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SUMMARY:Museum Mondays: Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nMuseum Mondays:  \nBabylonian Jewry Heritage Center \nTour the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center in Or Yehuda from the comfort of your own home with Nachliel Selavan\, the Museum Guy. \nMonday\, 31 January \n@ 9AM PDT ◊ 12PM EST ◊ 5PM London ◊ 7PM Jerusalem ◊ 8PM Dubai \nAbout your tour guide:\nNachliel Selavan created and delivered an integrated learning and museum tour program for both school and adult educational settings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, and has hosted similar pilot visits to a dozen museums in North America\, and a few museums in Europe and in Jerusalem. He also teaches and engages audiences through virtual tours and social media. He has recently completed a year long Tanach Study podcast called Parasha Study Plus\, delivering a weekly episode of Archaeology on the Parasha\, and is now on his second podcast and a new video series reviewing every book in Tanach\, called Archaeology Snapshot. \nBabylonian Jewry Heritage Center: https://www.bjhcenglish.com/ \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/museum-mondays-babylonian-jewry-heritage-center/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220130T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220130T160000
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SUMMARY:Salud i Vida: The 5th Annual New York Ladino Day!
DESCRIPTION:The American Sephardi Federation\, the Sephardic Jewish Brotherhood of America\, and the Sephardic Foundation on Aging proudly present:\nSalud i Vida: The 5th Annual New York Ladino Day!\nFeaturing scholar Eliezer Papo \nSephardic Nonagenarians: A Panel by Bryan Kirschen \nEstreyikas d’Estambol Children’s Choir “Kantiga\,” a Ladino Short Story by Jane Mushabac \nTrio Sefardi: the Musical Finale! \nSunday\, 30 January at 2:00PM EST\n(Early Bird price ends on 15 December) \nLadino is a bridge to many cultures. It is a variety of Spanish that has absorbed words from Hebrew\, Turkish\, Arabic\, French\, Greek\, and Portuguese. The mother tongue of Jews in the Ottoman Empire for 500 years\, Ladino became the home language of Sephardim worldwide. While the number of Ladino speakers has sharply declined\, distinguished Ladino Day programs like ours celebrate and preserve a vibrant language and heritage. These programs are\, as Aviya Kushner wrote in the Forward\, “Why Ladino Will Rise Again.” \nSince 2013\, International Ladino Day programs have been held around the world to honor the Ladino language\, also known as Judeo-Spanish. January 30th marks New York’s 5th Annual Ladino Day curated by Drs. Jane Mushabac and Bryan Kirschen for the American Sephardi Federation. \n© loannia\, mid-19th c. Sephardi & Romaniot Jewish Costumes in Greece & Turkey. 16 watercolours by Nicholas Stavroulakis\, published by the Association of the Friends of the Jewish Museum of Greece\, Athens\, 1986. (Scan courtesy of the Jewish Museum of Greece) \nSponsorship opportunities available: \ninfo@americansephardi.org \n \n     \n 
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/salud-i-vida-the-5th-annual-new-york-ladino-day/
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220116T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220116T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T214629
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SUMMARY:The Qur'an and its Relationship to Torah and Judaism
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nThe Qur’an and its Relationship to Torah and Judaism \nRick Sopher will take us on an introductory exploration of the following questions: \nWhy does the Qur’an refer so extensively to the contents of the Torah? Are there differences between the way the Qur’an and the Torah tell the stories of Abraham\, Moses\, Joseph and other Biblical characters? \nWhat does the Qur’an say about the Jews whom Muhammad encountered in his lifetime\, especially in Medina between 622 CE and his death in 632 CE? Is the Qur’an anti-Jewish? Did the Islamic view of the Torah and Jews change over time? \nHow should verse 9:29 of the Qur’an and mentions of the dhimmi status of Jews be read? In the 1\,300 years after the foundation of Islam\, for Jews living in Muslim lands\, did these verses act as a “humiliation” or as a “protection”? \nSunday\, 16 January \n@ 9AM PDT ◊ 12PM EST ◊ 5PM London ◊ 7PM Jerusalem ◊ 8PM Dubai \nAbout the speaker:\nRick Sopher has a financial background and is the CEO of Edmond de Rothschild Capital Holdings\, which he joined in 1993. He is the Chairman of the world’s longest established investment fund of its type. Prior to that he worked at BDO Stoy Hayward\, where he was appointed the youngest ever partner. He has received various industry awards including the Outstanding Contribution Award from Hedge Fund Review and the Decade of Excellence Award by Financial News. \nRick graduated from Cambridge University and has more recently worked in the area of interfaith relations with the Woolf Institute\, Cambridge as a member of their Council. \nDuring the lockdown period\, Rick convened an online dialogue between Professors of Religion at the world’s leading universities to discuss the relationship between the Qur’an and the Bible and has himself dialogued with Muslim leaders on the subject. \nRick was awarded the Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur in 2007 from President Chirac for his contribution to religious education in France and is Chairman or Director of several educational charities in the UK. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/the-quran-and-its-relationship-to-torah-and-judaism/
CATEGORIES:Exploration,Religion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220112T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220112T130000
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SUMMARY:New Works Wednesdays with Shira Klein
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nNew Works Wednesdays with Shira Klein \nJoin us for New Works Wednesdays with Dr. Shira Klein who will be discussing her new book “Italy’s Jews from Emancipation to Fascism” (Cambridge University Press). \nWednesday\, 12 January \n@ 9AM PDT ◊ 12PM EST ◊ 5PM London ◊ 7PM Jerusalem ◊ 8PM Dubai \nAbout the book:\nHow did Italy treat Jews during World War II? Historians have shown beyond doubt that many Italians were complicit in the Holocaust\, yet Italy is still known as the Axis state that helped Jews. Shira Klein uncovers how Italian Jews\, though victims of Italian persecution\, promoted the view that Fascist Italy was categorically good to them. She shows how the Jews’ experience in the decades before World War II – during which they became fervent Italian patriots while maintaining their distinctive Jewish culture – led them later to bolster the myth of Italy’s wartime innocence in the Fascist racial campaign. Italy’s Jews experienced a century of dramatic changes\, from emancipation in 1848\, to the 1938 Racial Laws\, wartime refuge in America and Palestine\, and the rehabilitation of Holocaust survivors. This cultural and social history draws on a wealth of unexplored sources\, including original interviews and unpublished memoirs. \nAbout the author:\nDr. Shira Klein is Associate Professor of History at Chapman University. She has won awards from the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture\, the Yad Hanadiv/Beracha Foundation\, and the USC Shoah Foundation. \nFor more about the book:\nhttps://www.cambridge.org/academic/subjects/history/twentieth-century-european-history/italys-jews-emancipation-fascism \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-works-wednesdays-with-shira-klein/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211219T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211219T123000
DTSTAMP:20260603T214629
CREATED:20211203T143348Z
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SUMMARY:Kickstart your Memoir: Heirlooms
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nKickstart your Memoir: Heirlooms \nJoin award-winning author Gila Green in a hands-on workshop where we will talk about how we can use objects from the past in memoir \nSunday\, 19 December at 11:00AM EST \nAbout the speaker: \nCanadian author Gila Green is an Israel-based writer\, editor\, and EFL teacher. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/kickstart-your-memoir-heirlooms/
CATEGORIES:Workshop,Writing Techniques
