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Spain Sephardic Jew citizenship plan hits snags, some …

| May 14, 2015

In this photo taken on Tuesday, May 5, 2015, a jewish woman reads a book at the main Jewish synagogue in Lisbon. Portugal enacted in March a law to grant citizenship to descendants of Sephardic Jews exiled during the Inquisition 500 years ago

Spain Sephardic citizenship plan hits snags, unlike Portugal

| May 12, 2015

MADRID (AP) -- For Alfonso Paredes Henriquez, it was the opportunity not only of a lifetime - but of a half-millennium. The Panamanian real estate developer, a descendant of Sephardic Jews kicked out of Spain five centuries ago, was elated when the country announced it would atone for the Inquisition by granting citizenship to people who can prove lineage from exiled Jews. Then came a long wait, as Spain's Sephardic Jew citizenship law took two years to wind its way through Parliament

White House Seder Included Ashkenazic, Sephardic Traditions

| April 6, 2015

Moroccan Haroset Balls, Savory Brisket and Carrot Souffle! White House First Family Freedom: President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama host a Passover Seder dinner in the Old Family Dining Room of the White House on April 3. Published April 05, 2015

Spain close to granting citizenship to Sephardic Jews

| April 1, 2015

Navigation Home About Editorial Board News CT News National/World Around Connecticut Jewish Life Torah Portion Jewish Holidays Arts & Entertainment Jewish Food Kolot Milestones Submit Milestone Calendar Community Calendar Jewish Holidays Opinion Editorial Op-Ed Columns Letters to the Ledger Obituaries JL Blog (JNS.org) Spain moved closer to approving legislation aimed at granting citizenship to descendants of Sephardic Jews who were expelled during the Spanish Inquisition. Last week, the Spanish parliament approved the law, which will now head to the Spanish senate for consideration

Spains lower parliament passes Sephardic return bill

| March 27, 2015

Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain. Credit: Malgorzata Kistryn/Shutterstock.com Legislation in Spain that would naturalize Sephardic Jews was approved by the countrys lower parliament. The legislation approved Wednesday goes to the countrys Senate for a vote

Seder celebrations of Passover and spring

| March 27, 2015

Most cultures have traditions and rituals that herald spring. Who isn't grateful for signs leading toward a season of abundance and growth after the scarcity of winter? Many of these traditions feature eggs, from traditional Easter egg hunts, to the Cimburijada festival of scrambled eggs in Zenica, Bosnia - where 1,500 eggs will be cooked for the town to share the official moment spring begins - to Egypt's Sham El-Nissim holiday, celebrated back to the time of the pharaohs with spring onions and colored eggs.

Hate messages painted on Hollywood, Fla. synagogue

| March 20, 2015

Example of the vandalism that appeared on Bnai Sephardim. Photo is a screenshot from YouTube Vandals defaced a synagogue in Hollywood, Fla.

Los Bilbilicos, The Broken Consort, Sephardic tune arr. Emily Lau, Live Performance – Video

| March 19, 2015

Los Bilbilicos, The Broken Consort, Sephardic tune arr. Emily Lau, Live Performance Sephardic tune Los Bilbilicos arr. by Emily Lau (www.emily-lau.com) and performed by The Broken Consort (www.thebrokenconsort.com) To buy: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/isle-of-lucidity/id5918 ...

Sephardic Songs-Joaquin Nin-Culmell – Video

| March 17, 2015

Sephardic Songs-Joaquin Nin-Culmell By: MsCantatrice

Cultural history of the Jews of Spain visited in lecture

| March 13, 2015

In almost every educational institution there are Religious Studies that allows students to learn about different religions including Jewish culture, but there isnt a lot of focus on Sephardi Jewish studies in North America. In fact, very few people are educated in the Sephardic Jewish studies where they can teach its history, according to Director of the Sephardic Education Center, Rabbi Daniel Bouskila- who stopped by CSUN today to talk about the history of this very small, but rich culture. Bouskila has heard a lot of people complaining about the narrative in American universities being so Ashkenazim and European-based while the focus on the Sephardi side is barely ever touched upon


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