tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post2301755422165277331..comments2024-03-14T02:22:26.957+00:00Comments on Point of No Return: Jewish Refugees from Arab and Muslim Countries: Ben Dror Yemini: the Nakba lie triumphsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-60938986745287726652012-05-22T13:08:03.082+01:002012-05-22T13:08:03.082+01:00Ben-Dror Yemini is absolutely right about ignoranc...Ben-Dror Yemini is absolutely right about ignorance on our side, ignorance which Israeli govts have failed to correct over the years. I think that the present govt and the present minister of education, Gid`on Sa`ar are trying to correct this ignorance. But they are moving too slowly. Maybe they feel that they have to be cautious on this subject because of the ingrained prejudices within the educational and academic establishment. Yits'haq Kerem, who teaches at the univ in Salonika, Greece, of all places, told me that he had tried to get entrenched old-timers in the ministry of education to give proper attention to the history and specific cultural contributions of Eastern Jews. But they listened and continued with their old, failing and failure-producing practices and curricula. I think that some people in the ministry have been rewarded over the years for being ignorant, and not only about Jewish history in Arab lands.Eliyahu m'Tsiyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07973268399414290195noreply@blogger.com