BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The American Sephardi Federation - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The American Sephardi Federation X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://americansephardi.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The American Sephardi Federation REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210901T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210901T110000 DTSTAMP:20260603T232430 CREATED:20210831T174805Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210831T175923Z UID:7385-1630490400-1630494000@americansephardi.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://americansephardi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/NWW_YEDeMota.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210829T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210829T113000 DTSTAMP:20260603T232430 CREATED:20210727T232052Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210727T232052Z UID:7326-1630231200-1630236600@americansephardi.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://americansephardi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/White-Black-Friday-Discount-Email-Header-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210805T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210805T140000 DTSTAMP:20260603T232430 CREATED:20210727T233300Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210727T233357Z UID:7329-1628168400-1628172000@americansephardi.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://americansephardi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Yellow-Tinted-Tourism-Photos-Twitter-Header-3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210711T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210711T233000 DTSTAMP:20260603T232430 CREATED:20210710T004902Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210710T005118Z UID:7302-1625997600-1626046200@americansephardi.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americansephardi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/thumbnail_PHOTO-2021-06-29-17-30-49.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210527T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210624T110000 DTSTAMP:20260603T232430 CREATED:20201202T135527Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210323T205546Z UID:6704-1622113200-1624532400@americansephardi.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://americansephardi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Autofiction-Wksp-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210505T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210505T130000 DTSTAMP:20260603T232430 CREATED:20210322T174000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210323T205716Z UID:7067-1620216000-1620219600@americansephardi.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://americansephardi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/NWW_JTavim.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210428T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210428T133000 DTSTAMP:20260603T232430 CREATED:20210323T211410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210323T221415Z UID:7108-1619611200-1619616600@americansephardi.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://americansephardi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/GN2021_NWWChocolate.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210426T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210426T130000 DTSTAMP:20260603T232430 CREATED:20210322T191113Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210323T205842Z UID:7097-1619438400-1619442000@americansephardi.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://americansephardi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/GN2021_DayanDilemmas.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210425T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210425T140000 DTSTAMP:20260603T232430 CREATED:20210322T190245Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210323T205943Z UID:7094-1619355600-1619359200@americansephardi.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://americansephardi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/GN2021_VeniceGhetto.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210421T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210421T133000 DTSTAMP:20260603T232430 CREATED:20210322T185621Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210324T214521Z UID:7089-1619006400-1619011800@americansephardi.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://americansephardi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/GN2021_Dweck.