Posts by Joshua D. Mendes
127 posts
To give some sense of how far and wide Bendigamos is sung....this weekend met people from Madrid and Hong Kong...who said it was sung in both places.
http://www.heraldnews.com/article/20150421/NEWS/150428955/1994/NEWS?rssfeed=true
http://www.timesofisrael.com/citizenship-for-sephardic-jews-corrects-historical-wrong/
http://news.yahoo.com/jamaica-hopes-jewish-tourism-help-fading-community-045504381.html
For those interested in Western Sephardi communities…http://www.sandpcentral.org
Tonight at Congregation Shearith Israel in New York there will be after services a Meldadura (memorial service) for the 9th anniversary of Rev. Abraham Lopes Cardozo's passing. You can read a little about him and his contributions here:
Perhaps of interest for those in New York on Feb. 25….
Anyone have any knowledge of the Antwerp S&P community?
Thought some of you might enjoy seeing this fun event going on at S&P in NYC….
http://www.jewishheritagemonth.com/sephardic-2/portuguese-sephardic-descendants-the-jewish-community-of-oporto-has-already-started-evaluating-the-candidates.php
http://shearithisrael.org/content/ahaba-betanugim-hanukkah
https://www.facebook.com/jewishvenice/photos/a.174463319301347.44627.172784416135904/747331355347871/?type=1&theater
For those interested in the Portuguese rite of Bordeaux, Bayonne, and Paris, there is a new website underway to provide recordings, etc.:
For those in Jerusalem, some good news: the S&P minyan there is launching a monthly Erev Shabbat service. Here are details:----------------This coming Erev Shabbat, Shabbat Shelach Lecha, Friday June 14, we will be holding services for Minha and Arbit, at Kehillat Yedidya in Baka.http://yedidya.org.il/new_site/index_eng.phpServices will commence in the downstairs Beit Midrash at 7.15 pm. We would ...
Can you guess what this is?
If there is anyone here from Portugal, Spain or Gibraltar, I am planning a visit and had a couple of questions. Thanks!
Anyone have a recording of the S&P Birkat Hamazon they would like to share? Or know one that is already online somewhere?
This is a beautiful Ladino melody....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pby8jONn93gHow does Ladino connect to Western Sephardic tradition?
For those in the New York area, Congregation Shearith Israel's excellent and indomitable shamash, Zacharia Edinger, will be teaching the following class starting this week:Liturgy & Music of the S&P HomeTaught by Zachary Edinger, Shamash/Ritual DirectorBeginning this Wednesday evening, January 15thWednesdays following evening services (6:30 pm) Learn to sing table songs, recite birkat hamazon and ...
http://www.timesofisrael.com/plumbers-in-portugal-find-14th-century-ritual-bath/
For those who couldn't make it to the talk last night about the Jewish communities of the Caribbean, here is a slide show by the photographer who came and spoke....
Concert coming up at the Grande Synagogue in Bordeaux:CONCERT DE HAZANOUT LUNDI 14 OCTOBRE A 20H00Ouverture des portes à partir de 19h45Chants sépharades, ashkénazes, israéliens et judéoportugaisHazanim :Le Rabbin Emmanuel VALENCYPhilippe DARMONOlivier REHBYMénahem COHENet la chorale de la Grande SynagogueEn présence du Grand Rabbin Jacky AMAR(Ancien Rabbin de Bordeaux)à la Grande Synagogue de Bor...
Event at Shearith Israel in New York this Wednesday night....http://shearithisrael.org/content/wyatt-gallery’s-jewish-treasures-caribbean
FYI....