Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site lcuxc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!pyuxww!lcuxc!kenw From: kenw@lcuxc.UUCP (K Wolman) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: What is a Vusvus? (Sephardim vs. Ashkenazim) Message-ID: <164@lcuxc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 18-Jan-85 08:33:51 EST Article-I.D.: lcuxc.164 Posted: Fri Jan 18 08:33:51 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 19-Jan-85 04:15:30 EST Organization: Bell Communications Research, Piscataway, NJ Lines: 25 > And just possibly, because the Sephadic > Jews generally come from Arabic cultures (Morrocco, Iraq, etc.), > there is a strain of understanding the plight of the Palestineans > among some Sephadic Jews that may someday be the key to a just > solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict. > > Andy Berman ***************************************** I do not claim expertise in the Askenazic-Sephardic division in Israel, but wonder if the statement quoted above is entire accurate. My understanding is that Sephardic Jews in Israel are among the most virulent anti-Palestinians precisely because they have lived in Muslim states and have experienced first-hand the bigotry of the Arab rulers. Further, I've been led to believe the Israeli Sephardim constitute a significant base of support for Rabbi Kahane in his efforts to oust all Arabs from Israel. Could someone clarify the situation, please? -- Ken Wolman Bell Communications Research @ Livingston, NJ lcuxc!kenw (201) 740-4565 ("My doctorate's in Literature, but that feels like a pretty good pulse to me. . . .")