I read a bit of this thread, not all of it.......forgive me if it's already been said but uh..........all jews are not arabic looking. I'm no bible scholar so I forget exactly how many tribes of Israel there were, maybe 12......can't recall exactly........but some of them were indeed African looking (black).
as a matter of fact I watched a documentary on Discovery not too long ago (maybe 2 weeks) where they found decendents of a black tribe of Israel somewhere. The doc was about the search for the arc of the covenant........which the black jews claimed had resided there with them up until about 800 years before. They still had with them many ancient Jewish relics and parchments............
out of all the spirtual teacher I belive Buddha was the greatest.My favirote story is when two followers of Brahma (both belonging to different groups) went to ask the Budda who's Brahma priest was right and a true follower.
The Buddha ask them if their priest live the way their prophet did.Both reply no,their priest live in great mansions and wear expensive clothes.The Buddha tells them neither priest truly knows Brahma because they do not follow his example.
I belive this story still holds true to this day and reflects the current state of most churches.