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211209T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211209T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T214629
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LAST-MODIFIED:20211123T192004Z
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SUMMARY:A Bukharian Jew in Uzbekistan
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nA Bukharian Jew in Uzbekistan \nManashe Khaimov was born in a city along the Silk Road\, in Samarkand\, Uzbekistan\, where his ancestors lived for over 2000 years. Join Manashe as he will explore the story about being a Bukharian Jew in Uzbekistan. He will discuss his experience in the Uzbekistan school system\, his education in the underground yeshiva\, and his relationship with his family mikvah (ritual bath)\, the only mikvah in Samarkand at that time. \nThursday\, 9 December at 12:00PM EST \nAbout the speaker: \nManashe is a fourth generation community organizer\, serial entrepreneur\, and social innovator who builds and consults organizations on Jewish diversity. \nAt his previous role as a Director of Community Engagement and Development at Queens College Hillel\, he focused on building a real diverse Jewish community\, creating Sepharadi and Mizrahi Leadership pipeline while expanding Sephardi and Mizrahi student life programs at five CUNY Hillel campuses. \nCurrently\, Manashe is an Adjunct Professor in Jewish Studies\, with a specialty in the History and Culture of the Central Asian Jews at Queens College. He is the founding president of SAMi Sephardic American Mizrahi Initiative that focuses on the Leadership Development of under-served Jewish communities on college campuses. In 2021 Manashe was appointed by Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz as a member of the Jewish Advisory Council. Manashe also just accepted a position with Moishe House as their new Eastern Community Manager. \nManashe is founder of the Bukharian Jewish Union\, an organization for the young professionals in their 20’s and 30’s\, the founder of AskBobo.org\, the only Bukharian online dictionary and the founder of The Jewish Silk Road Tours ™ an initiative that helps to introduce NYers and tourists from around the world to the diversity of NYC. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/a-bukharian-jew-in-uzbekistan/
CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211205T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211205T130000
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SUMMARY:Eid Al-Banat
DESCRIPTION:Eid Al-Banat \nThe ASF Institute of Jewish Experience and the Mizrahi Dance Archive invites you to a unique global celebration of Eid Al-Banat! \nThis year for the North African holiday of Eid Al-Banat (The Festival of Daughters\, in Judeo-Arabic)\, or Hag HaBanot (Hebrew)\, we are bringing together female Greater Sephardi talents to virtually celebrate North African Jewish traditions\, female leadership\, music\, dance\, and so much more. \nSunday\, 5 December at 12:00PM EST \nThis festival honors the story of Jewish heroines like Judith and Queen Esther and the important role of women in Jewish life until today. It is customary to sing\, dance\, and light the night’s menorah candle and focus on bringing together generations of mothers\, daughters\, aunts\, sisters and the extended community. Women would traditionally get together to bake sweet treats and give gifts to each other. They would sing piyyutim and pray for the health and wellbeing of the women in their lives. It is a celebration of women\, past and present. \nIn this year’s celebration\, we will be featuring musician Lala Tamar\, a world-renowned Israeli singer\, who will be streaming a concert from Morocco accompanied by local female musicians. Lala is known for her bold and feminine style where she incorporates her Moroccan roots and the ancient Judeo-Spanish language of Haketia. \nJackie Barzvi will be leading us in celebratory dance to Jewish Moroccan music\, where anyone can follow along\, without any previous dance experience. Jackie is a professional Raqs Sharqi (belly dance) instructor and performer and the creator of the Mizrahi Dance Archive. \nDr. Hélène Jawhara Piñer\, author of Sephardi: Cooking the History. Recipes of the Jews of Spain and the Diaspora from the 13th Century to Today will be sharing a new recipe created uniquely for this program that incorporates the historical and modern significance of the day in the context of specific food items. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/eid-al-banat/
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Music,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211130T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211130T100000
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SUMMARY:Reclaiming Identity: Jews of Arab Lands and Iran share stories of identity\, struggle and redemption
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nReclaiming Identity:  \nJews of Arab Lands and Iran share stories of identity\, struggle and redemption \nJoin us for a global virtual event marking the November 30\, Israel’s national day of commemorating the effectual end of Jewish in many Arab lands and Iran. We will discuss questions such as: What is my true identity? How does my family narrative coexist within the wider Jewish world? Why\, when\, and how did I reclaim my heritage identity? Featuring guests from Dubai to Los Angeles! \nTuesday\, 30 November at 9:00AM EST \nOn 23 June 2014\, the Knesset adopted a law designating 30 November as an annual\, national day of commemoration for the 850\,000 Jewish refugees who were displaced from Arab countries and Iran in the 20th century. \nThis year on 30 November\, Jews across the world will share personal experiences of their families who left those countries only to once again face losses in the experience of living their heritage and identity. It is time to reclaim our Jewish heritage! \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/reclaiming-identity-jews-of-arab-lands-and-iran-share-stories-of-identity-struggle-and-redemption/
CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211117T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211117T130000
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SUMMARY:New Works Wednesday with Yolande Cohen and David S. Koffman
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nNew Works Wednesday with Yolande Cohen and David S. Koffman \nJoin us for a New Works Wednesdays with Professor Yolande Cohen and Associate Professor David Koffman discussing their new book No Better Home?: Jews\, Canada and the Sense of Belonging. \nNo Better Home? begins with an audacious question: Has there ever been a better home for Jews than Canada? By certain measures\, Canada might be the most socially welcoming\, economically secure\, and religiously tolerant country for Jews in the diaspora\, past or present. No Better Home? takes this question seriously\, while also exploring the many contested meanings of the idea of “home.” \nWednesday\, 17 November at 12:00PM EST \nContributors to the volume include leading scholars of Canadian Jewish life as well as eminent Jewish scholars writing about Canada for the first time. The essays compare Canadian Jewish life with the quality of life experienced by Jews in other countries\, examine Jewish and non-Jewish interactions in Canada\, analyse specific historical moments and literary texts\, reflect deeply personal histories\, and widen the conversation about the quality and timbre of the Canadian Jewish experience. No Better Home? foregrounds Canadian Jewish life and ponders all that the Canadian experience has to teach about Jewish modernity. \nAbout the Authors: \nYolande Cohen has been a professor of contemporary history at the University of Quebec in Montreal since 1976. Specializing in the history of women and migration\, heads the History\, Women\, Gender and Migration research group. \nDavid S. Koffman\, the J. Richard Shiff Chair for the Study of Canadian Jewry\, an Associate Professor in the Department of History\, is a cultural and social historian of modern Jewish life\, with a specialization in Canadian and U.S. Jewries. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-works-wednesday-with-yolande-cohen-and-david-s-koffman/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211116T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211116T140000
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SUMMARY:Why am I Bukharian if I am not from Bukhara?
