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Rabbi David Sevi, Chief Hazzan of the Jewish Community of Turkey, appointed Acting Chief Rabbi of Turkey
Rabbi David Sevi Istanbul, Turkey – The Jewish Community of Turkey has announced the appointment of Rabbi David Sevi, Chief Hazzan of...
Magazine Staff
Apr 12 min read

The Greek Jews Who Boxed for their Lives to Survive the Nazis
Greek-Jewish boxers Salamo Arouch, above, and Jacko Razon, photo below, both of Thessaloniki, were forced to fight other prisoners in...
Alexi Friedman
Apr 14 min read


Isak Haleva, Turkey’s chief rabbi and face of Jewish minority, dies at 84
Chief Rabbi of the Jewish community in Turkey Isak Haleva, at right, speaks with the Mufti of Istanbul Rahmi Yaran during a July 2016...
David Ian Klein
Apr 15 min read


Las Validjas—National Sephardic Essay Competition Student Winner 2024
Family photo. First row from left to right: Nava, Avram Hatem, Emel, Roza Hatem. Second row from left to right: Doron, Eliza Presented in...
Liza Cemal
Jan 711 min read


A Sepharadi in Jewish politics—A conversation with World Zionist Congress Chairman Yaakov Hagoel
Yaakov Hagoel, the Chairman of the World Zionist Organization, is the first Sephardic Jew to head up the global Jewish organization With...
Magazine Staff
Jan 76 min read

Ex-Thessaloniki Mayor Who Fought to Recognize City’s Holocaust History Dies at 82
Thessaloniki Mayor Yiannis Boutaris sports a replica Nazi concentration camp Star of David after his swearing-in ceremony in...
Magazine Staff
Jan 72 min read

Thessaloniki Breaks Ground on New Holocaust Museum
German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier participates in the planting of two trees at the location of the Greek Holocaust museum in...
Larry Luxner
Jan 74 min read

Sacred Connection Through Place: My Experience in Veria, Greece
Author Elyssa Marcus reviewing names of Holocaust victims at the Holocaust Center for the Jews of North Macedonia in Skopje Reflecting...
Elyssa Marcus
Sep 30, 20243 min read


Reflections on a Summer in Rhodes—Joining the Brotherhood’s Tour of Jewish Rhodes
Author David Behar with Rabbi David Benchlouch praying during Shaharit morning services at the Kahal Kadosh Shalom Synagogue of Rhodes In...
David Behar
Sep 30, 20245 min read


The Sephardic Community of Sofia, Bulgaria
Interior of the Great Synagogue of Sofia, Bulgaria While there are historical facts proving there has been Jewish life in Bulgaria dating...
Ina Romano
Sep 26, 20243 min read


The Jewish Community of Istanbul
The Jewish Community of Istanbul is still an active and vibrant Sephardic Jewish Community, one that has a long history dating back...
Rabbi Naftali Haleva
Mar 15, 20242 min read


Holocaust Museum of Thessaloniki Finally Gets Building Approval
The municipality of Thessaloniki finally approved the construction of the Holocaust Museum, a decade after the project was conceived. It...
Magazine Staff
Jan 15, 20242 min read


The Sephardic Community of Lima, Peru
Bienvenidos a la Sociedad de Beneficencia Israelita Sefardi - welcome to the Lima Sephardic Community! Our community has a long and proud...
Rabbi James Benman
Jan 15, 20241 min read


Distortions of the Holocaust narrative in Bulgaria - Interview with Dr. Alexander Oscar, President of Bulgaria's Jewish community
At a time when a growing number of examples of distortion of the Shoah narrative are being deplored in various Central European...
Michel Azaria
Sep 5, 20234 min read


Historic Greek Synagogue on the Island of Kos Inaugurated
On Sunday, July 23, 2023, the Municipality of the island of Kos, the Central Board of the Jewish Communities of Greece (KISs), the Civic...
Magazine Staff
Sep 5, 20232 min read

Rediscovering Jewish Monastir
Over a century ago, a young woman by the name of Sarah decided to make the journey from Ottoman Monastir, now Bitola, North Macedonia, to...
Zach Youcha
Sep 5, 20234 min read


The Jewish Community of Izmir
As the education coordinator of Sunday School in Izmir, I am delighted to share with you all the amazing activities and accomplishments...
Belin Benezra Yensarfati
Sep 5, 20232 min read


Young Professionals Tour of Jewish Turkey
Our first ever Young Professionals Tour of Jewish Turkey took place in July and it was an incredible experience! Twenty young community...
Andrew Marcus
Sep 5, 20233 min read


Kreser en la komunidad djudya de Estanbol
Entre todas kozas, nasi djudya, i entre todos lugares, nasi en Estanbol. Estos dias ser “djudyo turko” parese interesante a la djente,...
Selin Toledo
Sep 5, 20234 min read


Izmir Se Desperto!
Oy en dia en Izmir biven solo mil djudios entre mas de 4 milyones de povlasion. Ma un tiempo, antes del establesimiento del estado de...
Rachel Amado Bortnick
Sep 5, 20233 min read
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