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Created with: IE4, smallest Fonts, Screen: 600X800 Site Mission Statement This project began as a Historical Overview of Medieval Jewish Warrior Cultures -- a single page article on my Armour History Site. The purpose of the article is described in the Introduction to the article, presented below . As the article expanded, I realised that a dedicated site was waranted. Now, I would like this site to become far more than Historical Overview. Iwould like this to become a full Resource Site for information on Jewish Warriors. To this end, I will be accepting submissions of Articles, Links, and Resources on the topic and presenting the same here. Please - Visit, Learn, and Teach. Submissions Guidelines Introduction to the Historical Overview of Medieval Jewish Warrior Cultures Jewish Heroes Missing in Action Many of us, Jews and non-Jews alike, see the Jew of history as either Shylock or Isaac of York (and the modern Jew as a Woody Allen character). Both anti-semites, seeing the historical Jew as a physically and morally corrupt, usuarous money-lender, and philo-semites and Jews, seeing the historical Jew as a victim, bereft of political and personal power, living at the mercy of his persecutors, imagine the historical Jew as a financier, perhaps a scholar. The anti-semites see the Jew as poisoner, as conspirator. Even many philo-semites and Jews have bought into the image of the "cheating business man", seeing it as the only method of a powerless victim to combat those who had all of the control. But neither see the historical Jew as a figure of physical and political strength, never a warrior, never a hero. Even the modern Jew, notwithstanding the prowes of the Israeli soldier, is imagined in the same way -- the bookish weakling, the smart (or underhanded) business man, the neurotic intelectual. In spite of Kirk Douglas, non-Jews and Jews alike see the Jew as Woody Allen. This paper is meant to contest that image and present a contrary one -- the Jew as fighter, as warrior, as hero. My intention here is to present a brief historical overview of Jewish Warriors and Warrior societies. Historical Overview Article Ancient, Classical, and Modern Eras Yemen (Himayar) Beyond The Sambation - The Jews of Ethiopia (the "Bata Yisrael" or "Falashas") The Middle East - Muslim Conquests through The Crusades Spain before the Expulsion The Khazar Kaganate Persia and Central Asia Refugees from Spain and Portugal Readings of interest Submissions Guidelines Resource Links Other Articles Caveats in Researching Jewish History An example - looking at sources on the Khazars Photos of Khazar plate Armour and a painting of Khazar warriors Hairstyle of the Jewish Khazar Jewish Partisans in WWII Israel Today Notes on the current conflict -- Has Chairman Arafat and the "Palestinian Authority" declared Holy-War against Judaism and Christianity (and History itself)? A "Mistake"? In reporting on conflicts in Israel Photo Essay (a picture worth a thousand words)

Modern Israeli Heroes Missing in Action Use the link below to learn about four Israeli soldiers missing in action since the eighties, and how you can help their families. The International Coalition for Missing Israeli Soldiers The time has come to bring these boys home.

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