dude, take a selfie, put it in lightroom, alter your skin-tone to white-ish or olive-ish (light brown) - and compare it to any jews, particularly from israel. You'll be shocked - you actually look very jewish, sans the dark skin-tone.
There are a wide variety of Jews from Mizrahi Jews, Sephardic, Bene Israel and Beta Israel and they come in a wide array of skin tones including dark olive to dark brown skin. What most of them have in common is their facial features which Toure also has...so it is not soo shocking.
He looks Jewish just as he is: because NOT ALL JEWS ARE EUROPEAN. I capitalized for emphasis. The VAST majority of Israelis are brown and black (70%). Jews thought the Middle East, and Africa (i.e. Ethiopia) look exactly like him.
@vl2 looks like your projecting your feelings on blackness. Not every black person likes watermelon (that's a old stereotype)....I can say most of us are quite fond of chicken though. Toure's take is just an analysis of for what's shocking to him that he was raised up one way and finds out that he is such a high percentage of another group and how he can relate to that culture. "Like do I go to temple now?" I think it is a new appreciation of the unexpected.
I highly recommend doing your own test! Certain DNA markers are only carried on the Male side. I have 9 siblings. 5 or 6 of us have done the testing, and the results are slightly different for all of us. Also, the more people that do it, the more accurate the results become. As more people submit DNA, your results get recalculated.
I love how you talk about this! Hope this journey into this new part of your identity opens good paths and insights to you. I can't wait to hear more about this adventure! Blessings!
I appreciated your thoughtful reflections. Did you know that the Dalai Lama has consulted many Jewish leaders about group identity through hardship? His community is now in exile in India and he is trying to figure out how not to let his culture die
Welcome to the Tribe! It's a beautiful thing to be a part of. Despite having darker skin than most, you totally look, sound and feel Jewish and this announcement is not surprising to me at all. I recommend the writings of Aryeh Kaplan (especially Jewish Meditation) if you want to get an idea of the spiritual side of Judaism.
@@natureocean9466that's not true at all😅😅😅. My dna is 85% Jewish middle eastern and 15% iran but I was born in russia. Im not as dark as this gentleman but Im darker than Europeans. Skin color is Irrelevant to DNA. Skin color is a thing only for American white and black supremacists lol
@@natureocean9466he is also 30% jewish. It doesnt mean he is from ancient Israel. Probably a recent intermarriage. But regardless.. we Jews never looked or cared for akin color... to us its not even a concept
I moved into Flatbush and got all lazy and grew my facial hair out and police had to tell me everyone thinks I'm Jewish inside a Bodega that got super confused why I was going in there for rolling papers. I always went in there for rolling papers and one day the nypd were like "dude... do you know if you are Jewish?" And I was like... "no?" and he laughed and was like, "ok, you just moved here and they think the Hasidic Jews are moving in to the apartments and you just sent a bunch of signals and I have to go talk to them, don't worry, it's funny, they really think you are a real estate investor. I don't really know my father so I should do the 23 and me thing? Or the one that lets me keep the what, patent, for my DNA? Which one are you signing your DNA IP over to? That one sounded mad weird. Treating us Americans like the Amazon Rainforest now? Pirating our own people's DNA and getting people to pay to have IP taken or something.
