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20 FEBRUARY 2015
In Honor of Anwar Suliman, for his years of service on ASF’s Board of Directors
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“The Last of the Arab Jews” By Lucette Lagnado, Wall Street Journal The Jewish community of Djerba, Tunisia, is growing in size, an accomplishment community members ascribe to the protection of the government, and God. But the community’s deeply-rooted traditionalism is now facing a new challenge: a push from within for women’s education.
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 El Ghriba Synagogue, Djerba, Tunisia (Photo courtesy of Diarna: Geo-Museum) |
By Lucette Lagnado, Wall Street Journal
The Jewish community of Djerba, Tunisia, is growing in size, an accomplishment community members ascribe to the protection of the government, and God. But the community’s deeply-rooted traditionalism is now facing a new challenge: a push from within for women’s education.
El Ghriba Synagogue, Djerba, Tunisia (Photo courtesy of Diarna: Geo-Museum)
 King Frederick IV (depicted here by Hyacinthe Rigaud) “would not go to any of the Roman Catholic Churches, but went to the [Sephardi] Synagogue” at Livorno, in 1709, according to Edward Wright’s Some observations made in travelling: through France, Italy, &c. |
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“From medieval mintmasters to nuclear physicists: The history of Denmark’s Jews” By Elon Gilad, Haaretz The roots of the Jewish community of Copenhagen, Denmark─terrorized last week by an Islamist gunmen─go back to the 17th century, “when King Christian IV appointed a Sephardic Jew from Hamburg named Samuel Yakhiya as mintmaster.” Later in the century, “Benjamin Mussafia, author of an important Talmudic dictionary, was appointed court physician and over the next century Sephardi Jews began to play an increasingly important role in the Danish economy and society.” |
King Frederick IV (depicted here by Hyacinthe Rigaud) “would not go to any of the Roman Catholic Churches, but went to the [Sephardi] Synagogue” at Livorno, in 1709, according to Edward Wright’s Some observations made in travelling: through France, Italy, &c.
By Elon Gilad, Haaretz
The roots of the Jewish community of Copenhagen, Denmark─terrorized last week by an Islamist gunmen─go back to the 17th century, “when King Christian IV appointed a Sephardic Jew from Hamburg named Samuel Yakhiya as mintmaster.” Later in the century, “Benjamin Mussafia, author of an important Talmudic dictionary, was appointed court physician and over the next century Sephardi Jews began to play an increasingly important role in the Danish economy and society.”
Contemporary voices steeped in history, tradition and current events will be showcased throughout this weeklong series of events.
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“Report: Islamists Seize Ezra’s Tomb in Iraq” By Staff, Israel Hayom According to reports in al-Arabi and other Arabic online fora, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, which previously obliterated the traditional Tomb of Jonah in northern Iraq, has now seized the purported Shrine of Ezra, and turned it into their headquarters south of Baghdad. |
 Traditional Tomb of Ezra, al-ʻUzair, Iraq
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By Staff, Israel Hayom
According to reports in al-Arabi and other Arabic online fora, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, which previously obliterated the traditional Tomb of Jonah in northern Iraq, has now seized the purported Shrine of Ezra, and turned it into their headquarters south of Baghdad.
 Shattered gravestone, Ma’alla Street Cemetery, Aden, Yemen (Photo courtesy of Ben Ragsdale/Diarna Geo-Museum) |
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“Persecution Defines Life for Yemen’s Remaining Jews” By Rod Nordland, New York Times What’s life like for Jews living in Yemen? A Western journalist accompanying a Yemenite Jew was accosted in the market by a local dealer. “What are you doing with that dirty Jew?” the dealer asked, “Why are you friendly with him?” When the local translator interjected, “He’s a human being, after all,” the dealer replied, “No, he’s not, God has damned him.” |
Shattered gravestone, Ma’alla Street Cemetery, Aden, Yemen (Photo courtesy of Ben Ragsdale/Diarna Geo-Museum)
By Rod Nordland, New York Times
What’s life like for Jews living in Yemen? A Western journalist accompanying a Yemenite Jew was accosted in the market by a local dealer. “What are you doing with that dirty Jew?” the dealer asked, “Why are you friendly with him?” When the local translator interjected, “He’s a human being, after all,” the dealer replied, “No, he’s not, God has damned him.”
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Copyright © 2015 American Sephardi Federation, All rights reserved.
Thank you for opting (on our websites, at an event, or by email) to receive American Sephardi Federation Programming Updates and Publications. We apologize if this message was sent in error.
The American Sephardi Federation’s Sephardi House is located at the Center for Jewish History (15 West 16th St., New York, NY., 10011).
American Sephardi Federation | http://www.Sephardi.House | info@Sephardi.House | (212) 294-8350
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