The Ashkenazi Revolution

216a letter that is legible and whose language is understood; he is not able touse the four basic mathematical operations; he lacks the clear and basicconcepts of the People of Israel, the State of Israel and the world thatsurrounds him. This implies that the product of 8-9 years of education inthe Land of Israel, for a recognizable portion of the children we are talkingabout began their education in kindergarten or even nursery school at age4, is frequently youth that lacks the most basic essentials necessary for lifein a democratic society, and it is full of feelings of frustration anddisappointment and – not infrequently – hatred toward the society that itcannot satisfactorily fit into”. I have no basis for assuming that thesituation is different in settlements elsewhere where these ethnicities havesettled. As stated, this is not a marginal phenomenon, but rather it affectsabout a third of tomorrow’s citizens, so the public, national, spiritual andsecurity implications are clear, to the point where it can be said, withoutexaggeration, that the character, and perhaps even the future, of the nationwill be fundamentally influenced depending upon the solution to thisproblem.The root cause of this cultural degeneracy is not quality of life but Orientalfatalism, which creates this quality of life and the retardation itself.Concerning this fatalism, interesting, and deeply meaningful words - rarelyfound in Sephardic publications – can be found in an article by ShmuelSavion in the monthly “On the Front Lines” # 18 (December, 1962). Mr.Savion says:They (the parents) do not always make the effort to analyze their socialsituation and reach rational conclusions concerning the fate of their futurechildren… Their life philosophy teaches them to “exist” mainly within thephysical plane, and they lack a healthy ambition for the “good life”,spiritual and cultural. Typical is the answer that was heard from theseparents (who are generally stubbornly religious) when one asks them, forexample, how they will support their large family, educate their children,cloth them, and feed them honorably, and they respond: “The Creator ofthe World will support them in His mercy” or “each person brings his ownluck” etc.