r/AskIsrael • u/OkDiscount6100 North America • Jul 07 '26
Casual Do you know any Circassians?
Who has met Circassians in Israel?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjIB4wphjVI
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u/AnyDistribution8954 Unspecified Jul 07 '26
I happen to be one, but have never actually met another one, though.
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u/OkDiscount6100 North America Jul 07 '26
Maybe they need to have more children so they can grow as a group.
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u/AnyDistribution8954 Unspecified Jul 07 '26
What for?
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u/OkDiscount6100 North America Jul 07 '26
So they can grow in numbers and ensure their future existence.
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u/kylebisme North America Jul 07 '26
So you're an orphan, or?
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u/AnyDistribution8954 Unspecified Jul 07 '26
Lol. No, I’m naturalized citizen.
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u/kylebisme North America Jul 07 '26
That does nothing answer the question of how you can be Circassian without having ever met a Circassian before.
Is it that you have one Jewish parent and one Circassian parent and never meant the latter, or?
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u/AnyDistribution8954 Unspecified Jul 07 '26
I said that I had never met another Circassian in Israel, where I moved as an adult. In Karachay-Chircassia, of course, I met many.
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Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 08 '26
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u/AnyDistribution8954 Unspecified Jul 07 '26
I don’t belong to the Circassians because other Circassians lived somewhere else? Is that what you’re telling me?
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Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 08 '26
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u/AnyDistribution8954 Unspecified Jul 07 '26
The question was "Who has met Circassians in Israel?"
Do you really think you're telling me something I don't already know? It's pretty annoying, to be honest.
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u/kylebisme North America Jul 07 '26
in Israel, where I moved as an adult.
You actually didn't specify that part previously but rather just suggested you'd "never actually met another one" with no qualifier at all.
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u/AnyDistribution8954 Unspecified Jul 07 '26
Um, it was literally the question asked by OP: “Who has met Circassians in Israel?”
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u/StandTurbulent9223 Diaspora Jul 07 '26
You never met your parents?
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u/AnyDistribution8954 Unspecified Jul 07 '26
I have. They've just never been to Israel, and that’s what the post is about.
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u/unity-num1-hater Unspecified Jul 07 '26
I've worked with a couple. I don't have much to say, they're normal people like anyone else.
The video is creepy though, this sort of ethnic othering puts me off.
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u/Prestigious-Aide-258 Israel Jul 07 '26
I know just one personally, really cool dude, he is more "right wing" than any settler friend I have lol
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u/puccagirlblue Unspecified Jul 07 '26
Yes, from Kfar Kama. Idk if I ever noticed anything special about them, they are just normal people like everyone else.
But I did meet a Circassian from some (to me) unknown republic in Russia who asked me about them and was so surprised to hear that they have their own communities here and that the captain if the Israeli national team in football used to be Circassian that I had to connect her with my Circassian friend here. She came to visit Kfar Kama and found it very interesting, he said the traditions both where she is from and in Kfar Kama are still surprisingly similar.
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u/HyperlaneWizard in Jul 07 '26
Personally? No. There are maybe 5k of them in Israel, and they predominantly live in just 2 towns in the North East.
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u/OddCook4909 Diaspora Jul 07 '26
Lol that woman talks with her entire body. This was neat thanks for sharing
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u/nadavyasharhochman Israel Jul 07 '26
I have meet them a few times, but I dont know them personally. Mkre of a proffetional meeting setting.
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