Is there a difference between Sephardic & Mizrachi Jews?

Is there a difference between Sephardic & Mizrachi Jews? | Unpacked

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The terms “Sephardic” and “Mizrachi” are often used interchangeably, so what is the difference between these two groups? While “Sephardic” can refer to Iberian origins or a specific set of Jewish ritual practices, and “Mizrachi” historically referred to all non-Ashkenazi Israelis, the choice of which descriptor Jews from the Middle East and North Africa choose to identify with is often even more complicated than that.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:50 What does "Sephardic" mean?
01:20 What does "Mizrachi" mean?
01:45 The Sephardic school of thought
02:26 The Spanish Inquisition and spread of Sephardic customs
03:40 The ugly roots of the term "Mizrachi"
06:00 Reclaiming the term "Mizrachi"
06:11 Why "Sephardic" and "Mizrachi" get lumped together
06:33 Mizrachi influence on Israeli culture and politics
09:06 The overlap of Sephardic and Mizrachi identities
10:23 How identities are shaped and the unity of the Jewish People
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@arroyonpr 7 ай бұрын

Condensing all that religious diversity, international influence, and historical relocation with a take home macro view in less than 12 minutes was a masterpiece of teaching! Simply outstanding. Thank you and shana tovah!

@shawdavid 7 ай бұрын

well said - very impressive

@NickyRikki 8 ай бұрын

I am a Sephardic Jew from Romania. We came from a small community in Romania in the capital called Communitatea De Rit Spaniol. We eventually left Romania in the 40s and 50s to Israel and have been in Israel ever since. My grandparents spoke ladino, great uncle's, aunt's. My great Tanti Loti would make the best Sephardic food. Now we only practice the Jewish Sephardic traditions but no longer the language.

@Ryhaqueisraelwetzler 7 ай бұрын

Aaaah..you are Sephardi Jews..:) yes mostly from Europe, Romania, Spain etc. Mihrazi is more to Middle east, Arab, Israel, Morocco. I am Muslim from Austria my dad is a revert married my mum is a Muslim lady from Asia. My late Grandad, Alfred Wetzler is a Sephardi Slovakian Jew who managed to escape from Auschwitz and expose the world about the Holocaust.

@gpl992 26 күн бұрын

I am half Romananian Ashkenazi but was told we must have Sephardic ancestry and ancestors too?!

@popescudragos4565 24 күн бұрын

Greetings from Romania 😊

@RG91977 5 ай бұрын

My father was born in 1910 and spoke ladino the Spanish Judeo language. I regret that I never try to learned such a beautiful language. He preserved a language that his ancestors made an effort to continued even they were kick out of Spain hundred of years ago.

@fabiolimadasilva3398 2 ай бұрын

I am Brazilian and understand quite well this language. In the city of Manaus, there is a Moroccan jewish community who still promotes Haketia.

@allalbenadam 2 ай бұрын

You should have said, they were kicked out by the so called Christians and also, they were tortured by so called Christians.

@michaelsinaie7814 8 ай бұрын

To give you an idea of how far we've come as Mizrahim, Shaul Mofaz an Iranian Jew, was Israel's defense minister from 2002-2006 and the deputy prime minister from 2006-2009. Crazy to think a Jew from Iran was tasked with literally the highest position in Israel's defense establishment and against Iran. We're proud of our heritage but we're ultimately Yahud from Eretz Yisrael.

@Ellinas_pateras 8 ай бұрын

how to contact you? I have questions for you thank you

@AbuSous2000PR 8 ай бұрын

Do Israelis still dump Falasha's donated blood in the garbage? such a practice wasn't even done for the Arabs. No wonder 40% of Israeli Jews can't wait for an immigration visas to North America or Australia.Good luck

@Afraz021 8 ай бұрын

Don't forget Moshe Katsav, who was also from Iran and served as the president of Israel for 8 years 😊

@taltalim18 7 ай бұрын

Some Israeli/ Persian Jews may prefer to forget about him 😆

@Afraz021 7 ай бұрын

@taltalim18 I know, but I was just saying there are more and more if people look up😅. Michael Ben-Ari is also from a Persian Jewish family, and I know he is the co-founder of a party that many Israelis wouldn't like/support it.

@MaryamofShomal 8 ай бұрын

This was a really good one, well done! Love and prayers from an Iranian/American/Christian 💚🤍❤️

@bobdollaz3391 8 ай бұрын

Yisrael supports blood drinking, Christian -murdering allies in Baku.

@Saaaaaaraaaaahhhh 6 ай бұрын

While I studied fashion management I made a little expedition into Jewish clothing - cultural and religiously. I distinguished between ashkenazim, mizrahim, sfardim and teimanim … one work I am really proud of. Learned a lot

@dallasgrey4247 8 ай бұрын

I’d like if you did a video about the Chinese Jews. I think it’s a really interesting story that more people need to know about

@UNPACKED 8 ай бұрын

Absolutely! They are on our list of topics coming up

@ashleyjones4323 8 ай бұрын

Indian Jews too!

@awesomefeldmanfamily 8 ай бұрын

@@UNPACKED yeah I wanna know everything about the Chinese Jews! Did they have a real Torah scroll??

