Have the Middle Eastern Jews living in Israel succeeded?
A. Yes, and no. In Israel today Middle Eastern and North African Jews are found at all levels of Israeli society. Many members of the Israeli government have their roots in these communities. For example: • Silvan Shalom, Minister of Foreign Affairs – Tunisia • Meir Sheetrit, Minister Without Portfolio- Morocco • Shaul Mofaz, Minister of Defense – Iran • Moshe Katsav, President of the State of Israel – Iran At the same time, social gaps do exist between Ashkenazi (European descent) and Mizrahi (Middle East and North African) Jews. Yet, as Avraham Tal writing in Ha’aretz observes, the gaps are closing: A review published in The Economic Quarterly by Dr. Shlomo Sitton, a lecturer in economics at the Hebrew University, of a review paper by Iris Jerby and Gal Levy, “Israel: The Socio-economic Gap,” examines their argument that “inequality between Ashkenazim and Mizrahim has not been erased and is even becoming sharper in many areas.” Sitton comes to the conclusion that the gap is actually
A. Yes, and no. In Israel today Middle Eastern and North African Jews are found at all levels of Israeli society. Many members of the Israeli government have their roots in these communities. For example: • Silvan Shalom, Minister of Foreign Affairs – Tunisia • Meir Sheetrit, Minister Without Portfolio- Morocco • Shaul Mofaz, Minister of Defense – Iran At the same time, social gaps do exist between Ashkenazi (European descent) and Mizrahi (Middle East and North African) Jews. Yet, as Avraham Tal writing in Ha’aretz observes, the gaps are closing: A review published in The Economic Quarterly by Dr. Shlomo Sitton, a lecturer in economics at the Hebrew University, of a review paper by Iris Jerby and Gal Levy, “Israel: The Socio-economic Gap,” examines their argument that “inequality between Ashkenazim and Mizrahim has not been erased and is even becoming sharper in many areas.” Sitton comes to the conclusion that the gap is actually narrowing and gives examples from four areas, based on t