Is a lot to take and absorb. I have also discovered I'm a 5th generation ashkenazi jew born in America and what's even worse no one in my family practiced Judaism . Not a glimpse of it . But are all catholics different religion , but very deeply religious. One thing I noticed is that no matter what religion they practiced they are hard core heavy duty faithfully religious many of my parent's brothers and sisters are nuns ,priests or somehow associated with catholic church services. Is a long journey and every where I look when I research ashkenazi genetics ,diseases, genetic diseases, they way i talk about God, even my father and brother, is just we never stop is always an ongoing issue . Sometimes I try not to believe I'm a descendant yet. Knowing a lot about jewish prosecution history somehow it feels like I keep coming back home I just feel like I was lost and was found again spiritually back to my old ancestral faith . Maybe down the line my jewish ancestor came to America , and probably was tired of all the bullshit and suffering in Europe constant struggle of persecution and torture for over 2000 years decided to leave behind the faith and start a different one in the hopes that we will not suffer anymore , a new land a new America of uncharted territory , a new chapter. But yet I met a jewish friend and before that I always hungered for the search of the highest divine powers . I just feel I was lost but my jewish blood Could never die in spite of my ancestor denying his past. Because still I suffer the same things jews suffer every single day . I'm the most hated man on earth for no reason. Always being hated always being disliked and never understood why even though I never did no wrong to no man , it all comes down to the fact that the world doesn't like jews . Is the most hated group of people on earth . So yes sometimes I feel pain and just thinking maybe being jewish is just a hard life . . I'm still a work in progress . And the more I search ashkenazi history . It just confirm every single time how my dna marker holds true . It just never stops is making it impossible to deny I'm a jew . No matter how I deny it it just keeps haunting me back. Actors such as Dustin Huffman when he discovered he was jewish. He just cried and I totally understood his kind of cry . It was not a cry of joy ,but a cry of pain, deep pain when he cried is like that's just how o feel just endless pain and suffering and never knowing why all this drama was happening to me my whole life . Till I discovered jewish dna and and jewish history . I'm totally related to that . We are not happy with the way we have to suffer in this world . Hated by almost everybody on earth for no apparent reason just by being different . This discovery lead to realize that the reason my life is as it is. Is just simply that no one on earth loves us . . So yes being jewish is tough . And I'm on the process that I wanna officially convert ( go back my original ancestral faith )that my ancestor denied ,. Because no matter how much I deny it. Even when I didn't know I was a descendant of jews . I was still hated . It makes sense that the only option left for me is to convert . I cannot run away from it. It always catches up to me. Dustin Huffman. He cried is a painful cry.of the grim reality of what constitutes being jewish . That was his cry . That's why when I said to friend that being jewish is a curse and a blessing both at the same time. Whoever is descended from j ews they all know this deep in their soul..
This guy just blocked me on Twitter, because he was joining the bash Joe rogan party and I gave him a piece of my mind. He had nothing else to communicate back so he blocks me. Get your self together man. Look at the greater picture brother. This shits not right, our freedom, speech and lively hoods are being taken slowly. I’m fighting until the end
I think its good to know your background, but your work for the black community is vital to the American conversation. Don't let anything get in the way of that focus brother.
People in the Jewish community are gonna challenge your African American/Jewish ethnicity...it's completely bewildering. I think my grandmother's parents passed down the ethnicity .
I don't think the main issue would be a racial one, though there are certainly some closed-minded Jews, as there are closed-minded people in any other group. The issue is that most schools of Jewish thought only recognize matrilineal descent. People of Jewish descent on their father's side are certainly part of the Jewish ethnic group in one sense, but in terms of religion they would not be considered Jewish unless they passed through a conversion process.
What does that have to do with being white or nonwhite? It has to do with whether it's your mother's side or your father's side. Although in ancient times, and even more recently in some sects, patrilineal descent has been recognized, for most Jews in the past 2,000 years, following rabbinic teaching based on the Torah and Talmud (but also due to social convention), Jewishness is only automatically recognized if it is passed down matrilinearly. Someone born to a non-Jewish mother can certainly become Jewish, and if she is a woman, she will then pass that status on to her children, whether she's white, black, native american, asian, or whatever. That's just how it works. Some Jewish groups view it somewhat differently, like Reform Jews, and there are a few groups, like Ethiopian Jews and Karaites, which have been historically patrilineal, but there it gets complicated, since Ethiopian Jews are generally recognized and accepted as Jews by matrilineal Jewish groups, while Karaites often are not. You might think this is arbitrary or unfair, but they are very old and strong traditions with a basis in religious belief and historical experience, so they are unlikely to change any time soon.
