Despite the country's previous turmoil and dwindling numbers, Syrian Jews continue to live in the land they have called home ...
And the other guy said ‘I will donate the bima.’” This kind of instant generosity and the respect for tradition of Sephardic Jews –spurred by Rabbi Bittan’s own talents – have ...
The team collected DNA samples from Bantu (African), Yemeni (Arab), and Sephardic Jews and Azhkenazi Jews (including Cohanim from both communities) to compare the amount of similarity that existed ...
Sephardic culture is so vibrant, and it's so alive. It really is living history in a way that people just don't know about' ...
For more global Jewish stories, sign up for JTA's Around the World newsletter. But Huberman’s work stands out because of her research on Ladino, an old form of Judeo-Spanish spoken by Sephardic ...
But the Jewish history of Jefferson’s famous Monticello home is less known ... Jefferson Monroe Levy, descendants of Sephardic Jews who fled Portugal during the Inquisition.
‘Jews in grave danger in all Moslem World’ - a famous New York Times headline ... history reflects the complex tapestry of the Sephardi Jewish experience. "Growing up in Brooklyn, I was ...
Indeed, for Turkey’s Jews, both at home and abroad, he is remembered as a fatherly figure who had a zest for life and Sephardic Judaism. “I lost not only our chief rabbi, but also my spiritual ...