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Susan Barocas
Jan 73 min read
My Poppi and Chickpea Soup
Sunday was my father’s day to get into the kitchen and relax by cooking wonderful dishes, including Sephardic favorites from his family...


Nuia Menda Malki
Sep 26, 20248 min read
Si Kere El Dio - If God Wills It
Dedicated to my great-grandparents, Bulisu and Şapat Menda *A note to the reader:In Turkish, the letter “Ş” is pronounced “sh” and the...


Rachel Amado Bortnick
Jan 15, 20242 min read
The Wise Rat Who Composed Romansas
There once was a female rat who lived in a library, and having read all the books at her disposal, decided to start composing romansas....


Rabbi Mark Greenspan
Jan 15, 20243 min read
Becoming Sephardic
I’m not ashamed to admit that I am a Sephardic muggle. Those who are Harry Potter fans will remember that a muggle is someone who did not...


Jake Kohanek
Jan 15, 20244 min read
Zemirot of the Week and Connection to Istanbul’s Mahazike Tora
Every Friday morning I eagerly open my email and look for the latest issue of La Boz Sefaradi / The Sephardic Voice, the Brotherhood’s...


Isaac Daniel
Sep 5, 20238 min read
Seven Miracles - The Story of a Survivor from Veria, Greece
This is the story of the miraculous survival of the Holocaust in Greece, of our entire family of six, including my two-year old brother,...

Dr. Bryan Kirschen
Apr 18, 20233 min read
New Project launches Solitreo Script Online
If you come across a document written in Judeo-Spanish (“Ladino”) in your basement or attic, composed by a grandparent or...

Sarah Aroeste
Apr 18, 20233 min read
New Ladino music and food come together in innovative SAVOR Project - brings 10 Sephardic Chefs together from around the world!
For many years, my preferred mode of communication - whether of joy or of sadness - has been through song. Ladino songs, specifically....


Ian Pomerantz
Mar 6, 20235 min read
400 Years of Sephardic Choral Music
In about 1724, a young Italian composer ventured into the Jewish Ghetto and visited its resident Sephardi, Ashkenazi, and Italki scuole ,...


Alexandra Fellus
Mar 6, 20232 min read
One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World by Michael Frank
Stella Levi had never spoken about her past, until she met Michael Frank. One Saturday, Michael stopped by her apartment to ask a...


Magazine Staff
Mar 1, 20232 min read
A Banker’s Journey: How Edmund J. Safra Built a Global Financial Empire
The name is widely recognizable: Safra Bank, The Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University, Jerusalem Municipality’s Kikar...

Dr. Devin E. Naar
Mar 1, 20236 min read
Christmas Lights, Brought to You by a Sephardic (Brotherhood) Jew!
Republished with Permission from the Washington Post Americans spend more than half a billion dollars annually on 150 million units of...


Magazine Staff
Mar 1, 20231 min read
Arrivals - A Sephardic-Ashkenazi Love Story, New Sephardic Off-Broadway show produced by Brotherhood, a Hit in NYC!
What an amazing show! Thank you to everyone who joined us in partnership with the American Sephardi Federation and the Seattle Jewish...


Alexandra Fellus
Sep 15, 20224 min read
The Fez Frozen in Time: A Cultural and Political Symbol for Sephardic Jews in the Ottoman Empire
It was 1951 when Victor Cadranel was attending a masked ball at the Athénée Royale in Élizabetheville, Zaire. Now known as Lubumbashi in...


Elias V. Messinas
Sep 15, 20225 min read
The Synagogues of Greece: an exhibition, new books and an archive
The origins of the Jewish heritage of Greece are lost in antiquity. According to the ancient historian Strabo, there were organized...


Ian Pomerantz
Sep 15, 20224 min read
The Renaissance of Judeo-Spanish Poetry, and Why it Matters
Without much fanfare, a seminal event in Judeo-Spanish history took place on March 17, 2021. Participating organizations from all over...


Magazine Staff
Jul 1, 20228 min read
Spotlight on Los Muestros (our own): Lily Henley
The Sephardic Brother: Tell us a little about yourself? Where did you grow up and what’s your Sephardic background? Lily Henley: Before I...


Aron Hasson
Jul 1, 20222 min read
New Sephardic Book Review: Jewish Life in Rhodes "Family Portraits"
The book Jewish Life in Rhodes "Family Portraits" is a photographic collection of the Jews of Rhodes containing the individual and...


Susan Barocas
Mar 1, 20223 min read
Cooking for Pesah: Almodorte de Kalabaza - Zucchini Casserole
As those of us familiar with Sephardic cuisine know, there are often different names and spellings for similar dishes. When it comes to...


Professor Ruth Behar
Jan 15, 20224 min read
Book Review - Tia Fortuna’s New Home
Four and a half years ago, on a fall day in September 2017, I began to write the story that would eventually become my debut picture...
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