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.”

Clarinetist Gilad Harel and accordion player Ilya Magalnyk will provide the sonic backdrop to Avi Bar Eitan’s talk on a broad range of musical genres.
RABBI JOSEPH DWECK teaches at The Habura.

'The Restoration of Israel': Recovering a forgotten Sephardi Zionist voice - review

Historian Jonathan Sarna views a facsimile of a letter from Jonas Phillips, an 18th-century German-Jewish trader, in the exhibit "The First Salute" at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia, April 22, 2026.

Did this tiny island’s Jewish community help win the Revolutionary War?

THE EMPTY chair: Thomas Chippendale chair, c. 1772, mahogany, covered in modern red Moroccan leather, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.

'Inspirational Reflections for the Seder Night': A Haggadah for empty chairs at the table - review


American Sephardic philanthropist Stephen Shalom dies at 93

American Sephardic Jew Stephen Shalom was at different times in his life a leader of major Jewish and pro-Israel philanthropies.

Image of Stephen Shalom.

Nessim Gaon: Swiss financier key to Israel-Egypt peace turns 100

Described by those who’ve known him as charismatic, very few people know about Gaon’s crucial role on the diplomatic front.

 Nessim Gaon greets Egyptian President Anwar Sadat as Begin looks on.

Spinoza's father was a loyal son of Israel, unlike his son - opinion

Little known is the life of Michael Spinoza, Baruch Spinoza’s father, but he was a loyal son of Israel and follower of the Amsterdam rabbinate.

Philosopher Baruch Spinoza

Israeli education must include Mizrahi history, culture - opinion

While the culture and history of European Jewry is taught and imparted in Israel’s education system, that of Mizrahi Jewry is not.

 CHILDREN put on a presentation at a Jewish school in Benghazi, Libya, in 1944.

Baba Sali's hilula: Greatly subdued due to COVID-19

The Baba Sali’s white-domed neo-Moorish mausoleum, located in a park and palm forest developed by the Jewish National Fund, is a magnet for some 800,000 visitors annually.

ATTENDING THE hilula of the Baba Sali at his tomb complex in Netivot, January 6.

90,000 descendants of Sephardic Jews become citizens of Portugal and Spain

Portugal and Spain passed laws offering a naturalization process for descendants of Sephardic Jews, which has resulted in 90,000 descendants becoming citizens of these countries since 2015.

 Two Israeli women arriving in Lisbon, Portugal, Feb. 15, 2020.

Roman Abramovich’s use of Portuguese law for Sephardic Jews seeking citizenship draws scrutiny

The Porto organization told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that it is now witnessing “an antisemitic wave” on social media following the debate about Abramovich.

 Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich walks past the High Court in London on November 16, 2011.

Chelsea owner Abramovich gets Portuguese citizenship

Thousands of Israeli Jews have been granted Portuguese citizenship since the law was passed in 2015.

Roman Abramovich

Dozens of diplomats attend Jewish Refugee Day event

An event on Wednesday was held at the Babylonian Jewish Heritage Center in Or-Yehuda marking Jewish Refugee Day from Arab countries and Iran.

Deputy Foreign Minister Idan Roll speaks at an event marking Jewish Refugee Day from Arab countries and Iran at the Babylonian Jewish Heritage Center in Or-Yehuda on December 8, 2021.

Sephardic Heritage International highlights Israel, Gulf states cooperation

SHIN-DC is a cultural diplomacy non-profit that focuses on celebrating Sephardic and underrepresented Jewish cultural heritages worldwide, and will host an event for Hanukkah.

MUSLIMS AND JEWS celebrate Hanukkah in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in December.