Where the ancestors of the Jews lived

The Bible is the most far-reaching statement of Jewish origins when it recognizes that the ancestor of the Jews was the wandering Abraham.

The Jewish (Jew) people originated as a branch of the Semitic (Semitic) peoples of ancient Western Asia. In the middle of the 18th century B.C., the Jews, under the leadership of their patriarch Abraham, migrated to the land of Canaan (the ancient name for Palestine), and became known as the Hebrews, which means "people from the other side of the river". Later, they moved to the eastern part of the Nile Delta in Egypt to escape natural disasters, and then returned to the land of Canaan at the end of the 13th century B.C. They formed the unified Hebrew Kingdom in the 11th century B.C. The Hebrews were the only people in the land of Canaan who had ever lived there. King David captured the city of Jebus (the ancient name for Jerusalem) and built his capital on Mount Zion, south of the city. Since then, Jerusalem has been the capital of successive kingdoms. Therefore, Zion also refers to Jerusalem, which has become a holy place for Judaism and Jews. The term Zionism (also known as Zionism) is derived from this.

In 926 BC, the Hebrew Kingdom split into the Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Judah. It was destroyed by the Assyrians in 722 BC and the Babylonians in 586 BC. In the following centuries, the Persians, Greeks and Romans conquered the land of Palestine. After the suppression of the Jewish revolt against the Romans in 135 A.D., the Jews began to be dispersed throughout the world. From the 7th century A.D. onwards, the inhabitants of Palestine became predominantly Arabs. During the nearly 2,000 years of the diaspora, the Jews were subjected to various forms of discrimination and persecution from the countries in which they lived, and anti-Semitic and anti-Jewish activities reached their peak in the 1930s and 1940s of this century. During the Second World War, some six million Jews died under the knife of Nazi Germany.

In the 18th century, European Jews were influenced by the bourgeois revolution and began to fight for the liberation of the Jewish nation. in the 19th century, the Austrian journalist Herzl put forward the idea of Zionism in a more complete manner, and Zionist organizations were established all over the world, and Jews began to emigrate to Palestine in large numbers. on May 14th, 1948, in accordance with the resolution of the General Assembly of the United Nations, which had been adopted in 1947, on the partition of Palestine, the Zionist government adopted the resolution. Resolution 181 on the partition of Palestine adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1947, Zionist leader Ben Gurion read the Declaration of Independence in Tel Aviv, and the State of Israel was formally proclaimed.

There are currently 13.5 million Jews in more than 100 countries*** around the world, with the United States having the largest number, about 5.6 million. In addition, countries with larger Jewish communities include France, Russia, and Argentina. There are about 2,500 in Hong Kong. During the Song Dynasty, some Jews migrated to Kaifeng, Henan Province, China, via India and gradually integrated with the Han Chinese. In Ethiopia, Africa, there used to be a number of black Jews, some 20,000 of whom were brought to Israel by the Israeli government through "Operation Moses" and "Operation Solomon". Today's Jews have both racial and religious meanings. 2000 years of the Great Diaspora, the Jews with different degrees of assimilation with the nationalities of the countries in which they live, has long been different faces, but the concept of the Jews has not disappeared, and one of the main reasons for this is the love of their own culture and religious beliefs.

There are numerous and conflicting views as to why Jews have been persecuted for generations by worldwide anti-Semitism and anti-Semitism. Some say that the Jews are too shrewd, "people to observe is no disciple"; some say it is the religious reasons, because Christianity believes in Jesus Christ was betrayed by the Jews were killed; there are also scholars believe that, in the Middle Ages, the Christian countries regarded lending money to collect interest as a sin, however, at that time, the countries prohibited the Jews to engage in other However, at that time, all countries prohibited Jews from engaging in other "legitimate" occupations, so they could only engage in this "sinful" profession, which further deepened the hatred against Jews. The long history of anti-Semitism and anti-Semitism, the Jews were branded as profit-oriented merchants or misers, even Shakespeare did not get rid of prejudice against the Jews, and his Shylock was considered to be a representative of the Jews.

And indeed, the Jews were not only the chosen people of God, but also the ones who dared to compete with God ("Israel" means wrestling with God). They contributed the Bible (Old Testament) to mankind, where hundreds of millions of believers have found their spiritual home; their "sinful activities" of collecting rents and releasing debts have laid down the financial laws of the commercial era; and with less than 0.3% of the world's population, they have obtained as much as 30% of the Nobel Prizes. Whether in the field of science, thought or culture and art, the light of Jewish wisdom shines everywhere, and Marx, Einstein, Freud, Kafka, Mendelssohn, Picasso, and Reuters, the originator of the newsletter, as well as many internationally renowned politicians, are all Jews or have a Jewish ancestry. It can be said that the achievements of human civilization today are inextricably linked to the contributions of the Jews. Traditionally, Jews emphasize education, which coincides with the Chinese Confucian principle of "those who work hard rule others". They did not do menial work, and hired Arabs or other foreign laborers to pave roads, build houses, plant fields and collect garbage.

The Jews do love money, but rather than loving it, they understand the importance of money and how to use it in the business world. Jews have no problem making money, but at the same time there is no lack of charity, usually 10% of their income for charitable donations, the Israeli society countless non-profit organizations and institutions, are in the form of donations to the establishment of the social welfare, the maintenance of civil rights and the promotion of the Arab-Israeli national accord, and so on, many other aspects of the positive role played by the. Of course, some far-right organizations also operate on donations to raise funds.

Jews are also very capable. Perhaps that's why God's "promised land" is so barren: few rivers above the ground, no minerals below, and half of the country a desert. However, 2,000 years after they were dispersed from the world, they were able to revitalize their homeland in such an environment, turning the desert into an oasis, with advanced agriculture, education, science and technology, and military, and even the level of espionage has from time to time left the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and the KGB peers marveling.

The young state and ancient cultural traditions, the strength of religious forces and the wide range of immigrant sources constitute the unique social tone of Israel. Differences in immigrant backgrounds, divergent political views and varying degrees of religiosity have placed each Israeli in a different group of interests, and with their generally high levels of education, knowledge and political concern, any event is likely to lead to an intensification of the collision between them and cause heated arguments. Israelis laugh at themselves when they say that there are six million prime ministers in a population of six million. Among the various contradictions inherent in society, the four major contradictions between religious forces and secularists, left-wing and right-wing camps, Oriental and European Jews, and Arab and Jewish citizens are the most prominent, and the unfortunate assassination of Israel's former prime minister, Rabin, is the result of the deterioration of such internal contradictions. By the Israelis' own admission, Israel is effectively divided into two states in terms of these contradictions.

This is the Jews: the peace and prosperity of infighting, the contradiction is not afraid of the knife and gun to see each other, when the enemy and showed amazing unity and extraordinary ability. For the Jews, the thing that did not work is mostly do not want to do, want to do things rarely do not work. In this piece of land at the crossroads of East and West, this ancient peculiar group has always attracted the attention of the world.