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Greece Commemorates the 80th Anniversary of the Deportations of the Jews of Salonika
Republished with Permission from the Greek Reporter On Sunday Greece commemorated the first deportations of Greek Jews from Thessaloniki...
Magazine Staff
Apr 18, 20232 min read


Stella Levi, Sephardic Holocaust Survivor from the island of Rhodes, turns 100, awarded special honor from the Italian Republic
Mazal Tov to our Sephardic Community member & Auschwitz Holocaust survivor Stella Levi on receiving one of the highest honors of the...
Magazine Staff
Apr 18, 20231 min read


Prime Minister of North Macedonia visits Kehila Kedosha Janina in New York, meets with Sephardic & Greek Jewish Community leadership
In a first for any of our Sephardic Communities in the United States, one of our affiliate congregations was paid a special visit by a...
Magazine Staff
Apr 18, 20231 min read


My Trip to Turkey; Food for My Soul
The celebration of Ladino Day, Dia de Ladino (DIdL) is a big deal in Istanbul. In February of every year since 2013, they put on a...
Rachel Amado Bortnick
Apr 18, 20235 min read


The Sephardic Brotherhood rallies national support for Turkish Earthquake Relief Fund; Raises $100,000 for needy Turkish Jews
As many of you know, a horrific earthquake rocked southern Turkey and northern Syria in early February, killing more than 30,000 so far...
Magazine Staff
Mar 1, 20231 min read


"A Privilege That Cannot Be Bought" - Jews of Turkey and Citizenship Restitutions from Portugal and Spain
In the 2000s, the rumor was floating around Turkey’s Jewish community that Spain could give citizenship to us Sephardic Jews. After...
Nesi Altaras
Mar 1, 20234 min read


The Judeo-Spanish (Sephardic) Community of Paris
It is necessary to start with a precision of language. In France, we call ourselves Judeo-Spanish and not Sephardic, because in our...
Michel Azaria
Mar 1, 20233 min read


Rededication of the Synagogue of Trikala in Greece, Nearly 90 Years after it was destroyed
With much emotion, solemnity and infinite memories, the reopening of the renovated synagogue of the Kal Kadosh Yavanim of Trikala was...
Magazine Staff
Mar 1, 20233 min read


The Synagogues of Greece: an exhibition, new books and an archive
The origins of the Jewish heritage of Greece are lost in antiquity. According to the ancient historian Strabo, there were organized...
Elias V. Messinas
Sep 15, 20225 min read


Greek Jewry in Israel
Did you know there is a beautiful center for Greek Jewry in Israel? The Salonika and Greece Jewry Heritage Center in Memory of Leon...
Sharon Sela
Sep 15, 20222 min read


An Interview with de Los Muestros (Our Own): Why I’m learning Ladino: Saving a dying Judeo-Spanish language
(Republished with permission from Unpacked) During the height of coronavirus lockdowns, some people learned to make sourdough, others...
Alexandra Fellus
Sep 15, 20224 min read


Sephardic Birthright Trip to Israel 2022
Our Sephardic Birthright Trip to Israel has wrapped up another amazing summer! We arrived in Israel on June 27, and traveled all...
Ethan Marcus
Sep 15, 20222 min read


New Sephardic Book Review: Jewish Life in Rhodes "Family Portraits"
The book Jewish Life in Rhodes "Family Portraits" is a photographic collection of the Jews of Rhodes containing the individual and...
Aron Hasson
Jul 1, 20222 min read


Sephardic Life in Africa: A robust history in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and the Congo
At the very tip of Africa lies a city of beauty. Cape Town, South Africa has all one can ask for; spectacular views, wonderful culture...
Rabbi Naftali Silver
Jul 1, 20225 min read


Sephardic Birthright Trip takes 20 young Sepharadim to Israel for free!
Our annual Sephardic Birthright Trip to Israel is back in action after a brief COVID-19 hiatus. Our group this year is having a blast...
Ethan Marcus
Jul 1, 20221 min read


Sephardic Brotherhood Delegation Trip to the Sephardic Community of Mexico City
The Sephardic Brotherhood was proud to lead a joint Sephardic Delegation trip with the Sephardic Adventure Camp to our sister community...
Ethan Marcus
Mar 1, 20223 min read


Una historia sefaradi unika: del Imperio Otomano al Kontinente de Afrika;
A unique Sephardic Story: From the Ottoman Empire to the African Continent I grew up with the knowledge that my grandparents’ home...
Alexandra Fellus
Mar 1, 20225 min read

The Sephardic Community of Buenos Aires
The Sephardic Community of Buenos Aires - popularly called Camargo, after the name of the street where its main temple is located - was...
Marcos Mayo
Jan 15, 20222 min read


El Renasimiento del Judeo-Espanyol
Muestro Sentro Sefaradi de Estambol se fundio el 1 de Disembre de 2003, djusto 15 dias despues de los atakes desgrasiados a las sinagogas...
Karen Gerson Sarhon
Jan 15, 20224 min read


A New Era of Jewish Life - Izmir Jewish Heritage Project
An unusual cluster of synagogues bearing a typical architectural style dating from the 15th and 16th century exists in Izmir - Turkey....
Nesim Bencoya
Jan 15, 20225 min read
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