tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post395745652011831128..comments2024-03-14T02:22:26.957+00:00Comments on Point of No Return: Jewish Refugees from Arab and Muslim Countries: Mimouna: Israelis are adopting Sephardi cultureUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-51869965752011194822011-05-26T09:56:09.665+01:002011-05-26T09:56:09.665+01:00I agree that we should not agravate our case by di...I agree that we should not agravate our case by dividing us Jews into categories.<br />Hitler (and Nasser) did not do this: They took us as a whole and in Europe with the help of the various authorities rounded us up as "Jews". <br />This being said and to prove the contradictions in every human being: I am a Sefardi Jew!<br />Have a great day<br />Sultana Latifa former Jewish refugee from EgyptAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-64966722473548495242011-05-26T06:02:51.285+01:002011-05-26T06:02:51.285+01:00I agree that the cultural division is rather super...I agree that the cultural division is rather superficial but it is there nonetheless.<br />What is interesting is that Israel is synthesising a new culture out of diverse traditions.bataweenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829104245735619972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-3708452438918162552011-05-25T20:45:59.767+01:002011-05-25T20:45:59.767+01:00I enjoy your posts - depite the rather superficial...I enjoy your posts - depite the rather superficial division that continues to prevail about Sephardics vs Ashkenaz (vs ?Yemenites, etc). I don't think it helps to keep drawing this line, when in fact we stem from 12 tribes - not two! Even Europeans in the East got to there by coming from the West.<br /><br />As for "tradition", as in "traditional" - The Ethics of Our Fathers defines what this word means: "Moses received the TRADITION from Sinai, and he passed it on to Yehoshua, and so on. That's being "traditional", not a watered down version of that. It's taken on the unfortunate derogatory prefix "ultra", as in "ultra-orthodox".in the vanguardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11796434751654291581noreply@blogger.com