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London, United Kingdom - S&P Sephardi Community of the United Kingdom announces nomination of new senior rabbinic couple
Rabbi and Rubissa (Rabbanit) Eliatuv, nominees for the new spiritual heads of the S&P Sephardi Community of the United Kingdom The S&P...
Gaby Wine
Oct 92 min read


For Sale: A Piece of Sephardic and Romaniote History in Crete
Exterior of the outer courtyard wall of the Etz Hayyim Synagogue of Chania, Crete (Courtesy David Ben Ivgi) Tucked down one of Chania’s...

Kayla Kurin
Jul 223 min read


Jewish Community of Athens dedicates new memorial “Wall of Names” Monument, identifies 1,029 victims of the Shoah from Athens
New memorial plaques at the Beth Shalom Synagogue of Athens, Greece listing the names of the Jews of Athens who were deported by the Nazi...

Magazine Staff
Jul 201 min read


Jewish Property in Nazi Occupied Greece - New document shines a light on property reclamation
A historical document that sheds light on a little-known aspect of the management of Jewish property in Greece during the Nazi Occupation...

KIS - Central Board of the Jewish Communities of Greece
Jul 204 min read


The Jewish Community of Rhodes after World War II: From Destruction to Revival
Interior of the Kahal Shalom Synagogue of Rhodes The story of the Jewish community in Rhodes is a powerful testament to faith, loss, and...

Carmen Cohen
Jul 203 min read


Jewish Community of Larissa Celebrates Reopening of Synagogue June 13-15
Ribbon cutting ceremony at the newly restored Synagogue of Larissa, Greece The Jewish Community of Larissa announced the schedule of...

Magazine Staff
Jul 202 min read


Rabbi David Sevi, Chief Hazzan of the Jewish Community of Turkey, appointed Acting Chief Rabbi of Turkey
Rabbi David Sevi Istanbul, Turkey – The Jewish Community of Turkey has announced the appointment of Rabbi David Sevi, Chief Hazzan of...

Magazine Staff
Apr 12 min read


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 14 min read


Isak Haleva, Turkey’s chief rabbi and face of Jewish minority, dies at 84
Chief Rabbi of the Jewish community in Turkey Isak Haleva, at right, speaks with the Mufti of Istanbul Rahmi Yaran during a July 2016...

David Ian Klein
Apr 15 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 711 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 76 min read


Ex-Thessaloniki Mayor Who Fought to Recognize City’s Holocaust History Dies at 82
Thessaloniki Mayor Yiannis Boutaris sports a replica Nazi concentration camp Star of David after his swearing-in ceremony in...

Magazine Staff
Jan 72 min read


Thessaloniki Breaks Ground on New Holocaust Museum
German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier participates in the planting of two trees at the location of the Greek Holocaust museum in...

Larry Luxner
Jan 74 min read


Sacred Connection Through Place: My Experience in Veria, Greece
Author Elyssa Marcus reviewing names of Holocaust victims at the Holocaust Center for the Jews of North Macedonia in Skopje Reflecting...

Elyssa Marcus
Sep 30, 20243 min read


Reflections on a Summer in Rhodes—Joining the Brotherhood’s Tour of Jewish Rhodes
Author David Behar with Rabbi David Benchlouch praying during Shaharit morning services at the Kahal Kadosh Shalom Synagogue of Rhodes In...

David Behar
Sep 30, 20245 min read


The Sephardic Community of Sofia, Bulgaria
Interior of the Great Synagogue of Sofia, Bulgaria While there are historical facts proving there has been Jewish life in Bulgaria dating...

Ina Romano
Sep 26, 20243 min read


The Jewish Community of Istanbul
The Jewish Community of Istanbul is still an active and vibrant Sephardic Jewish Community, one that has a long history dating back...

Rabbi Naftali Haleva
Mar 14, 20242 min read


Holocaust Museum of Thessaloniki Finally Gets Building Approval
The municipality of Thessaloniki finally approved the construction of the Holocaust Museum, a decade after the project was conceived. It...

Magazine Staff
Jan 15, 20242 min read


The Sephardic Community of Lima, Peru
Bienvenidos a la Sociedad de Beneficencia Israelita Sefardi - welcome to the Lima Sephardic Community! Our community has a long and proud...

Rabbi James Benman
Jan 15, 20241 min read


Distortions of the Holocaust narrative in Bulgaria - Interview with Dr. Alexander Oscar, President of Bulgaria's Jewish community
At a time when a growing number of examples of distortion of the Shoah narrative are being deplored in various Central European...

Michel Azaria
Sep 4, 20234 min read
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