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210419T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210419T133000 DTSTAMP:20260603T232430 CREATED:20210322T183917Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210323T210233Z UID:7086-1618833600-1618839000@americansephardi.org SUMMARY:Global Nação: Five London Hakhamim in the Early Enlightenment DESCRIPTION:The centers of Sephardic life in early modern Europe: Amsterdam\, London\, Hamburg\, Livorno\, Venice were at the very same time the fulcrum of Enlightenment culture. \nWhile we know about Sephardic figures like Spinoza and da Costa who were deeply engaged with Enlightenment ideas\, most Sephardim were engrossed in commerce. What was on the minds of their Hakhamim\, who\, in the case of London\, lived in close proximity to Locke\, Newton and Boyle? \nMonday\, 19 April at 12:00PM EDT\n \n Professor Matt Goldish\, Dept. of History\, Ohio State University is a specialist in Jewish and European History\, with interests in Messianism\, Jewish-Christian intellectual relations\, and Sephardic studies. He holds the Samuel M. and Esther Melton Chair in Jewish History. \nHe earned his B.A. degree from the University of California\, Los Angeles in 1986. His Ph.D. (1996) is from Hebrew University of Jerusalem. \nProfessor Goldish has published Judaism in the Theology of Sir Issac Newton (Dordrecht: Kluwer– International Archives of the History of Ideas\, 1998)\, The Sabbatean Prophets (Cambridge\, Mass.: Harvard University Press\, 2004)\, Jewish Questions: Responsa on Jewish Life in the Early Modern Period (Princeton: Princeton University Press\, 2008)\, and several edited collections\, as well as articles and book reviews. Professor Goldish is active as an invited lecturer in various academic and community environments. URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/global-nacao-five-london-hakhamim-in-the-early-enlightenment/ CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://americansephardi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/GN2021_FiveHakhamim.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210418T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210418T113000 DTSTAMP:20260603T232430 CREATED:20210322T182826Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210323T210350Z UID:7080-1618740000-1618745400@americansephardi.org SUMMARY:Global Nação: Synagogue Tour - Indonesia\, Dominican Republic\, and St. Thomas DESCRIPTION:Join us as we explore three more Western Sephardi communities that have spread around the globe \nSunday\, 18 April at 10:00AM EDT\n \nYaakov Baruch was born in Jakarta\, Indonesia. His grandmother’s family came from the Netherlands. In 2004 Mr. Baruch opened a synagogue for the Jews of the Netherlands who remain in Indonesia. \nDr. Hakham Yehonatan Elazar-Demota was born in Miami. He comes from a long line of Sephardic families from Spain\, Portugal\, and North Africa who established themselves in the Caribbean. He is trained as a Hakham\, shochet\, and mohel. The Sephardic community in La Romana\, Dominican Republic was established in 2013. Today there are over 50 families that gather there. The synagogue was established in 2017 in its current location. Members from the community built the hekhal\, teba\, and a wooden menorah for Hanukkah. URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/global-nacao-synagogue-tour-indonesia-dominican-republic-and-st-thomas/ CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://americansephardi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/GN2021_SynagogueTour.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210412T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210412T130000 DTSTAMP:20260603T232430 CREATED:20210322T175641Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210324T214403Z UID:7074-1618228800-1618232400@americansephardi.org SUMMARY:Rich Cultural Heritage of Bukharian Jews II: Language and Literature DESCRIPTION:On the heels of our 2-part session about the multifaceted history of Bukharian Jews\, we invite you to join us for a deeper dive into the rich and dynamic culture of this millenia-old community. \nJoin us as we explore the musical\, literary\, and culinary heritage of Bukharian Jews—discovering the ways in which they have developed their mosaic culture through a dynamic interaction with the dominant and changing societies surrounding them.\n \nOur discussion will take us on a journey to Central Asia\, the Land of Israel\, the United States and beyond. \nMonday\, 12 April at 12:00PM EDT\n \nBorn in Uzbekistan\, raised in Seattle\, and currently based in New York City\, Ruben Shimonov is a Jewish educator\, community builder\, social entrepreneur and artist with a passion for Jewish diversity and pluralism. He previously served as Director of Community Engagement & Education at Queens College Hillel—where he had\, within his vast portfolio\, the unique role of cultivating Sephardic & Mizrahi student life on campus. Currently\, he is the Founding Executive Director of the Sephardic Mizrahi Q Network—a grassroots movement building a supportive\, vibrant and much-needed community for LGBTQ+ Sephardic & Mizrahi Jews. He also serves as Vice-President of Education & Community Engagement on the Young Leadership Board of the American Sephardi Federation\, as well as Director of Educational Experiences & Programming for the Muslim-Jewish Solidarity Committee. Within both