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Sephardic Jews
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September 25, 2024, 8:09 am
Rare document shows Jewish financier’s role in American Revolution
Surviving page from James Madison’s ledger shows contribution of Haym Salomon, a Sephardic Jewish immigrant from Poland, who gave equivalent of $23m to revolutionary cause
By
Jackie Hajdenberg
September 12, 2024, 9:51 pm
NYC Council to vote on recognizing anniversary of first Jewish arrivals in city
Bill aims to mark little-known Landing Day, marking date of 1654 arrival of first Jews in then-New Amsterdam, and ‘celebrate the continuing importance of the Jewish community’
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julia GERGELY
October 8, 2023, 11:39 am
This Israel-born musician is spearheading a Ladino revival, from Taiwan to Toronto
Taking her show on the road, singer and trombonist Nani Vazana brings a lost language and culture to audiences familiar with it and to newcomers alike
By
Martin Rosenberg
September 8, 2023, 4:22 am
How a Puerto Rican-Jewish gang leader helped create hip-hop in the Bronx
New 5-part podcast ‘Can You Dig It’ explores the story of ‘Yellow Benjy’ Melendez, who brokered peace and whose influence allowed an emerging musical genre to take root and grow
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Andrew Esensten
July 27, 2023, 3:03 pm
Hispanic Jewish group signs lease for $40 million museum
Institution in the city’s upscale Salamanca district will be the first of its caliber in Spain and the Iberian Peninsula, a founder says
By
Canaan Lidor
April 1, 2023, 5:00 am
With Ladino compilation, vocalist gets in tune with her family’s fading history
Israeli-American Tutti Druyan hopes release of song collection ‘Kantika’ revives interest in the endangered Judeo-Spanish language once spoken by her ancestors
By
Penny Schwartz
January 20, 2023, 10:12 pm
In ‘Alegría,’ Jews, Christians and Muslims come to a boil in a Spanish melting pot
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
By
Rich Tenorio
January 7, 2023, 10:54 pm
Senior Likud MK escalates criticism as Netanyahu denies ethnic discrimination
David Amsalem takes fresh shot at party leader after being skipped over for ministerial post; PM’s office calls accusation that racism influenced appointments ‘ridiculous’
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ToI Staff
January 6, 2023, 3:24 pm
Demoted Likud MK Amsalem accuses Netanyahu of racism, ‘humiliating’ Sephardic voters
Most senior party lawmaker not to receive a portfolio accuses PM of deliberate snub: ‘No one will humiliate us Mizrahi Jews, not even a prime minister from Likud’
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ToI Staff
January 5, 2023, 12:14 pm
Rabbi Abraham Levy, influential leader among Britain’s Sephardic Jews, dies at 83
King Charles eulogizes educator and community leader, who helped build Limmud program, as a ‘towering figure’ and ‘respected teacher’ who carried a message of tolerance
By
James Martin
December 29, 2022, 12:26 am
99-year-old Holocaust survivor is a final portal into vibrant life of prewar Rhodes
In ‘One Hundred Saturdays,’ Stella Levi shares with author Michael Frank her memories of centuries-old traditions of the Aegean island’s Sephardic community destroyed by the Nazis
By
Renee Ghert-Zand
September 27, 2022, 8:05 am
Initiatives help descendants of Crypto-Jews reconnect with stolen Sephardic heritage
Certificate of Sephardic Ancestry validates identity, while an online ancestral database of 45,000 Sephardic family names makes searching for roots easier
By
Renee Ghert-Zand
September 16, 2022, 4:56 pm
Yesh Atid takes flack for Russian site calling Likud a ‘sectoral Sephardic party’
Party says post written by outside group, takes it down; Lapid calls out Netanyahu for taking any opportunity to ‘incite and divide’
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ToI Staff
September 1, 2022, 11:50 pm
New biography delves into mysterious backstory of billionaire banker Edmond J. Safra
Few truly knew the private Safra, who died tragically after scaling up his family’s small Beirut business into a hugely successful global financial operation on four continents
By
Renee Ghert-Zand
August 22, 2022, 6:27 pm
‘A source of light’: Thousands pay respects to Shas luminary Rabbi Shalom Cohen
Yeshiva students from across the country attend funeral for Cohen, ‘whose teachings, prayers and blessings protected the nation,’ Chief Rabbi Lau says
By
Tobias Siegal
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