{"id":74956,"date":"2023-05-29T19:13:52","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T00:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=74956"},"modified":"2023-06-07T11:44:22","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T16:44:22","slug":"turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/turkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>President \u200dRecep \u200dTayyip \u200dErdogan \u200dof \u200dTurkey \u200dwon \u200dreelection \u200dyesterday \u200dagainst \u200dopposition \u200dcandidate \u200dKemal \u200dKilicdaroglu. \u200dErdogan \u200dhas \u200dserved \u200das \u200dprime \u200dminister, \u200dand \u200dthen \u200dpresident \u200dof \u200dTurkey \u200dfor \u200dtwo \u200ddecades. \u200dHe \u200dhad \u200dbeen \u200dseen \u200das \u200da \u200dmoderate \u200druler \u200dwho \u200dpromoted \u200dreligious \u200dfreedoms. \u200dBut \u200din \u200drecent \u200dyears \u200dhe \u200dhas \u200dmoved \u200dto \u200dthe \u200dright, \u200dincluding \u200dstrengthening \u200dTurkey\u2019s \u200dties \u200dto \u200dRussia, \u200dwhich \u200dled \u200dhim \u200dto \u200doppose \u200dSweden \u200dand \u200dFinland\u2019s \u200dplan \u200dto \u200djoin \u200dNATO \u200d(of \u200dwhich \u200dTurkey \u200dis \u200da \u200dmember). \u200d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>There \u200dis \u200da \u200dlong \u200dJewish \u200dhistory \u200din \u200dTurkey, \u200dwith \u200dMt. \u200dArarat \u200dconsidered \u200dto \u200dbe \u200dthe \u200dtraditional \u200dlanding \u200dplace \u200dfor \u200dNoah\u2019s \u200dark. \u200dJews \u200dhave \u200dlived \u200din \u200dAnatolia \u200d(now \u200dTurkey) \u200dsince \u200dat \u200dleast \u200dthe \u200d5th \u200dcentury \u200dBC, \u200dwith \u200dthe \u200dearliest \u200dcommunity \u200dlikely \u200dRomaniote \u200dJews \u200dfrom \u200dthe \u200dEastern \u200dMediterranean. \u200dEventually \u200dSephardic \u200dJews \u200dbecame \u200dthe \u200dpredominant \u200dJewish \u200dpopulation \u200dof \u200dthe \u200darea, \u200dwith \u200dAshkenazi \u200dJews \u200demigrating \u200dto \u200dthe \u200dOttoman \u200dEmpire \u200din \u200dthe \u200d15th \u200dcentury. \u200dAmong \u200dthe \u200dAshkenazi \u200dJews \u200dwas \u200da \u200dGerman \u200drabbi, \u200dYitzhak \u200dSarfati, \u200dwho \u200dbecame \u200dchief \u200drabbi \u200dof \u200dEdirne, \u200dat \u200dthe \u200dtime \u200dthe \u200dcapital \u200dof \u200dthe \u200dOttoman \u200dEmpire. \u200dRabbi \u200dSarfati \u200dwrote \u200da \u200dletter \u200durging \u200dother \u200dAshkenazi \u200dJews \u200dto \u200dmove \u200dto \u200dTurkey, \u200demphasizing \u200dwhat \u200dpoint?<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_74957\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Mt._Ararat_from_Kars-768x512-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74957\" class=\"wp-image-74957 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Mt._Ararat_from_Kars-768x512-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Mt._Ararat_from_Kars-768x512-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Mt._Ararat_from_Kars-768x512-1.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74957\" class=\"wp-image-74957 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Mt._Ararat_from_Kars-768x512-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Mt._Ararat_from_Kars-768x512-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Mt._Ararat_from_Kars-768x512-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-74957\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mt. Ararat. Credit: Panegyrics of Granovetter via Wikimedia Commons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A. Rabbi Sarfati referenced Jeremiah, 29:14 which reads \u201cAnd I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places to which I have banished you\u2026and I will bring you back to the place from which I have exiled you.\u201d He went on to write \u201cI urge my Ashkenazi brethren to join me here to live among our Muslim brothers until the Lord is ready to redeem us back to the Promised Land.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_163490\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-163490\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-163490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>B. Rabbi Sarfati wrote in his letter, \u201cIs it not better for you to live under Muslims than under Christians? Here every man may dwell at peace under his own vine and fig-tree.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>C. Rabbi Sarfati, who was also trained as a shochet (a ritual slaughterer), said, \u201cOur people can live best among the Muslim people. Our prophets are their prophets, and they are men of peace who, like us, do not eat the flesh of the swine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>D. Rabbi Sarfati quoted B\u2019reisheit, 8:4, which says \u201cin the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.\u201d He then noted that \u201cIf God chose for Noah to land in Ararat, surely it behooves us to follow the lead of our Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>E. Noted Rabbi Sarfati, \u201cDoesn\u2019t it make sense to live in Turkey, a kosher animal? 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