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A nice Sefardi article
Sephardi (Sephardim in theplural) is one of the most debatable terms in Israeli sociology. The term's meaning is literally "Jews who came originally from Spain." In the Israeli context nowadays, there is a difference between what Shas and its supporters understand by Sephardi and what the rest of the secular public understands. When the leaders of ( Read more... ) -
Crazy Quote of the Day
Firstly, there has been the shocking - at least to idealists, like me, who believed (or wanted to) that they were living in a modern democratic Jewish state - case of charedi (ultra-Orthodox) Ashkenazim (Jews of European origin) segregating their daughters from charedi Sephardi/Mizrachi (of North African/Middle Eastern descent) girls, at a ( Read more... ) -
Today's news
A guy from the kollel saw my husband running around coatless and told him "I'm Tunisian, I wear a coat as soon as it gets under 20 degrees (68 F), but you must be used to it!". LOL!
Just because it rocks
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Yiddish in Cheder!
In a place where more chassidim speak Judeo-Arabic than Yiddish and where frum Ashkenazim are what, 5/10% of the frum? THIS is adorable for us but pushing the envelop!
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Israeli social divides
Interesting article on Israel - just too bad someone who writes Jewish sociology would lump every non Ashkenazi under a term meaning of Spanish origin, and keeps calling Yemenites Sefardim, how faulty!twitter of the day
- 19:27 Atara and Tziona used in Germany in the 14th century?? who would have thought! #
- 19:51 Is sick like a dog but worked on her articles like crazy! yay #
BH for today
Today was a great day BH ( Read more... )Kitniot and Hechsherim
Jews always travelled. Sometimes Sefardim ended up in Ashkenazi countries, and sometimes Ashkenazim ended up in Sefardi countries. Depending on how organized they were (individuals? families? communities?) they retained nothing, almost nothing... up to everything of their minhagim ( Read more... )Best Books of the Year
A new year begins, and I realize I've read a LOT more than I thought.
Here are the books I loved, or found very very worthwhile. Bear in mind that not all of them are fully suitable for very charedi people, you may need to skip stuff or even put the book down. Your reading, your checking.
University reading:
The Bintel Brief: Sixty Years of Letters ( Read more... )Alfred Dreyfus ketuba and other findings!
Believe it or not, this is Orthodox ketuba of Alfred Dreyfus. Signed by the chief rabbi himself. Though both families were so assimilated even he didn't have or remember his Jewish name.
This is an interesting Mizrachi ketuba from Paris. The way the sofer writes shows you the education level in these days!
A horrible, tacky 1970's ketuba.
A ketuba all ( Read more... )
