"Jews began to call themselves Hebrews and Israelites in 1860” —Encyclopedia Judaica 1971 Vol 10:23 “Strictly speaking it is incorrect to call an Ancient Israelite a Jew or to call a contemporary Jew an Israelite or a Hebrew.” (1980 Jewish Almanac, p. 3). “The modern Jew is the product of the Talmud.” -– Michael Rodkinson, in preface of Babylonian Talmud, page XI “Edom is in Modern Jewry.” (The Jewish Encyclopedia,1925 edition, vol. 5, p. 41) “Pharisaism shaped the character of Judaism and the life and thought of the Jew for all the future.” -Isidore Singer, The Jewish Encyclopedia, 9:665-666. “No one can deny that the Jews are a most unique and unusual people. That uniqueness exists because of their Edomite heritage. You cannot be English Jews. We are a race, and only as a race can we perpetuate. Our mentality is of Edomitish character, and differs from that of an Englishman. Enough subterfuges! Let us assert openly that we are International Jews.” —Manifesto of the “World Jewish Federation,” January 1, 1935, through its spokesperson, Gerald Soman