Mazal Bueno of Regina Algranti Soriano, passed down to to her great granddaughter, Rachel Pearle Hasson It was one of those Sunday...

Early in the Agada, we read of the gathering in B’nei B’rak of Rabbi Eliezer, Rabbi Yehoshua, Rabbi Elazar ben Azaryah, Rabbi Akiva and...

As I stirred together sugar, water, lemon, oil, and henna powder, the scent bloomed—fragrant herbal bouquets weaving through the banquet...

An artistic rendering of Don Isaac Abravanel Don Isaac Abravanel (b. 1437; d. 1508) is remembered as a great rabbi and commentator among...

Eskrito por Elia Karmona i transliterado por Miriam Sherman Romanos Sensasional Kompuesto por: Elia R. Karmona, Direktor del Djugetón...

(L to R): Ketuba of Solomon and Leah Bensussen (Tekirdag, 1919); ketuba of Yisra'el Katarbas and Marat [?] bat Avraham (Tekirdag, 1900;...

Like Lady Liberty and her torch, my mother holds aloft her own precious symbol, the jar of homemade Harosset, prepared well in advance of...

Bendichas manos! La kultura sefardí tiene una gastonomía maraviyoza, enrikesida por los varios lugares ande   tenemos estado durante...

The Last Transport The Last Transport: The Holocaust in the Eastern Aegean  is a powerful and meticulously researched account that sheds...

A Jewish couple in Salonika in 1942 or 1943 (US Holocaust Museum). Judith Baumel coined the term “double jeopardy” to explain the double...

Rabbi David Sevi Istanbul, Turkey  – The Jewish Community of Turkey has announced the appointment of Rabbi David Sevi, Chief Hazzan of...

Sephardic recipes call this dish apyo which is the Ladino word for the main ingredient, celeriac, also known as celery root or celery...

Greek-Jewish boxers Salamo Arouch, above, and Jacko Razon, photo below, both of Thessaloniki, were forced to fight other prisoners in...

Chief Rabbi of the Jewish community in Turkey Isak Haleva, at right, speaks with the Mufti of Istanbul Rahmi Yaran during a July 2016...

This winter has been an exciting season for the Sephardic Jewish Brotherhood of America in the NYC Metropolitan Area! Despite the cold,...

A Sephardic Baking Salon organized by the Seattle Sephardic Network Seattle’s Sephardic community has been bustling with activity this...

Celebrating its 81st year, the Scholarship and Education Committee will be holding its annual award ceremony to honor this year’s...

Over 100 Kosher meals made by volunteers from the Sephardic Education Center in Los Angeles for local firefights and emergency service...

Keridos Ermanos i Ermanas, As we approach Passover, a time when we reflect on our freedom and the journey of our ancestors, I am reminded...