@senben9737 7 ай бұрын

Jewish people identify themselves genetically not ideologically so you can't get in the bus unless they need for time being and you can enjoy some pride

@Ryhaqueisraelwetzler 7 ай бұрын

Kaifeng Jews is Chinese.

@AdinBenNehama 8 ай бұрын

Great Video! My family are Mizrahi Jews from the diaspora in Baku, Azerbaijan! I was always very confused on why sometimes Sephardic and Mizrahi intertwine. Thank you for explaining!

@devadii24 8 ай бұрын

Wow… I didn’t know there were Jewish people in a predominantly Muslim country

@AdinBenNehama 8 ай бұрын

@@devadii24 unfortunately people think that we only migrated to Europe after the Roman expulsion, however some moved to Africa and the eastern lands as-well.

@devadii24 8 ай бұрын

@@AdinBenNehama I worked with an Azeri guy before and his friend group was very diverse….there are open minded people in every country… yes, I think most people think of the Jewish diaspora in Europe or North America

@Jkjoannaki 5 ай бұрын

@evadi24 what where the people of those lands before becoming Muslim through Islam? Mostly jews and Christian. And some atheists. Why would it be different than what palestine was before the nakba? Semitic people who some became Muslim, some stayed Christian and some jews who never became Christian or Muslim. They're literally all based in the same anthologies and their sequels

@carlosvillagran4631 4 ай бұрын

@@Jkjoannakipalestine its a hebrow word which means invasor, find it. Pamestina is just the name the romqns used to replace judea

@user-ng9cd9qs9f 4 ай бұрын

As an Ethiopian Jew from Israel, I enjoy watching your videos every time😁

@davidkuder4356 8 ай бұрын

This is such a great series/channel. Just ran across this episode and entered your classroom.. mucho Instructiual 🎉

@LinneaSanchez 7 ай бұрын

Beautifully done! Thank you for constructing such an amazing informative video.

@ISmellMusky 8 ай бұрын

Really complex, but well explained. Could you make a video about the Jews who lived, and are currently living in India? There is almost no documentation about them - how they lived and survived the thousand years under different rulers.

@shirleyannelindberg1692 8 ай бұрын

Numbering around 10,000 in total, the Bnei Menashe are descendants of the Kuki Mizo community of Manipur and Mizoram. Bnei Menashe members in Israel are worried about their community members in Manipur, which has seen ethnic violence in recent months.

@UNPACKED 8 ай бұрын

Absolutely! The Bnei Menashe are on our list of topics to explore in the coming months.

@christofferraby4712 8 ай бұрын

The real ancient Jewish/Israelite communities of Israel were the Bene Israel, Cochin Jews(also called Malabar Jews), Paradesi Jews and Bagdadi Jews. The Hebrew they studied in India was either Sephardi pronunciation or middle eastern Hebrew pronunciation. Most Jews in India went to Israel in the 1950s and 1960s. The minority that remained have little by little gone to Israel. There remains in India approximately 5,000 Jews.

@skp8748 7 ай бұрын

@@shirleyannelindberg1692it's not ethnic violence its hindu terrorism. Christians and Muslims are being targeted for their faith the hindutva are targeting all Abrahamic religions. Public rape of Christian women on video with even hindu women cheering it on.

@calicokush 5 ай бұрын

@HenryAbramsonPhD has some among others, though there's a variety of Jewish groups that made it India over the centuries. . . and people often neglect before communities were officially established or recognized that offsets some dates.. and why it makes it difficult for some to get into between the various demographics because though they were dispersed throughout India, many eventually settled in the South, Kerala, where a more recognized community was established. Also interesting to note are Syrian Christians, too, both modern and past. . . there's a prominent foodie connection, too. Popular for tours.

@Raanan613 7 ай бұрын

I'm so immersed in the reality of what you've said & you said it perfectly. I teach in Jerusalem in an Israeli high school & most of the kids are NOT so aware of what Sefaradi means. They are Mizrahim & usually identify by specific Mizrahi identity such as Persian, Kurdish & Syrian (NOT Halabim/Aleppo, but Damascus). My Persian son in-law is NOT Sefaradi, yet in Los Angeles, he prays at Young Sefardic Synagogue.

@anjaseidl4003 6 ай бұрын

The interesting thing is that Palestinians are also from Syria (greater Syria) and the rest of Arabia. In Otoman times, poeple were moving, too. So, if you guys are from all over the world, and most of you have adopted in culture, language, have married cross-culture, why were you so harsh with Palestinians. Why were you taking away their lands and why were you not tolerant enough to complement and be strong together. I think, you your parents arrived there, they - at first - must have been exhausted from the trauma, from fears crossing water. But you must have noticed that you are not allone there, that you have to adopt again. What a mess, what a disaster, that the British "called out" an independant state. It is a pitty. A pitty for the next generations. They are being told lies and lies and lies. Please, do teach them what had happened.

@stephenfisher3721 5 ай бұрын

Is this the synagogue in Los Angeles? Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel, also called The Sephardic Temple, is a large, urban Sephardi Jewish synagogue located in Westwood, Los Angeles, California at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Warner Avenue. Established on February 1, 1920 as the "Sephardic Community of Los Angeles," it exists today as the merger of three major Sephardic organizations with approximately 600 member families. Source: Wikipedia

@diannamaree7854 8 ай бұрын

Excellent content - very well explained and presented!

