Great Back Pages article, please publish it in Tablet!
As an Ashkenazi married to a Sephardi, I believe that is not just honor, but also pride. If you are proud of who you are, there is no desire to assimilate. The shame of the Holocaust weighs heavy on the Ashkenazim.
Mr. Castro's premise is intriguing-but if you look at the works of Sefardic commentators on the Talmud and Sefardic Halachic decisors, there is very much a search for the truth and denunciation of what is false in Halacha and Hashkafa as opposed to a let and live attitude on such subjects
Great Back Pages article, please publish it in Tablet!
As an Ashkenazi married to a Sephardi, I believe that is not just honor, but also pride. If you are proud of who you are, there is no desire to assimilate. The shame of the Holocaust weighs heavy on the Ashkenazim.
Mr. Castro's premise is intriguing-but if you look at the works of Sefardic commentators on the Talmud and Sefardic Halachic decisors, there is very much a search for the truth and denunciation of what is false in Halacha and Hashkafa as opposed to a let and live attitude on such subjects