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Sephardic Jews invited back to Spain after 500 years
BBC News ^ | 6th March 2013 | Gerry Hadden

Posted on 03/06/2013 9:48:32 AM PST by the scotsman

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1 posted on 03/06/2013 9:48:42 AM PST by the scotsman
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To: the scotsman

I did not expect that.


2 posted on 03/06/2013 9:52:51 AM PST by Pollster1
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To: the scotsman

Trying to add some balance to the influx of muslims...?


3 posted on 03/06/2013 9:58:23 AM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: the scotsman

Trying to lure them out of Israel and into European camps again, are they?


4 posted on 03/06/2013 10:01:29 AM PST by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Vendetta))
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To: Pollster1; Peanut Gallery

No one the Sephardic Invitation!!


5 posted on 03/06/2013 10:01:29 AM PST by Professional Engineer (So long and thanks for all the lutefisk.)
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To: the scotsman

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.


6 posted on 03/06/2013 10:01:49 AM PST by Varda
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To: Pollster1; Peanut Gallery

No one expects the Sephardic Invitation!!


7 posted on 03/06/2013 10:02:18 AM PST by Professional Engineer (So long and thanks for all the lutefisk.)
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To: 2banana
probably more like because they have money

I guess spain is just like wimmen , no money they want you dead, got money they magically love, love, love ya

8 posted on 03/06/2013 10:02:32 AM PST by KTM rider ( paychecks have been replaced by weekly allowances)
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To: Pollster1
"It's a trap!"

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9 posted on 03/06/2013 10:03:07 AM PST by PowderMonkey (WILL WORK FOR AMMO)
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To: the scotsman

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.


10 posted on 03/06/2013 10:04:50 AM PST by MeanWestTexan (Beware Obama's Reichstag Fire.)
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To: the scotsman
Most "Sephardim" today are actually Mizrachim.

Very few people speak Ladino these days.

The original Sephardim were largely absorbed into Mizrachi and Ashkenazi communities.

11 posted on 03/06/2013 10:05:41 AM PST by wideawake
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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.


12 posted on 03/06/2013 10:10:29 AM PST by James C. Bennett (An Australian.)
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To: the scotsman

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.


13 posted on 03/06/2013 10:14:41 AM PST by married21
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To: the scotsman

Mark


14 posted on 03/06/2013 10:17:11 AM PST by sport
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To: MeanWestTexan

“I am actually named after a great-great-great grandfather they burned at the stake”

That’s funny. MeanWestTexan doesn’t sound Jewish..


15 posted on 03/06/2013 10:20:20 AM PST by saleman
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a plan to give descendants of Spain's original Jewish community - known as Sephardic Jews - a fast-track to a Spanish passport and Spanish citizenship

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.

16 posted on 03/06/2013 10:24:51 AM PST by SamuraiScot
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To: married21

I am still waiting on my reparations from the Italians for the Romans enslaving most of Europe for 100’s years.


17 posted on 03/06/2013 10:26:53 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. the economy died.)
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To: the scotsman

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.


18 posted on 03/06/2013 10:29:09 AM PST by US Navy Vet (Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
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To: KTM rider

Yup. They apparently have figured out that hating Jews and supporting Muslims is not a way to grow the economy...


19 posted on 03/06/2013 10:31:20 AM PST by miss marmelstein ( Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: saleman

Actually, there are many descendants of Sephardic Jews in Northern Mexico and South Texas.

http://www.myharlingennews.com/?p=5687

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1337161/posts


20 posted on 03/06/2013 10:38:51 AM PST by RedWhiteBlue (Mama tried)
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