WIKIPEDIA: According to the Bible, Galilee was named by the Israelites and was the tribal region of Naphthali and Dan, at times overlapping the Tribe of Asher's land.

Bnei Bilhah are of an ancient origin. In the Hebrew migratory tradition begun more than two millennia ago, an Israeli remnant migrated into Africa with many Danites from Northeast Africa migrating back to their tribal allocations in Israel, such as Tel Aviv, besides emerging Naphtalite communities throughout Mainland Africa, including Levitical Islanders from Haiti, Jamaica, Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, and Australia, as well as a Mixed Multitude comprising the African Diaspora from the United States of America settling Southwest of the Sea of Galilee.

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Pinoy Vey: A Portrait depicting the inextricable bond between Filipino-Jewish


"Those who cannot see where they came from will never reach their destination."
— José Rizal, son of a Filipino father and a Chinese mother, was an author, physician, and polymath whose works and martyrdom made him the quintessential hero of the Filipinim Revolution and Migration.


"We are tribeless and all tribes are ours./ We are homeless and all homes are ours./ We are nameless and all names are ours./ To the fascists we are the faceless enemy/ Who come like thieves in the night, angels of death:/ The ever moving, shining, secret eye of the storm."
— From 'Open Letter to Filipino Artists' by Emmanuel Lacaba aka The Brown Rimbaud, Salvaged Poems; Author of posthumous collection of poems entitled, Bar Mitzvah.


Linguistic Gymnastics:


*A total of 171 recognized indigenous languages are spoken in The Phlippines


Sea of Reeds: The Bamboo Pair that connects B'nei Menashe and Filipinim

Gurong Hudyo Menachem Mendel of Vorki say, "Three things are fitting for us: upright kneeling, silent screaming, motionless dance."

"And you, son of man, take for yourself one stick and write upon it, 'For Y'hudah and for B'nei Yisra'el his companions'; and take one stick and write upon it, 'For Yosef, the stick of Efrayim and all Beis Yisra'el, his companions'" [Yechezkel 37:16].

just noticed a possible link to "mensahe" in passing:

"Tagalog: mensahe"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoC_PGXD4Sw&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFzNi4eaxpQ&feature=player_embedded

Jewish and Filipino Collaboration in Entertainment

Music:

Chibi Vision

Black Eyed Peas Tour Israel

Asian Troubadours

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54ZTXxRt3E8&feature=player_embedded




John-Flor's encore performance of "Natalie" - an Ode toNatalie Portman - @ The Five Points Variety Hour/Silk Road Cafe in Chinatown:

Komedya:






"My mother's side had the better food, my father's side had the better jokes."
— Rob Schneider describing his Filipino-Jewish heritage

What do you call a Filipino Jew from Baguio, Phlippines?

A Mountain Dew.


"There were these two Jewish tourists traveling through Boracay, Philippines for vacation, post-I.D.F. shabbatical. One balmy day, they were wandering along the beach resort, barefoot and thirsty, stopping to rest at aKamayan buffet, beneath a single Palm Tree. Exasperated, one of them wonders, out loud, 'Are there Filipino Jews in the Philippines?' Her brother replies, 'Maybe!' So they motion to the waiter and inquire about Filipino Jews. The Intsik say, 'Sir, I believe so, but i have to check with our Chef first, to be sure.' So the Houseboy disappears into the steamy kusina. After Filipino-time, the Chief finally comes out to personally greet the Chabadnikim and answers, 'Yes ma'am, yes sir! We do have Filipino Jews... What kind of Jews would you like? We have Apple Jews, Orange Jews, Banana Jews, Guava Jews, Pineapple Jews, Mango Jews, Coconut Jews, Jackfruit Jews, Starfruit Jews, Papaya Jews... You name it, we have it!'"