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nWhy am I Bukharian if I am not from Bukhara? \nWe will explore important parts of Bukharian Jewish culture\, the Bukharian language (also known as Judeo-Tajik or Bukhori)\, life cycle events and traditional clothing. We will look at fascinating artifacts and traditional clothing from the Bukharian Jewish Heritage Museum and talk about their importance and how they differ from the local community in Uzbekistan. \nTuesday\, 16 November at 1:00PM EST \nAbout the speaker: \nManashe is a fourth generation community organizer\, serial entrepreneur\, and social innovator who builds and consults organizations on Jewish diversity. \nAt his previous role as a Director of Community Engagement and Development at Queens College Hillel\, he focused on building a real diverse Jewish community\, creating Sepharadi and Mizrahi Leadership pipeline while expanding Sephardi and Mizrahi student life programs at five CUNY Hillel campuses. \nCurrently\, Manashe is an Adjunct Professor in Jewish Studies\, with a specialty in the History and Culture of the Central Asian Jews at Queens College. He is the founding president of SAMi Sephardic American Mizrahi Initiative that focuses on the Leadership Development of under-served Jewish communities on college campuses. In 2021 Manashe was appointed by Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz as a member of the Jewish Advisory Council. Manashe also just accepted a position with Moishe House as their new Eastern Community Manager. \nManashe is founder of the Bukharian Jewish Union\, an organization for the young professionals in their 20’s and 30’s\, the founder of AskBobo.org\, the only Bukharian online dictionary\, and the founder of The Jewish Silk Road Tours™\, an initiative that helps to introduce NYers and tourists from around the world to the diversity of NYC. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/why-am-i-bukharian-if-i-am-not-from-bukhara/
CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211115T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211115T130000
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SUMMARY:The Voice of the Mothers: A Look into Sephardi Feminist Approaches to Tradition
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nThe Voice of the Mothers:\nA Look into Sephardi Feminist Approaches to Tradition \nJoin us for a look into Sephardi Feminist approaches to tradition with Dr. Angy Cohen! \nMonday\, 15 November at 12:00PM EST \nThis talk will explore the experiences of Sephardi women who are building a feminist discourse that speaks the language of Sephardi tradition\, tells the story of the grandmothers\, reclaims the intellectual and moral authority of our foremothers\, establishes a public Sephardi and feminist voice\, and educates towards a more fair and tolerant Israeli society. We will dive into the experiences of the members of the Greater Sephardi-feminist Beit Midrash Arevot in Jerusalem\, the only one of its kind in Israel\, who have been working on the development of “traditionist feminism” (feminism masorati in Hebrew). \nAbout the speaker: \nDr. Angy Cohen is the inaugural Belzberg Postdoctoral Associate in Israel Studies at University of Calgary. She is a cultural researcher whose work deals with personal narratives and identity construction among Moroccan Jews in Israel and Argentina and the experiences of Greater Sephardi women in the development of a feminist approach to tradition. Her approach to ethnographic work weaves together cultural psychology\, narrative psychology\, sociology\, and anthropology. She is currently working on the manuscript of a book about personal narratives of Spanish-Moroccan Jews in Israel and Argentine\, from a comparative approach. \nBabylonian Jewry Heritage Center: https://www.bjhcenglish.com/ \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/the-voice-of-the-mothers-a-look-into-sephardi-feminist-approaches-to-tradition/
CATEGORIES:Feminism,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211108T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211108T130000
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SUMMARY:Museum Mondays: A Hanukah Tour Through Ancient Greece - Greek Exhibits in Museums Around the World
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nMuseum Mondays:  \nA Hanukah Tour Through Ancient Greece – Greek Exhibits in Museums Around the World\n \nJoin us for this Hanukkah special! \nExplore Greek memorabilia in museums around the world from the comfort of your own home with Nachliel Selavan\, the Museum Guy. \nMonday\, 8 November \n@ 9AM PDT ◊ 12PM EST ◊ 5PM London ◊ 7PM Jerusalem ◊ 8PM Dubai \nAbout your tour guide:\nNachliel Selavan created and delivered an integrated learning and museum tour program for both school and adult educational settings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, and has hosted similar pilot visits to a dozen museums in North America\, and a few museums in Europe and in Jerusalem. He also teaches and engages audiences through virtual tours and social media. He has recently completed a year long Tanach Study podcast called Parasha Study Plus\, delivering a weekly episode of Archaeology on the Parasha\, and is now on his second podcast and a new video series reviewing every book in Tanach\, called Archaeology Snapshot. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/museum-mondays/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211104T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211104T113000
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SUMMARY:No hay boda sin tanyedera: Ladino Music Salon
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nNo hay boda sin tanyedera:  \nLadino Music Salon \nThursday\, 4 November \n@ 10:30AM EST  \nAre there “right” instruments to accompany Sephardic songs? People often remark on the instruments in the background of Judith’s online lectures and concerts. Here\, Judith will use the online format to invite you to this background\, her living-room\, and all the stringed\, wind and hand percussion instruments in it. Rather than background\, the instruments\, most of them hand-crafted\, will be protagonists. Each one has songs and stories associated with it\, and your questions and comments will help shape the order in which they’re presented. \nAbout the speaker:\nDr. Judith Cohen is a Canadian ethnomusicologist\, medievalist\, singer and storyteller specialized in Sephardic music\, music among the Portuguese Crypto-Jews\, and related traditions. Her presentations are based on both academic research and many years of fieldwork in Spain\, Portugal\, Morocco\, the Balkans\, Turkey\, French Canada and wherever else her work and curiosity take her. She teaches part-time at York University in Toronto and is the consultant for the Alan Lomax Spain 1952 recordings. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/no-hay-boda-sin-tanyedera-ladino-music-salon/
CATEGORIES:Concert,Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211101T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211101T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T214629
