what the fuck

@@bijtmntongaf On what?

The fact that Lizzie’s death has got Americans to say God Save The King after so many centuries must make George III very happy.

@Bob McBob An American _and_ an Israeli! _Two_ former imperial subjects that became republics! But both countries are now friends with the UK (thanks respectively to Ramsay MacDonald and Harold Wilson) and it's simply a matter of respect.

Thanks man. And I'm sure I will 😃

Agreed, but where did he even use the CSA flag, must have missed it. The 1861 flag, the 1863 flag, or the 1865 flag? 1861 I'm guessing?

@@dannyhightower911 At the 15:53 mark he shows the third national flag.

Because 1) The early Zionists whom the vast majority had Socialist ideals, weren't religious at all, 2) The religious who lived in the area were either Ortodox from the Old-Yishuv, Mizrahi Jews whom of course did not have any connections to reform Judaism and religious Zionists that are essentially founded out of moderate Ortodox that were more Zionist (Even the founder of religious Zionism - the Rabbi Kook, was an Ortodox). 3) Israeli does not have many Jews of Western European origin, but Mizrahi and Eastern European (Even most of the French Jews im Israel are descendents of Frenchified Maghrebi Jews). "צרפוקאים" Most of the reformists in Europe were exterminated in the holocaust and the few that left, were more likely to stay or immigrate to America. Those who fled to Israel after the holocaust were mainly Eastern Europeans (from pretty obvious reasons, they were less likely to stay). בכנות, אתה אי פעם פגשת אישית בארץ יהודי ממוצא בריטי, הולנדי או שווייצרי? Reform Judaism was mainly a Western European thing. That resembles the demographics of the American Jews - and less the Israeli Jews. But what actually interesting to me, is how it isn't widespread among the Jews from Latin America. As well as how did it effected on the rest of the Jews in the Anglo British Empire (South Africa, Australia, NZ...) And why didn't many American Jews came to Israel? This question is very relevant to this day. (What I wrote in here applies Canada to the US and not the Empire).

@@user-gr9fq9gt9w In order for large numbers of American Jews to move to Israel, there must be a widespread impetus to leave the United States. No such impetus has existed in American history. Even in the 1920s, which I would consider the apex of American political antisemitism, it wasn't worth it. For this reason, the few American Israelis tend to either be very religious or old-school SocDem/DemSocs like myself. And additionally, there is a perception in the US that we make up a _much_ larger share of Israel's population than we do.

@@SamAronow All I’m saying, is that it’s looking like that impetus could come soon, depending on how things go.

@@themacandcheeseorca1128 Well! It’s unlikely in Los Angeles, CA. Reformed Jewish Angelenos are expecting the Metro D Line and Metro Regional Connector to open which will bypass traffic.

@@whathell6t Yeah but the Dankal is also opening.

I wonder if he has heard of Sam O’Nella.

You could also say about Friedrich Hecker, the former German Revolutionary who led the 82nd IL before Salomon and was praised by Moses Hess. And Bismarck for that matter, whom will be seen again alongside Grant!

sure, though he didn't keep said slave for long. also, his abolitionist views come from his family.

@@chimera9818 My brother, who is in the process of converting, is still adapting to the "I can be proud of this thing I believe in" part of it

And to top it all off: _Judah P. Benjamin was an immigrant._

@@SamAronow Well of course. You can't be in the Hateful Bastard Club without being a card carrying hypocrite! It's right there on the sign!

@@samwill7259 You'd be surprised how often it works, actually. The best way to unite people is often against a different entity. And frankly, the argument against bigotry can sometimes sound like arguments against common sense; like thinking about the arguments about illegal immigration for example. But shilling for literal race supremacy is always a bad, so cursing them out is more than fair. It's just the logic behind your comment that I contend with.

@@stephenjenkins7971 I disagree on the basis that I don't recognize any immigration laws and legitimate and therefore don't recognize the difference between legal or illegal immigration as concepts. I don't even recognize BORDERS as a legitimate concept

That surprised me too.

