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Google Earth shows the Ulus Cemetery
The office of the Hakham Bashi (chief rabbi) put an ad in the daily Şalom stating that the Sephardis were reserving burial places in Ashkenazi cemeteries and that the Ashkenazis were doing the same in Sephardi cemeteries.
The Ashkenazi Foundation gave a statement that their "door is open to everyone" after the ad was published and called its acting board to an emergency meeting.
Members of the Jewish community said the Ashkenazis made up 5 percent of Jews in Turkey and that Sephardi cemeteries were running out of room. Until now, Sephardis and Ashkenazis married to each have preferred to be buried side by side.
Silivio Ovadya, a leader in the Jewish community, said there were six cemeteries for Sephardi Jews and one for Ashkenazi Jews and the community did not have a problem with cemeteries. Ovadya said the Ulus Cemetery was more popular in the community, like Zincirlikuyu Cemetery is for Muslims.
The Hakham Bashi warned the community that this posed a "big problem" and asked people reserving burial plots in the other’s cemeteries to consult him first.
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Jul 11, 2009 at 08:42 PM rdj Says:
shouldn't this be the last problem our holy nation has today?
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Jul 11, 2009 at 08:41 PM bunimfrombrooklyn Says:
what the heck???
since when are there sephardi ashkenazi disputes outside of Israel?
"we" are both strangers in the "other" country???
(not that this gives the right for all the garbage that goes on in Israel either)
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Jul 12, 2009 at 02:25 AM Milhouse Says:
“ what the heck???
since when are there sephardi ashkenazi disputes outside of Israel?
"we" are both strangers in the "other" country???
(not that this gives the right for all the garbage that goes on in Israel either) ”
There have been such disputes ever since sefardim and ashkenazim have lived together. Why do you think the ashkenazim had to build their own shul in London in 1690?