Rabbi’s letter fetches $700,000 at auction The 18th-century manuscript by the Or HaChaim offers a rare glimpse into Moroccan Jewish history. Assaf Golan Jan. 26, 2025
Sephardim, Mizrachim in NY more conservative, less likely to intermarry than peers, per UJA study N.Y. Sephardim “are seriously Jewish, worldly, cosmopolitan, entrepreneurial,” Jason Guberman, who leads the American Sephardi Federation, told JNS. Vita Fellig Nov. 13, 2024
Oct. 7 memorial for Jews of color ‘missed opportunity’ for unity, says American Sephardi Federation The “unabashedly progressive” group hosting the event said that some Jews find an “unwelcome environment” at other institutional Jewish gatherings. JNS Staff and David Swindle Oct. 9, 2024
David Yosef elected Israel’s chief Sephardic rabbi; Ashkenazi undecided A tie between hardliner Micha Halevi and moderate Kalman Ber requires a later second round. Canaan Lidor Sept. 30, 2024
A sweet 5785 to a somber Jewish people For far too long, the Middle East has been a maelstrom. Ethel G. Hofman Sept. 9, 2024
Hebrew U offers course aimed at preserving Ladino The inaugural summer program brought together 28 students. Aug. 20, 2024
Porto Jews accuse incoming EU Council president of history of antisemitism In a new book, the community details efforts by António Costa's government to revoke the country's Sephardic citizenship law. July 8, 2024
The miraculous story of the Zionist Sephardic Jews of Bulgaria Saved from the Nazi gas chambers during the Holocaust, the community was reborn in the nascent state of Israel. Joshua Marks June 4, 2024
‘Hard-pressed’ to imagine world without ‘Shulchan Aruch’ 450 years after Joseph Caro’s death, experts say The Sephardic rabbi, who died in 1575, is one of history’s most renowned codifiers of Jewish law and writers on Jewish mysticism. Menachem Wecker May 20, 2024
