tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post5351732042779173498..comments2024-03-14T02:22:26.957+00:00Comments on Point of No Return: Jewish Refugees from Arab and Muslim Countries: Jewish pirates 'became Ottoman allies'Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-87023556558320205432015-05-21T18:17:06.113+01:002015-05-21T18:17:06.113+01:00Piracy is a crime and pirates are and were crimina...Piracy is a crime and pirates are and were criminals. Look it up.<br /><br />There is a difference between fighting Spain by forging alliances with her enemy countries,and robbery and killing at sea.<br /><br />If anything, Jewish traders were victims of pirates who stole cargoes for which they were responsible.Sylvianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-82525644455521424672015-05-21T17:02:15.793+01:002015-05-21T17:02:15.793+01:00This was a bygone era of swashbucklers. These peop...This was a bygone era of swashbucklers. These people justifiably fought against Spain - call them "pirates" or whatever you want, that's what they did. I believe this was a glorious chapter in Sephardi history and there's nothing to be ashamed of. Now if they also dealt in the African slave trade or committed any other atrocity against innocent people, then that would be different, but otherwise, I think we should revel in this bit of history.by Davsilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01422042823291325964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-25864323544813645262015-05-21T16:40:00.338+01:002015-05-21T16:40:00.338+01:00Despicalble to use "the Ashkenazi Kritzler&qu...Despicalble to use "the Ashkenazi Kritzler" <br />Practice what you believe to be preaching and don't demonize and "trash" other Jews. Particularly since most Ashkenazi Jews are profoundly aware of and interested in the history and traditions of their Sephardi brethren.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-13334784154286712382015-05-21T12:05:06.514+01:002015-05-21T12:05:06.514+01:00They were merchants, not pirates, who supplied cou...They were merchants, not pirates, who supplied countries who were sometimes at war.<br /><br />The Ashkenazi Kritzler has been peddling this interpretation of Sephardi traders being pirates for a long time, I see he finally found takers.<br /><br />He based his "findings" on the "stars of David" engraved on ships, unaware that this was the seal of Solomon, a Muslim and Ottoman symbol (I have old Moroccan coins engraved with stars of David).<br /><br />To call Samuel Fallache, a distinguished diplomat and prince merchant, a "pirate" is beyond contempt. Not to mention that he couldn't have been allied with the Ottomans, since Morocco fought both the Spanish and the Ottomans.<br /><br />Another attempt to trash Sephardic heritage.Sylvianoreply@blogger.com