“THE ASHKENAZIM HAVFE TO BE ASHAMED OF ONE BIG THING, WITH MANY DIFFERENT WORDS – ASSIMILATION, EMANCIPATION, LIBERALISM, ZIONISM”
The Ashkenazim only have to be ashamed of one thing: we have self-loathers in our midst saying things like this. We should be ashamed to be born Ashkenaz? You sound just like the American left who says all whites should be ashamed just by virtue of being born. The biases in our community perfectly mirror those of the mainstream world. How well would Crawley’s hateful comment have gone over had it been made against Sphardim instead of Ashkenazim? It’s open season on all Western customs in our liberal society. When an Ashkenazi takes on Sphardi customs against those of his fathers, it’s viewed as a beautiful intermixing of cultures by the religious left. When a Sphard does so, it’s all oy chaval, what a shame, how dare he wear that hat.
Sam: Um what? I assume you’re talking about wearing a second hat, and not suggesting that Sphardim should go totally bare-headed on Shabbos. Even so, what’s the issue? Carrying?