Join us for The White Islands/Las islas blancas: A Sephardic Sojourn—an unforgettable evening where history, poetry, and music come together to bring the Sephardic Jewish experience to life. This ...
(The Conversation) — “Tradition!” rings out the opening line of “Fiddler on the Roof,” the Broadway play that brought Jewish life to stages around the world. The 1964 musical gives audiences a window ...
U. S. Jewry scarcely took notice when, last week in Manhattan, the Union of Sephardic Congregations held its second annual meeting. Ail Jewry is divided into two groups—the Ashkenazim and Sephardim.
Allison Amend’s most recent novel, “A Nearly Perfect Copy,” is now available. Allison was a finalist for the 2011 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature for her novel “Stations West.” Her blog posts ...
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Their ancestors came from North Africa, Central Asia, the Middle East and Iberia. And they’re all Jewish. Sephardic Jews, at just 10% of the American Jewish population, are a minority within a ...
Scholar and author Dr. Hélène Jawhara Piñer is a French-Spanish historian, educator and chef. She speaks throughout Europe and in North and South America and recently presented a lecture at the Jewish ...
“I’ve been waiting for this to happen for a long time,” said singer and Kanisse community member Galeet Dardashti. When Galeet Dardashti leads Kol Nidre services this year, she’ll be drawing on the ...
The Sephardic Academy of Manhattan, with 240 students this year, is the latest sign of a community’s growing presence in the neighborhood. When the Stanley I. Chera Sephardic Academy of Manhattan ...