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  • the first two groups are commonly referred to as sephardic, the latter as ashknenazi. all worship the same torah, are totally of the same religion, but some of the locallized customs are different eg. the ashknezai often spoke yiddish in central and eastern europe, the sephardic often spoke ladino; borsht v. whatever the ladinos learned from their mothers kitchens.

    The Myth of the New Anti-Semitism | Jewschool 2004

  • What Zionists have threatened to cut off sephardic or russian israelis from the Jewish community?

    Matthew Yglesias » Avigdor Lieberman Boosted By Pro-Pork Backlash 2009

  • Spanish sephardic would also give it a Turkish connection of course, since many Spanish Jews ended up in the Ottoman Empire after the Inquisition started up.

    Making Light: Open thread 136 2010

  • Thanks to the dark, sephardic devil-god William Barton not to be confused with the Australian didgeridoo player, I heard about "Nasdijj."

    Goooooo Nasdijj! 2009

  • Thanks to the dark, sephardic devil-god William Barton not to be confused with the Australian didgeridoo player, I heard about "Nasdijj."

    Goooooo Nasdijj! 2009

  • Thanks to the dark, sephardic devil-god William Barton not to be confused with the Australian didgeridoo player, I heard about "Nasdijj."

    March 2009 2009

  • Thanks to the dark, sephardic devil-god William Barton not to be confused with the Australian didgeridoo player, I heard about "Nasdijj."

    Books 2009

  • There are sephardic Jews with darker skin and there are Ashkenazic Jews mostly from Europe that are white.

    Trey Ellis: New Yorker, What Were You Thinking? 2008

  • You know, I do believe there is a traditional sephardic dish involving cold fried fish in a sweet and sour marinade.

    Saor Lindy 2006

  • Diana was great, and let me rant at her about medieval sephardic poetry for far too long.

    BEA Recap #3: Emerging Leaders Book Nerd 2008

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