richards | July 26, 2017
Rabat Sephardic musics unique, age-old sound is coming to the United states in a rare showcase. New Yorks Sephardic Music Festival will take place from August 24 28, featuring world-renowned artists in the ancient music genre. The ancient music of the Sephardi Jews, who originated from medieval Spain and Portugal, is gaining prominence with music-lovers across the world as evidenced by Sephardic music festivals around the world.
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richards | July 24, 2017
(JTA) A prominent Spanish organization that is dedicated to preserving the countrys Jewish heritage awarded a prize to a local politician who had accused Israel of massacring Palestinian children. The Centro Sefarad-Israel, which was created with government funding in 2006 and based in Madrid, awarded its Crown of Esther prize on Thursday to Maite Pagazaurtundua, a Spanish lawmaker serving at the European Parliament, Europa Press reported. She received the award for her defense of justice and freedom, the report said.
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simmons | July 23, 2017
(JTA) A prominent Spanish organization that is dedicated to preserving the countrys Jewish heritage awarded a prize to a local politician who had accused Israel of massacring Palestinian children.
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admin | July 23, 2017
Rabbi Joseph Dweck, Britains top Sephardi rabbi, will continue to serve as the spiritual leader of London's S&P Sephardic Jewish community, but will no longer serve as a religious court judge, it was decided Wednesday. Rabbi Dweck came under fire last month when he praised the acceptance of homosexuality by western society as a fantastic development
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simmons | July 19, 2017
Trip 1: May 18-29, 2017 11 nights/12 days 12 nights/13 days 12 nights/13 days Save $100: Register for Trip 3 by June 1, 2017 In 1943, Bulgaria complied with German demands and deported nearly 11,400 Jews from occupied territories in northern Greece and Yugoslavia (Macedonia). At the same time, Bulgaria resisted German pressures to deport the 50,000 Jews living in Bulgaria
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richards | July 18, 2017
Dynamic and diverse performances by world-class artists will be heard at the first American Sephardi Music Festival. Hosted by the American Sephardi Federation and directed by David Serero, the Festival will take place on three days: August 24th, 27th and 28th 2017 at The Center for the Jewish History (15 W 16th Street, New York City)
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simmons | July 18, 2017
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Mexicos former UNESCO ambassador who was fired last year for walking out of a vote on an anti-Israel resolution effectively denying Jewish ties to Jerusalem. Andres Roemer, who is Jewish, met with Netanyahu in Parison Monday, just before the prime minister left for Hungary
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admin | July 17, 2017
LONDON Those close to the Rabbi Joseph Dweck affair have described is as a behemoth of an issue. Its a suitably biblical term for what might seem, on the face of it, an arcane spat between British religious scholars over the permissibility or not of homosexuality. But, in fact, the repercussions of a lecture which seemingly condoned homosexual relationships that Dweck delivered in London this past May go far beyond that
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simmons | July 17, 2017
by Rabbi Daniel Bouskila | Dec 16, 2016 | Featured | 0 Comments What is the larger purpose of a rabbi in society? Are rabbis only concerned with the kashrut of pots and pans, or does the kashrut of business practices also matter? Must a rabbi tend to a broken heart and soul as much as he tends to a broken Eruv before Shabbat
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richards | July 16, 2017
Oral Literature of the Sephardic Jews Samuel G. Armistead, University of California, Davis The edict by which all Jews were exiled from Castile and Aragon was signed by the Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabel, on March 31, 1492 (Baer 1961-1966: II, 433). But we should not think of this banishment, radical and catastrophic as it surely was, as an altogether sudden, definitive occurrence.
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