CREATED:20210920T155903Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210920T160024Z
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SUMMARY:At the Crossroads: Provençal Jewish Culture in the Middle Ages
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nAt the Crossroads: Provençal Jewish Culture in the Middle Ages \nMonday\, 1 November \n@ 9AM PDT ◊ 12PM EDT ◊ 5PM London ◊ 7PM Jerusalem ◊ 8PM Dubai \nThe medieval Jewish community of Provence sat at the crossroads of Ashkenaz and Sefarad\, a meeting place of diverse ideas and a center of innovative thought. Provençal Jews were renowned for their masterpieces of Talmudic learning as well as groundbreaking works of philosophy and science. It was in Provence that the treasures of Judeo-Arabic learning were translated into Hebrew\, from which they were handed down to us today. This distinct blend of traditional and worldly knowledge characterized Provence. Its denizens saw themselves as belonging to a unique regional culture and proudly recorded its customs in books of minhagim and its version of the liturgy. With the French expulsions of the fourteenth century\, Provençal Jewish culture was dispersed\, but it did not come to a halt. Everywhere that members of this community went\, they carried with them their distinctive approach to Jewish life\, and their influence is felt into modernity. \nAbout the speakers:\nDr. Tamar Marvin is a scholar of medieval Jewish intellectual history and a semikha student at Yeshivat Mahrat. She holds a Ph.D. in Jewish Studies from the Jewish Theological Seminary and a B.A. in Literature and Journalism from New York University. Dr. Marvin has taught and developed curricula in a variety of academic and Jewish settings\, including American Jewish University and Hebrew Union College-JIR\, Los Angeles. She has published her work in academic journals as well as writing for broader media. Dr. Marvin’s research centers on questions of how medieval Jews reacted to and creatively adapted new forms of meaning-making in the world they encountered around them\, including both philosophical reflection and Kabbalistic speculation. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/at-the-crossroads-provencal-jewish-culture-in-the-middle-ages/
CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211027T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211027T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T214629
CREATED:20210831T181648Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210928T013133Z
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SUMMARY:New Works Wednesdays with Andre Elbaz and Edwin Seroussi
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nNew Works Wednesdays with Andre Elbaz and Edwin Seroussi\n \nJoin us for a discussion with three researchers featured in the book “Jews and Muslims in Morocco: Their Intersecting Worlds.” \nWednesday\, 27 October \n@ 9AM PDT ◊ 12PM EDT ◊ 5PM London ◊ 7PM Jerusalem ◊ 8PM Dubai \nAbout the book:\nMultiple traditions of Jewish origins in Morocco emphasize the distinctiveness of Moroccan Jewry as indigenous to the area\, rooted in its earliest settlements and possessing deep connections and associations with the historic peoples of the region. The creative interaction of Moroccan Jewry with the Arab and Berber cultures was noted in the Jews’ use of Morocco’s multiple languages and dialects\, characteristic poetry\, and musical works as well as their shared magical rites and popular texts and proverbs. In Jews and Muslims in Morocco: Their Intersecting Worlds historians\, anthropologists\, musicologists\, Rabbinic scholars\, Arabists\, and linguists analyze this culture\, in all its complexity and hybridity. The volume’s collection of essays span political and social interactions throughout history\, cultural commonalities\, traditions\, and halakhic developments. As Jewish life in Morocco has dwindled\, much of what is left are traditions maintained in Moroccan ex-pat communities\, and memories of those who stayed and those who left. The volume concludes with shared memories from the perspective of a Jewish intellectual from Morocco\, a Moroccan Muslim scholar\, an analysis of a visual memoir painted by the nineteenth-century artist\, Eugène Delacroix\, and a photo essay of the vanished world of Jewish life in Morocco. \nTo purchase the book: https://Rowman.com/Lexington \nAbout the speakers:\nAndré Elbaz is a professor emeritus of French at Carleton University.\nEdwin Seroussi is a professor of musicology and director of the Jewish Music Research Centre at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-works-wednesdays-with-andre-elbaz-edwin-seroussi-and-michal-ben-yaakov/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211021T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211021T140000
DTSTAMP:20260603T214629
CREATED:20210831T160100Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210831T160207Z
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SUMMARY:The World Should Know: First Steps in Writing your Memoir
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nThe World Should Know:\nFirst Steps in Writing your Memoir \nEach of us has a story to tell\, we just need the impetus to get started! \nJoin award-winning author Gila Green in a hands on workshop to begin writing yours or your family’s story. \nWriting a memoir is both for you and for future generations. \nBegin today! \nThursday\, 21 October \n@ 9AM PDT ◊ 12PM EDT ◊ 5PM London ◊ 7PM Jerusalem ◊ 8PM Dubai \nAbout Gila Green:\nCanadian author Gila Green is an Israel-based writer\, editor\, and EFL teacher. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/the-world-should-know-first-steps-in-writing-your-memoir/
CATEGORIES:Workshop,Writing Techniques
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211018T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211018T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T214629
CREATED:20210920T160927Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210920T160927Z
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SUMMARY:Museum Mondays: The Museum for Islamic Art\, Jerusalem
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nMuseum Mondays:  \nThe Museum for Islamic Art\, Jerusalem \nTour the Museum for Islamic Art in Jerusalem from the comfort of your own home with Nachliel Selavan\, the Museum Guy. \nMonday\, 18 October \n@ 9AM PDT ◊ 12PM EDT ◊ 5PM London ◊ 7PM Jerusalem ◊ 8PM Dubai \nAbout your tour guide:\nNachliel Selavan created and delivered an integrated learning and museum tour program for both school and adult educational settings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, and has hosted similar pilot visits to a dozen museums in North America\, and a few museums in Europe and in Jerusalem. He also teaches and engages audiences through virtual tours and social media. He has recently completed a year long Tanach Study podcast called Parasha Study Plus\, delivering a weekly episode of Archaeology on the Parasha\, and is now on his second podcast and a new video series reviewing every book in Tanach\, called Archaeology Snapshot. \nThe Museum for Islamic Arts: http://www.islamicart.co.il/english/ \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/museum-mondays-the-museum-for-islamic-art-jerusalem/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Tour
