Is Meghan Markle Prince Harry’s Jewish Princess? The Forward – Forward
admin | May 24, 2017
Jewish and black girls have been mocked for their hair, their bodies and their other-ness. But they might be about to get a heroine at Buckingham Palace.
Sephardic and Ashkenazic Gittin: A Comparison – Jewish Link of New Jersey
admin | May 20, 2017
Those who have visited both Sephardic and Ashkenazic batei knesset know that there are some differences in their content and style. While the core is the same there are some noticeable differences. What about a get, a Jewish divorce document
Sisters expelled from Jerusalem return after 69 years – Israel Hayom
richards | May 20, 2017
Israel Hayom Sisters expelled from Jerusalem return after 69 years Israel Hayom Sisters return to Four Sephardic Synagogues, where they hid for two weeks following Jordan's conquest of the Jewish Quarter in 1948 The Four Sephardic Synagogues were destroyed by the Jordanians and restored by Israel following the city's reunification.
Temple Sinai Hosts Cantor Shemesh & Friends Concert – Patch.com
richards | May 20, 2017
Patch.com Temple Sinai Hosts Cantor Shemesh & Friends Concert Patch.com From Temple Sinai: Music, a universal language which bridges differences will create an exciting melodic journey from Sephardic to Ashkenazic Jewish Music at this year's Cantor Shemesh & Friends concert on Sunday, June 11th, at 3PM at Temple Sinai of ...
Former chief rabbi convicted of fraud, breach of trust | The Times of … – The Times of Israel
admin | May 17, 2017
A former chief rabbi of Israel was convicted of fraud on Monday for his part in a bonus-scam that allegedly swindled hundreds of millions of shekels from the government in civil servants wages. The Jerusalem District Court found Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron guilty of fraud offenses including fraud in aggravated circumstances, falsifying documents, and breach of trust.
Jewish Home MK retracts support for naming streets after gays – Arutz Sheva
richards | May 15, 2017
MK Shuli Mualem-Refaeli (Jewish Home) retracted her signature from a bill proposing to change a significant portion of Israel's street names to be named after women, Arabs, LGBTs, and Sephardic Jews.
This Sephardi studies scholar sees preserving Ladino as an ‘act of resistance’ against Trump – Jewish Telegraphic Agency
richards | March 11, 2017
Devin Naar says Ladino connects Jews with Latinos and Muslims, two communities he considers marginalized in Trumps America. (Meryl Schenker Photography/The Stroum Center for Jewish Studies at Washington University) (JTA) One-year-old Vidal doesnt know the significance behind the lullaby his father sings him at bedtime. He knows it helps him fall asleep, but notthat the Ladino song is part of an effort to teach himwhat served asthe lingua franca of Sephardi Jews of the Ottoman Empire for over 500 years
This Sephardi Jew sees preserving Ladino as ‘act of resistance’ against Trump – Jewish Telegraphic Agency
richards | March 10, 2017
Devin Naar says Ladino connects Jews with Latinos and Muslims, two communities he considers marginalized in Trumps America. (Meryl Schenker Photography/The Stroum Center for Jewish Studies at Washington University) (JTA) One-year-old Vidal doesnt know the significance behind the lullaby his father sings him at bedtime. He knows it helps him fall asleep, but notthat the Ladino song is part of an effort to teach himwhat served asthe lingua franca of Sephardi Jews of the Ottoman Empire for over 500 years.
Andre Azoulay to Receive American Sephardi Federation’s Lifetime Achievement Award – Morocco World News
richards | March 9, 2017
New York The American Sephardi Federations (ASF) 20th Anniversary Edition of the New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival will celebrate Moroccos culture of co-existence between Muslims and Jews on Opening Night, Thursday, March 30th. Andr Azoulay, Counsellor to Mohammed VI, King of Morocco, is to receive ASFs Pomegranate Award for Lifetime Achievement in recognition of his remarkable lifes work bridging religious divides through artistic and other cultural endeavors
A Woman’s Place | The Huffington Post – Huffington Post
richards | March 7, 2017
This is a very charming and quite a "feel good" film. It is about many things: a close-knit, earthy, easy-going, but pious Sephardic community in Jerusalem; delicious Sephardic foods that look so tasty the viewer wants to reach over and take something
