The Ashkenazi Revolution

240Each one of the Sephardic leaders carries within him, in addition toSephardic time, also traces of other times: Balkan, French, Arab etc.When these leaders assemble together they shed all traces of these othertimes, and all that remains is Sephardic time of the golden age. But thisnoble mystery, which is bound with a striving to identify with that greatera, brings with it only disappointment and despair. For the time of thegolden age is quickly expiring, and the moment Sephardic leaders standupon its plane, they lose whatever small amount of power that is hiddenwithin each one of them, and around them the icy winds of cruel graves,which kill all deeds and all actions, begin to blow.A few years ago, the Sephardic leaders had only two options: To beMarranos within Ashkenazi political parties or, God forbid, to beindependent in one of their dying Sephardic institutions, mainly the WorldSephardic Confederacy. The great changes, which benefited Sepharad,added to these options the third option of an independent politicalmovement. The odds of success, in taking this path are, at this point,limited. Nevertheless, the Sephardic leaders are obligated to take this pathbecause Marranism in the State of Israel, in its current composition, is nottolerable. Especially obligated to take this path are those many non-Ashkenazi activists who never cease complaining that the Ashkenazipolitical parties limit their options and prevent them from realizing theirbrilliant abilities. If these activists, among them many Knesset members,do not separate from the Ashkenazi political parties, and do not run underdifferent tickets, they will prove that they were intentionally liars andcheats, who led both Ashkenazim and Sephardo-Mizrahim astray; liars andcheats who have no place in public service. A Sephardic leader whoannounces, morning and evening, that he is oppressed and that his optionsare being limited, has already cut off for himself, for all practical purposes,his path of retreat. He must pass the Rubicon, abandon his Ashkenazipolitical party, cease being a Marrano and found an independent politicalparty. If he fails, he will be judged fairly, but this fate is far better than thefate of the Marrano whose status is not forced upon him by external forces,but comes about from his own free will.