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211013T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211013T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T214629
CREATED:20210831T181054Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210831T181137Z
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SUMMARY:New Works Wednesdays with Bart Wallet and David Wertheim
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nNew Works Wednesdays with Bart Wallet and David Wertheim\n \nJoin us for New Works Wednesdays with Bart Wallet and David Wertheim\, two editors of the new book “Reappraising the History of the Jews in the Netherlands.” \nWednesday\, 13 October \n@ 9AM PDT ◊ 12PM EDT ◊ 5PM London ◊ 7PM Jerusalem ◊ 8PM Dubai \nAbout the book:\nThe two decades since the last authoritative general history of Dutch Jews was published have seen such substantial developments in historical understanding that a new assessment has become an imperative. This volume offers an indispensable survey from a contemporary viewpoint that reflects the new preoccupations of European historiography and allows the history of Dutch Jewry to be more integrated with that of other European Jewish histories. Historians from both older and newer generations shed significant light on all eras\, providing fresh detail that reflects changed emphases and perspectives. \nIn addition to such traditional subjects as the Jewish community’s relationship with the wider society and its internal structure\, its leaders\, and its international affiliations\, new topics explored include the socio-economic aspects of Dutch Jewish life seen in the context of the integration of minorities more widely; a reassessment of the Holocaust years and consideration of the place of Holocaust memorialization in community life; and the impact of multiculturalist currents on Jews and Jewish politics. Memory studies\, diaspora studies\, and postcolonial studies all play their part in providing the fullest possible picture. \nAvailable at liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk \nAbout the editors:\nBart T. Wallet is Professor of Jewish History at the University of Amsterdam.\nDavid J. Wertheim is the director of the Menasseh ben Israel Institute for Jewish Social and Cultural Studies\, Amsterdam. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-works-wednesdays-with-bart-wallet-and-david-wertheim/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211010T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211024T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T214629
CREATED:20210831T180522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210901T155850Z
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SUMMARY:Mizrahi Dance Series with Jackie Barzvi
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nMizrahi Dance Series with Jackie Barzvi\n \nJoin the ASF Institute of Jewish Experience and Jackie Barzvi\, creator of the Mizrachi Dance Archive\, for a three-part series highlighting the history and movements of Mizrahi dance! Jackie will focus on three different Mizrahi styles: Moroccan\, Bukharian\, and Yemenite dances. Each session will be both a lecture and dance class and participants will learn about the history of each community\, gain insight into how dance was included in their traditions\, listen to Jewish music from each region\, practice traditional movements\, and so much more! \nThe workshops will be held via Zoom and all are welcomed. \nNo previous dance experience required. \nSunday\, 10 October \nSunday\, 17 October \nSunday\, 24 October \n@ 9AM PDT ◊ 12PM EDT ◊ 5PM London ◊ 7PM Jerusalem ◊ 8PM Dubai \nAbout Jackie:\nJackie Barzvi is a professional raqs sharqi (belly dance) performer and instructor. She recently created the first ever Mizrachi Dance Archive to highlight specific Jewish dances from the Middle East and North African regions. Jackie was also the IACT Israel Programs Coordinator at Northeastern University Hillel in Boston\, and has led over a dozen organized trips to Israel. Jackie is passionate about helping others find their unique Jewish identity and creating environments where people can dance\, connect\, and build community. To learn more about her work visit the archive at mizrachidancearchive.com \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/mizrahi-dance-series-with-jackie-barzvi/
CATEGORIES:Dance Class,Lecture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211006T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211006T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T214629
CREATED:20210831T175714Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210928T012915Z
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SUMMARY:New Works Wednesdays with Michal Ben Ya’akov and Noam Sienna
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nNew Works Wednesdays with Michal Ben Ya’akov\nand\nNoam Sienna\n \nJoin Professor Michal Ben Ya’akov and Dr. Noam Sienna as they discuss their research from the new book “Jews and Muslims in Morocco: Their Intersecting Worlds.” \nWednesday\, 6 October \n@ 9AM PDT ◊ 12PM EDT ◊ 5PM London ◊ 7PM Jerusalem ◊ 8PM Dubai \nAbout Jews and Muslims in Morocco:\nMultiple traditions of Jewish origins in Morocco emphasize the distinctiveness of Moroccan Jewry as indigenous to the area\, rooted in its earliest settlements and possessing deep connections and associations with the historic peoples of the region. The creative interaction of Moroccan Jewry with the Arab and Berber cultures was noted in the Jews’ use of Morocco’s multiple languages and dialects\, characteristic poetry\, and musical works as well as their shared magical rites and popular texts and proverbs. In Jews and Muslims in Morocco: Their Intersecting Worlds historians\, anthropologists\, musicologists\, Rabbinic scholars\, Arabists\, and linguists analyze this culture\, in all its complexity and hybridity. The volume’s collection of essays span political and social interactions throughout history\, cultural commonalities\, traditions\, and halakhic developments. As Jewish life in Morocco has dwindled\, much of what is left are traditions maintained in Moroccan ex-pat communities\, and memories of those who stayed and those who left. The volume concludes with shared memories from the perspective of a Jewish intellectual from Morocco\, a Moroccan Muslim scholar\, an analysis of a visual memoir painted by the nineteenth-century artist\, Eugène Delacroix\, and a photo essay of the vanished world of Jewish life in Morocco. \nTo purchase the book: https://Rowman.com/Lexington \nAbout the speakers:\nMichal Ben Ya’akov is an associate professor of history at Efrata College of Education.\nDr. Noam Sienna is a scholar of Jewish culture and history\, a Jewish educator\, and a Hebrew calligrapher and book artist. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-works-wednesdays-with-jane-s-gerber-and-noam-sienna/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210901T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210901T110000
