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A current project I am working on: I used S&P pronunciation for the Hebrew section. People often surmise that the converso Jews did not know Hebrew - but the huge number of Latin-Hebrew publications seems to indicate to me that there was a ready market in Spain for such texts, and that I suspect Jews were ready consumers of such bilingual texts. Interestingly, Montanus was accused of 'Judaising' b...
אהרון ויצמן ז''ל התגורר ב- דיון צרפת נולד בקזבלנקה בשנת 1942 נפטר בצרפת בנובמבר -2016
I was reading through this October 1849 essay by R' Abraham de Sola in the Occident and I came across this prayer which he translated. Can anyone identify it?The Occident is browsable at the National Library of Israel, here: http://web.nli.org.il/sites/JPress/English/Pages/The-Occident-and-American-Jewish-Advocate.aspx
Are Italian Jews considered Sephardic?
The first ever Young Professionals Tour of Jewish Greece was an incredible success! Thank you to everyone who made it such a meaningful experience - we reconnected with our roots and had so much fun! If you are interested in future young professionals trips, email GreekJewishYPN@gmail.com
הלכות שבת-עמידה בעשרת הדברות בשבת הקרובהההלכה להצלחת אירית בת ימימה מירים ואשה סולנג' ג'ואל בת אליס הצלחת האיש אשר בן שמעון ומשה חיים בן פירחיה ,מופץ ע"י אתר דרכי אבותינו מן המערב -האתר של יהדות מרוקו-http://www.morocco-israel.com/
For those who know Italian, an 800-names genealogica tree
For those who know Italian, an 800-names genealogica tree
http://m.jpost.com/Diaspora/New-York-congregation-owns-oldest-US-synagogue-court-rules-501474
Good evening everyone. I have a favor to ask. I have attached three documents for a Jeuda de Selomo Delmonte. I am pretty sure they are for the same person, but ... The documents: #1 is a marriage intention from 1766 found here https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/ondertrouwregisters_1565-1811/zoek/query.nl.pl?i1=1&a1=delmonte&x=20&z=b#OTR00236000107#2 is “dispatch” contract found here https://ar...
Tirtsah Levie Bernfeld today posted an excellent article to academia.edu: Exit Amsterdam: Poor Portuguese and Carribean Horizons in M Studemund-Halevy ( ed.) , A Sefardic Pepper-Pot in the Caribbean. History, Language, Literature and Art ( Barcelona, 2016), pp. 210-229).
מתוך פרשת ואתחנן לרבינו הגאון רבי שלום משאש זצוק"ל. להאדרת תורת חכמי מרוקו.
הלכות ברכות-ברכת הצנימיםההלכה להצלחת אירית בת ימימה מירים ואשה סולנג' ג'ואל בת אליס הצלחת האיש אשר בן שמעון ומשה חיים בן פירחיה ,מופץ ע"י אתר דרכי אבותינו מן המערב -האתר של יהדות מרוקו-http://www.morocco-israel.com/
חוגגים את סוף הקיץ עם 'אנסמבל אחלאם' בחפלה מיצרית כיפית והפתעות !!https://www.facebook.com/events/284913408650027/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%2222%22%2C%22feed_story_type%22%3A%2222%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D&pnref=story
Hello! Anyone heard of Jews (modern or ancient) named SAVIO? Possibly conversos, possibly not at all, I don't know. Thank you! The person didn't know more.
https://youtu.be/61QNb6XCnRQAdaptations of Mendelssohn and Handel have long since been part and parcel the Spanish and Portuguese repertoire. Beethoven, however, has yet to make his mark. Perhaps his time has now come. The final movement of his Symphony no. 6 (Pastoral) would make a truly empyrean setting for Tehilat Hashem sung at the conclusion of Ashrei Yoshebei Betekha. Beethoven, himself, des...
Hi All, I'm working on a new series about the Jewish intellectual contributions of women in Western Sephardic communities. So far I've come up with Grace Aguilar, Lady Judith Monterfiore, Charlotte Montefiore, Rebecca Gratz, Emma Lazarus, and maybe Dona Gracia. Any others come to mind? Thanks!
Does anyone have any archive or internet links to learn about Berber Jews? I'm looking for particular surnames, Ayache, Assouline, Partouche. Thank you!
Bonjour et merci pour l'ajout .
Quien se puso cancan yo si que bonitos aun que pareciamos una mesa de camilla
Once upon a time there was a rich Jewish cultural life in Egypt.
From the Guardian UK
הלכות תשעה באב-מנהגי אבילות בצאת הצום ולמחרתוההלכה להצלחת אירית בת ימימה מירים ואשה סולנג' ג'ואל בת אליס הצלחת האיש אשר בן שמעון ומשה חיים בן פירחיה ,מופץ ע"י אתר דרכי אבותינו מן המערב -האתר של יהדות מרוקו-http://www.morocco-israel.com/
Bore Ad Ana
Salomon Vaz Dias קול יללה - voice of wailing