Author and HBI Research Associate Judy Bolton-Fasman is carrying out research for a continuing project on Jewish women in the Sephardic Diaspora. One of the primary objectives is to drill down and ...
Though the place smelled different, its soundscape created a deep emotional connection, leading me to reflect on how sensory experiences help migrants — like Sephardim — feel at home in a new land ...
The Sephardic Academy of Manhattan, with 240 students this year, is the latest sign of a community’s growing presence in the neighborhood. When the Stanley I. Chera Sephardic Academy of Manhattan ...
Their ancestors came from North Africa, Central Asia, the Middle East and Iberia. And they’re all Jewish. Sephardic Jews, at just 10% of the American Jewish population, are a minority within a ...
As we observe the 11 th anniversary of the passing of Rav Ovadia Yosef z”l (3 Heshvan), we do so in the midst of a deep void in rabbinic leadership in Israel. When I say “Rabbinic Leadership,” I don’t ...
This generous gift underscores the university’s ongoing commitment to Sephardic Studies and will enable four PhD students to be supported by one of the strongest and broadest Jewish Studies graduate ...
Joseph Pool, a senior at Rollins College in Florida, grew up hearing his Moroccan-born grandparents describe Mimouna, a traditional Moroccan Jewish celebration marking the return to eating chametz ...