What if the Ashkenazi - Mizrahi divide doesn't exist, and politicians created it for their own ends?

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What if the Ashkenazi - Mizrahi divide doesn't exist, and politicians created it for their own ends?

In this week's conversation with Shmuel Rosner, we hear that that may be the case. Rosner is convinced the differences are narrow and that the political echelon has its reasons for exaggerating them

May 11, 2023

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I believe that I have mentioned #IsraeliJudaism: Portrait of a Cultural Revolution, the marvelous book by Shmuel Rosner and Camil Fuchs, in several of our podcasts over the years. It’s out in English and in Hebrew, and I highly recommend it if you’re not familiar with it. It’s an intentionally very comfortable read, with very bri…

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