Joels W.

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Gender Male
Occupation Teacher and Writer
Location United States
Introduction I am an independent research historian and genealogist and currently working on my first book that will explore the Sephardic origin of many Eastern European Jews. I hope to correspond on this blog with like minded individuals and learn more about the subjects being discussed as well as impart some of my own knowledge to others. Please be considerate and give proper credits when reproducing anything from this site. Thank you.
Interests History, Archaeology, Politics, Middle east, Cultures, Semitic languages, Sephardic/Ladino (Judeo-Espanol) music, language, and culture, Yiddish language and culture, Middle Eastern Christianity (Assyrian, Maronite, Coptic etc.) Radio/broadcasting, Acting, Music production and Alternative medicine.
Favorite Movies Rocky, Entebbe, Exodus, French Connection, White squall, To kill a mockingbird, Mrs. Doubtfire, Top hat, Marx brothers, Godfather 1 and 2, Goodfellas, Of mice and men, Stalag 17, Old School, Office Space, History of the world part 1, Baseketball, Butch Cassidy and the sundance kid, The Jackal, Air force one, Rebel without a cause, Walk the line, Dead poets society, Rounders, Enemies;a love story, Dirty Dancing, Havana nights, American history X, Walk the line, The wild one, On the waterfront, The Jolson story, Bonnie and Clyde, and anyhting with Pacino.
Favorite Music Joe Walsh, Don Henley, The Eagles, Scorpions, Mettalica, Guns 'N Roses, Ozzie, Def Leppard, Air supply, Simon and Garfunkel, Foreigner, Rod Stewart, Bryan Adams, Fleetwood Mac, David Gray, Bob Marley, England Dan and John Ford Coley, Hoobastank, Eugene Edwards, Greenday, Blues Traveler, James Taylor, Queen, Rascal Flatts, Styx, Evanescence, Alan Jackson, Keith Urban, Ronnie Milsap, Matchbox 20, Kansas, Chicago, Eric Clapton, Coldplay, Phil Collins, Matisyahu, Zohar Argov, Daklon, Aviyahu Medina, Eyal Golan, Shimi Tavori, Yehuda Poliker, Zahava Ben, Sarit Hadad, Subliminal, Etnix
Favorite Books Angela's Ashes, T'is, and Teacher man by Frank Mccourt, A Monk Swimming and Singing my him song, by Malachy McCourt, Cop without a badge by Kevin Maher, Fighting Back by Harold D. Werner, Catch me if you can by Frank Abagnale, 20, 000 leagues under the sea, The Falcon and the Snowman and -its sequel- The return of the Falcon by Steven Lindsey

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