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The Greek Jews Who Boxed for their Lives to Survive the Nazis
Greek-Jewish boxers Salamo Arouch, above, and Jacko Razon, photo below, both of Thessaloniki, were forced to fight other prisoners in...

Alexi Friedman
Apr 1, 20254 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...

Liza Cemal
Jan 7, 202511 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...

Avi Garson
Jan 7, 20257 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...

Magazine Staff
Jan 7, 20256 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...

Rabbi Marc D. Angel
Jan 7, 20254 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...

Marc Ben-Ezra
Mar 15, 20247 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...

Anthony Gad Bigio
Mar 15, 20243 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...

Professor Ruth Behar
Mar 15, 20246 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...

Miriam Raphael Klein
Jan 15, 20244 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...

Rabbi Mark Greenspan
Jan 15, 20243 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...

Jake Kohanek
Jan 15, 20244 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...

Gabi Hassan
Jan 15, 20241 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...

Ariella Levy
Apr 18, 20232 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...

Rachel Amado Bortnick
Apr 18, 20235 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...

Nesi Altaras
Mar 1, 20234 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...

Rabbi Mark Greenspan
Mar 1, 20233 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


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...

Alexandra Fellus
Sep 15, 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...

Jared Sarfaty
Jul 1, 20224 min read
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