Karaites Mourn A New Groom; Member of ancient sect was married just four months before Ashdod suicide attacks killed 10.

From: The New York Jewish Week | Date: March 26, 2004| Author: Anonymous | Copyright information

The modern State of Israel has not brought about an ingathering of exiles but an ingathering of Jewish history itself, with the ancient and exotic Karaite sect returning from near oblivion to a modern Israeli population estimated at more than 10,000.

In 1948, the Abraham family moved with many Karaites to Israel from Egypt.

Karaites, with their unique set of pre-Talmudic laws and customs, are greatly afraid of assimilation and intermarriage with "regular" Jews, so there was part...

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