The whole earth is his footstool, what is this obsession over a little stretch of land? If you had the spirit of the Law, rather than the letter, the rather extensive letter, with your 613 mitzvot, you would not be so worried all the time. Take a page from the Taoists, just let things go their own way for once. You can't control reality, so why bother trying, it's more trouble than it's worth. Circumcision comes from Egypt and Akhenaten was the first major monotheist, Philip Glass even wrote an opera about him so evidently even the Jewish intelligentsia, so to speak, know this is true. Adler's recent book The Origins of Judaism is relevant here too, although I haven't read it yet, I've only watched videos but he's done several interviews and lectures.
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