DTSTAMP:20260603T214629
CREATED:20210831T174805Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210831T175923Z
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SUMMARY:New Works Wednesdays with Yehonatan Elazar-DeMota
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nNew Works Wednesdays with Yehonatan Elazar-DeMota\n \nJoin us for the first in our Fall 2021 New Works Wednesdays series with Dr. Hakham Yehonatan Elazar-DeMota! \nAhabath Yehonatan is a Sepharadi book containing blessings for Shabbath and other festivities\, and songs stemming from Sepharad\, North Africa\, the Balkans\, and the Caribbean. This book was redacted and published with the intention of providing Spanish-speaking Sepharadim with a rich resource to enhance the Jewish cultural experience. There are songs in Spanish\, Djidiyo\, Heketiyá\, Arabic\, and Hebrew. As an added help\, the Hebrew songs have Spanish transliteration. It measures 6 x 4 inches\, small enough to carry in a purse or pocket. \nWednesday\, 1 September \n@ 7AM PDT ◊ 10AM EDT ◊ 3PM London ◊ 5PM Jerusalem ◊ 6PM Dubai \nAbout the editor:\nDr. Hakham Yehonatan Elazar-DeMota ס״ט was born in Miami. He comes from a long line of Sephardic families from Spain\, Portugal and North Africa\, which established themselves in the Caribbean before migrating to the United States of America. He began his rabbinic education under Hakham Yosef Benarroch and received dayyanut ordination from Hakham Mordekhay Levi de Lopes. He is a certifed shohet and mohel\, serving as rabbi to the Sepharadi community in the Dominican Republic. \nApart from rabbinic studies\, H. Elazar-DeMota has a Master’s degree in Anthropology and Religious Studies from Florida International University and a PhD in International Law from the University of Amsterdam. H. Elazar-DeMota is a the author of numerous books and articles on Western Sephardic Jewry. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-works-wednesdays-with-yehonatan-elazar-demota/
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210829T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210829T113000
DTSTAMP:20260603T214629
CREATED:20210727T232052Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210727T232052Z
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SUMMARY:Sephardic Culinary History with Chef Hélène Jawhara-Piñer
DESCRIPTION:The American Sephardi Federation presents: \nSephardic Culinary History with Chef & Scholar Hélène Jawhara-Piñer \nFinal twelfth episode of the show:  \nFruits & Spiced Round Challah for RoshHaShana. \nGet ready to cook Sephardic history! \nSunday\, 29 August \n@ 7AM PDT ◊ 10AM EDT ◊ 3PM London ◊ 5PM Jerusalem ◊ 6PM Dubai \nPre-order your copy of “Sephardi: Cooking the History.\nRecipes of the Jews of Spain and the Diaspora\, from the 13th Century Onwards”\n(recently ranked “#1 New Release in Spanish Cooking\, Food & Wine” and “#1 New Release in Kosher Cooking” on Amazon). \nASF Broome & Allen Fellow Hélène Jawhara Piñer earned her Ph.D in History\, Medieval History\, and the History of Food from the University of Tours\, France. \nChef Hélène’s primary research interest is the medieval culinary history of Spain through interculturality with a special focus on the Sephardic culinary heritage written in Arabic. A member of the IEHCA (Institute of European History and Cultures of Food)\, the CESR (Centre for Advanced Studies in the Renaissance)\, and the CoReMa Project (Cooking Recipes of the Middle Ages)\, Chef Hélène has lectured at Bar-Ilan University (in collaboration with the Stali Institute and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC): “El patrimonio culinario judío de la Península Ibérica a través de un manuscrito del siglo XIII. Ejemplos de la pervivencia de recetas en la cocina de los sefardíes de España y de Marruecos\,” 2018)\, as well as at conference of the Association Diwan (“Reflections on the Jewish heritage according to the Kitāb al-ṭabīẖ\,” 2015)\, IEHCA of Tours (“Jews and Muslims at the Table: Between coexistence and differentiation: state of affairs and reflections on the culinary practices of Jews and Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula and in Sicily from the 12th to the 15th century\,” 2017)\, and Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies (“The hidden Jewish culinary heritage of the Iberian Peninsula through a manuscript of the 13th century. Examples of the provenance of some recipes in Venezuelan and Colombian cuisine\,” 2017). \nLast May\, Chef Hélène hosted “Shavuot in the Sephardic Kitchen: Bread of the Seven Heavens\,” one of the most popular sessions of the Great Big Jewish Food Fest. An administrator of the over 11\,000 member Sephardi Cuisine! group on Facebook\, her recipes have appeared in the Sephardi World Weekly\, Sephardi Ideas Monthly\, Tablet Magazine\, Moment Magazine\, The Forward\, and S&P Central’s Newsletter. \nTo follow Hélène on Instagram click here. \nSponsorship and Naming opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/sephardic-culinary-history-with-chef-helene-jawhara-piner-10/
CATEGORIES:Cooking,Culture & History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210805T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210805T140000
DTSTAMP:20260603T214629
CREATED:20210727T233300Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210727T233357Z
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SUMMARY:Broken Promises: The Dismantling of the Spanish Law of Return
DESCRIPTION:The American Sephardi Federation presents: \nBroken Promises:\nThe Dismantling of the Spanish Law of Return \nFollowing-up on the New York Times’ exposé\, join the American Sephardi Federation for an exclusive briefing on the situation in Spain as the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) bureaucratically dismantles the Sephardic citizenship law\, betraying Spain’s promise to atone for the Alhambra Decree and the horrors of the Inquisition.  \nThursday\, 5 August at 1PM EDT \nComplimentary RSVP \nTens of thousands of Inquisition survivor descendants are now being cynically rejected or even cruelly having their citizenship revoked\, after investing years of time and money to comply with Spain’s rigorous application process. The Spanish government’s illegal actions are a fresh insult to historical injury\, especially for the Anusim (Crypto-Jews)\, those who are no longer Jewish on account of the forced conversion and centuries of persecution endured by their ancestors. \nThis is a matter of life and death for Venezuelan Sephardic refugees in Spain\, who have already been threatened with deportation. \nJoin the ASF for a timely discussion with those directly involved and please add your name to our #SpainPromises campaign demanding Spain’s government uphold the rule of law by honoring its promises to descendants of Inquisition survivors. \nAn integral partner of and based at New York’s Center for Jewish History\, the American Sephardi Federation represents Greater Sephardic voices in Jewish communal and diplomatic affairs as a member of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and World Jewish Congress.
