what's it like living in iran?

[lobster]

If your family was in E. Europe a hundred years ago it would have been extremely rare if their mother tongue was not Yiddish. We have always been a multi lingual People, for buisness, for survival, and so on. Most Ashkenazi a hundred years ago had stars in their eyes when it came to assimilation. When they moved West they did not even want their kids speaking it.

To be frank, i never met my great-grandmother on my fathers side, my grandfather never spoke to my father wheather Russian and Yiddish it never got passed down.
My grandfather changed our surname from Olaf (not sure about spelling, is that even a jewish surname??) to Davis because he had a business and was paranoid about the anti-semetism that was going around in the early 20th century.

As far as being a all jewish family, its never been of up most importance.
One of grandfathers brothers became a communist and i believe married a catholic who he met through political meetings and may of gone back to Russia, he was at least 20 years older than my grandfather and never really kept in contact with him.

Ive been told i even have some Arabs in my family, it would be interesting to see my family tree , but i know its impossible as a lot just do not keep in contact. I don't think i have got any relatives in Israel.

 

[nino_savatte]

Actually I believe English is my 6th language (in order of fluency, most to least: Arabic, Ladino, Yiddish, Hebrew,Spanish, then English, and so on).

I managed to get a BS (almost all my university time) in English and ended up just short of my Masters sao that I imagine myself adept enough in the language.

Yes many nations do have that PROPENSITY , BUT Arabs are the most prevalent I believe (among modern cultures). I could tell pages of examples but as usual you and others would right it off with exletives so what is the point?

(Edited for spelling)

True to form, you continue to denigrate Arabs for the sake of it. This is why I can't take you seriously; you don't have anything to say for yourself that doesn't include being mean-spirited and downright nasty.

 

[Aldebaran]

It isn't just Arabs who have that "propensity" (good word for someone who claims that English is his fourth language), there are many other ethnic groups who fetishise and iconographise boys.

I had to look it up to be sure about its intended meaning.

No surprise to see such a post from the poster you quoted.
No surprise either that he doesn't want to read that I talk about a period in Islamic history more than 1400+ years ago.

(There is more than one reason why he joined since some time the up to then lone resident of my IL list. In some ways they are worth each other.)

salaam.

 

[Poi E]

Met a fit Persian chick recently. Brains and brass. Bombing kids is not good.

 

[nino_savatte]

I managed to get a BS

You talk friggin' "BS", matey.

 

[weltweit]

I have friends who are Iranian, they are amongst the nicest people I know.

 

[ymu]

What is more realistic to take into account regarding this point, is that the current orthodoxy surrounding the Islamic approach of this issue has its roots in the influence of Western-Christian attitudes and theology.

salaam.

I found this link the other day - listing references to homosexuality in the Qu'ran. It appears that nearly all of it is based on Lot and Sodom (in the Old Testament/Torah), and is otherwise ambiguous with one line against (SURA IV: 21, in the context of adultery) and two in favour (SURA LII:24 and SURA LXXVI:19, in the context of heavenly rewards). Is that an accurate summary?