@OneMondBand 8 ай бұрын

Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. You need to put something like this out in Hebrew as well. Thank you so much, I hope this goes viral.

@chris123sim 8 ай бұрын

WOW, excellent video. I am a Mizrahi with a Sephardic culture.

@c.f.okonta8815 8 ай бұрын

In Israel is it common for Sephardi and mizrahi to intermarry

@lennyshalmer7309 3 ай бұрын

First country in Europe giving home to Sephardim pp. was Nederland. Nederland was the first country in Europe declared equal rights to all faith. One of famous philosopher of that time was Sephardim Borah Spinoza from Portugal city of Spinoza. Many Sephardim was assimilated by Ashkenazy pp. . @@c.f.okonta8815

@michaelsmullen9891 8 ай бұрын

Well said! I cannot fault your presentation and loved the humorous video clips.

@gloryakiepper7918 8 ай бұрын

Thank you. I've learned so much today and want to watch Andre watch this video. I've been Jewish for many decades but I never heard some of the terms in relation to groups. Thank you again for providing me information that I will save and learn. This is what I hope to teach my children. You are a blessing.😊

@UNPACKED 8 ай бұрын

So happy you enjoyed! Who is Andre?

@gloryakiepper7918 8 ай бұрын

@@UNPACKED Andre is a typo. I meant to say again.

@Cay30 7 ай бұрын

Beautiful video. Please do on Ethiopian, Chinese, Indian, Italkim, and Mountain Jews!

@ennisel 8 ай бұрын

Love your videos man... Always insightfull

@144Donn 8 ай бұрын

What a beautiful video! A few years ago I met a chassidic kid who went to a litvish yeshiva. I asked him what his davening\Tefillah was like? He shook his head and waved his hand like"Forget about it!". Just 15-20 years ago there were hard lines between "their way" and "our way". Those lines are blurred more than ever.

@webwarren 7 ай бұрын

My grandfather's family, from Kosturia (Greek Macedonia) identify as Sephardic. My grandmother's family (from somewhere in Russia or Latvia) identified as Ashkenazic. My _other_ grandmother's family identified as Galitzeanner. When my Sephardic grandfather wanted to marry my Ashkenazi grandmother, it was considered scandalous. (There's an apocryphal story about one great-grandfather offering to the other to go into the bathroom and compare their brit-millah scars!) Grandma learned Sephardic cooking because hey, you cook what your family (aka your husband) likes. I grew up mostly secular with Ashkenazic liturgy and traditions, but with more Sephardic than Ashkenazic food traditions. Ninety years later, thank goodness it's no longer such a scandal. (OTOH, there seem to be new "scandals" based on people moving in and out of different Chassidic and Haredi traditions...)

@arikohane2720 6 ай бұрын

I'm both as well. Also, to be clear "Galitzeanners" are Ashkenazi, not a separate group. .

@webwarren 6 ай бұрын

@@arikohane2720 Not according to my father and grandmother... They thought Ashkenazi was below them...

@gcolwill 8 ай бұрын

Nice one - I learned a lot.

@bethcares17anonymous38 7 ай бұрын

Unpacked: so grateful for your wonderful content!!!🎉🎉❤❤

@stinkeye460 8 ай бұрын

I pray in Ashkenazi, I speak modern Hebrew in Sephardi. I try to combine the best of all Jewish cultures. Just like Americans, we Jews should be a bunch of mutts. Mutts are stronger and more intelligent than purebreds.

@omarlittle-hales8237 8 ай бұрын

Salam, Shlomo, Shalom, Peace. Makha Used To Be Known As Bakha, Adam & Eve Were Sent Down Separately, They Both Meet In The Bakha Valley [Makha Valley]. Psalms Chapter 84: Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. those Who passing through the valley of the Bakha, they make it a spring; Also blessing the first rain will give. The Kaaba Was Built As The First Temple To God, By Adam & His Family. Over Time It Has Been Destroyed And Rebuilt, Akin To King & Prophet Solomon's Temple. The First Rain Was For The Human Period On Earth, Where There Is A Sacred Spring. Torah & Gospel State Hagar Was A Concubine, Whilst The Quran States She Was Married To Abraham The Friend Of God. Thus Abraham Was Married To Both Sarah And Hagar [Egyptian Princess] Given To Abraham After He Performed Some Work For The Pharaoh. Note That Both Torah & Gospel Only Confirm Pharaoh's, Whilst The Quran Confirms Pharaoh's And The Egyptian King Period. Hagar Had A Child, God Knew This Was A Great Test For Sarah. Then God Blessed Sarah With A Child At The Age Of 80 Years Old. She Said To God, How Can I Conceive A Child, When I Am Old And Weary? God Said Everything Is Easy For God. He Merely Says BE And It Is. When The Children Grew Up Tensions Built Up Between Sarah & Hagar. Then God Ordered Abraham To Take Hagar With Her Son Ishmael, Just Leave Her In The Dessert, In The Bakha Valley. She Ran Seven Times Between Two Mountains, Looking For Water For Her Child. Then A Spring Gushed Forth Water, She Replied In Egyptian ''ZAM ZAM'' [Stop Flowing].

