The Ashkenazi Revolution

222for the approach that discredits any distinction between one Jew andanother, but as soon as he is in a position of power, or in a position to extortat all, he casts aside his generic Jewish facade and reveals his Sephardicface, whereupon he brings catastrophe upon Ashkenaz in one way oranother.The undermining, by the Sephardic leader, of Ashkenazi assets is not onlyexpressed by its own actions, but to a decisive degree with the aid ofAshkenazi forces that, for one reason or another, prefer a particularSephardic asset over the Ashkenazi one. The classic example of this is thegreat aid that the Sephardic leaders give to the supporters of Hebrew and tothe opponents of Yiddish within the Ashkenazi public. The hatred ofYiddish, typical of all Sephardic leaders, does not date from the days ofEliezer Ben Yehuda, but from long before that. From the time when theformation of the committee of English congregations, over two hundredyears ago, the Sephardic leaders insisted that Yiddish not be welcome inthis institution, and that there would be severe repercussions if this was notobserved. From this correct assessment of the power of Yiddish, as thelanguage that ties all the Ashkenazic tribes together as one people, theSephardic leaders declared total, and continuing, war upon it to this day.The destruction of European Jewry, and the migration of masses ofSephardo-Mizrahim to the Land of Israel brought change to the tactics ofthe Sephardic leaders. As stated, there was no fundamental change in thebasic tactics, but more vigor in the removal of the generic Jewish mask, andin emphasizing the Sephardic face, and more emphasis and audacity inpresenting claims and demands. At this stage, the Sephardic publicationsbegan to distance themselves from the format of pleading for a integration,and to strongly emphasize the difference between Sepharad and its demandto constitute a distinct tribal entity. In his article in “Tribe and People” thelate Ya’akov Nitzani, who was once a Knesset member of Mapai, wrote:“Sephardic Jewry populates the Land of Israel and its ruins, whileAshkenazic Jewry, which is wealthy and established in the nation, financesthe settlement” (folder #4, 1959, pg. 27). All the amazing work, which wasdone, and is being done, by Ashkenaz in the State of Israel is worthless in