" 'Cause the Inquisition's here and it's here to stay!"
I did not expect that.
Trying to add some balance to the influx of muslims...?
Trying to lure them out of Israel and into European camps again, are they?
Jews were allies of the Muslims during the conquest of Spain. They along with Muslims were given an amnesty of a kind after the Spanish recounquered their land. Now the Muslims are back so it only makes sense to invite Jews too. Maybe this time it will be different.
Well, this Sepharic Jewish guy respectfully tells them “no thanks.”
I am actually named after a great-great-great grandfather they burned at the stake.
Very few people speak Ladino these days.
The original Sephardim were largely absorbed into Mizrachi and Ashkenazi communities.
There’s a Sephardic Jewish community in India who fled to there when the Crusaders slaughtered most and drove the rest out, and again during the Inquisition when the settled community in India were persecuted by the Portuguese trying to establish a colony there.
Google Cochin Jewish Copper Plates for more info. It’s quite interesting.
I’ve never heard of a country trying to make amends in this way. More power to them for trying to do something to set things right.
Mark
Dear Spanish,
Hey, no prob. Our boat came to New York in 1664. We kind of like it here. And after all these years, we did decide you guys were right. Not only that, Isabella is a cool name.
Viva Cristo Rey,
Us
P.S. On the Moslem thing, sorry about playing for the wrong team. That was dumb. Those guys turned out to be real dirt-bags.
Ya think SOMEONE in Spain was reading THIS:
Genesis 12:1-3
King James Version (KJV)
12 Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Spain has been in a serious decline for a long time-I’m pretty sure they just want individuals with a real work ethic to immigrate to Spain to work and pay taxes to support their socialist welfare state. I hope no one buys into it.
My ancestors weren’t Jewish, but they had sense enough to leave Spain for the Spanish territory in the New World in the 1600’s...
" 'Cause the Inquisition's here and it's here to stay!"
Sure some Jews were burned at the stake but it was done in the spirit of Christian love and the fires weren’t really all that hot.
Those with serious money settled in Naples. My maternal line was of Spanish Jewish lineage, and they found a home in Naples. where they did well enough to come to America in 1909.
Funny, I even look Jewish.
The Jewish ‘Golden Age’ in Spain was ended not by Christians, but by fanatical Muslims in the 12th century. That was the first wave of Sefardic Jews that spread far and wide, though it was soon followed by the Crusades.
http://www.aish.com/jl/h/cc/48950501.html
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This article doesn't mention it, but North African Muslims are going bat sh*t, claiming this is a racist act and that the millions of "Sephardic Muslims" must be offered citizenship as well. They'll find tens of millions if they're successful getting citizenship. Then they'll work on France and Italy, parts of which also belong to the Ummah.
It’s a trap. Even without Jews, Spain is one of the most antisemitic countries in Europe. And Muslims will be invited next to kill the Jews.
Spain may want and need Jews.
But Jews do not want or need Spain.
JMO.
” some Muslim scholars are denouncing the offer as unfair. They point out that their ancestors were expelled from Spain during the Inquisition. But no-one is inviting them back.”
He’s joking, right?