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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
New Sephardic Children’s Book - A Turkish Rosh Hashanah
A Turkish Rosh Hashanah: A Delightful Tale of Sephardic Tradition and Family Bonds Step into the enchanting world of the 19th- century...
Eitan Basseri
Sep 26, 20242 min read
A Sephardi Turkish Patriot
A Sephardi Turkish Patriot is the biography of Gad Franco, who was at first a journalist, then a lawyer and a jurist, and a prominent...
Anthony Gad Bigio
Mar 15, 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
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
Una Reunyon muy alegre kon muestra Kerida Rachel Amado Bortnick
El 26 de Febrero no pudimos selebrar el Dia Internasyonal del Ladino/Judeo-Espanyol, Estambol por modo ke el paiz entero esta vamos en...
Karen Gerson Sarhon
Apr 18, 20232 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
La Asosyasyon de los Turkanos en Israel
Itahdut Yotsei Turkiya be Israel (IYT), la Asosyasyon de los Turkanos en Israel, fondada mas de 60 anyos antes, kon el eskopo de ayudar...
Dr. Selim Salti
Sep 15, 20224 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
Jewish Workers in Istanbul and the 1906 Strike at the Cibali Reji Tobacco Factory
The 1906 strike at one of the largest factories in Istanbul at the time has all but disappeared from the history of the city and the...
Nesi Altaras
Jan 15, 20224 min read
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