"Filipinos are like Hobbits because they are a peace-loving, party-people, who love to eat, drink, sing, dance, pipe-smoke, and laugh; who are secure in their dreams and visions, seeing well above the ordinary turn of events, giving hope to a cynical and litigious world, preferring, instead, the confines of The Shire."
— Eunice Malijan


Kabala:


Sinima:


Acclaimed Filipino film director and Cannes Best Director recipeint, Brillante Mendoza, was in Sderot, Israel this past week, screening his films at The 2010 Cinema South International Film Festival. 

Brillante Mendoza compares the Israeli/Arab conflict with the conflict "that has existed in the Philippines for 100 years between Christians and Muslims, a conflict that has only been getting worse in recent years."


"In my next film I will touch upon this conflict, and it will be the first Philippine film that is not specifically meant for entertainment to deal with this issue. We're all in the same boat." — Brillante Mendoza

Dance:


Children of Filipino-Jewish Intermarriages/Filipinim born and raised in Israel:

Yavilah McCoy say, "More than anything, this is about the children. This is about the next generation having a chance to be Jews — just because."

Historical Impetus



"There are cases of B'nei Anusim, either individuals or communities, appearing in Latin America, in the Iberian Peninsula, even in places like the Philippines: wherever the Spanish Empire expanded, there were Jews fleeing persecution, eventually their descendants are still around, some of which have kept a connection to this Jewish identity."

Filipino-Jewish Sharing Sports Mantle

Martial Arts


"The [Warrior] Art [of Abir] was absolutely hidden. Their family were protectors of the different kings and courts of the middle east for many generations... Spain was another place where Abir was preserved for hundreds of years. You see this by the teachers of Kali. Kali is a Filipin@ Martial Art. The teachers of Kali, which by the way comes from our Hebrew word for "vessel" [singular: "Kli": כלי‎; plural: "Keilim": כלים‎]: which is our quintessential symbolic weapon in Abir — The Reed Stick/The Nabuta. They'll tell you that this is a martial art that was taught by the Jews of Spain — the Jews that fled from [Inquisitorial] Spain. This was their art. We're talking about Filipin@ trainers — Filipin@s that [mastered] this art — who are the bearers of a tradition of a unique fighting art among the Jews of Spain from five hundred years ago."

Boxing

Hobbit Champion: 





Scriptural Basis for Eastern Engagement:


Bereisheet 25:6
Midrash Hagadol

"R' Shmuel bar Nachmeni say, When Avraham Avinu saw B'nei Keturah, he knew that they would be harmful to Yitzchak and therefore, Avraham sent them off to the far eastern end of the world.

Avraham say to them, 'Yitzchak is my precious son. Any nation which will enslave B'nei Yitzchak will be punished severely in Gehenom. Therefore you should all stay far away in The East. As long as B'nei Yitzchak are enslaved among the nations, remain where you are. But when you will hear that they are living safely and securely, come and serve them. In this way you will merit the Shofar of Moshiakh.'

In the days of Shlomo, some of them came to serve the Jewish people, thinking that he was Melekh Ha'Moshiakh. When they saw that he wasn't, they returned to The East. They will return when Moshiakh is actually revealed, may it be speedily in our days!"

GLBT Filipinos' Impact on Judaism:

Q Allan Brocka travels to Israel; pic
Robert Bernardo

Filipinim Advocacy in Israel

Rabbi Hanina tells us that great honor is due an elder, while emphasizing that if one who is not commanded to follow the law is rewarded [ie Filipinim Caregivers in Israel], how much greater the reward for [those] following the law?

Balita:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siLXSXWwPyc&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut0sVJDbWr4&feature=player_embedded

Burgeoning Geo-Political Relationship Between Israel and The Philippines

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4P_FAyI4TM&feature=player_embedded

Sabraguita: Toward A Bamboo Ketubah


Higher Profile Filipin@-Hudyo Kiddushin

The inextricable bond between Filipin@s & Jews - the in the face of terror

In Ha'Filipinim, "Salvaged" carries with it a dual meaning: "Redeemed" and "Assassinated".

Remembering Joseph Ileto HY"D

Kosher Filipin@ Cuisine

Halo Halo
Kosher Afritada:

Birds and Filipinim


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