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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]9:32, everything you are saying about the 19th century and Ashkenazi merchants in Russia works fine for me, no quarrel there.  But you started out by saying that Jews were nomads for centuries and acquired Ethopian blood.  That's what I questioned.  Ethiopian Jews are Jews.  Yemeni Jews are Jews.  They didn't "acquire" African blood and Jews were not "merchant nomads" for centuries.  You are mixing apples and oranges.

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If you don't know that Jews have been nomadic merchants for centuries then you really are quite ignorant of jewish history. I really don't have the time or the inclination to google it for you. Do you imagine there is something negative about this? Do really believe that Judaism in Ethiopia and elsewhere spontaneously generated? There is DNA evidence binding all ancient jews together as close ancestors. Yes Ethiopian Jews, southern mediterranean (all sephardim, really) and Ashkenazi are very closely related genetically.Those genetics include black african blood. And they were merchants. How do you supposed that happened? Alien spacecraft? History shows that they travelled, they traded goods and spread their seed throughout the diaspora.

http://www.jewishfederations.org/page.aspx?id=791
The History of Ethiopian Jews
After the rise of Christianity in Ethiopia in the fourth century, the Jews who refused to convert were persecuted and withdrew to the mountainous Gondar region where they made their homes for more than 2000 years. In the tenth century, they rose against the Axum dynasty led by Queen Judith who overthrew the "negus" (king) and sought to eradicate Christianity throughout the country. She is not forgotten to this day. Later, with the establishment of a new royal dynasty, the Jews of Ethiopia enjoyed great influence for some 350 years often acting as the balance of power between the Muslims and Christian forces.

http://www.jewishfederations.org/page.aspx?id=791
The return to power of the ancient Axum dynasty in 1270, marked the beginning of 400 years of war and bloodshed which ended in the 17th century with the final end of Jewish independence. After the final battle when the Jewish forces were finally defeated "Falasha men and women fought to the death from the steep heights of their fortress...they threw themselves over the precipice or cut each other's throats rather than be taken prisoner. (Christian Ethiopian Chronicles) The Jews now faced years of suffering, their lands were confiscated, and for a period were forbidden the practice of their religion. The wars, the bloodshed and the glory were over, but persecution in various forms continued.
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