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Book by ZCCF demolishes myth about Jewish unity
ABU DHABI - The Zayed Centre for Coordination and Follow-Up has published a new book entitled Falsehood of Jewish Unity In Israel, as part of the Centre's efforts which aim at correcting the misconceptions about Jewish unification -politically, socially, and intellectually.
The study shows that Jews have long witnessed ethnic, religious, and cultural strife and disunity.
As a result, there has never been proof of Jewish racial and ethnic purity, a concept that has long been publicised, throughout history, by Jewish and Zionist groups.
The study thus displays religious differences that have long existed among Jewish sects and denominations inside the Israeli society. Jews who fall into Ashkenazim come from North and East of Europe; Sephardim, originated in the Mediterranean Sea; and Falash, a small sect that lives in Ethiopia and follows Moses' teachings; the Sons of Israel who originally were Jews or judaised Jews who lived in the west of India and moved later on to Bombay around the 18th century.
These sects differ in many ways, including their creeds and faiths. Falash and the Sons of Israel neither recognise Talmud, nor know it. Therefore, they are not recognised as Jews by the other sects such as the Rabbi Ashkenazion and Sepharim.
The study analyses religious dimension and its effects on social split in Israel. There are Jewish rabbis who believe in Talmud and its interpretations; Samaritans who refuse the other religious texts, Talmudic and others.
Rabbis who dominate the religious scene in Israel have been exposed to many intellectual conditions and variables which brought many changes to them, the book says.
The study also tackles cultural differences among Jews inside Israel. These differences, it says, can be attributed to cultural, doctrinal, Zionist, and secular factors.
These factors, or tributaries, have brought about continuous splits and differences among them.
Cultural differences, as the study shows, have resulted in Jewish fundamentalism in Israel.
These sects believe in political violence and terror to achieve goals, and their followers do not accept any peaceful solution when it comes to restoring Palestinian lands, which they consider sacred.
The study makes it clear that the secular-religious conflict in Israel stems from historical and ideological accumulations.
It concludes that the sense of increasing social and societal splits inside Israel causes those in power to try to distract the Israelis from their internal fatal crisis and direct their attention to the conflict with the Palestinians and Arabs.
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