@@jamestown8398 me too

That would be awesome!

Late, but that'd be interesting. There's even an old synagogue in Natchez, Mississippi. No clue if it's still active, but it looked to be just about as old as the Catholic basilica in the city.

Thank you! I actually went to the Crissy Field Marsh before dawn to film that intro.

That’s one of the main selling points of Omniatlas, which he uses for his maps.

America’s history begins with the indigenous civilizations that emerged here.

Slow clap? That caused a straight up guffaw from me. TOTALLY unexpected.

Oh yeah, the tribe whose territory Jerusalem was smack in the middle of (although IIRC the city itself was run by Levites)

@@Rickyrab Yes. That was what the joke was referring to.

Ah, but she wasn't the first female rabbi; she actually turned down the offer to become ordained.

First female rabbi was in the congregation I used to belong to, Beth Israel (Reform) in Cleveland, Ohio - on the west side.

Because sexy gingers lol

Look I'm not here to justify it I just know what they're talking about

I think it’s the intersection of two distinct preferences, or at least that’s how Herbert Asbury makes it sound in _The Barbary Coast._ I’ve never come across an explicit fetish for Jewish redheads.

@@SamAronow Apparently people used to associate being Redheaded with being Jewish in Medieval Europe. So perhaps being Redheaded symbolised that they were 'pure' Jews?

I think the confusion is because red hair used to be associated with Jews much more strongly than it is today.

I thought about that movie a lot when working on this, because of course this was a time when _all_ rabbis in the US were born and educated elsewhere!

I believe it is because the vast majority of American Jews are descended from those who came after this time-- the late 1800s to 1920s, mostly from Eastern Europe.

I admit I was trying to figure out what the holiest UU place was. It turns out that Unitarian Universalism doesn't have an official hierarchy, but it seems that there is a de facto "most historical place" of UU in ... Boston, Massachusetts. (Unitarians also like Walden Pond and Concord because they like the Transcendentalists.) There are a few historical UU congregations still extant there and plenty of history. So I found myself positing that the "most holy place" in UU might actually be Boston Common or a general area nearby.

Now back to Judaism!

Love it. If we rabbis in Israel were elected by the public we'd have full Laïcité by lunchtime.

A likud mp also used it a few months ago when he attacked the reform chief rabbi of israel, also an mp, on the Knesset floor, citing the document as proof that reform Judaism is antizionist by default and is an evil faith. Really disgusting stuff. The document was barely agreed in any reform congregation, and in the 1930s, with zionism being very mainstream in jewish culture, reform leaders signed that they were in agreement that Zionism is an integral part of Jewish faith

I actually avoid _Unpacked_ to avoid the possibility of accidental plagiarism (compare to Henry Abramson who has a very different style of presentation, so it's not as much of an issue), but I love hearing the parallels and contrasts between us.

@@itayeldad3317 Yes, the Ragak is a friend of mine and it has not escaped my notice that Radical Reform, which has never existed in the time Israel as been a country, lives on as a strawman for the Israeli religious right.

And you'd be right. I think the platform overall has much more to say about Gilded Age sociology than it does about Judaism, so it is certainly historically interesting, but religiously I think its importance is overrated.

Eh, with number 5, I feel like many EXTREMELY secular Jews would agree with that. Especially socialist ones.

I read Wise's comments, and in context it's clear that he is distinguishing between the form of slavery described in the Torah (which was more akin to indentured servitude) and chattel slavery as a rebuttal against religious defenders of the institution.

I wouldn't say that about the settlement pattern. In 1880 the majority of American Jews lived in just six cities, and Chicago was the only Midwestern one. Cincinnati was only a major center of Jewish thought because it happened to be the _first_ major city in the Midwest.

As an outsider, it looks to me that slavery still shapes the present in the US.

@@marksimons8861 It does, but such horrid institutions also shape the present of every nation in history. The US is just far more honest about it rather than trying to pretend it doesn't exist.

