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Rev Gershom Mendes Seixas led New York’s Congregation Shearith Israel, the historic Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, for five decades beginning in the 1760s. A passionate advocate for the Patriots’ cause in the American War of Independence, Sexias echoed George Washington’s establishment of a national day of Thanksgiving in 1789 with a sermon in which he urged his fellow congregants “to make a jo...
25 Nov's New Works Wednesday with University of Haifa Professor/Bucerius Institute Director Cedric Cohen-Skali on his new book, "Don Isaac Abravanel: An Intellectual Biography" Sign-up:
25 Nov's New Works Wednesday with University of Haifa Professor/Bucerius Institute Director Cedric Cohen-Skali on his new book, "Don Isaac Abravanel: An Intellectual Biography" Sign-up:
HM King Mohammed VI's decision to include Moroccan Jewish history & culture in the Kingdom of Morocco's new Arabic-langauge curriculum is praised on BBC 4 Radio Sunday by the American Sephardi Federation, Association Mimouna, and ASF Broome & Allen Fellow/Recipient of the Inaugural Florence Amzallag Award, Dr. Vanessa Paloma Duncan-Elbaz.
HM King Mohammed VI's decision to include Moroccan Jewish history & culture in the Kingdom of Morocco's new Arabic-langauge curriculum is praised on BBC 4 Radio Sunday by the American Sephardi Federation, Association Mimouna, and ASF Broome & Allen Fellow/Recipient of the Inaugural Florence Amzallag Award, Dr. Vanessa Paloma Duncan-Elbaz.
Shabua Tob! The Sephardi World Weekly is dedicated in honor of American Sephardi patriot and United States Marine Corps Colonel Jonathan de Sola Mendes on his 100th Birthday! Años munchos y buenos! The SWW features: Multi-Faith Azerbaijani Unity, 10th Anniversary NYC SIGD, and Three Bouskila Family Generations of IDF Service.
TheAmerican Sephardi Federation commends theU.S. Marine Corps on 245 years of exceptional service in the cause of freedom! #SemperFi! #AmericanSephardi patriot, Col Jonathan de Sola Mendes, who spoke at our Jewish Warrior WeekendCenter for Jewish History in 2017, flew the Korean War's last #USMC Combat Mission on 27 July 1953. Col de Sola Mendes, a stalwart member ofCongregation Shearith Israel - ...
TheAmerican Sephardi Federation commends theU.S. Marine Corps on 245 years of exceptional service in the cause of freedom! #SemperFi! #AmericanSephardi patriot, Col Jonathan de Sola Mendes, who spoke at our Jewish Warrior WeekendCenter for Jewish History in 2017, flew the Korean War's last #USMC Combat Mission on 27 July 1953. Col de Sola Mendes, a stalwart member ofCongregation Shearith Israel - ...
The Next New Works Wednesday -- 11/11 @ Noon EST. Sign-up now to learn about Jamaica's facinating Western Sephardic history: https://bit.ly/3n5Tir4
Now updated with an additional Q&A on Hakham Professor R'José Faur's opinion of Maimonides (RAMBAM)!"Hakham Faur emulated Maimonides in... being comfortable & confident in multiple disciplinary worlds, in valuing highly structured systematic thinking and in not confusing popular views with the truth."~Dr. Mijal Bitton
October's Sephardi Ideas Monthly—an exclusive interview with Shalom Hartman Institute - מכון שלום הרטמן & ASF Broome & Allen Fellow Dr. Mijal Bitton—concludes our three-part series dedicated to introducing the dizzyingly rich & varied thought of Hakham Professor R’José Faur, A"H. A taste: "...students of Hakham Faur would not believe it is enough to quote #Maimonides & cite his authority. Rather, ...
October's Sephardi Ideas Monthly—an exclusive interview with Shalom Hartman Institute - מכון שלום הרטמן & ASF Broome & Allen Fellow Dr. Mijal Bitton—concludes our three-part series dedicated to introducing the dizzyingly rich & varied thought of Hakham Professor R’José Faur, A"H. A taste: "...students of Hakham Faur would not believe it is enough to quote #Maimonides & cite his authority. Rather, ...