To clarify, Reform Judaism generally does recognize Jews born to Jewish fathers and non-Jewish mothers, but only if they have been raised Jewish. If the child was not raised Jewish, and particularly if he/she was raised in another religion, they would be asked to go through a conversion process, just as they would in other forms of Judaism, although they might be put on a sort of "fast track" to conversion, given their ethnic connection to the Jewish people.
You're gonna be fine. Just please stop eating matzo. Not because you can't, but because it tastes like cardboard. We only have to do it for a week per year, and no more. Just a hot tip
My grandfather was half white they said Irish DNA was 1% Irish. And 21% European were from Oklahoma 2% native indian 60% African. Ive been to. Africa twice they called us the Whites but said i look Nigerian its alway a surprise who we really are
I can see it! You have some Jewish features imo especially the nose 😉. If you were to walk on the streets of Jerusalem you would probably encounter many people who resemble you just a tag lighter in their complexion.
You need to have Jewish mother in order to be a Jew. If your father is a Jew but your mother isn't, then No, you are probably not Jewish. That's according to Jewish laws. (halacha) Good luck, from a Jew.
In the US - Reform Judaism is the largest sect/denomination (by far) and we have no issues with patrilineal descent. But most reform rabbis would still suggest a conversion process - most people find it very moving and rewarding
@@ShalomYal Simple, if your mother is a Jewish or you converted as Halacha say - you are a Jew. Now, about the Jewish people, it is very hard to describe, true. Jews are not a race, not a religion, not ethnicity. I think we are a people, that are connected by the Torah, to God and to Israel.
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dude, take a selfie, put it in lightroom, alter your skin-tone to white-ish or olive-ish (light brown) - and compare it to any jews, particularly from israel. You'll be shocked - you actually look very jewish, sans the dark skin-tone.
There are a wide variety of Jews from Mizrahi Jews, Sephardic, Bene Israel and Beta Israel and they come in a wide array of skin tones including dark olive to dark brown skin. What most of them have in common is their facial features which Toure also has...so it is not soo shocking.
I'm Isreaeli. This dude could pass as an Israeli in a heart beat exactly as he is. There are plenty of us who look just like this guy in Israel.
I agree Toure has noticeable Jewish facial features recognizable to me, who has lived among fellow Jews in Israel and the US
He looks Jewish just as he is: because NOT ALL JEWS ARE EUROPEAN. I capitalized for emphasis. The VAST majority of Israelis are brown and black (70%).
Jews thought the Middle East, and Africa (i.e. Ethiopia) look exactly like him.
I just found out that I am part Jewish. As a believer in Jesus Christ, I found this to be the best news of my life and identity ❤
Jesus Cristo (pronounced Hey -Zus) was a Mexican
I just love you!!! another super powerful journalist that has such a spectrum that it cannot be contained in a network! Keep it going.
I think that 30% is 100% Jeff Goldblum.
@vl2 looks like your projecting your feelings on blackness. Not every black person likes watermelon (that's a old stereotype)....I can say most of us are quite fond of chicken though. Toure's take is just an analysis of for what's shocking to him that he was raised up one way and finds out that he is such a high percentage of another group and how he can relate to that culture. "Like do I go to temple now?" I think it is a new appreciation of the unexpected.
Yeah. I think he looks like Jeff too
This cracked me up! Not gonna lie, sir. You do look very Jewish. Mazel tov!
I’m back. May I recommend Harry Abramson’s Jewish history channel here on RUclips? He is an absolute wealth of knowledge.
Welcome to the tribe!
Speak for yourself!
I'm black and jewish also!I feel very close to both sides
I had oral history but when I did my dna test is when I knew it was true
I highly recommend doing your own test! Certain DNA markers are only carried on the Male side. I have 9 siblings. 5 or 6 of us have done the testing, and the results are slightly different for all of us. Also, the more people that do it, the more accurate the results become. As more people submit DNA, your results get recalculated.
