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Fall 2025 - New York City Metropolitan Area
Professor Samuel Torjman-Thomas (center) performing at a special Sephardic Musical Evening in August We’ve had a packed Summer of...

Ethan Marcus
Oct 92 min read


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


From Spain to SAC: Reflections from this Summer at Sephardic Adventure Camp
Four years ago, I arrived at Sephardic Adventure Camp (SAC) not just as a counselor—but as someone in search of a deeper connection. My...

Noa Levy
Oct 93 min read


South Florida - Fall 2025
Even though the heat index may have reached close to 100° F (38°C), we at The Sephardi Federation of Palm Beach County (SFPBC) in South...

Jake Kohanek
Oct 91 min read


Seattle - Fall 2025
Rabbi Daniel Hadar teaching community kids about Tisha BeAv and special tefillah for the day during his recent scholarship-in-residence....

Albert Israel
Oct 92 min read


Two new major gifts for the Brotherhood, establishment of the Bensignor Family Lecture and the Esra & Harriet Pitchon Memorial Scholarship fund
We are thrilled to announce two wonderful new gifts that will enrich the life of our Brotherhood community. Laurence (Larry) and Fern...

Magazine Staff
Oct 91 min read


Deeper Meanings: Thoughts for Shabbat Teshuva and Yom Kippur
Eleanor Roosevelt once noted: “Do not hesitate to do what you think you cannot do. Dare to reach beyond your perceived limits. Do not let...

Rabbi Marc D. Angel
Oct 93 min read


I am My Brothers Keeper: Sephardic Immigration to Philadelphia and The Society of Levantine Jews
Correspondence clipping from Congregation Mikveh Israel discussing the plight of recently arrived Sephardic Jews to Philadelphia from the...

Rabbi Yosef Zarneghian
Oct 86 min read


First-Ever Sephardic Rabbinic Conference Draws Global Leaders to NYC, Launches New Era for Sephardic Education
Participating Rabbis at the Sephardic Rabbinic Conference 2025 New York, NY – August 14, 2025 – History was made this past weekend as...

Magazine Staff
Aug 143 min read


First-Ever Sephardic Rabbinic Conference to Convene in NYC, Uniting Global Sephardic Leaders to Chart the Future of Sephardic Education
New York, NY – AUGUST 10-11, 2025 – A historic milestone for Sephardic Jewry is set to unfold this summer as over 50 leading Sephardic...

Magazine Staff
Aug 62 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


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


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


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


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


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


Reviving Leil Purim: A Sephardic & Mizrahi Henna Tradition for Modern Jewish Women
As I stirred together sugar, water, lemon, oil, and henna powder, the scent bloomed—fragrant herbal bouquets weaving through the banquet...
Orah Simba
Apr 12 min read
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