Sephardic Brotherhood names Scholarship Ceremony in memory of past President Irving Barocas z”L

Irving Barocas z"L

Thanks to a generous gift from the extended Barocas Family and Friends, we are proud to announce the establishment of the Irving Barocas Memorial Scholarship Awards Ceremony, dedicated to the memory of our past President and Sephardic Community leader Irv. 

Irv served as president of the Brotherhood from 2021 to  2023. He was an active leader of the Brotherhood for nearly 50 years, serving for nearly two decades as chair of our Scholarship and Education Committee, along with several roles on the Executive Committee and National Central Council. He was proud of his family's Sephardic heritage from the town of Çorlu in modern day Turkey, loved to speak in his native Ladino with community members, and had a passion for baking delicious borekitas. 

He was deeply committed to our collective Sephardic customs and traditions, and worked tirelessly in his efforts to serve the Brotherhood and ensure that our greater Sephardic Community thrived. As a former school principal and educator in both public and Jewish community schools, he was particularly passionate about education and elevating the students in our Community through his work as the Scholarship Committee Chair. The Brotherhood could think of no better way to honor his legacy of leadership in the Sephardic community and passion for education than by naming the Scholarship Ceremony in his honor.