ancient land bridge at the Bering Strait, and they presented evidence to back up their beliefs. I believe the history of the world is far different, and had far more travel/exchange/intermixing/settling than what is generally taught.
Anyway, sorry for drifting so far off the subject, and thanks for the article![/QUOTE]
Historical reference(s) are often faked to support and utilize subterfuge to obfuscate and misalign the ignorant, who would never have a clue anyway! WHy do I say this?
a. The svastika has always been a Hindu/preDravidian symbol misappropriated by Nazis to the extent that peoples’ only knowledge of it is Nazi propaganda
b. There is no place in Africa call sub Saharan Africa. The term began to be appropriated, to now become part of lexicon to ritualize whatever its purpose was intended, meaning one can say a lie enought times that it become ‘truth’ to the misinformed.
c. Even with DNA evidence of Jewish heritage (Cohanim to the highest degree), the Lemba are still accorded the status of 2nd class citizenry despite holding on to relics of a Jewish past. That being said (RE; Kaifeng Jews), DNA will still shjow that recent ‘mixed’ ancestry noting that phenoptype does not always indicate similarity or association to a specific group. With the Ainu, to say they are X is to diminish their heritage. They are a aboriginal group per isolation and environment therefore were immune to the various migrations that took place in the Japanese hinterland. They kept their ****geneity!
d. Why would the Ainu be enemies of Jews? There is no historical record, whether implied or explicit WHILE saying that outsiders who have sworn that there was never a connection between Jews and who we call Lemba today!
e. Cherockee having Jewish origins is FAR FETCHED. But what is our definition? Are we talikg exposure to Jewish ritual elements or actual DNA (MtDNA and Y)? It would make sense and has, that Mexicans of Northern Mexico (now SW USA) shown that they do possess DNA showing they were Jews who became Catholics to escape persecution and ended up in USA. It was also incidental that some fo the females had a type of breast cancer that only presented itself in ‘Jewish’ women hence the interesting find.
Good initial post!
