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**Intiltern** · 07-07-2012, 07:49 PM

i think we have to make a distinction between jewish living in israel and european american jewish. israeli jewish for the most part come from traditional, conservative background and a low cultural level. that's because they grown up and were educated in countries, such as russia, yemen, algeria, etc... without a strong democratic tradition in which they were heavily discriminated.

american jewish and european jewish on the other hand are mainly liberal. this depends on the fact that they share the same "forma mentis" that characterizes the educated middle classes. i can speak about the italian and austrian cases: it's impressive to see the amount of contributions (compared to their numerical littleness) in the arts, science and philosophy the assimilated jewish gave to these countries during the XIX and XX century.

07-07-2012, 07:49 PM	#21
Intiltern Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 674 Senior Member	i think we have to make a distinction between jewish living in israel and european american jewish. israeli jewish for the most part come from traditional, conservative background and a low cultural level. that's because they grown up and were educated in countries, such as russia, yemen, algeria, etc... without a strong democratic tradition in which they were heavily discriminated. american jewish and european jewish on the other hand are mainly liberal. this depends on the fact that they share the same "forma mentis" that characterizes the educated middle classes. i can speak about the italian and austrian cases: it's impressive to see the amount of contributions (compared to their numerical littleness) in the arts, science and philosophy the assimilated jewish gave to these countries during the XIX and XX century.
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