@RodrigoPerez-zu7qb 8 ай бұрын

My family made aliyah back in 2000 from Argentina and as they speak Spanish people might think us as Sephardim but actually we have Ashkenazi roots. My fiancee is a Russian speaking Kavkazi whose family came during 1990s and she described herself as Mizrachi. Anyway many Israeli Jews are almost looking Middle Eastern. Even my friends who are Chalutzim with their strong Kibbutznik background often mistaken as Greek or Italian when they go abroad. It is funny some Palestinians who told Morrocan or Syrian Jews to go back to Europe while they themselves with Bosniac origin have typical blue eyes and blond hair.

@omarlittle-hales8237 8 ай бұрын

@bobdollaz3391 8 ай бұрын

What's even funnier is that Yisrael supports non Indigenous, Muslims, in a state that's totally autocratic.

@Nosferatu729 7 ай бұрын

I am kavkazi who speaks Russian just because we were under soviet rule. We are mizrahim who got mixed with Sephardic Jews but do consider ourselves mizrahim. We are mostly descendants of Persian Jews since Azerbaijan and north Caucasus is right on the border. Bukharian Jews are same as us it just they left towards Central Asia.

@michaellipken9726 6 ай бұрын

I’ve heard the same and met an Argentine jew myself with ashkenazi roots .

@omarlittle-hales8237 6 ай бұрын

@@michaellipken9726 Salam, Shlomo, Shalom, Peace. Quran [Last Testament]: “If you want to see me and feel my existence then look at nature. Look at the things I have created.”

@drdonna4915 8 ай бұрын

Inspirational ending! Ty.

@sportzajent 8 ай бұрын

Great content!

@progresandotv 8 ай бұрын

Great video! Full of useful information.

@tudormiller887 7 ай бұрын

Great video, really informative. Todah Rabah! Watching in the UK. ❤

@andybarr6751 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! I have tried to explain this to so many people, even Israelis who insisted to me that people who had no contact with Spain/Ladino were somehow "Sephardi".

@VeraDonna 8 ай бұрын

I have dared to "correct" a girl who had no spanish or portuguese heritage, because she said her family was sephardi. 🤦‍♀️ I don't even know her name, but... homegirl, if you're reading this, please accept my apologies; I know better now.

@MissJoy16 6 ай бұрын

@VeraDonna I love this apology

@zimriel 6 ай бұрын

@@VeraDonna Algerian here. We had much contact with Granada. I believe similar, or more, is true for Morocco. To me "Mizrahi" is Iraq, Isfahan, maybe Syria.

@shainazion4073 8 ай бұрын

Yes it is important for genetics and culture. Most rabbis think we are stronger as many than one. When we know our culture, languages, and traditions, it enriches Am Yisroil!!

@mainstreet3023 8 ай бұрын

“Reunited and it feels so good. Reunited cos we understood.”

@hroman5 7 ай бұрын

Thanks! I truly appreciate your videos.

@Prestoh 2 ай бұрын

I love the last and most significant point you made! 🎉❤

@shawnrhaweh4582 8 ай бұрын

Very fascinating broadcast

@mr.g1683 8 ай бұрын

Good content you include as clips. Several were funny.

@davidblackbeard 7 ай бұрын

Best definitions and explanations I've seen so far. fantastic. SHKOIAKH & HAZAK U BARUKH

@iwant2pantsyou 7 ай бұрын

Super informative video! 👏🏼👏🏼

@ancienbelge 8 ай бұрын

Though it’s a mouthful, I really like the term “Yehudei Artzot ha-Islam” (Jews from Muslim countries). It’s quite possible, for example, for “Portuguese Jews” from Amsterdam or Antwerp to be totally Sephardic in their religious customs AND to have a documented family tree going back to the Iberian peninsula… and to have a TOTALLY Western cultural outlook, and to sociologically fit in completely with the much-maligned “elita Ashkenazit”. The key difference from their equally Sephardic distant cousins who grew up in Morocco or Turkey is not one of bloodlines (same) or religious customs (very similar) - but of centuries of immersion in Islamic vs. Western culture. Also, while I realize you can’t cover all that in a short video: there are ASHKENAZI Chasidic groups who pray what they call “nusach sefard”, or its variant “nusach arizal” (after kabbalist R’ Isaac Luria - the “arizal”). Furthermore, the stereotype of religiously traditional EH”M vs. secular, socialist Ashkenazim clearly was upended by the later arrival of the ex-Soviet Aliyah - most of whom fiercely anti-socialist (from actually living under it ;)). Finally, even in Europe there are Jewish groups outside the Ashkenazi-Sephardi paradigm: for example the Romaniotes of Athens and other Greek cities (other than Thessaloniki - until the Shoah the largest Sephardic community anywhere), or the “Scuola Tempio” in Rome which traces its ancestry to the captives brought back by the Roman legions after the Destruction of the Second Temple.

@c.f.okonta8815 8 ай бұрын

I think for scuola tempio you meant Italkim

@stephenfisher3721 8 ай бұрын

I lived in New Orleans Louisiana which has a fascinating history. It is true that Sephardic Jews were the the first to arrive in the city and at least when I lived there, there were even descendents of those Sephardic Jews still living in the city. But many times I would hear people point out Anshei Sfard Synagogue as the synagogue started by those Sephardic Jews. When I tried to correct them, they would "prove it" because they they used Nusach Sfard siddurim. In fact, Nusach Sfard was used by Ashkenazi Hasidim from Eastern Europe and this synagogue in New Orleans was established by Ashkenazim.

