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From: teitz@aecom.UUCP (Eliyahu Teitz)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Re: Is Martillo a Typical Sefardim?
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Date: Tue, 10-Sep-85 17:23:16 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 10 17:23:16 1985
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> 
> >(4)  Ashkenazik Jews are responsible  for  all  assimilation
> >     and assimilation is entirely an Ashkenazik problem.
> 
> While there has been Sefardic assimilation in the past and the present
> time, the vast majority of such problems among  the Sefardic community
> nowadays  can be   traced   to   Ashkenazi  interference in    Sefardi
> communities since the middle 19th century.
> 

	Maybe s'faradim didn't assimilate because the alternative was 
 unappealing. In Israel, given half a chance, many s'faradim dumped their
 heritage. At least it took the ashkenazim a few centuries to assimilate.
 The s'faradim managed in just one generation. ( I always knew the s'faradim
 were better than the ashkenazim, now I see where they are better. This was
 thrown in out of total disgust at the recent trash posted by a certain 
 s'faradi on the net. If there are other s'faradim out there in net land, 
 would you let us know how you feel about us poor, non-Jewish ashkenazim.
 After all I might have to move to net.religion, or even n.r.c if I don't
 belong here ).


				Eliyahu Teitz.