The Ashkenazi Revolution

250between nomadic tribes, that covet one another and steal from each other intheir knowledge that the vastness of the wilderness, and internal tribalsolidarity, will protect them from punishment. A wonderful and uniqueprivilege fell upon Judah-Ashkenaz, the privilege that allowed it to severitself from a horrible, and false, partnership and to march separately. Withthe dawn of the modern age, history granted to Ashkenaz this uniqueopportunity and was unusually generous in equipping it. It had greatmultitudes of people from all classes, a great language, and a national andsocial heritage that was detailed in every respect. It also had an historicalexcuse to march alone, for it was not Ashkenaz that began the war withSepharad. It was not Ashkenaz that slandered Sepharad before the FrenchNational Congress, the institution that figures prominently and is mostrepresentative of the modern era. It was Sepharad that slandered Ashkenaz.The first “shots” in the Ashkenazi-Sephardic war came from the Sephardicside. The efforts of Moses Montefiore did not negate the hostility. Wecould have donated to Sepharad hundreds of millions of dollars in charityand in wide-ranging philanthropic activities. But going into partnershipwith Sepharad was completely absurd in that it deviated from theseparation between Judah and Israel that had existed for 3500 years.2We took the wrong road. Because of this, we severed ourselves both fromthe double power of Ashkenaz, which includes Yiddish and its EasternEuropean masses, and from the goal of Ashkenazi statehood, which meansthe removal of millions of Ashkenazim from the dangerous areas ofEurope. A wise nationalistic goal would be to advance the long-terminterests of the general population of the nation, and straying from it takesthis nationalism in wrong directions. Such a tragedy happened to us.When we forsook the correct path of Ashkenazi independence, weimmediately gave up the firm ground of certainty and passed intodangerous experimental territory. The Ashkenazi nation was sacrificed forthree goals of classic experimental character: The integration of Judah andIsrael, which involved deviating from the historical path of 3,500 years.The revival of the Hebrew language, which is at odds with the Aramaic