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From: sher@rochester.UUCP (David Sher)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Is Martillo a Typical Sefardim?
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Date: Fri, 30-Aug-85 22:24:41 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 30 22:24:41 1985
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     Basically the subject says it all.  Can I consider  the
opinions  expressed by Yakim Martillo (sp?) to be typical of
Sephardic Jews in this country (USA) or in the world.  Espe-
cially those opinions concerning Ashkenazim.  I hope he will
not object to this paraphrazing  of  his  opinion  and  will
correct  me  where I go wrong.  Yakim Martillo has expressed
opinions of this form:

(1)  The "Jewishness" of Ashkenazik Jews is always suspect.

(2)  Ashkenazik customs are inferior  to  Sephardic  customs
     with regard to expressing Jewish sentiments or beliefs.

(3)  The word of a Sephardic "hacham" is can  be  considered
     always  to  be more reliable than that of an Ashkenazik
     rabbi.

(4)  Ashkenazik Jews are responsible  for  all  assimilation
     and assimilation is entirely an Ashkenazik problem.

     Note that these views are  not  mine  and  may  not  be
anyone's  they  are  just  a summary of my impression of Mr.
Martillo's viewpoints as expressed  to  net.religion.jewish.
It  is  important  to  me  with regard to my sense of Jewish
identity to find out whether his viewpoint is  the  accepted
view of the Sephardic community or conclusions he came to on
his own.

-David Sher























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