richards | March 2, 2017
By Julia Cabrera New York The American Sephardi Federation (ASF) open its doors on March 30 for the New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival. The week long event features the rich history of the Sephardic Jewish Community across the globe through film, with specific nights dedicated to the Moroccan, Iraqi, Greek, and Yemenite Jewish communities. The festival will shed light on the stories of Sephardic Jews from Baghdad to Greece, Ethiopia to Switzerland, and Israel to Iran.
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richards | March 2, 2017
Spanish authorities have reportedly dropped the requirement for Sephardi Jews aged 70 and over to take language and culture tests to qualify for Spanish citizenship. Five hundred years after Jews were burned at the stake, forced to convert to Christianity or thrown out of the country, Spain passed legislation in October to allow the descendants of those who were expelled in 1492 to apply for Spanish citizenship. Similar legislation exists for those whose ancestors were booted out of Portugal.
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richards | March 2, 2017
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. When I got married, I decided to speak Yiddish to my children, and not just any Yiddish, but my husbands heymish Yiddish; in other words Hasidic Yiddish.
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richards | March 2, 2017
Michel Nedjar at his studio in Paris in 2016. (Isabelle Filleul de Brohy) (JTA) Though he may be one of Frances best-known puppet makers, Michel Nedjar insists he does not really create the acclaimed and haunting figures that he calls his Purim puppets. A former tailors apprentice whose lifes work last week went on display at the prestigious Metropolitan Museum of Lille, Nedjar says he merely exhumes his puppets to reconnect to his brethren who were murdered in the Holocaust, to his lover and mentor who died of AIDS and to his Jewish roots.
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richards | March 2, 2017
Lent is a mystery to a lot of people. Many folks are generally aware that its a religious observance that happens every spring and somehow involves people getting ashes smeared on their forehead and/or giving up chocolate or booze or Facebook until Easter
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richards | March 2, 2017
presidential address By Lauren Markoe | February 28, 2017 President Trump delivers his first address to a joint session of Congress, on Feb. 28, 2017
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richards | March 2, 2017
TWH Jewish facilities have been targeted with vandalism and bomb threats in recent weeks, and that has some of their Pagan neighbors on edge even as they stand ready to assist. Hundreds of headstones were damaged in two Jewish cemeteries this month, and 100 bomb threats have been reportedly called into Jewish community centers and temples in the United States and Canada in whats being called telephone terrorism. It was enough to get a mention by President Trump during his first speech before a joint session of Congress, although those remarks have been criticized for not outlining to plan to stop the attacks.
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