The Ashkenazi Revolution

182values from Sepharad and it stole organizational skills from Germany, andafter it was able to mix these two thefts, it ascended to greatness. And so,our abilities in mixing… thefts is what stood in our favor and it is whatcreated the Ashkenazi giant… and this opinion is held not by illiterateignoramuses, but by Sephardim who are enlightened and who are publicservants.The state of affairs that exists in the State of Israel was likely to anger azealous Sephardi, like M. D. Gaon, much more than the incident thatcaused his outburst in the editing office of “The Daily Mail” 33 years ago.The words of the Sephardim, concerning the fact that they are the choppersof wood and the carriers of water in this nation, are entirely true. Had thisbeen due to discrimination, it would not be such a great tragedy. The worstpart is that the Sephardim are the choppers of wood and the carriers ofwater in a situation where it is not they who are discriminated against, butus. In the course of the rescue campaigns, and the redemption of thegathering of exiles, we Ashkenazim took, as payment for this campaign,the great mistress herself, the historical Sepharad, and we turned her intothe cleaning lady who washes floors and scrubs the toilets of Ashkenaz.Such degradation is, of course, a necessity, and part of, the rescue. But is itpossible that this degradation is so great that it defeats the purpose of therescue? Again we find ourselves descending into a terrible whirlpool, intoan inn of dancing demons, into the terrifying and perverse twins-ofcontradiction– degradation-salvation. Moreover: Perhaps here we have aneven more perverse revelation? By so degrading the Sephardi, we may beexacerbating his defect, and in order to console him for this, we makeourselves defective by giving up Yiddish and our historical past. Thus, weplace the defect upon us instead of placing it upon our partner in thegathering of exiles! A perverse dance in muddy waters and ugly conceptsthat lack any clarity or implications that signify constructive diplomacy -but they contain plenty of signs that indicate a materializing catastrophe.5