@m.c.fromnyc2187 8 ай бұрын

Interesting, but the presenter missed one important detail about the Syrian Jews, mostly those from Aleppo. There was a wave of Spanish and Portuguese Jews (the true Sefardim) who migrated from their countries of Diaspora to Aleppo. There were also the Francos, Italian Jews who migrated to Aleppo. In the beginning, there were two different religious services in the Old Aleppo Synagogue: one for the old Jewish Community (the Musta'arabin), and another for the "Newcomers". Eventually, the two branches merged into a single Congregation.

@karenegert8222 7 ай бұрын

That’s probably how my grandmother’s family got to Syria , from Italy .My ancestry DNA showed Italy as one of the primary descendants.

@victorluz1770 6 ай бұрын

Damascus we have a neighborhood called Sicily. They were Jewish came from Sicily Italians in Damascus. Also we have the oldest synagogue in the world it’s about 2800 years ago. It goes back to the second temple of Jerusalem

@gazthejaz8910 28 күн бұрын

@@karenegert8222what’s your other genetic ancestry make up of if you don’t mind sharing, I mean like do you carry Levantine DNA?

@user-di4kn8vr3h 6 ай бұрын

Great video and very informative!

@joshauro9652 6 ай бұрын

Wow, thanks for this information most enlightening. 🙏Stay Blessed

@bergson10 8 ай бұрын

I'm brazilian ashkenazi. Grandparents from Lithuania, Germany and Poland. My mom was born in Tel Aviv.

@LamLawIndy 8 ай бұрын

I grew up in Panama: the Jewish community there traces its roots to the early 1900s when they came to Panama fleeing the Ottoman Empire, so they'd probably be considered Mizrachim. Oddly enough, though, they came to be known locally as "Turcos," or "Turks," even though very few probably had Turkic ancestry. Instead, it appears that they received that local name b/c their point of emigration included Turkiye.

@stephenfisher3721 8 ай бұрын

Many American Jews think their ancestors were Russian Jews and often have corresponding documentation but this is because when they emigrated it was from the Russian Empire which controlled much of Poland and other countries. Likewise, for the Ottoman Empire. One of my cousins married a Sephardic man, going back to Spain. They always said the family had emigrated from Turkey. Now with all the records available on internet, we found out they were really from Bulgaria but it was part of the Ottoman (Turkish) Empire when they emigrated.

@susannehama9705 7 ай бұрын

Most Turkish Jews are Sephardic.

@bilbohob7179 5 ай бұрын

Los sefardíes en su exilio se fueron mayormente al norte de Afríca y al imperio Otomano (lo que hoy es Grecia y Turquía) y muchos conservaron el ladino o judeo-español como lengua, un castellano del siglo XVI.

@reandruzzi Ай бұрын

One of the many reasons I love your content (and the other Jewish and Israeli content creators I follow) is that you give all aspects of history: the good, the bad, and the ugly. It's honest and well-rounded💜

@anthonydavid5121 7 ай бұрын

You did a good job explaining here. nice

@SandraMartinez-ko5qx 8 ай бұрын

Thank you. It’s important to learn as much as possible about each other …

@lindahaftner2148 8 ай бұрын

I really love your closing comments: “we are all one people, part of the same family that survived against all odds, and we are reunited at last” 💙🇮🇱

@mountainair 7 ай бұрын

Also the point that the closer you look the more meaningless lables become is a profound piece of wisdom, here just mentioned casually in passing. How different the world would be if we could cease obsessing over classifications and deal with one another in more open way. Of course, labels have their use in reasoning about people's likely beliefs, motives, values without having to spend ages getting to know everything about them - but they have the capacity to cloud our ability to see things and people the way they really are.

@joebilly7921 7 ай бұрын

I'll make sure your ashes are all clumped together after we put you in ovens

@AdelHerik 7 ай бұрын

We are all one people = we are all human beings. That's the only truth.

@kaleahcollins4567 7 ай бұрын

SO WHY DO THEY TREAT THE ORIGINAL TRUE HEBREWS OF AFRICA LIKE SECOND CLASS CITIZENS WHY DO THEY STERILIZED BETA ISREAL WOMEN FOH. WHY ARE THEY STEALING OUR CHILDREN . WHY ARE ASHKENAZI FORCING THEIR WAYS ON OTHER PEOPLE.

@danieljackson654 8 ай бұрын

How wonderful is this; bravo. How needed is this explanation. Baruch Hashem.

@magiver1300 7 ай бұрын

Very nice explanation thanks for sharing

@awesomefeldmanfamily 8 ай бұрын

Cool! I was just wondering this!

@luimackjohnson302 3 ай бұрын

Amazing! Thank you for sharing this informative video on Jews. I am a Gentle & this is very intruding & enlightening! Greetings from Madang, Papua New Guinea!

@Irina-iw5ji 3 ай бұрын

I am enjoying these videos. I am an Ashkenazi Jew and I had no idea about any of this information. I did not grow up religious as it was prohibited to practice our religion where we lived. So these videos are a great summary to learn the history of all the different Jews in the world and the differences of our traditions. I think it is beautiful to have such a wide spectrum of different traditions that unit in Israel. Thank you for sharing this information.