Welcome to the tribe! Nice video!
Speak for yourself!!
Awesome! I see Miles' autobiography back there amongst other greats :) Excellent video, really enjoyed hearing your thoughts.
I’m on my journey discovering my Jewish ancestors myself. I’ll be following! It’s some seriously fascinating stuff.
I love how you talk about this! Hope this journey into this new part of your identity opens good paths and insights to you. I can't wait to hear more about this adventure! Blessings!
I appreciated your thoughtful reflections. Did you know that the Dalai Lama has consulted many Jewish leaders about group identity through hardship? His community is now in exile in India and he is trying to figure out how not to let his culture die
love this video. thanks for sharing
🤣Love this! You do look Jewish!
You actually look like a black version of Einstein...that was a complement.
@@demonofheavn nice bs...
@@demonofheavn that is a mindless comment.
Welcome to The Tribe! :)
We are not a tribe - we are a people!
I love your video! I learned a lot from you!!!
Welcome to the family!! ❤️
You look Ashkenazi!
Yes he does 😄
We Askenazis are all sorts of colours and shapes
Yeah, Jeff Goldblums cousin for sure.
You look like Jeff Goldblum with a deeper suntan ❤️
shalom bro
Welcome to the Tribe! It's a beautiful thing to be a part of. Despite having darker skin than most, you totally look, sound and feel Jewish and this announcement is not surprising to me at all. I recommend the writings of Aryeh Kaplan (especially Jewish Meditation) if you want to get an idea of the spiritual side of Judaism.
The original JEWS from ISRAEL were darker complexion having mixed with European blood changed that.
@@natureocean9466that's not true at all😅😅😅. My dna is 85% Jewish middle eastern and 15% iran but I was born in russia. Im not as dark as this gentleman but Im darker than Europeans. Skin color is Irrelevant to DNA. Skin color is a thing only for American white and black supremacists lol
@@natureocean9466he is also 30% jewish. It doesnt mean he is from ancient Israel. Probably a recent intermarriage. But regardless.. we Jews never looked or cared for akin color... to us its not even a concept
I think its ironic - there is a yellow book behind you with the Name Zaide - This also happens to be A Yiddish word for Grandfather
Here’s an idea - let’s stop obsessing about identity politics/identity culture
I moved into Flatbush and got all lazy and grew my facial hair out and police had to tell me everyone thinks I'm Jewish inside a Bodega that got super confused why I was going in there for rolling papers. I always went in there for rolling papers and one day the nypd were like "dude... do you know if you are Jewish?" And I was like... "no?" and he laughed and was like, "ok, you just moved here and they think the Hasidic Jews are moving in to the apartments and you just sent a bunch of signals and I have to go talk to them, don't worry, it's funny, they really think you are a real estate investor. I don't really know my father so I should do the 23 and me thing? Or the one that lets me keep the what, patent, for my DNA? Which one are you signing your DNA IP over to? That one sounded mad weird. Treating us Americans like the Amazon Rainforest now? Pirating our own people's DNA and getting people to pay to have IP taken or something.
Andy Samberg, how do you not know Black face is unacceptable in 2020?! This skit may be funny and all but bro WE HAVE TO DO BETTER!
