|
Trending Topics
|
Source: https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-807925
Buying Property in Israel Is an Ancient Jewish Custom
(Jerusalem Post) Yisrael Medad - On June 23 at Los Angeles's Adas Torah synagogue, IfNotNow-LA protested a real estate event marketing homes in "Anglo neighborhoods" in Israel. Buying property in Israel is an ancient Jewish custom. The founder of Judaism, Abraham, went to Hebron to purchase a burial place for his wife, Sarah. King David bought land on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem in preparation for the future construction of the Temple. Obtaining property by Jews in the Land of Israel is a religious act. It is a fulfillment of Judaism. Jews had been doing this since ancient times without regard to the state of Jewish sovereignty over the land. In 1860, together with money left to him by the American Judah Touro, Moses Montefiore bought the land upon which the Mishkenot Sha'ananim neighborhood in Jerusalem was built. Arieh Avneri's book, The Claim of Dispossession: Jewish Land Settlement 1878-1948, traces land purchases made by the Jews in the region of Palestine over many decades - Jews repurchasing their national homeland from its occupiers.