@terrylevine 6 ай бұрын

You always do a great job!

@UNPACKED 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@mikabitar2945 7 ай бұрын

As a Syrian the 1952 example was a painful stain in our history. Very sorry and hope we can live in peace together soon.

@UNPACKED 7 ай бұрын

Love from Israel

@karenegert8222 7 ай бұрын

My grandmother came to the US from Syria . I always thought my roots were Arabic but when I did my ancestry DNA it showed nothing of the Middle East but what did come up was mostly Greek and some Italian . Interestingly many people that meet me think my heritage is Italian or Greek . Who knew ?

@stephenfisher3721 6 ай бұрын

If your grandmother was Christian, it makes complete sense.

@BeGoodNow12 5 ай бұрын

Outstanding Presentation! 👏 👏 👏 ❤

@janiceridsdale2904 5 ай бұрын

THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT - LEARNED SOMETHING .😊

@krisrizakis9989 8 ай бұрын

Another great and informative video. Is possible you can do more videos about some lesser known Jewish groups such the Roumaniote Jews? Or about the Sephardic communities that developped after their expulsion from Spain?

@zimriel 6 ай бұрын

lately I think something must be said for the Caucasus Jews. Since apparently Dagestan wants to kill all of us

@rafaelfreitas3877 6 ай бұрын

Me and my wife are reform converts and we took a DNA test. Turns out I have, according to the test, sephardic roots and she has mizrachi roots. Thank you for the great informative content 😁

@ayrsine 8 ай бұрын

I love your videos ❤

@TaanayeSikhosana 7 ай бұрын

Very powerful closing statement, its all one family uniting at last and thats what Abba Father wants, His children all together as a family

@DarcyS369 8 ай бұрын

My mother was Sephardic ❤ My fathers side was from Germany, Poland and Russia. I’m pretty sure that’s Ashkenazi. I don’t talk to them though

@tuckerbugeater 8 ай бұрын

Both my parents were Sabbatian Frankists

@omarlittle-hales8237 8 ай бұрын

@molivson 8 ай бұрын

@tuckerbugeater your parents were a dog and a demon.

@ElHolyBoy 4 ай бұрын

Dope video. Askenaz have had a stranglehold on global, and my internal conception, of what it is to be and/or look Jewish. Fascinating to explore a bit more outside of Askenaz centric jewry. Also the Mizrahi Black Panthers sound cool as shit.

@btugrul 3 ай бұрын

Incredible and admirable history of a people from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Thanks a lot for this brief and crystal clear explanation! 🙏🏽

@praywithoutceasing4939 8 ай бұрын

Proud of my Sephardic heritage. Iberia>Holland>Brazil/New Amsterdam.

@glennhynes5263 5 ай бұрын

Beautifully done video.

@tomashertz1155 8 ай бұрын

Tribalism within a tribe is dynamic and influenced by the diaspora, ingroup vs. outgroup mentality, but united when necessary.

@VirtualAssistantAlana2020 8 ай бұрын

Sephardic means Spanish. Sephardic Jews are from Spain and Portugal. Mizrahi Jews never left the Middle East.

@arikohane2720 6 ай бұрын

Exactly. This video is convoluted and inaccurate.

@gr8deals2do 5 ай бұрын

Palestinians are Semitic. Romans left poorest Yahudim after the 3rd revolt in 135÷137AD Those Yahudim converted into Islam to avoid jihadi tax and here we're. Palestinians.

@FernandoMoreiraR 5 ай бұрын

Thats is what i thought as well

@user-bj2gq4pt3j 5 ай бұрын

@gr8deals2do that's what Muslim Arabs tell themselves, but it isn't true. There were plenty of jews that didn't convert and did stay. Just like the Samaritans didn't convert and did stay and the same as Christians that stay and didn't convert

@gr8deals2do 5 ай бұрын

@@user-bj2gq4pt3j Netanyahu is not a Semite... White Jews are just white converts of rabinic judaism. That's the point.

@snakey934Snakeybakey 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for making this. I think that in order to move forward, it is imperative to recognize the mistakes we made in the past, and hardly anyone on the pro-israel side is willing to talk about it. It's a breath of fresh air tbh, (even though you are using the Ashkenazi pronunciation and transliteration for Mizrahi, but that's a minor nitpick)

@phantomopera5525 7 ай бұрын

Fascinating. Thanks.

@notsomuchthankyou 8 ай бұрын

I am well into my fourth decade and it wasn't until maybe a few years ago that I learned the term Mizrahi. I read the Joys of Yiddish growing up and there's a blurb - literally a blurb that there are Sephardim and they speak Ladino. No mention of any other "kinds" of Jews with the varied backgrounds. I still shake my head. - These Unpacked episodes are really well made. Thanks That Semite.

@p058720235 8 ай бұрын

I am Askenazi and my wife is Yemenite. I was the one that insisted on having a Hina 😂 Our children are half and half and are just perfect. In a few generations we wouldn’t have these distinctions.

@c.f.okonta8815 8 ай бұрын

Are marriages like yours common in Israel

@p058720235 8 ай бұрын

@@c.f.okonta8815 Majority are mixed! Ofcourse. A win win situation!

