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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
El Otobus i la Vieja
Está konseja la sentí por primera vez en una konferensia del istoriador Henry Abramson ke uza meter shakás en sus diskorsos. Se puede...
Aaron Shapiro
Jul 202 min read
Washington DC
The growing Metro DC chapter of the Ermandad is off to a strong and spirited start in 2024! In February, our young members came together...
Eitan Danon
Jul 201 min read
Bivas - the Ladino High School Club of America, organizes 4th Sephardic Student Shabbaton in Orlando, Florida
Students and staff at the Spring 2025 Bivas Youth Shabbaton in Orlando, Florida Bivas – the Ladino High School Club of America, held its...
Ethan Marcus
Jul 202 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
The Jews of Edirne: The End of Ottoman Europe and the Arrival of Borders
Next month, Stanford University Press will publish The Jews of Edirne: The End of Ottoman Europe and the Arrival of Borders . Written by...
Jacob Daniels
Jul 203 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A historical document that sheds light on a little-known aspect of the management of Jewish property in Greece during the Nazi Occupation...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
Summer news in Philadelphia
The Sephardic community of Philadelphia has enjoyed a vibrant and inspiring Spring season, filled with joyful gatherings, cultural...
Rabbi Yosef Zarneghian
Jul 201 min read
Marinated Feta Spices Up an Ancient Favorite
We Sepharadim – and many other people around the world – love our feta. But few people know the long, fascinating history of feta. The...
Susan Barocas
Jul 203 min read
La dolor después de la liberasión
Un anyo ya pasó Kuando en Yom Hashoah La Komunita Sefaradi Aki en Cape Town Tuvo el honor en komemorar Los ochenta anyos de la...
Isaac Habib
Jul 202 min read
Uno De Los Muestros - Highlighting One of Our Own: 105 Years Young, Dr. Henry Nahoum - Felisitasiones!
Dr. Henry Nahoum Born in September 1919, Dr. Henry I. Nahoum has been a member of the Sephardic Brotherhood since birth and is today the...
Magazine Staff
Jul 203 min read
Summer News in New York
Greek Jewish Festival 2025 on New York's Lower East Side This spring has been an extraordinary season for the Sephardic Jewish...
Ethan Marcus
Jul 202 min read
A Historical Puzzle: Why Did So Few Jews in Greece Evade Deportation and Survive the Holocaust?
One of the unresolved questions in the study of the history of the Jews of Greece relates to the devastating impact of the Holocaust. How...
Dr. Devin E. Naar
Jul 205 min read
The Rediscovery of Izmir’s Rabbinic Library: A Testament to Sephardic Legacy
Newly catalogued archives of the Jewish Community of Izmir, Turkey On December 17, 2024, an invaluable treasure of Jewish heritage was...
Dina Eliezer
Jul 204 min read
Rekuerdo de un enverano
Kuando la persona entra en edad, su espirito se bola verso evenimyentos pasados komo un filmo de nostaljia en kolor ke mos akodra oras de...
Filiba De Silva
Jul 203 min read
Sephardic Scholars Program Awards 35 Outstanding Students this year
Celebrating its 81st year, the Scholarship and Education Committee held its annual award ceremony to honor this year’s scholarship...
Marvin Marcus
Jul 201 min read
La Novia del Muerto - Romanso Sensasional
Author Elia R. Karmona Kompuesto por Elia R. Karmona Direktor del Djugetón Ideado por Yitshak Rafael Mizrahi Trezladado a letras Latinas...
Miriam Sherman
Jul 202 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
What Unifies the Jewish People? Thoughts for Tisha BeAv
Elias Canetti, a Sephardic Jew who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1981, offers some interesting observations about Jews in his...
Rabbi Marc D. Angel
Jul 173 min read
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