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Tribal Report: Ireland, Canada, USA, Judah (22 January, 2014, 21 Shevet 5774)

Contents:
1. 'Christmas' Menorahs Popular in Ireland
2. Pam McCall: From the Past. PM of Canada in Favor of Israel
3. Are at least 10 to 20 million Gentile US Citizens of Recent Jewish Descent?
4. Jewish Surnames Explained
5. Pastor Steve Coates: Is Canada Showing the Way for all the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel?

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1. 'Christmas' Menorahs Popular in Ireland
By Nathan Burstein
http://blogs.forward.com/the-shmooze/147372/christmas-menorahs-popular-in-ireland/
A surprising fact about the Irish: they love menorahs, apparently.

So says IrishCentral, which reports that 'you can count them by the hundred' each December between Dublin and Galway. It's unlikely the candelabras belong to actual Jews,  just 2,000 of the country's 4.4 million citizens are Jewish, the piece says.

The trend has gone straight to the top of the political system, apparently: Malcolm Lewis, the president of Dublin's Progressive Jewish Congregation, tells the site that Irish President Mary McAleese 'always' puts a menorah in the window of her official residence, though in her case the decoration is explicitly in honor of Hanukkah.

For most Irish menorah users, however, the candle holder has merely become part of celebrating Christmas, and they may not even be aware of its religious significance.

Though the menorah's popularity is new,  the site traces it back only to the mid-90s, the reasons for the 'craze' have 'already been lost in time and space,' the article says.

Read more: http://blogs.forward.com/the-shmooze/147372/christmas-menorahs-popular-in-ireland/#ixzz2nokAU01V

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2. Pam McCall: From the Past. PM of Canada in Favor of Israel
Forwarded by Pam McCall
Can You Imagine Obama Speaking Like This About Israel?
http://www.jewsnews.co.il/2013/11/28/can-you-imagine-obama-speaking-like-this-about-israel/

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3. Are at least 10 to 20 million Gentile US Citizens of Recent Jewish Descent?
There are a lot more Jews in the United States than you realize
http://www.halfsigma.com/2010/04/there-are-a-lot-more-jews-in-the-united-states-that-you-realize.html
According to this article, an estimated 10 million Americans are eligible to emigrate to Israel based on the rules that anyone with a Jewish mother is Jewish. This means that of the approximately 200 million non-Hispanic whites in America, 5% are Jewish under the Israeli rules for the right of return. Furthermore, because the right of return excludes people whose Jewish ancestry is patrilineal, probably more like 7% to 8% of white Americans have Jewish ancestry.

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4. Jewish Surnames Explained
By Bennett Muraskin
http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2014/01/08/ashkenazi_names_the_etymology_of_the_most_common_jewish_surnames.html

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5. Pastor Steve Coates: Is Canada Showing the Way for all the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel?
Pastor Steve Coates  wrote:

Yair,

So what do you think about the happenings at the Kenesset in Jerusalem, yesterday?
Please see: http://www.cpac.ca/en/programs/primetime-politics/episodes/30203753/


[ PrimeTime Politics - January 20, 2014
Prime Minister Stephen Harper becomes the first Canadian leader to address the Israeli Knesset and pledges to stand with that country through fire and water. The prime minister also held a news conference earlier in the day with Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas, and announced that Canada would provide $66 million in aid to Gaza and the West Bank. ]
His address open with the words:
"Canada and Israel are the greatest of friends and the most natural of allies" 

In your opinion, is this part of or the beginnings of ...?

'I will strengthen the house of Judah,
And I will save the house of Joseph.
I will bring them back,
Because I have mercy on them.
They shall be as though I had not cast them aside;
For I am the LORD their God,
And I will hear them. Zech.10:6

Please note the Lion and the Unicorn symbols below ...

[Coat of Arms of Canada]

As I have indicated to you in past emails ... in my humble opinion ... now is the time for you to promote your research and material in Canada and throughout North America, particularly amongst Christian Churches.

Looking forward to your response.
 
Blessings!

Stephen and Tracy Coates

Pastors and Teachers
www.churchonthego.ca
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