@elenatramsti5176 7 ай бұрын

Great video!!!!

@righteousbyfaithinChrist 4 ай бұрын

Zechariah 2:1-13 [1]Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a man with a measuring line in his hand. [2]So I said, "Where are you going?" And he said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see how wide it is and how long it is." [3]And behold, the angel who was speaking with me was going out, and another angel was coming out to meet him, [4]and said to him, "Run, speak to that young man, saying, 'Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls because of the multitude of men and cattle within it. [5]For I,' declares the Lord, 'will be a wall of fire around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.'" [6]"Ho there! Flee from the land of the north," declares the Lord, "for I have dispersed you as the four winds of the heavens," declares the Lord. [7]"Ho, Zion! Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon." [8]For thus says the Lord of hosts, "After glory He has sent me against the nations which plunder you, for he who touches you, touches the apple of His eye. [9]For behold, I will wave My hand over them so that they will be plunder for their slaves. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me. [10]Sing for joy and be glad, O daughter of Zion; for behold I am coming and I will dwell in your midst," declares the Lord. [11]"Many nations will join themselves to the Lord in that day and will become My people. Then I will dwell in your midst, and you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you. [12]The Lord will possess Judah as His portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem. [13]"Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord; for He is aroused from His holy habitation."

@nataliesirota2611 7 ай бұрын

Awesome! Though I have no known Jewish ancestry, I am proud that via my conversion I am a member of the tribe! Am Israel Chai!

@KarmaKraftttt 7 ай бұрын

Don’t understand why would anyone convert to a racist religion also to a religion where they don’t accept conversion at all

@hershlawfirmpc 6 ай бұрын

Welcome to the family

@uriel7203 8 ай бұрын

Sefaradim and Mizrachim have similar minhagim and Jewish thought and are often lumped together because of that. Believe it or not, the exact same can be said about Ashkenazim, who generally share the same school of thought as well. At least that was until the Chasidic movement where kabbalistic thought as well as Chasidic philosophy became more prevalent (which actually closed the "distance" between Sefaradim and Ashkenazim since Sefaradim had more kabalistic influences in their customs)

@Danielst15lm 8 ай бұрын

so true. the nugget of depthness this video totally missed.

@uriel7203 8 ай бұрын

@@Danielst15lm "unpacked" isn't very thorough with their research about Jewish ideas.

@miriamewaskio793 7 ай бұрын

Absolutely! Hasidic spirituality has a lot in common with Sephardic mystics, the Zohar et al.

@arikohane2720 6 ай бұрын

@@uriel7203 That's an understatement. Unpacked actually spreads lots of misinformation, some of which is used by antisemites.

@haraldthorson9153 5 ай бұрын

@@miriamewaskio793 That's because that is where it comes from.

@frodogoats 5 ай бұрын

Love your videos❤️

@biscotty6669 5 ай бұрын

Thank you. This was very interesting.

@UNPACKED 5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@elisabethm9655 7 ай бұрын

This was a really good overview, except for one thing. The narrative casually lumps all Ashkenazim into one (not very nice) group without showing that there is also an incredible diversity in the European based Jewish world. From Chassidim to Litvak to Yekkish and beyond, there’s a lot more than the Socialist,Bundist and Secular, even anti religious Zionists who dominated the earliest decades of Israeli political life. Indeed, there was a lot of very bad stuff that went down in those years - Hopefully, we can all continue to recognize and learn to love and respect ourselves in the times to come. Thanks for this very informative and well presented video. My ten year old grandson, who’s Israeli really liked it.

@arikohane2720 6 ай бұрын

This narrative slanders Ashkenazim, like other videos on here.

@elisabethm9655 6 ай бұрын

@@arikohane2720 - Thank you for replying to my comment. However, slander is a harsh and presumptuous accusation. I feel it is better to rather assume her just not knowing. It’s difficult to have a discussion in a condemning atmosphere. It is also well known that the actions of certain founders of the State were indeed wrong - a distinct case of ‘sins of the fathers’ … Many of the difficulties we now face come from those initial times with their specific actions and very bad policies. It is only by examining them in a dispassionate way that we can come to compassionate solutions. However, this post was originally made before October 7th. So, at this time, Klal Yisroel must put aside these differences and and respond to the demands of the moment, which calls for Unity and Resolve. The days for retrospection and introspection are in the future.

@ajarnwordsmith628 8 ай бұрын

The late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks of Blessed Memory, born in the East End of London to a Litvak family, would often remind his Ashkenazi congregation/audience on KZbin that if, as Chief Rabbi, he had the Rabbinical power to do so, he would convert his "lot" to be Sepharadim! Erm...I think this was said tongue-in-cheek, don't you?

@Danielst15lm 8 ай бұрын

its a difficult truth but there is a covert sense of inferiority among ashkenazim in relation to sepharadim mizrachim which is compensated by and overt display of superiority. i guess it is because the ancient israelites jews see as their ancestors, were at the end of the day... middle easterners, not europeans.

@patricianunes3521 7 ай бұрын

There are Sephardic Jews in Jamaica as well. My family background was Sephardic Jewish

@shonarosemarybaker9211 17 күн бұрын

Wow! Your knowledge and talent for communicating it in such an engaging and entertaining way is phenomenal! Love your videos! Love to the Jewish people and Israel (from a non-Jewish girl). Am Yisrael Chai!!

