Plenty to talk about

Re article on Jewish Kashmiri dialogue group – sounds interesting
But representing yourself as an Israeli! Isn’t that a bit misleading for a British Jew who’s lived all his life (incl Univ) in UK. You only made Aaliya a couple years ag as I recall. Have you given up your British nationality for Israeli passport?
The other thing is that the Kasmir question / history / politics / identity is quite complex. And to say that British and Israeli tourists are/have been historically welcomed in Kasmir??? Correct me if I’m wrong but I believe that’s only in the Indian part – surely not the Pakistani part
And just to cool your ardour further:
Sorry but I’m generally deeply sceptical about “interfaith initiatives”. And of the idea that it is always the job of Jews (as a collective or self-identified group) to go round sticking their noses into other peoples’ businesses and conflicts, whether out of enlightened self-interest, misguided moral necessity, or whatever (Tikkun). That can easily backfire in spades!!
“What do you think of that my friend?” (Bob Dylan)
Cheers
Tony

It is not misleading. As soon as someone has an Israeli passport, they are Israeli. They can choose to define themselves anyway they wish.

Tony, if you had actually read my entire post, you would have seen that I had written “As soon as someone has an Israeli passport, they are Israeli.” Obviously, without that he cannot claim to be an Israeli.

I’ve lived five years in the Middle East and five years in North America. I’m still Asian. I don’t understand how people adopt a foreign identity in a few years that overwhelms decades of living in their place of birth.

This prompted Alex to forge a connection between Kashmiris and Diaspora Jews.

The kashmiris have nothing racially to do with the people live in israel today or who go around calling themselves ‘jews’ today so they have no reason to want to forge a ‘connection’ with the people who go around calling themselves jews today and it is incorrect to present such an image unless you have the archeological/historical/scientific/cultural/biological/lingusitc etc… evidence to back it up. You have half the world claiming they are of jewish descent even the chinese dont tell me the chinese jews http://www.newhopeconnection.com/images/library/israel_connection_pics/orthodox_jew.jpg and kashmiris have something racially in common. As from a religious perspective the ancestors of kashmiris on became muslims recognised and turned back to the religon of there forefather. So I dont see what a kashmiri would have in common with a so called israeli nor do I believe kashmiris take the so called jews israel today and there alleged connection to the disapora living in israel today seriously.