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/broken-promises-the-dismantling-of-the-spanish-law-of-return/
CATEGORIES:Discussion
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210711T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210711T233000
DTSTAMP:20260603T214629
CREATED:20210710T004902Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210710T005118Z
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SUMMARY:Sephardic Culinary History with Chef Hélène Jawhara-Piñer
DESCRIPTION:The American Sephardi Federation in partnership The National Museum of American Jewish History (NMAJH) present: \nSephardic Culinary History with Chef & Scholar Hélène Jawhara-Piñer \nEpisode Eleven:\nTwo Fresh Sephardic salads with foods from the New World \nGet ready to cook Sephardic history! \nSunday\, July 11th  \n@ 7AM PDT ◊ 10AM EDT ◊ 3PM London ◊ 5PM Jerusalem ◊ 6PM Dubai \nPre-order your copy of “Sephardi: Cooking the History.\nRecipes of the Jews of Spain and the Diaspora\, from the 13th Century Onwards”\n(recently ranked “#1 New Release in Spanish Cooking\, Food & Wine” and “#1 New Release in Kosher Cooking” on Amazon). \nASF Broome & Allen Fellow Hélène Jawhara Piñer earned her Ph.D in History\, Medieval History\, and the History of Food from the University of Tours\, France. \nChef Hélène’s primary research interest is the medieval culinary history of Spain through interculturality with a special focus on the Sephardic culinary heritage written in Arabic. A member of the IEHCA (Institute of European History and Cultures of Food)\, the CESR (Centre for Advanced Studies in the Renaissance)\, and the CoReMa Project (Cooking Recipes of the Middle Ages)\, Chef Hélène has lectured at Bar-Ilan University (in collaboration with the Stali Institute and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC): “El patrimonio culinario judío de la Península Ibérica a través de un manuscrito del siglo XIII. Ejemplos de la pervivencia de recetas en la cocina de los sefardíes de España y de Marruecos\,” 2018)\, as well as at conference of the Association Diwan (“Reflections on the Jewish heritage according to the Kitāb al-ṭabīẖ\,” 2015)\, IEHCA of Tours (“Jews and Muslims at the Table: Between coexistence and differentiation: state of affairs and reflections on the culinary practices of Jews and Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula and in Sicily from the 12th to the 15th century\,” 2017)\, and Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies (“The hidden Jewish culinary heritage of the Iberian Peninsula through a manuscript of the 13th century. Examples of the provenance of some recipes in Venezuelan and Colombian cuisine\,” 2017). \nLast May\, Chef Hélène hosted “Shavuot in the Sephardic Kitchen: Bread of the Seven Heavens\,” one of the most popular sessions of the Great Big Jewish Food Fest. An administrator of the over 11\,000 member Sephardi Cuisine! group on Facebook\, her recipes have appeared in the Sephardi World Weekly\, Sephardi Ideas Monthly\, Tablet Magazine\, Moment Magazine\, The Forward\, and S&P Central’s Newsletter. \nTo follow Hélène on Instagram click here. \nSponsorship and Naming opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/sephardic-culinary-history-with-chef-helene-jawhara-piner-9/
CATEGORIES:Cooking,Culture & History
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210527T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210624T110000
DTSTAMP:20260603T214629
CREATED:20201202T135527Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210323T205546Z
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SUMMARY:Tell Your Sephardi-Mizrahi Story
DESCRIPTION:Tell Your Sephardi-Mizrahi Story\n \nWith award winning author Gila Green \nOn Thursdays \n27 May- 24 June at 11:00AM EDT \n5 online sessions  \nRegistration required for the full course \nHave you always wanted to write your life story? Gila Green’s new Middle Eastern flavored Autofiction Workshop explores a writing form that pushes beyond memoir and borrows fiction techniques. Inventing your own dialogue and creating details can often free you from the need to stick to the facts\, opening the door to a deeper story with emotional truth at its center. This zoom course includes a weekly lesson and in-class exercise. Instructor feedback will be provided on weekly writing assignments (up to 1\,000 words). Short readings will feature Middle Eastern writers that include authors such as: Sarah Abrevaya Stein\, Rachel Shabi\, and Ariel Sabar. The workshop is open to women and men of all writing levels.\nSpecial bonus for this session: 4\,500 manuscript editing at the end of the course included. \nThe workshop is open to women and men of all writing levels. \nAbout Gila Green:\nGila Green’s novels feature characters of Sephardi\, Yemenite\, and mixed Middle Eastern heritage because she couldn’t find any Jewish stories that reflected her experience growing up and decided to write them herself. Her novel-in-stories White Zion explores one Yemenite family’s journey from Sanaa to Jerusalem to Canada. In Passport Control\, heroine Miriam Gil struggles to understand her Yemenite father’s past against a trove of family secrets. Gila is an author\, a creative writing teacher\, an EFL college lecturer\, an editor\, and a mother of five. When she’s not exploring the Middle East in her novels\, she migrates to South Africa in her continuing environmental young adult series that takes place in Kruger National Park. In addition to her four published novels\, her short works have been featured in dozens of publications including: Sephardic Horizons\, Jewish Fiction\, Jewish Literary Journal\, Fiction Magazine\, Akashic Books\, The Fiddlehead\, and others. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/tell-your-sephardi-mizrahi-story/
CATEGORIES:Workshop,Writing Techniques
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210505T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210505T130000
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SUMMARY:New Works Wednesdays with José Alberto R. Silva Tavim
