tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-404148146888473428.post5569157000463498138..comments2023-11-26T10:49:47.799+00:00Comments on Rabbi on a Narrow Bridge: On the Invention of the Jewish PeopleRabbi Jeremy Gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02566221408060070063noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-404148146888473428.post-61046533843831010122010-03-15T10:25:53.090+00:002010-03-15T10:25:53.090+00:00Kevin,
I'm honoured to have you picking up the...Kevin,<br />I'm honoured to have you picking up the posting.<br />I know of your book. I hope your drawing attention to it here will increase it's reach.<br />I've also spent time in Jewish communities in Crimea where the Kuzari story is still so clearly alive.<br />It is a fabulous tale.<br /><br />In my sermon I stayed away from the genetic piece, largely because I believe it's Rabbi Jeremy Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02566221408060070063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-404148146888473428.post-40348020640589928172010-03-15T04:09:12.892+00:002010-03-15T04:09:12.892+00:00Rabbi Gordon, my book "The Jews of Khazaria, ...Rabbi Gordon, my book "The Jews of Khazaria, Second Edition" is essential reading to refute the exaggerated claims of Shlomo Sand.<br /><br />Sand adopted some ideas that were in my book and my website, such as the theory that the word 'davenen' comes from Turkic, but came to incorrect conclusions regarding the makeup of contemporary Jewish populations. In chapter 10 and Kevin Brookhttp://www.khazaria.com/noreply@blogger.com