@vikolevy 8 ай бұрын

Proud Syrian Shami Jew

@tuckerbugeater 8 ай бұрын

I'm a proud Sabbatian Frankist

@rubenromano12_14 7 ай бұрын

Same here!! Proud shami living in Mexico

@tanyajacobs9974 8 ай бұрын

I always think of mizrachim as being from Arab countries. Sephardim are a much larger group which include mizrachim.

@Bobby-ez9so 5 ай бұрын

A very interesting and well thought out video. Thank you for educating people like me ignorant to Jewish identity and history.

@Brian-ve7ds 7 ай бұрын

To go throuw this entire video without mentioning the class dimension of the antagonism is mind boggling.

@judgedayan9934 8 ай бұрын

This guy has made a big historic mistake. In Syria and especially Aleppo in the north, a significant percentage of the Jews were actual Sefardic Jews who trace their roots back to Spain. The reason is simple. When the Jews were expelled from Spain in 1492 they were welcomed by the Ottoman Empire centered in Turkey. Syria was under the Ottoman Empire, as were the Balkan countries and many of the Spanish exiles settled peacefully in those areas, Indeed they mixed with the local Jews that could be termed, Mizrachi. In the 1930s during the Franco regime in Spain, Spain offered citizenship to Syrian Jews as apology for the expulsion and the Inquisition. Using Spanish passports, many Jews left Syria and settled in New York.

@arikohane2720 6 ай бұрын

Exactly, This video is inaccurate and full of misinformation. Not good.

@gazthejaz8910 28 күн бұрын

Aren’t Sephardic Jews originally from the Middle East? Like didn’t they start off from there in ancient times?

@sandergoldberg4508 27 күн бұрын

@@gazthejaz8910all Jews Sephardic and Ashkenazi went into exile from Israel after the destruction of the second temple in 70 ce. Some went to Spain and some to Germany. The Oriental Jews of Iran Iraq and Yemen arrived in those places 500 years before after the destruction of the first temple.

@irenem3854 7 ай бұрын

I'm a gentile but through dna, I found out that I have both Sephardic and Ashkenazi ancestry. I knew about the Ashkenazi, but the Sephardic was a surprise! I love all things Jewish.

@DrAdamAckerman 4 ай бұрын

@adrianblake8876 7 ай бұрын

Unlike what was said in the video, the term "Mizrahi" came to prominence in the late 90's early naughties... The TV series "krovim krovim" (lit. relatives in proximity) used the Ashkenazi/Sephardi dichotomy in one episode (where they tried to avoid the situation by referring to themselves as "eskimos"), while the music genre was nicknamed "mediterranean"... The main difference between Sephardi and Mizrahi is by origin, if you came from the anywhere on the Mediterranean and spoke Ladino, you were Sephardic, while if you came from the middle east and spoke arabic, you were mizrahi. In synagouges the Siddur contains a sephardic and ashkenazi version, as well as mizrahi, and also italian, yemenite, moroccan, etc... BTW, calling moroccan jews "mizrahi" is a perversion, since they come from the uttermost west, and were even called westerners at some point...

@Yomi2012 8 ай бұрын

Am of Sephardic Iberian heritage. My family was originally from Castile and the Canary Islands then they migrated to the Caribbean as Maranos

@omarlittle-hales8237 8 ай бұрын

@drdonna4915 8 ай бұрын

Very interesting. The expulsion of Jews out of Arab countries is important and skimmed over.

@malignustotalis331 5 ай бұрын

A high percentage of Sephardic Jews emigrated to the Middle East and the Americas after the Spanish inquisition. The Ladino language use by the Sefarditas is very rich in vocabulary, music and customs. Unfortunately, the Jews of the north of the Americas believe that Yiddish is the most important language after Hebrew. I think that is a bit arrogant, given the great contributions throughout history of the Sephardic Jews.🎉

@kakungulu 7 ай бұрын

Every generation there are fewer and fewer Israelis who can identify with a clear single label of a "motzah", family origin. I have roots in Babylon, Persia, Poland and the Balkan and I'm in my 50's. How many kids are born to "pure" same-origin parents in Israeli hospitals? I'm guessing very few. Oh, and "Ashkenazy" is also misused, internally diverse term in Israel. Some "Ashkenazy" families kept a distinct Sephardic traditions even in Baltic countries. There are forgotten groups, like the Romaniotes, who lived in Europe, but had very little to do with the Ashkenazy communities of the Holy Roman Empire. They all became Ashkenazy in Israel, but not all enjoyed becoming part of the political mainstream of the young country, because some were too religious and/or too little Socialistic. Street food unites us all 🙂

@GAMEAMPME 8 ай бұрын

💚🤔❤️😊 thank yah bro for Explaining these terms so…Sow through! 👁🤲🏾👁 -NuBeingME

@UNPACKED 8 ай бұрын

My pleasure!!

@ARBERESH 7 ай бұрын

Did you mention Dutch and British Sephardim ?

@arikohane2720 6 ай бұрын

They omitted all of the Western Sephardim who never left Europe and lived in the Netherlands, England, France, Italy, Bulgaria, the Balkans, etc. It doesn't fit the narrative they are trying to push in this video.