The Ashkenazi Revolution

200never succeeded in created a popular civilization. The Sephardim feardiscovering this truth, specifically because within it is hidden the basicexplanation of their condition. They are possessed by the delusion thatwhispers in their ear that the values that were created during the “goldenage”, in the land of Spain, are the greatest to ever arise among the JewishPeople in every sense, and that only foreign, and external, causes are toblame for the lowly condition of Sepharad. There is no greater error thanthis. The weakness of the values of the “golden age”, as tools to createhistory, is what doomed Sephardic Jewry, and its deep desire to hand theyoke of blame upon external factors is the main source of the Sephardicclaims, and hatred, that are directed toward Ashkenaz. It was notAshkenazim who interfered with the Sephardim in taking advantage of theopportunity afforded to Yosef Nasi to establish a Jewish principality in theLand of Israel; it was not the Ashkenazim who interfered with theSephardim in creating, in Latin America or North America, great colonies;it was not the Ashkenazim who interfered with the Sephardim in infiltratingthe Turkish Land of Israel and establishing a settlement within it. Thevalues of the “golden age”, which constitute the inner core of Sephardiccivilization, are precisely what brought about the failure of Sepharad. Forthis civilization, by its very nature, is one-dimensional, and just as itscultural brilliance is noticeable, so too is its weakness in the portions thatare necessary for the creation of a popular people, and for theaccomplishment of great historical feats. The contrast between its polishedculture and its political impotence disturbs the Sephardim and, in theiranger, they rage against Ashkenaz as if it were the sacrifice to Satan. Butthe truth is that not only did Ashkenaz not harm Sepharad at all, in anydirect way, but rather it even went above and beyond in its treatment ofSepharad. Ashkenaz should have responded to the slander by theSephardic leaders, at the time of the French Revolution, by severing allpolitical contact with Sepharad, leaving only religious and cultural ties.The damage that Moses Montefiore caused to Ashkenaz is much greaterthan the assistance he brought. Moreover: It is not only true that theculture of the golden age did not provide Sepharad the tools necessary forthe continuous building of great, and blossoming, civilizations, but it didnot even possess, in its own right, enough to enable long-lasting Jewish