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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... ) -
Purim
After interviewing my grandparents (who both come from very frum but very different backgrounds), it seems the "omg woman, you didn't hear the megila twice??" thing didn't fly pre-war ( 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... ) -
From Twitter 11-06-2010
- 23:19:52: RT @steviebthetruth: You change for two reasons: either you learn enough that you want to, or you've been hurt enough that you have to.
- 23:21:51: Mom brought me a great Jewish Greek (Sefardi, Romaniote,and others) cooking book from eretz!! yummmm can't wait to try
- 23:23:31: in the end it seems all our projects except my tznius clothes ( Read more... )
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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!Jews Come In All Colours
DID YOU KNOW?
15,000 Black African Jews, who trace their 3,000-year history to the time of Israel’s King Solomon, were flown from Ethiopia to Israel in 36 hours in May 1991.
DID YOU KNOW?
Spanish & Portuguese “Crypto” (secret) Jews arrived in New Mexico some 500 years ago, fleeing the Spanish Inquisition. Their descendents still recite ( Read more... )
