whataboutism в действии

...the idea of the Covenant is responsible for the survival of a folk whose material culture had all but disapeared from the land that was their home

- Life With People: The Culture of the Shtetl, by Zborowski and Herzog

what about Gypsies?

The legend tells that before God gave His Law to Israel He went among all the nations of the earth, asking of each, "Will you accept my Torah, my Law?" All refused it, saying "We do not want Thy Torah!"

однако Times of Israel blog sees it differently: Did the ‘nations of the world’ actually reject the Torah?

Unlike the Sephardic Jews, the Ashkenazim were isolated from their neighbors by edict and also by preference. - pg 32

он reading Torah in the synagogue on Sabbath:

Seven men are called to read each week. ... A new father is called "even if the baby is a female" - pg 56

кавычки - в тексте оригинала.

see ex libris

Whatever its fashion [of sheytl - vs] - and very little of that penetrates the shtetl - the basic purpose is to keep women from being too attractive. - pg 279