It’s A Small World After All!
I love it when this happens … though some Jews might not be too crazy about the kinship. Guess who’s eligible to immigrate to Israel. It’s big news, even bigger than Letterman turning out to be the butt of his own jokes …
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a self-loathing Jew! OK, that’s not exactly how UK Telegraph put it, but close enough:
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s vitriolic attacks on the Jewish world hide an astonishing secret, evidence uncovered by The Daily Telegraph shows.
A photograph of the Iranian president holding up his identity card during elections in March 2008 clearly shows his family has Jewish roots.
A close-up of the document reveals he was previously known as Sabourjian – a Jewish name meaning cloth weaver.
The short note scrawled on the card suggests his family changed its name to Ahmadinejad when they converted to embrace Islam after his birth.
The Sabourjians traditionally hail from Aradan, Mr Ahmadinejad’s birthplace, and the name derives from “weaver of the Sabour”, the name for the Jewish Tallit shawl in Persia. The name is even on the list of reserved names for Iranian Jews compiled by Iran’s Ministry of the Interior.
Experts last night suggested Mr Ahmadinejad’s track record for hate-filled attacks on Jews could be an overcompensation to hide his past.
Been known to happen. Must be awkward at holidays. Well, at least the Sabourjians aren’t on the hook for the dhimmi tax anymore, that’s something.
You know what they say. We’re all related to each other if you go back far enough. That’s what makes racial and ethnic hatred so stupid.
No recent Jewish roots myself that I know about … up my tree they’re all northern barbarians who became Catholics and then Protestants … you know, that Jewish offshoot religion that became wildly popular in northern and western Europe between 1500 and 1000 years ago. But I’m pleased and proud to place my lateral Jewish offshoots on the record again. My cousin Danielle converted and married David Frum. Gets me into synagogues and parties every now and then. Doesn’t get me any Israeli immigration rights, which is too bad, because that would be a good option to have. Nice place. Not only is it loaded with fascinating historic and religious stuff, I like the way they don’t take any crap from Jew-haters of any sort. Also conveniently located near some of my favorite Mediterranean and Middle Eastern countries. Hop, skip, jump and a couple of checkpoints from one of my favorite shawerma stands, the hole in the wall opposite the old church in Bethlehem.
Allahpundit: Best Mossad infil ever! … Speaking of Mossad, they were a little slow on the uptake on this one, or at least it getting it around.
Jawa: Oy vey!
Marbury: Waiting on the Guardian to helpfully explain again that anti-Zionism shouldn’t be confused with anti-Semitism.
Solomonia: Heil Sabourjian!
Steyn: “Next thing you know he’ll turn out to be one of those homosexuals he says Iran doesn’t have.”
It’s great news for Adam Sandler. Another line for the Hannukah Song!
So if Sabourjian means “cloth weaver,” what the heck does “Ahmadinejad” mean? “Bullshit spinner,” maybe. Any Farsi speakers out there, please weigh in. I’m going to guess, looking at that phonetically and allowing for some linguistic shift, it’s a loosely bastardized version of ”I’ma not a Yid.”
Here’s an ironic mouthful for you. This discussion of the subject holds that “Mahmoud Ahmadinejad” means “Praised Descendant of the Most Praised.”
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Posted by Jules Crittenden at 2:59 pm Comments (7) on Saturday, October 3, 2009
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October 3rd, 2009 at 3:59 pm
[...] Could it be true, Iranian’s screwball, anti-semetic, mad man President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad …a Jew? The Daily Telegraph is reporting that they have evidence that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is hiding an astonishing secret. Could Ahmadinejad’s attacks on Jews from the infamous Holocaust denier actually be to conceal that he is one? Sometimes life has a peculiar way of working. Talk about the irony of ironies. [...]
October 3rd, 2009 at 4:26 pm
[...] Jules Crittenden: Been known to happen. Must be awkward at holidays. Well, at least the Sabourjians aren’t on the hook for the dhimmi tax anymore, that’s something. [...]
October 3rd, 2009 at 4:59 pm
[...] It’s A Small World After All! I love it when this happens … though some Jews might not be too crazy about the kinship. Guess who’s eligible to immigrate to Israel. It’s big news, even bigger than Letterman turning out to be the butt of his own jokes … [...]
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:01 pm
[...] Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. [...]
October 4th, 2009 at 9:13 am
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October 4th, 2009 at 11:34 am
Am I the only one who finds it curious that the Iranian MOI has names ‘reserved’ for Iranian Jews?
I guess that’s a good thing, though. It keeps them from having to make the Jews wear armbands or something.
October 4th, 2009 at 11:55 am
Yeah, yellow Stars of David would be unPC.