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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...

Magazine Staff
Mar 1, 20232 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...

Dr. Devin E. Naar
Mar 1, 20236 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...

Magazine Staff
Mar 1, 20231 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...

Alexandra Fellus
Sep 14, 20224 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...

Elias V. Messinas
Sep 14, 20225 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...

Ian Pomerantz
Sep 14, 20224 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...

Magazine Staff
Jun 30, 20228 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...

Aron Hasson
Jun 30, 20222 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...

Susan Barocas
Mar 1, 20223 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...

Professor Ruth Behar
Jan 15, 20224 min read


A New Era of Jewish Life - Izmir Jewish Heritage Project
An unusual cluster of synagogues bearing a typical architectural style dating from the 15th and 16th century exists in Izmir - Turkey....

Nesim Bencoya
Jan 15, 20225 min read


What We Read in 2021 - Sephardic Book Review
In the Summer of 2021, our Greek Jewish & Sephardic Young Professionals Network launched a virtual Sephardic Book Club with participants...

Alexandra Fellus
Jan 15, 20221 min read


Sephardic Book Review - Don’t Forget Me
“Don’t forget me, my dear children, my beloved children, my only reason for living.” With these words Neama Cazes, a 54-year-old Jewish...

Dr. Leon Saltiel
Aug 31, 20213 min read
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