On Aug 9, 2005, at 10:13 PM, Rory Goff wrote: > Only the remaining 10 to 20 percent are Sephardic, who actually > *did* originate in or near the region now known as Israel, and who > (I have read) are currently treated as distinctly second-class > citizens in Israel.
Well Sephardim are *Spanish* Jews. Since the diaspora in Spain occurred in 1492, I would bet many of these are from that dispersion, esp. since many then found refuge in Italy, Sicily and Turkey. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hht032s/M=364397.6958316.7892810.4764722/D=groups/S=1705171145:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123679391/A=2915264/R=0/SIG=11t7isiiv/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=34443/*http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs";>Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page</a></font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
