Sephardim
This week in Jewish history: Nobel prize winners, biochemists, and the Baba Sali
A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.
Maduro has claimed Jewish ancestry, here is what is known - explainer
Ex-Sephardi chief rabbi slams Tel Aviv rabbi as 'heretic' after he calls for haredi IDF enlistment
Two-thirds of a 15th-century Portuguese High Holiday prayer book were lost to history. Until now.
Virtual Mimouna event to host famed Israeli artists, promote diversity
Besides a focus on North African Jewry, workshops will also feature Yemenite, Iraqi and Persian Jewish artists and teachers.
On This Day: Alhambra Decree begins tragic expulsion of Spanish Jewry
The Spanish Inquisition's Alhambra Decree of March 31, 1492 ordered "Jews and Jewesses of our kingdoms to depart and never to return or come back."
How two Sephardi families helped create Hong Kong, Shanghai business hubs
Kaufman’s book, which weaves a page turner of a tale, restores the two legendary families from Baghdad to their rightful place as masters of their universe during a bygone era.
Israel’s Sephardi chief rabbi denigrates Reform conversions
“What is Reform conversion? It isn’t Jewish,” Yitzhak Yosef said, in a video published by Kikar Hashabbat.
Moroccan Jewish community thrown out of longtime Jerusalem synagogue
The synagogue is the last place of worship for the Moroccan community in the German Colony.
David Gitlitz, 78, scholar of Sephardic Jewish history, dies
Gitlitz, who died of complications from COVID-19 on Dec. 30, in Oaxaca, Mexico, where he lived in retirement, began his career as a professor of Spanish language and literature.
Family recipes helped me discover my hidden Sephardi history
I only found out that my family was actually Jewish as a teenager, that all our colorful, fragrant, crunchy dishes were deeply rooted in Judaic culinary traditions from 16th-century Spain.
Meet the woman running unique egalitarian Sephardi prayers in Jerusalem
Revival, rejuvenation of old traditions
My Word: Forgotten refugees and the proud Mizrahi heritage
Of all the things that unnecessarily divide Israeli and Diaspora Jewry, one of the most striking is the perception that talking (or cursing) in Yiddish is the main sign of a shared cultural heritage.
Mizrahi, Sephardi traditions open doors to Middle East peace
“Mizrahi Jews need to take a more active role in peace building because we have a similar culture and our stories show we are indigenous to this region and land.”