Is a lot to take and absorb. I have also discovered I'm a 5th generation ashkenazi jew born in America and what's even worse no one in my family practiced Judaism . Not a glimpse of it . But are all catholics different religion , but very deeply religious. One thing I noticed is that no matter what religion they practiced they are hard core heavy duty faithfully religious many of my parent's brothers and sisters are nuns ,priests or somehow associated with catholic church services. Is a long journey and every where I look when I research ashkenazi genetics ,diseases, genetic diseases, they way i talk about God, even my father and brother, is just we never stop is always an ongoing issue . Sometimes I try not to believe I'm a descendant yet. Knowing a lot about jewish prosecution history somehow it feels like I keep coming back home I just feel like I was lost and was found again spiritually back to my old ancestral faith . Maybe down the line my jewish ancestor came to America , and probably was tired of all the bullshit and suffering in Europe constant struggle of persecution and torture for over 2000 years decided to leave behind the faith and start a different one in the hopes that we will not suffer anymore , a new land a new America of uncharted territory , a new chapter. But yet I met a jewish friend and before that I always hungered for the search of the highest divine powers . I just feel I was lost but my jewish blood Could never die in spite of my ancestor denying his past. Because still I suffer the same things jews suffer every single day . I'm the most hated man on earth for no reason. Always being hated always being disliked and never understood why even though I never did no wrong to no man , it all comes down to the fact that the world doesn't like jews . Is the most hated group of people on earth . So yes sometimes I feel pain and just thinking maybe being jewish is just a hard life . . I'm still a work in progress . And the more I search ashkenazi history . It just confirm every single time how my dna marker holds true . It just never stops is making it impossible to deny I'm a jew . No matter how I deny it it just keeps haunting me back. Actors such as Dustin Huffman when he discovered he was jewish. He just cried and I totally understood his kind of cry . It was not a cry of joy ,but a cry of pain, deep pain when he cried is like that's just how o feel just endless pain and suffering and never knowing why all this drama was happening to me my whole life . Till I discovered jewish dna and and jewish history . I'm totally related to that . We are not happy with the way we have to suffer in this world . Hated by almost everybody on earth for no apparent reason just by being different . This discovery lead to realize that the reason my life is as it is. Is just simply that no one on earth loves us . . So yes being jewish is tough . And I'm on the process that I wanna officially convert ( go back my original ancestral faith )that my ancestor denied ,. Because no matter how much I deny it. Even when I didn't know I was a descendant of jews . I was still hated . It makes sense that the only option left for me is to convert . I cannot run away from it. It always catches up to me. Dustin Huffman. He cried is a painful cry.of the grim reality of what constitutes being jewish . That was his cry . That's why when I said to friend that being jewish is a curse and a blessing both at the same time. Whoever is descended from j ews they all know this deep in their soul..
Not all the jews are Europeans, there also many Asians and Africans , i have grandparents that are from Morocco and Egypt for example.
Hoping for a few Klezmer profiles from you one day. Who knows?
Cool!!’ We Jews are an awesome Tribe:-) Welcome.
This guy just blocked me on Twitter, because he was joining the bash Joe rogan party and I gave him a piece of my mind. He had nothing else to communicate back so he blocks me. Get your self together man. Look at the greater picture brother. This shits not right, our freedom, speech and lively hoods are being taken slowly. I’m fighting until the end
Mazel tov !!
Long head, big nose, I mean cmon man, you should've known.
It's unfortunate that both groups do not share in the same financial prosperity 😢
If you have any questions I can answer some of questions. If there are things I can't answer I'll be honest.
Thanks for your story
You can be Black & Jewish - it’s ok- Welcome
i want your bookshelf so badly.
Dr. King celebrated the Jewish sabbath while in jail after his protests.
your nose gave u away haha
Fr tho lol
So what kind of stuff your going to put on that matzah
What tribe is Europe Jew?
mazel tov!
you ban comments on all your other social media because you cant deal with criticism lmao
You should do a 23andme and find out your Paternal Haplogroup aka Y chromosome
I think its good to know your background, but your work for the black community is vital to the American conversation. Don't let anything get in the way of that focus brother.
People in the Jewish community are gonna challenge your African American/Jewish ethnicity...it's completely bewildering. I think my grandmother's parents passed down the ethnicity .
Umm, which Jewish community are you stereotyping here? Not mine.
I don't think the main issue would be a racial one, though there are certainly some closed-minded Jews, as there are closed-minded people in any other group. The issue is that most schools of Jewish thought only recognize matrilineal descent. People of Jewish descent on their father's side are certainly part of the Jewish ethnic group in one sense, but in terms of religion they would not be considered Jewish unless they passed through a conversion process.
