Christmas Story: by Digital Collective Podcast

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Episode Title: Christmas Story by Digital Collective Podcast 
Host: Jarika Moon 
By: Lunar Innovations

 

 ✅ 1. Geography: Jesus was born and lived in the region historically known as Palestine.

The land where Jesus lived Bethlehem, Nazareth, Jerusalem — sits in a region that, for thousands of years, has been referred to by names like:

Canaan

Judea

Israel

Palestine (a name used by Greek and Roman historians centuries before and after Jesus).

Geographically, yes Jesus was from the land of ancient Palestine.

  ✅ 2. Ethnicity & identity: Jesus was a Jewish man.

His ethnicity, culture, and religion were Jewish. Saying “Jesus was Palestinian” does not replace the fact that:

He was a Jewish person

He lived under Roman occupation

He was part of a Jewish community and tradition

⭐ 3. So what’s accurate to say?

All of these statements can be true at the same time:

Jesus was a Jewish man.

He lived in Roman-occupied Palestine.

He was from the region we now call Palestine/Israel.

This matches how historians speak today.

📌 Why people argue about this today
Modern politics makes people uncomfortable with the word “Palestinian,” but historically it simply describes the region — not a modern nationality.

Saying “Jesus was Palestinian” refers to the land, not his ethnicity.

If you want the cleanest, most accurate phrasing:

Jesus was a Jewish man from the region of ancient Palestine.

Author's Note:

This episode was born from a quiet but powerful realization: Jesus was a Palestinian Jewish man a fact often erased, softened, or reshaped to fit dominant narratives. Sitting with that truth cracked something open in me. It reframed everything I thought I knew about history, power, and whose stories are allowed to survive intact.

For me, this wasn’t about religion in the traditional sense. It was about humanizing a figure the world has used, weaponized, and commercialized, while ignoring the people and land he came from. It was about grief, unlearning, and the deep discomfort that comes when truth challenges the stories we’ve been handed.

This episode is an invitation to pause. To listen differently. To recognize how history, faith, empire, and capitalism intertwine—and how easily oppression can be justified when we disconnect people from their roots. It’s also a reflection on why reclaiming truth matters now, especially as Palestinians continue to be dehumanized in real time.

This story meant so much to me because it reminded me that truth doesn’t belong to power—it belongs to people. And when we remember who someone really was, we’re forced to confront who we’ve been taught to ignore.

With Love - Free Palestine, 

Jarika Moon

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