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Tag: Sephardic Culture

0 History Communities

The History of Sephardic Jewry: Overview

Jewish History Lectures · 15 Sep

The video provides a comprehensive lecture on the history of Sephardic Jewry, tracing their journey from the ancient period to modern times.

0 Communities Culture

These Teens Are Keeping Sephardic Culture Alive

Hilary Danailova in Hadassah · 31 Aug

Judah Roberts, a 16-year-old from Boca Raton with Sephardic ancestry, is leading efforts to preserve the Ladino language and Sephardic culture through the new youth organization Bivas, part of the Sephardic Jewish Brotherhood of America.

0 Culture Education

Ramping Up Sephardic Education

Paula Jacobs in Tablet · 4 Apr

Efforts to enhance Sephardic education and identity in the United States are gaining traction through initiatives like the Bivas Sephardic youth movement, which focuses on preserving Ladino heritage and language.

0 Holidays Food

Crunching Poppyseeds on Purim

Susan Barocas in Lilith · 20 Mar

The article discusses the tradition of eating Nan E-Berenji (Rosewater-Poppyseed Cookies) by Persian Jews during Purim, a holiday that coincides closely with Norouz, the Persian New Year.

0 Language Culture

Finally, a new hub for people who want to study the language and history of Ladino

Aviya Kushner in Forward · 5 Mar

The American Ladino League has emerged as a new center for studying Ladino, the Romance language with roots in medieval Spain and significant influence from Hebrew, Turkish, Arabic, and other languages.

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Book Interview | Elizabeth Graver Tells the Family Story Behind ‘Kantika’

Debby Waldman in Moment · 25 May 2023

Elizabeth Graver's novel, "Kantika," is inspired by her maternal grandmother's migration journey from Istanbul to Barcelona and later to New York.

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Cilantro’s Jewish Roots

Orge Castellano in Tablet · 4 Feb 2022

Cilantro, also known as coriander, has deep historical and cultural roots in Jewish cuisine.

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“Elena of Avalor” Gets Hanukkah Right (Almost)

Forward · 17 Dec 2019

Disney Junior's show "Elena of Avalor" introduces a Hanukkah episode focusing on Elena and her family learning about and participating in Jewish traditions through their friendship with Rebekah, a Jewish princess.

0 History Culture

Feeling the Love in Macedonia

Sarah Aroeste in Tablet · 15 Feb 2018

In September 2017, the author visited Bitola, Macedonia, where they were overwhelmed by the outpouring of love and respect for Jewish culture despite the absence of a Jewish community in the town.

0 History Culture

The Sephardic Mystique

Daniel B. Schwartz in Jewish Review of Books · 27 Mar 2017

In "The Sephardic Mystique," the focus is on the 19th-century German Jewish obsession with Sephardic culture, contrasting it to traditional Ashkenazic Jewish practices.

0 Gender/Identity Culture

Wonder Women Ep. 34

Unorthodox · 24 Mar 2016

In this episode of Wonder Women, Israeli actress Gal Gadot showcases her Wonder Woman-like qualities off-screen.

0 Culture Israel

Benjamin W. Corn in Tablet · 23 Nov 2011

Academic oncologists in Israel who trained in the U.S. cherish the Thanksgiving celebrations they experienced there, prompting a new tradition of "seudat-hodayah" (thanksgiving feast) among oncologists and cancer patients in Israel.