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Liza Cemal
Jan 711 min read
Las Validjas—National Sephardic Essay Competition Student Winner 2024
Family photo. First row from left to right: Nava, Avram Hatem, Emel, Roza Hatem. Second row from left to right: Doron, Eliza Presented in...


Avi Garson
Jan 77 min read
Where Are the Sepharadi Yeshivot?
Rabbi Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel, the first Sephardic Chief Rabbi of the State of Israel, learning with young students in Jerusalem A quick...


Magazine Staff
Jan 76 min read
A Sepharadi in Jewish politics—A conversation with World Zionist Congress Chairman Yaakov Hagoel
Yaakov Hagoel, the Chairman of the World Zionist Organization, is the first Sephardic Jew to head up the global Jewish organization With...


Rabbi Marc D. Angel
Jan 74 min read
Sephardic Torah Thoughts—Rabbi Dr. David de Sola Pool z”L
Rabbi Dr. David de Sola Pool z"L Rabbi Dr. David de Sola Pool was the pre-eminent Sephardic Rabbi in America during the mid-twentieth...


Marc Ben-Ezra
Mar 15, 20247 min read
Reflections on Sephardic Education
Sephardic and other non-Ashkenazi traditions should be better represented in Jewish Day Schools and high schools. Through forced diaspora...


Anthony Gad Bigio
Mar 15, 20243 min read
A Sephardi Turkish Patriot
A Sephardi Turkish Patriot is the biography of Gad Franco, who was at first a journalist, then a lawyer and a jurist, and a prominent...

Professor Ruth Behar
Mar 15, 20246 min read
Four Sephardic Jewish Girls Caught in the Web of History
Before I began writing my new novel, Across So Many Seas , all I knew was that I wanted to write a story about four Sephardic Jewish...


Miriam Raphael Klein
Jan 15, 20244 min read
Bivas - the Ladino High School Club of America
Bivas! Kreskas! Engradeskas! "May you live, grow up, and be brought up for good!" Many happy sneezes have been blessed with this Ladino...


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...


Gabi Hassan
Jan 15, 20241 min read
The True Meaning of Being Sephardic
From the time I was little, being Sephardic is something in which I’ve taken great pride in. It was exciting to be part of such a vibrant...


Ariella Levy
Apr 18, 20232 min read
The Power of Brotherhood Connections
One of the reasons my grandfather, Sol Niego, loved the Brotherhood was because of the people. Throughout his life, he created strong...


Rachel Amado Bortnick
Apr 18, 20235 min read
My Trip to Turkey; Food for My Soul
The celebration of Ladino Day, Dia de Ladino (DIdL) is a big deal in Istanbul. In February of every year since 2013, they put on a...


Nesi Altaras
Mar 1, 20234 min read
"A Privilege That Cannot Be Bought" - Jews of Turkey and Citizenship Restitutions from Portugal and Spain
In the 2000s, the rumor was floating around Turkey’s Jewish community that Spain could give citizenship to us Sephardic Jews. After...

Rabbi Mark Greenspan
Mar 1, 20233 min read
My Mother Tongue
I grew up in a world that was unaware of just how Ashkenazic it really was. Though my mother spoke Ladino and my father understood...

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...


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...


Alexandra Fellus
Sep 15, 20224 min read
An Interview with de Los Muestros (Our Own): Why I’m learning Ladino: Saving a dying Judeo-Spanish language
(Republished with permission from Unpacked) During the height of coronavirus lockdowns, some people learned to make sourdough, others...


Jared Sarfaty
Jul 1, 20224 min read
A Sephardic Servicemen in World War II
Throughout American history, numerous Sepharadim have proudly served in the American Armed Forces to defend the United States. In the...


Magazine Staff
Mar 1, 20225 min read
Meeting los Muestros (Our Own) - Ariella Levy
The Sephardic Brother: Can you tell us a little bit about yourself, including your family background, Sephardic heritage, and history...
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