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Originally posted by ZTAngel
I'm actually quite aware of the difference between the two cultures. My mothers side of her family still speaks Spanish and the food we eat when we get together at my mother's families place is completely different than my father's. I know the history of the Sephardic Jews; I know all about my family in Spain and their experiences during the Inquisition and their movement to Turkey and Morocco.
I'm also very aware of the difference between the Sephardic Jew religious ceremonies vs. that of the Ashkenazic having experienced both.
I don't think I'm being close-minded. I grew up in a family where the two cultures were mixed and there was never a problem. I always felt that if you're Jewish, than you're Jewish and just could never understand why there's almost a preference in our own religion. We deal with so much predjudice from others only to create a bias within ourselves but this is way off topic from the intention of the thread.
Maybe in religious aspects such as Orthodox vs. Reform but I just never thought the difference between being Ashkenazic and Sephardic was so drastic that it meant you would only date one or the other. If that makes me ignorant, than so be it.
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And I'm sorry if you're wrong. You're ignorant because you're questioning someone else's beliefs and not accepting their religious beliefs. And more Sephardics are NOT spaniards. There is no bias - it is simply the fact that religion separates the two in a very difficult way and you seem to think it's culture because that is what YOU care for. I'm not going to get into this further because you don't seem to understand and don't want to understand but the religious aspect is deeply rooted and extends into things like what you can eat to Kabbalistic beliefs that are so incredibly complex that they've been discussed for hundreds of years.
-Rudey