@@cuidatrava1 ...How are people automatically deciding that Jewish ethnicity isn't matrilineal when nonwhites are involved?
What does that have to do with being white or nonwhite? It has to do with whether it's your mother's side or your father's side. Although in ancient times, and even more recently in some sects, patrilineal descent has been recognized, for most Jews in the past 2,000 years, following rabbinic teaching based on the Torah and Talmud (but also due to social convention), Jewishness is only automatically recognized if it is passed down matrilinearly. Someone born to a non-Jewish mother can certainly become Jewish, and if she is a woman, she will then pass that status on to her children, whether she's white, black, native american, asian, or whatever. That's just how it works. Some Jewish groups view it somewhat differently, like Reform Jews, and there are a few groups, like Ethiopian Jews and Karaites, which have been historically patrilineal, but there it gets complicated, since Ethiopian Jews are generally recognized and accepted as Jews by matrilineal Jewish groups, while Karaites often are not. You might think this is arbitrary or unfair, but they are very old and strong traditions with a basis in religious belief and historical experience, so they are unlikely to change any time soon.
To clarify, Reform Judaism generally does recognize Jews born to Jewish fathers and non-Jewish mothers, but only if they have been raised Jewish. If the child was not raised Jewish, and particularly if he/she was raised in another religion, they would be asked to go through a conversion process, just as they would in other forms of Judaism, although they might be put on a sort of "fast track" to conversion, given their ethnic connection to the Jewish people.
Welcome to the tribe
You're gonna be fine. Just please stop eating matzo. Not because you can't, but because it tastes like cardboard. We only have to do it for a week per year, and no more. Just a hot tip
ברוך הבא אח יקר
Amazing. More blacks and jews should mix.
My grandfather was half white they said Irish DNA was 1% Irish. And 21% European were from Oklahoma 2% native indian 60% African. Ive been to. Africa twice they called us the Whites but said i look Nigerian its alway a surprise who we really are
So you’re 64% European?
Jewish people are from the Middle East.
You're the real son of Jacob 😁
de donde eres o tu familia
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Look up history of the Jewish people. It's unclear from the video you understand what a jackpot you've hit in terms of identity
That’s cool I guess. But religion is not ethnicity.
The nose says it all.
Ong tho 😭😮
The bread🎉 so crisp
Welcome to the Tribe. When's the circumcision.
I can see it! You have some Jewish features imo especially the nose 😉. If you were to walk on the streets of Jerusalem you would probably encounter many people who resemble you just a tag lighter in their complexion.
E1b?
If looking in the mirror didn’t confirm it I dk what else is needed. Mazel tov! Lol
Watch the video part where you say your Jewish friends tell you about what it means to be Jewish. It's the SAME struggle for identity and freedom.
All African-Americans have at least 10-15 percent European ancestry, and that's on the low end. You're not special.
Your Y-DNA?
Dude the nose
Mazel Tov
That nose says it all. Lol!
Aren’t blacks the original Jews?
No
You need to have Jewish mother in order to be a Jew. If your father is a Jew but your mother isn't, then No, you are probably not Jewish. That's according to Jewish laws. (halacha)
Good luck, from a Jew.
In the US - Reform Judaism is the largest sect/denomination (by far) and we have no issues with patrilineal descent. But most reform rabbis would still suggest a conversion process - most people find it very moving and rewarding
Also this begs the larger question of who is a Jew. Isn't it really a culture rather than genetics? Or perhaps a bit of both
@@ShalomYal Simple, if your mother is a Jewish or you converted as Halacha say - you are a Jew.
Now, about the Jewish people, it is very hard to describe, true. Jews are not a race, not a religion, not ethnicity.
I think we are a people, that are connected by the Torah, to God and to Israel.
you look jewish. you're still black. jewish is an ethnicity not a race.
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One of your great grandparents might be some rabbi's sidechick's baby