@Joseph – I don’t buy that for a moment. You’ve never heard Chassidim or the Yeshiva world condescendingly refer to the Kippah Srugah wearing community as “Mizrachi”? Come on. I don’t believe you’re that sheltered. A vast majority of members of my in-laws’ community vaguely northwest of Manhattan that is made up of transplants from Lakewood and Brooklyn love to refer to that community by the term. I hear it every time I visit.
@Neville – You mean how the Charedi world uses it. Mizrachi in the world I live in (regular Israel outside Anglo enclaves) refers to something pretty specific: Sephardic culture – music, food, poetry, literature, etc., but also directly in reference to Moroccan Jews. FWIW, I’ve also never heard anyone religious Sephardic refer to themselves as Mizrachi. On the other hand, I have heard the Hebrew term “השתכנז” used to describe Sephardim who act like Ashkenazim.
@Lakewhut – The proper term for those communities is “Edot HaMizrach”, although “Sephardic” seems to be the adopted term in the modern era, at least in the Anglosphere. They still use the proper term in Israel. Joseph is trying to cover up his biases again.