The Sephardi Perspective

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Statistically, around one-fifth of the world’s Jewish population have non-Ashkenazi roots, including over 50% of Israeli Jews. However, too little is known about the history, culture, tradition and most importantly, perspective, of the broader Sephardi world.

While the term Sephardi has today come to incorporate all non-Ashkenazi communities, there are major differences in history and experience between Jews from the Maghreb (North Africa), the Levant (Syria, Lebanon) and the Middle East (Iran, Iraq, Yemen). Nevertheless, the Sephardi world is at least partially unified by a similar tradition and worldview.

In addition, the Western Sephardim were the first communities in the English-speaking world, like in the US and the UK, and largely unknown is their contribution to forming these great communities and the role they still play.

Theirs is an important voice when assessing such issues as Israel-Diaspora relations, religion and State in Israel, Jewish history, politics, and culture.

The Sephardim, because of their thousands of years of historical experiences, have a very different approach to many of these issues and their voices deserve to be part of the global Jewish conversation.

At the Sephardi Perspective, we provide a space for a wide variety of differing voices, views and of course, perspectives, from the non-Ashkenazi world.