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From: martillo@csd2.UUCP (Joachim Martillo)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Is Martillo a Typical Sefardim?
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Date: Thu, 12-Sep-85 16:24:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 12 16:24:00 1985
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You have  to be careful  when you talk  about the assimilation  of the
Sefardi community of the  USA.  This community was  never on the whole
terribly learned nor were they of particularly high  status within the
Sefardi world in  general.  But the  community basically  lasted  well
through the  19th century  fairly strong in   their  Jewishness.  When
their  Yeshiva was sold to the  JTS, apparently their  hakams moved en
masse  to what  became Yeshiva    University  (and were treated  quite
shabbily I might add).

I know   Philadelphian Sefardi families who trace   themselves to this
community.  I give their community (hardly a model Sefardi  community)
a survival of about 8 generations versus 4  for the German  Jews and 2
for the Eastern Europeans.

Their  counterpart in  England  the community   around the Bevis-Marks
synagogue still  exists, and I should  point out  the   Disraelis were
thrown  out  for behavior  which for even   rather orthodox Ashkenazim
would be considered relatively  minor though perhaps not  the best  of
behaviors.