The Ashkenazi Revolution

311Espanyol, Djudezmo, Djudeo-Kasteyano, Spaniolit and other names, is aRomance language derived from Old Spanish. As a Jewish language, it isinfluenced heavily by Hebrew and Aramaic, but also Arabic, Turkish and to alesser extent Greek and other languages where Sephardic exiles settled aroundthe world, primarily throughout the Ottoman Empire. In this book, the authoruses the term to refer, not only to the language, but also to the people whohave traditionally spoken the language.Lady Rachel Yanait ben-Tzvi Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi (1886 -November 16, 1979) was an Israeli author and educator, and a leading LaborZionist. Ben-Zvi was the wife of the second President of Israel, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi.Lavon (Lavon Affair)The Lavon Affair refers to afailed Israeli covert operation, code named Operation Susannah, conductedin Egypt in the Summer of 1954. As part of the false flag operation, a groupof Egyptian Jews was recruited by Israeli military intelligence for plans to plantbombs inside Egyptian, American and British-owned targets. The attacks wereto be blamed on the Muslim Brotherhood, Egyptian Communists, "unspecifiedmalcontents" or "local nationalists" with the aim of creating a climate ofsufficient violence and instability to induce the British government to retain itsoccupying troops in Egypt's Suez Canal zone. The operation caused nocasualties, except for those members of the cell who committed suicide afterbeing captured.The operation became known as the Lavon Affair after the Israeli defenseminister Pinhas Lavon, who was forced to resign because of the incident, oreuphemistically as the Unfortunate Affair or The Bad Business . Afterbeing denied for 51 years, the surviving agents were in 2005 officiallyhonored with a certificate of appreciation by the Israeli President MosheKatzav.Law of ReturnThe Law of Return is Israelilegislation, passed on 5 July 1950, that gives Jews the right of return andsettlement in Israel and gain citizenship. In 1970, the right of entry andsettlement was extended to people of Jewish ancestry, and their spouses.LehiCommonly referred to in English asthe Stern Group or Stern Gang, was a militant Zionist group foundedby Avraham ("Yair") Stern in the British Mandate of Palestine. Its avowed aim was