The student becomes the teacher. The teacher becomes the student.
I visited one of my heroes, RJ, today officially changing roles. I taught him all the math I could. Now, he is going to teach me how to battle cancer. @RossRams1@ross_wrestling
No, Jesus was not “Palestinian.”
In fact, the Roman punishment of the Jews of Judea through the renaming of Judea to “Syria Palaestina” did not take place until 200 years after Jesus’ life in Judea.
Reality:
1) Jesus was born a Jew, to a Jewish family, in Bethlehem, Judea.
2) Bethlehem was a city in Judea, the former Kingdom of Judah. This was the southern kingdom of the Jews, the native inhabitants of the region. The northern kingdom of the Jews was called Israel; it was conquered by Assyrians 722 years before the time of Jesus.
3) During Jesus’ lifetime, Judea was occupied by the Romans.
4) Jesus was a Rabbi who practiced Judaism.
5) Jesus’ last meal is described as a Passover Seder … because he was Jewish.
6) After Jesus was crucified and killed by the Romans, his followers believed he was resurrected. Today, his followers are known as Christians.
7) Christian beliefs originate from Judaism and from Jesus, as well as from those who followed his teachings.
8) Christmas is celebrated today by Christians but it is a celebration of Jesus’ birth in Judea to a Jewish family because Christianity is rooted in the history and beliefs of the Jews of Judea.
9) Two centuries after the life of Jesus in Judea, the Romans punished the rebellious Jews of Judea, after winning the Jewish-Roman Wars, by renaming Judea to Syria Palaestina.
10) The region of Syria Palaestina was eventually conquered by the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire conceded this territory following the end of World War I in 1918. The land was assigned to Britain by the San Remo conference in April of 1920.
11) The British immediately began plans to facilitate the recreation of a Jewish homeland in the region referred to at the time as Palestine.
12) Israel, the name reused from the northern kingdom of the Jews, was established as a modern country in 1948.
13) Modern day Israel contains only a portion of the land belonging to the original kingdoms of the Jews.
This is key -- it's really the first time in the age of mass communications that adversaries of the United States have had messaging supremacy within the United States proselytizing directly to American youth. It's a major coup and it happened without anyone noticing.
Why were Hamas's attacks against Israel so vicious?
Didn't it know what would come next?
What was it trying to achieve?
They did it because Gaza is in a trap: geographic, political, economical, psychological, religious... Let's understand it
The Gaza Trap:
You can support free speech but you can also criticize that free speech.
New York City Major Eric Adams just released quite the strong statement in support for Israel and in condemnation of Hamas.
He criticized those New Yorkers celebrating in the streets.
He said:
"We are not alright when right here in the city of New York, you had those who celebrate at the same time, when the devastation is taking place."
"In New York, we have the largest Jewish population outside of Israel. This is the place that our voices must raise throughout the entire country."
Exclusive document leaked from an investigation of a Hamas terrorist‼️
Palestinian propaganda works hard to whitewash the actions of Hamas - share with all your might so that they see the terrorists are that participated in the terrorist attack and admit what they did there! About the shocking massacre, beheading, rape and more... the whole world will hear!
A few years ago, Gaza received new water pipelines thanks to foreign aid.
Hamas dug up the pipelines and turned them into rockets that they later fired at Israel
In 2005 Israel dragged 10,000 *Jews* out of their Gaza homes so Gazans could build the state they wanted (a Jew-free one)
Instead in 2006 Gaza elected Hamas terrorists —prompting the ongoing Egyptian-Israeli blockade.
Hamas is not the result of Gaza’s suffering. It’s the cause.
Look, I know I mostly tweet Covid stuff, and not much faith stuff, but I just wanted to share this for anyone who needs it.
If you hate magic invisible friend in the sky stuff, look away.
These will NEVER get old to me. Little black girls in my generation & older never had this type of representation. When I became a mom it was hard to find black dolls for my girls. #RepresentationMatters#LittleMermaidLiveAction