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Smeagol
05-07-2013, 09:52 PM
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YeshAtid
05-07-2013, 09:53 PM
Sephardic Italian therefore med
Smeagol
05-07-2013, 11:06 PM
Sephardic Italian therefore med

Sephardic Portuguese, not Italian.
YeshAtid
05-07-2013, 11:07 PM
Disraeli's family originated in a small Italian town, Cento.
http://www.manfredlehmann.com/news/news_detail.cgi/50/0
Smeagol
05-07-2013, 11:10 PM
Disraeli's family originated in a small Italian town, Cento.
http://www.manfredlehmann.com/news/news_detail.cgi/50/0

Oh never mind then.
YeshAtid
05-07-2013, 11:10 PM
Do you know anything about his politics?
Smeagol
05-07-2013, 11:12 PM
Do you know anything about his politics?

A bit.
YeshAtid
05-07-2013, 11:13 PM
A bit.

one nation?
Smeagol
05-07-2013, 11:16 PM
I know a bit about one nationism.
YeshAtid
05-07-2013, 11:17 PM
I know a bit about one nationism.

What do u think?
Smeagol
05-07-2013, 11:19 PM
What do u think?

Not much honestly.
YeshAtid
05-07-2013, 11:22 PM
Not much honestly.

Really? Why?
Smeagol
05-07-2013, 11:59 PM
Really? Why?

Dunno.
Philo
05-08-2013, 12:04 AM
Disraeli:

"Yes, I am a Jew, and when the ancestors of the Right Honourable Gentleman were brutal savages in an unknown island, mine were priests in the Temple of Solomon."[
LOL. I should use that more on a certain member of this forum.
YeshAtid
05-08-2013, 12:05 AM
Disraeli:

LOL. I should use that more on a certain member of this forum.

Alas, he converted
Smeagol
05-08-2013, 12:06 AM
Alas, he converted

Some say he converted back to Judaism late in life.
YeshAtid
05-08-2013, 12:08 AM
Some say he converted back to Judaism late in life.

Really, historians seem to argue that he re-affirmed christianity on his deathbed
Smaug
05-08-2013, 12:11 AM
West Med + Dinarid
Philo
05-08-2013, 12:23 AM
Alas, he converted

I know. But what does that mean? The quote is still valid.
Smeagol
05-08-2013, 12:23 AM
Really, historians seem to argue that he re-affirmed christianity on his deathbed

According to this he converted back to Judaism on his death bed.

Ragussis, M. (2004). Disraeli's Jewishness, and: Benjamin Disraeli: The Fabricated Jew in Myth and Memory (review). Victorian Studies,46(2), pg. 333–335.
YeshAtid
05-08-2013, 12:24 AM
I know. But what does that mean? The quote is still valid.

I know, I;m just stating how unfortunate it was for him to abandon it
Smeagol
05-08-2013, 12:25 AM
I know, I;m just stating how unfortunate it was for him to abandon it

Well, he probably couldn't have become Prime Minister if he didn't convert.
Philo
05-08-2013, 12:26 AM
I know, I;m just stating how unfortunate it was for him to abandon it

Meh. He just did it for public reasons. He probably did'nt belive in any religion deep down in his heart.