DESCRIPTION:New Works Wednesdays with José Alberto R. Silva Tavim \nThe Diasporas of Jews and New Christians of Iberian Origin between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean \nThis book consists of a set of contributions\, with different themes and chronologies\, on the general theme of Jews of Iberian origin after the late 15th century conversions\, that is\, with an official Christian identity; and also about welcoming others\, of remote Portuguese origin or not\, in contemporary Portugal\, but also in other longitudes\, such as Egypt and Brazil\, in different and sometimes even adverse circumstances. \nIn the light of the dispersion between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic\, one can visit\, as an example\, the fortunes of some of these New Christians in Portugal\, and their presence\, assuming again a Jewish identity\, in Diaspora lands\, in Europe and in the New World. Modernity reveals the resistance in Portugal of an awareness of being Jewish; and also that\, alongside this phenomenon\, the arrival of other Jews\, especially from the Maghreb\, is more than just a return\, it is actually another stage of permanence in completely different contexts with regard to people’s origins\, their activities\, acceptance and respect for its identity. \nWednesday\, 5 May at 12:00PM EST \nAbout the José Alberto R. Silva Tavim:\nEditor José Alberto R. Silva Tavim will share insights into the book along with some of the contributors: Hugo Martins\, who is in Potsdam with a German research grant\, published an article in English about the Jews of Hamburg in the 17th century; Angela Benoliel Coutinho (Portuguese-Cape Verdean) wrote about the migration of Jews from Morocco to Portugal and Cape Verde in the 19th and 20th centuries; and Luís Filipe Meneses\, from the University of Belo Horizonte (Brazil)\, wrote an article about a Brazilian Jewish writer of Moroccan origin – Leão Pacífico Esaguy. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-works-wednesdays-with-jose-alberto-r-silva-tavim/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210428T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210428T133000
DTSTAMP:20260603T214629
CREATED:20210323T211410Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210323T221415Z
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SUMMARY:New Works Wednesday and Global Nação: Chocolate Around the World
DESCRIPTION:New Works Wednesday and Global Nação:  \nChocolate Around the World \nAround the globe today\, chocolate is embraced not only by enthusiastic consumers but also by truly passionate creators who pour their hearts into their confections.\n​Here in this convenient guidebook are nearly 300 of these chocolate masters. From Brussels to Boston\, Paris to Tokyo\, London to Los Angeles\, these are some of the most dedicated artisans anywhere. \n​Special listings for gluten-free\, vegan\, organic\, and other dietary needs are also included. \nWednesday\, 28 April at 12:00PM EDT \nAbout the speaker:\nJoshua de Sola Mendes is the proprietor of www.sandpcentral.org and www.grahamesguides.com. He is a proud S&P community member and researcher who works to bring the international communities together through his website\, and under a separate hat\, make us all happy through insight into chocolate and chocolatiering. Joining him will be master chocolatiers who will share some of their background.
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-works-wednesday-and-global-nacao-chocolate-around-the-world/
CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210426T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210426T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T214629
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SUMMARY:Global Nação: Dayan Dilemmas
DESCRIPTION:The Global Nação: Dayan Dilemmas \nIn the past\, when Jewish communities were largely insulated and autonomous\, the functions and jurisdiction of a Beth Din were more clearly defined. In today’s global world\, where Jewish communities are less clearly defined\, and the Beth Din is largely a private endeavor operating within the general legal framework of the local government\, many dilemmas regarding authority and jurisdiction arise. Dayan Ofer Livnat will try to address some of the dilemmas dayanim are faced with\, and in particular how they relate to issues of Jewish identity\, conversions and monetary disputes. \nMonday\, 26 April at 12:00PM EDT \nDayan Ofer Livnat serves as a Dayan on the Sephardi Beth of London. A graduate of the Eretz Hemdah Institute for Advanced Jewish Studies in Jerusalem\, Dayan Livnat teaches in a number of programs for training rabbis and Dayanim\, including the Semicha and Dayanut Programs run jointly by the Montefiore Endowment of London and Eretz Hemdah. A lecturer on Tanach at the Jerusalem College as well\, Dayan Livnat has previously served in an artillery unit in the IDF and is currently studying for a PhD in Jewish studies at University College London.
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/global-nacao-dayan-dilemmas/
CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210425T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210425T140000
DTSTAMP:20260603T214629
CREATED:20210322T190245Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210323T205943Z
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SUMMARY:Global Nação: Tour of the Venice Ghetto
DESCRIPTION:The Global Nação: \nTour the Venice Ghetto with Moshe Bassali.\n \nSunday\, 25 April at 1:00PM EDT\n \nAbout the tour guide:\nMoshe Bassali was born in Milan to Sephardic Jewish parents that came to Italy from Iran in the 1950’s and married in Italy. His mother arrived at age 12 and went to school in Milan. Moshe has a degree in economics\, works in diamonds\, and is an official certified tour guide for Venice and Italy. He has been working in Venice since 1991 and after his marriage\, Moshe and his wife\, Tally\, decided to move there. Currently they have three children. Moshe’s father and brothers still live in Milan.
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/global-nacao-tour-of-the-venice-ghetto/
CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Virtual Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210421T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210421T133000
DTSTAMP:20260603T214629
CREATED:20210322T185621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210324T214521Z
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SUMMARY:Global Nação: How the Unique Confluence of Culture can Benefit Modern Jewry
DESCRIPTION:The Global Nação:  \nHow the Unique Confluence of Culture can Benefit Modern Jewry \nWednesday\, 21 April at 12:00PM EDT\n \nHosted Rabbi Joseph Dweck
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/global-nacao-how-the-unique-confluence-of-culture-can-benefit-modern-jewry/
CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Lecture
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