Special Maimonides Session of Sephardic Culinary History with Chef Dr. Hélène Jawhara-Piñer! Maimón Cake and Quince, Pear, Apple and Pomegranate Juices. 25 October at 10AM EDT - https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9216025356806/WN_DZSe0Jv7QJCv7jCItV9zNA
The Sephardi World Weekly wishes Mazal Tov/Mabrouk to Sam A. Sutton (Compiler) and Eddie Ashkenazie (Arranger) of a new edition of The Vidduy, designed “for the lay reader,” just in time for Yom Kippur, “[f]eaturing color coded text specific for men and women, updated English translation, and easier to follow formatting.” This new work is “[b]ased on the vidduy (confession) of Rabbi Isaiah Dayyan ...
Right before Rosh HaShanah, the ASF's National Sephardic Library & Archives received a fascinating find from India: Dalia, a Turkish-Sephardi Jew whose Curiel family roots are Spanish-Iberian, attended the Bene Israel's Magain Shalome Synagogue in Karachi, #Pakistan. #GreaterSephardi #AllJewsTogether
In honor of the Fast of Gedalia & the Days of Awe, the ASF presents an all-star Letter from the Land of Israel, Texting & #Teshuba, featuring Sephardic Sages R'Ben-Zion Meir Hai Ouziel, R'Eliezer "Pele Yoetz" Papo, R’ Yosef "Ben Ish Chai" Haim, Don Yitzhak Abarbanel, as well as the late, great Jazz critic Stanley Crouch, A"H.
"#SarahHalimi is not with us today because she was a Jew. As President of the Moroccan Americans in New York (MANY)...we completely reject any excuses for #AntiSemitism or the French judiciary's failure to prosecute a violent religious extremist"~ Simo Elaissaoui. #JusticepourSarah Rally in Paris on 13 September. Don't be silent. Combat AntiSemitism.
הודעה מיוחדת מאת הרב חכם, ד"ר אלי עבאדי מהפדרציה הספרדית האמריקאית, מברכת את נסיך הכתר השייך מוחמד בן זייד מאיחוד האמירויות הערביות וראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו ממדינת ישראל.
The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience is launching Sephardic Culinary History 🥙🍲 with Chef Hélène Jawhara-Piñer! Watch Ep 1 on 30 Aug at 10AM EDT: Eggplant Almodrote & Moroccan Flatbreads.https://mailchi.mp/asf/announcing-sephardic-culinary-historyJoin Chef Hélène as she cooks Sephardic history!#cookingshow #cookingathome #cookingclass #food #foodie #culinaryhistory #Sephardi #jewishfood #jewishc...
Announcing The ASF's Great Sephardic Chef Competition! 🏆 Enter your favorite recipes for a chance to win a spot in the ASF’s Virtual Cookbook & other prizes! International panel of judges. Categories include: Shabbat, Yom Tov, Grandma's Favorite, Vegan... See here for a full list, details, and to enter:
Learn more about Rachel Luzzatto Morpurgo (RMH), the first modern female Hebrew poet whose full collection is available to us today in this new video from the ASF #InstituteofJewishExperience!
From Enrico Macias, Ofra Haza, and Jo Amar to A-Wa, Françoise Atlan, and Neta Elkayam, the ASF Sephardi Playlist(s) celebrate the virtuosity and vitality of Sephardi soloists, bands, and orchestras.
Bendigamos - Amsterdam and the ASF Institute of Jewish Experience present: Western (Spanish & Portuguese) Sephardi Tish'a B’Ab Kinot & ReadingsLive-stream from France, Israel, Netherlands, and United Kingdom!In the tradition of the Global Nação’, the service features:Chazan Eliot Alderman (London)Rabbi Jonathan Cohen (Netivot)Rabbi Shalom Morris (London)Chazan Dr. Peter Nahon (Bordeaux/Paris)Rabbi...
Bendigamos - Amsterdam and the ASF Institute of Jewish Experience present: Western (Spanish & Portuguese) Sephardi Tish'a B’Ab Kinot & ReadingsLive-stream from France, Israel, Netherlands, and United Kingdom!In the tradition of the Global Nação, the service features:Chazan Eliot Alderman (London)Rabbi Jonathan Cohen (Netivot)Rabbi Shalom Morris (London)Chazan Dr. Peter Nahon (Bordeaux/Paris)Rabbi ...
Bendigamos - Amsterdam and the ASF Institute of Jewish Experience present: Western (Spanish & Portuguese) Sephardi Tish'a B’Ab Kinot & ReadingsLive-stream from France, Israel, Netherlands, and United Kingdom!In the tradition of the Global Nação, the service features:Chazan Eliot Alderman (London)Rabbi Jonathan Cohen (Netivot)Rabbi Shalom Morris (London)Chazan Dr. Peter Nahon (Bordeaux/Paris)Rabbi ...