r/JewsOfConscience • u/AutoModerator • 10d ago

AAJ "Ask A Jew" Wednesday

It's everyone's favorite day of the week, "Ask A (Anti-Zionist) Jew" Wednesday! Ask whatever you want to know, within the sub rules, notably that this is not a debate sub and do not import drama from other subreddits. That aside, have fun! We love to dialogue with our non-Jewish siblings.

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u/valonianfool Anti-Zionist 10d ago

While its often said that whiteness has for most of history completely excluded jewish ppl and even today white supremacists don't view any jewish person as white regardless of how "white" they look, why are ashkenazim the most privileged demographic in Israel? Do ashkie Israelis view themselves as "white ppl"?

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u/loselyconscious Traditionally Radical 9d ago edited 9d ago

I am not sure why the prelude to your question is necessary

Zionism began as a movement in Central and Eastern Europe, and the period when Zionist and Israeli institutions were being built when the state was accumulating capital, the vast majority of Jews in Israel were in Israel. In short, Ashkenazim got their first and got control of the capital first.

Mizrachim were also looked down upon as being "too arab" and too religious.