Sephardi
Sassoon Yehuda Sephardi Synagogue.
September 10, 2023, 7:23 am
A vision to share tradition and heritage
"It is only by preserving our traditions, that we can ensure a lasting legacy for future generations," Levy said. "Our vision is to preserve, value, share and entrust our Sephardi traditions and cultural heritage."
By Carol Saffer
April 12, 2022, 1:02 pm
A Sephazi Ashkefardi seder
Rice, legumes, peas, lentils … there are always questions around who can eat what over Pesach. But what other differences are there between Ashkenazi Jews and those who are of Sephardi or Mizrahi heritage?
By Jessica Abelsohn
The cover of The Flying Camel features A-WA, an Israeli band made up of the three sisters Tair, Liron, and Tagel Haim. Photo: Rotem Lebel.
March 15, 2022, 9:45 am
Stories of Mizrahi and Sephardi women
Feeling forever silenced, Loolwa Khazzoom is quiet no more. Khazzoom whose heritage is part of the fabric of her very being, has updated her anthology, The Flying Camel, proving that not all Judaism is Ashkenazi.
By Jessica Abelsohn
Sephardi synagogue, Amsterdam. Photo: Wikipedia.org
December 14, 2021, 12:30 pm
The Spinoza controversy resurfaces in Amsterdam
Yitzhak Melamed, a professor of philosophy at Johns Hopkins University, has been denied entry to the Portuguese Synagogue and library in Amsterdam.
By SHIRA HANAU & CNAAN LIPHSHIZ
Four generations of Iraqi kiddish cups
August 27, 2021, 8:48 am
A different Rosh Hashanah
Growing up Sephardi meant editor Jessica Abelsohn did things very differently to her Ashkenazi friends. Her Rosh Hashanah table, especially, is a world away from dipping apple into honey. She shares her experience on how it felt growing up Sephardi in an Ashkenazi world and explains how her Rosh Hashanah table is set.
By Jessica Abelsohn
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