The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/sephardim/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:31:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Sephardim | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/sephardim/ 32 32 Ministry sanctions Haredi schools for refusing Sephardi students; 55 still stuck at home https://www.timesofisrael.com/ministry-sanctions-haredi-schools-for-refusing-sephardi-students-55-still-stuck-at-home/ Wed, 10 Sep 2025 13:53:33 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3638704 With new sanctions and hearings looming, officials confront entrenched bias in Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh that has left entire 9th-grade classes without a place to study

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]]> In ‘Alegría,’ Jews, Christians and Muslims come to a boil in a Spanish melting pot https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-alegria-jews-christians-and-muslims-come-to-a-boil-in-a-spanish-melting-pot/ Fri, 20 Jan 2023 20:12:42 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2927998 The new film by director Violeta Salama, screening at the New York Jewish Film Festival on Jan. 22, embraces complexities of identity in the tumultuous African port city of Melilla

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]]> Bennett bars anti-‘amulet kissers’ artist from receiving Israel Prize https://www.timesofisrael.com/bennett-bars-anti-amulet-kissers-artist-from-receiving-israel-prize/ Wed, 22 Mar 2017 12:21:38 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1585335 Yair Garbuz, who raised hackles with what many believed to be a racist address at a 2015 election rally, nixed from running for prestigious award

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]]> 500 years after expulsion, Jewish American claims Spanish citizenship https://www.timesofisrael.com/500-years-after-expulsion-jewish-american-claims-spanish-citizenship/ Tue, 23 Feb 2016 09:58:13 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1345080 In righting of historic wrong, Seattle-resident Doreen Alhadeff and other descendants of Sephardic Jews receive official entree to ancestral homelands under new Spanish and Portuguese 'right of return' laws

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]]> Knesset caucus aims to ‘reconnect’ with descendants of Sephardi Jews https://www.timesofisrael.com/knesset-caucus-aims-to-reconnect-with-descendants-of-sephardi-jews/ Wed, 14 Oct 2015 14:56:57 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1266366 It is a moral imperative to strengthen ties with the 'bnei anusim' who are now being embraced by Spain and Portugal, says caucus director Ashley Perry

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]]> Not the first time Spain is apologizing for Inquisition, says prof https://www.timesofisrael.com/not-the-first-time-spain-is-apologizing-for-inquisition-says-prof/ Sat, 18 Jul 2015 00:07:20 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1209720 In Seattle's large Sephardic community, offers of Spanish and Portuguese citizenship are met with more skepticism than forgiveness

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]]> Unlike Portugal, Spain Sephardic citizenship plan hits snags https://www.timesofisrael.com/unlike-portugal-spain-sephardic-citizenship-plan-hits-snags/ Tue, 12 May 2015 01:32:04 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1180860 Significant hurdles placed by government, including learning Spanish, leave some eligible Jews put off by initiative

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]]> The 20th Knesset — parliament of a splintered, tribal Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/what-the-20th-knesset-says-about-israeli-society/ Mon, 06 Apr 2015 03:26:39 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1163078 Two weeks after the elections, a searing look at the cultural discord that continues to characterize the Jewish state, motivated and mobilized voters, and has produced a new legislature of alienated, antagonistic factions

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]]> Aliyah debate exposes French Jewry’s fault lines https://www.timesofisrael.com/aliyah-debate-exposes-french-jewrys-fault-lines/ Sat, 21 Mar 2015 03:54:29 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1154738 Voices urging Jews to remain are derided as coming from 'Ashkenazi elite' by a growing Sephardi Jewish community

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]]> Sephardic Jews urge Spain to adopt law of return https://www.timesofisrael.com/sephardic-jews-urge-spain-to-adopt-law-of-return/ Fri, 27 Feb 2015 22:26:23 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1144602 Spanish-speaking community implores Madrid to follow Portuguese example and vote on legislation providing citizenship

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]]> An election full of sound and fury https://www.timesofisrael.com/an-election-full-of-sound-and-fury/ Wed, 25 Feb 2015 10:24:26 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1143028 As ideological differences between Israeli parties are eroded, politicians revisit age-old culture wars to rally voters

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]]> In Boston, Klezmer musical spoofs Jewish infighting https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-boston-klezmer-musical-spoofs-jewish-infighting/ Fri, 20 Feb 2015 17:25:46 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1138994 Based on a novel by Israel Zangwill, 'The King of Second Avenue' pits an uptown Ashkenazi mogul against a downtown Sephardi 'schnorrer' with nothing but 'kishkes'

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]]> As its leader Deri fights for his political life, Shas teeters with him https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-its-leader-deri-fights-for-his-political-life-shas-teeters-with-him/ Mon, 05 Jan 2015 18:13:13 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1116293 Flourishing on the strength of Ovadia Yosef's spiritual leadership and Aryeh Deri's deft skills, Shas was an electoral fixture and source of Sephardi influence for 30 years. Yosef died a year ago; Deri is maneuvering desperately to prevent the party passing too

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]]> Shas the latest victim of growing left-right divide https://www.timesofisrael.com/shas-the-latest-victim-of-growing-left-right-divide/ Mon, 15 Dec 2014 19:26:22 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1106464 As former leader breaks away, the old politics of identity no longer hold sway in the face of growing sectarianism

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]]> Spanish law to naturalize Sephardic Jews rendered ‘meaningless’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/spanish-law-to-naturalize-sephardic-jews-rendered-meaningless/ Sun, 14 Dec 2014 17:52:11 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1106041 Revisions of law granting citizenship to descendants of Spanish Inquisition make process more cumbersome and only symbolic, advocate says

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