Sephardim
'Melodies of Hope': Days of Jewish Music festival dives into Jewish music’s diversity
Bar-Ilan’s Days of Jewish Music festival explores global Jewish sounds under the theme “Melodies of Hope.”
'The Restoration of Israel': Recovering a forgotten Sephardi Zionist voice - review
Did this tiny island’s Jewish community help win the Revolutionary War?
'Inspirational Reflections for the Seder Night': A Haggadah for empty chairs at the table - review
Learning about Middle Eastern and North African Jews can help solve Jewish challenges - opinion
There has been little or no attempt at formalizing a curriculum to educate students of all ages on the heritage and history of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) Jews.
Sephardic New Yorkers say Spain is breaking promise of citizenship
In 2015, Spain ruled that descendants of Jews who were expelled from Spain more than 500 years ago, would receive Spanish citizenship.
Why has Spain’s Jewish citizenship law's acceptance rate plummeted?
The sudden shift is driven by a fear of fraud and is the product of what some experts say are retroactively implemented bureaucratic standards for applications.
Yitzhak Yosef has no business being chief rabbi of Israel - opinion
Change system and criteria for choosing next chief rabbis long before the next vote in 2023
This duo has run a radio show on Sephardi Jewish culture for 35 years
Practically since they debuted, the pair have unwittingly become the guiding lights of Judeo-Spanish not only within Spain but across the Jewish world.
Memories of my Sephardi grandparents from Greece, Morocco and Brooklyn
Greek songs and stories, a book from Morocco, and one ruby-eyed snake ring.
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.
