The Khazars were Turkish people who converted to Judaism a few centuries prior to the 960s.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
Sources consistently describe the Khazars as a Turkic people who adopted Judaism, and the empire ended around 965-969, consistent with the claim's 960s reference.
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… already that the Jews that populate the present-day Israel and the Middle East are of usually of Ukrainian or Russian initial citizenship, and they came from the Khazar Empire, was overthrown by destroyed, actually, by Sultan in the middle of the 960s. They had, they were, there were Turkish, Turkish people who had converted to Judaism a few centuries prior to that and were, in fact, a Jewish empire, and they functioned in the same way that Jews everywhere do. They charged tolls on the Volga, they were heavily engaged in the slave trade, they weren't particularly productive, their military was usually mercenaries, they …
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Supports. Multiple sources describe the Khazars as a Turkic or Turkic-speaking people (Britannica, EBSCO, Encyclopaedia Iranica, and a College de France lecture on Khazar conversion).[1][2][3][4][5]
Supports. Sources date the Khazar conversion to Judaism to the 8th or 9th century, roughly 740 to 920 CE, which is consistent with 'converted to Judaism' before the 960s.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Supports. The Khazar state's end is dated to about 965-969 or 968/969, matching the claim's reference to the 960s.[4][5]
Context. The timing is imprecise: 740 to the 960s is roughly two centuries and the 9th-century dating gives about one century, so 'a few centuries' overstates the gap somewhat. This is a minor imprecision rather than a contradiction.[2][4][6]
Context. Scholars dispute the date and extent of the conversion, and one researcher argues it never took place, though this is a minority scholarly view and does not reverse the mainstream account.[1][6][8]
Sources
8 sources: 8 not rated
- 1Khazar | Origin, History, Religion, & Factsbritannica.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 2Khazars Convert to Judaism | Religion and Philosophyebsco.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 3KHAZARS - Encyclopaedia Iranicairanicaonline.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Successors of the Türks in the Western Eurasian Steppes- ...college-de-france.fr · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 5Khazars and Khazaria: History, Religion, Map and Falltheworldthroughtime.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Khazars - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 7The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europedevencyclopedia.yivo.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 8www.sciencedaily.com · releases · 2014Did the Khazars convert to Judaism? New research says 'no'sciencedaily.com · not rated · cited for: context
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