Even if the reader ruthlessly imitated me - Mary Chesnut

I could see them doing it as them butchering history like they did with the liberty bell. For those having trouble seeing the one-frame joke you can move frame by frame with the < and > keys.

@@chimera9818 to an extent, but it seems jewish people are extremely successful in american society.

@@bhuddy1832 don't worry, im in WI so i know all about it. I just still find it interesting regardless.

Same!

Not at all; biblical literalism, or at least the method of interpretation that denies being an interpretation, is not a Jewish tradition.

@@SamAronow Let me rephrase that. I know that biblical literalism is mainly a Christian thing. Still, even the Christian groups that weren't strictly literalist and accepted, say, the geological evidence for the age of the Earth, weren't always comfortable with evolution. And this was still the 19th century, mere 26 years after the publication of Darwin's "On the Origin...". While it was already the best available scientific explanation for the diversity of life, it was still in its relative infancy. Taken together with the declarations of friendship towards Christians and Muslims, the Pittsburgh Platform sounds quite progressive even by today's standards.

@@Qba86 I do think that was a very pointed statement for the time and place.

Specific to Texas, I think there's been a little overcorrection. Certainly the expansion of slavery was the aim of _one_ of the factions of Texas Revolutionaries, and ultimately the ones that took power and purged the other. Luckily the Seguín stuff is starting to see the light of day. That's also why I made sure to mention all _four_ California rebellions, as a rejoinder to those who only know the last one and assume it was purely a US-sponsored land-grab.

@@SamAronow I recently read Forget the Alamo, by Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, and Jason Stanford. They argue that cotton profit was the impetus to settle East Texas, going back to 1820 and before. Lots of fun details in that book about, for example, Austin's negotiations with Mexico.

Louisiana was French until 1764, when control was transferred to Spain in accordance with the 1762 Treaty of San Ildefonso. In 1800, Napoleon secured the re-acquisition of the territory, but it didn't go into effect until 9 March 1803, by which time it had already been sold to the US, which officially took control the following day (known as "Three Flags Day").

Yes, and it was very similar, though they had a later start, and systemic antisemitism was _much_ more prevalent throughout Canadian history. You can probably guess the main reason why, though it took many forms across the country; only the Maritime Provinces lacked any antisemitic movement in modern times. I'd really love to do a special on Canada, though figuring out its place in my schedule is challenging.

Tell her Mazal Tov for me! 20 December will actually be the 20th anniversary of _my_ bar mitzvah!

what is a babylonian synagouge?

@@nachocheese2823 Iraqi Jewish one

@@tzvi7989 why would they be considered babylonian, babylon hasnt existed in thousands of years

@@nachocheese2823 the Jewish community there started when it was

@@tzvi7989Is there any actuall distinction from other groups of jews? Do they have unique customs? Do they have their own נוסח?

What are you talking about? Most of the Radical Reform synagogues of this era still exist as Classical Reform congregations.

@@SamAronow the reform movement has had to constantly stretch the definition of what makes someone jewish to barely keep their congregations alive. I met a girl who was telling me her mom was the rabbi of a community in middle of nowhere alabama, after some more discussion it turned out she, her mom and the whole cong could more accurately be defined as J4J, though she said they were reform. But that's not really my point, the number of jews today who can trace their roots back to those reform communities which you mention here in the video are few and far between a majority of those jews are fully assimilated.

You misunderstand- the 1960s were an unprecedented era of _philosemitism_ in America, not antisemitism.

@@SamAronow Oh yes! That I've heard. It can be just as dehumanizing as antisemitism.

@@jessetaran7116 This was before what you're thinking of and more in the vein of what happened in 19th Century London, with Jews and Jewish culture becoming genuinely in vogue.

Just a layman. The exact process varied by time period and location, but generally speaking the wealthy members of the congregation would agree to choose someone to act as hazan (cantor). After the new constitution was adopted, the Jewish congregations followed suit and made themselves more democratic. Remember, a rabbi is a qualification, not a position. Any adult Jewish man can lead prayer if necessary, provided he knows how.