Comments on: The Origins of Sephardim and Ashkenazim http://www.jewishhistory.org/sephardim-and-ashkenazim/ Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:59:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Berel Wein http://www.jewishhistory.org/sephardim-and-ashkenazim/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Berel Wein Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:20:04 +0000 http://www.jewishhistory.org/?p=663#comment-55 Very simply stated, Bernard Lewis' thesis is that when the Islamic world is on top, they are less fanatical. Now they perceive themselves as losers, so they have swung toward the fanatic side and are fighting back. It's a terrible, vicious cycle. Very simply stated, Bernard Lewis’ thesis is that when the Islamic world is on top, they are less fanatical. Now they perceive themselves as losers, so they have swung toward the fanatic side and are fighting back. It’s a terrible, vicious cycle.

]]> By: Berel Wein http://www.jewishhistory.org/sephardim-and-ashkenazim/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Berel Wein Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:26:13 +0000 http://www.jewishhistory.org/?p=663#comment-53 Thank you so much! Thank you so much!

]]> By: Tehillah http://www.jewishhistory.org/sephardim-and-ashkenazim/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Tehillah Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:54:46 +0000 http://www.jewishhistory.org/?p=663#comment-51 Dear Rabbi Wein, I don't have a lot of time to dedicate to the study of history these days and VERY much appreciate your blog posts because they are of an easily digestible size, yet packed with important information I wouldn't otherwise have learned. Thank you! Dear Rabbi Wein, I don’t have a lot of time to dedicate to the study of history these days and VERY much appreciate your blog posts because they are of an easily digestible size, yet packed with important information I wouldn’t otherwise have learned. Thank you!

]]> By: Aaron http://www.jewishhistory.org/sephardim-and-ashkenazim/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Aaron Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:54:10 +0000 http://www.jewishhistory.org/?p=663#comment-50 Nothing to indicate that Islam will ever go back to its brief tolerant phase from 1000 years ago. "the total number of books translated into Arabic yearly is no more than 330, or one-fifth of those translated in a small country like Greece" - http://www.worldpress.org/Mideast/663.cfm I'll take a West that's capable of a reformation. In Islam, there is no leftwing Imam who could refute that there are but 3 outcomes for us in Dar al Harb: conversion to Islam, subjugation as dhimmis, or death. Mishlei (Proverbs) notes that those who love death hate G-d. No religion other than the so-called "Religion of Peace" so brazenly brags about loving death, from the highest Ayatollah to the lowest lay-Muslim. Nothing to indicate that Islam will ever go back to its brief tolerant phase from 1000 years ago.

“the total number of books translated into Arabic yearly is no more than 330, or one-fifth of those translated in a small country like Greece” – http://www.worldpress.org/Mideast/663.cfm

I’ll take a West that’s capable of a reformation. In Islam, there is no leftwing Imam who could refute that there are but 3 outcomes for us in Dar al Harb: conversion to Islam, subjugation as dhimmis, or death.

Mishlei (Proverbs) notes that those who love death hate G-d. No religion other than the so-called “Religion of Peace” so brazenly brags about loving death, from the highest Ayatollah to the lowest lay-Muslim.

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