(Jewish Group) Sabra

[Thinker Cats]

My wife introduced me to this word. I thought it was just a brand of hummus.

Sabra is a prickly pear cactus that is a native to Israel and the Middle East. It has thick, thorny skin and sweet, succulent flesh and has the ability to thrive in harsh desert conditions. It is also a term used to describe a person born in Israel, particularly of Jewish descent. It denotes a person who is tough on the outside, like the prickly pear cactus, but has a soft and sensitive interior. It represents Israeli identity and resilience.

[FadedMullet]

1. Learned this term in ninth grade social studies back in 1961. Descrition of the brave people of Israel, displaced....

.....after WWII and a new generation, born in the new Jewish State, making the desert bloom, pregnant women walking in from working in the fields and giving birth to another generation of Sabra children. Nice, huh? I believed it then and believed it until the last two years. Where did it all go wrong? Tonight's news was filled with very different children, Arab kids in Gaza starving to death. Israel's image has always been partly mythical, and recent events have exposed a part of Israeli society that have lost their humanity. Not "my people" at all.

[Thinker Cats]

3. Are you Jewish?

If you are, I'd be happy to have this discussion with you. If you are not, I'd ask you to leave. I don't have the time or energy to debate every person on DU.

[Beastly Boy]

4. I saw many pictures of prickly pears, including some on TV news and social media.

None of them tasted like the real thing. Not even close.

[question everything]

2. Prickly Pear

Is found in arid area of this country - Arizona.

I think that I found some at Whole Foods once.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opuntia

[JoseBalow]

5. Nopales

[Thinker Cats]

6. According to Google AI

"Sabra" and "nopales" both refer to different parts of the prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) (Opuntia ficus-indica), but with distinct meanings. "Sabra" typically refers to the fruit of the prickly pear, while "nopales" (plural of nopal) refers to the cactus pads (also called paddles or cladodes). Both are edible, but they have different flavors and culinary uses

[JoseBalow]

7. Google AI is correct