organizations\, Ruben has used his artistry in Arabic\, Hebrew & Persian calligraphy to enhance Muslim-Jewish dialogue and relationship building. In 2018\, Ruben was listed among The Jewish Week’s “36 Under 36” young Jewish community leaders and changemakers. He has lectured extensively on the histories and cultures of various Sephardic & Mizrahi communities. Among his speaking engagements\, he has been invited to present at Limmud Seattle\, NY and U.K. He is also an alumnus of the COJECO Blueprint and Nahum Goldmann Fellowships for his work in Jewish social innovation. \nSponsorship and Naming opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/rich-cultural-heritage-of-bukharian-jews-ii-language-and-literature/ CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://americansephardi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Ruben_LanguageLit.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210407T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210407T130000 DTSTAMP:20260603T232430 CREATED:20210322T175057Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210324T214307Z UID:7071-1617796800-1617800400@americansephardi.org SUMMARY:The Untold Story of Bukharian Jews During WWII DESCRIPTION:Manashe Khaimov presents a unique intergenerational video project that documented the little-told story of the role of the Bukharian Jews in World War II; in addition to the stories of Ashkenazi Jews who were evacuated from their homes and fled to Central Asia. \n\nWednesday\, 7 April at 12:00PM EDT\n \nAbout the Speaker:\nManashe Khaimov is an Adjunct Professor in Jewish Studies\, with a specialty in History and Culture of the Bukharian Jews at Queens College. Manashe was born in a city along the Silk Road\, in Samarkand\, Uzbekistan\, where his ancestors lived for over 2000 years\, which makes Manashe’s Jewish identity simultaneously Bukharian\, Sephardic\, Mizrahi\, and Russian speaking. \nHe is a fourth generation community organizer\, informal Jewish educator\, and a lifelong learner who brings his passion working with Jewish community. He is founding director and social innovator of the Bukharian Jewish Union\, the founder of AskBobo.org\, the only Bukharian online dictionary and the founder of The Jewish Silk Road Tours ™ walking tours in NYC. Manashe researched and produced several documentaries about Bukharian Jewish community as part of the Bukharian Lens project: The Untold Story of Bukharian Jews; The Untold Story of Bukharian Jews and Ashkenazi Jews Who Were Evacuated During WWII to Central Asia; Bukharian Roots. Manashe launched MEROS: Center for Bukharian Jewish Research & Identity at Queens College Hillel. \nManashe is a member of the 3rd cohort of UJA-Federation of NY Ruskay Fellows. Manashe is a recipient of the NY Jewish Week “36 Under 36”\, and TimesLedger Newspaper’s “Queens Impact Award.” He is an alumnus of the Nahum Goldmann Fellowship for International Jewish Leaders. Manashe earned a BA from Baruch College and MSW from Hunter College in Community Organizing\, Planning\, & Development. Manashe has presented on the history of the Bukharian Jews at numerous communities all around the United States and beyond including in Canada\, Uzbekistan\, Limmud South Africa (2018)\, Limmud FSU Vienna (2020)\, and presented at eFestival Limmud North America (2020). \nSponsorship and Naming opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/the-untold-story-of-bukharian-jews-during-wwii/ CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Video Project ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://americansephardi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Manashe_WWIITalk.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210321T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210321T113000 DTSTAMP:20260603T232430 CREATED:20210305T025610Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210309T181308Z UID:7020-1616320800-1616326200@americansephardi.org SUMMARY:Sephardic Culinary History with Chef Hélène Jawhara-Piñer DESCRIPTION:Sephardic Culinary History with Chef Hélène Jawhara-Piñer \nEpisode VIII:\nMexican Crypto-Jewish Pesah recipe \nClick here to check out the ingredients \nSephardi Culinary History is a new show that combines chef and scholar Hélène Jawhara-Piñer’s fascination with food studies and flair for creating delicious cuisine. Join along as she cooks Sephardic history! \nSunday\, 21 March at 10:00AM EDT \nSign-up Now!\n(Complimentary RSVP; Donations suggested) \nDonate Now\nVia Facebook \nDonate Now\nVia PayPal\nUsing Debit or Credit Card \nYour generous contribution will support Chef Jawhara Piñer’s forthcoming academic publication and accompanying recipe book\, as well as the ASF Institute of Jewish Experience! \nPre-order your copy of “Sephardi: Cooking the History.\nRecipes of the Jews of Spain and the Diaspora\, from the 13th Century Onwards” now \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). \nIn 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. Her recipes have appeared in the Sephardi World Weekly\, Tablet Magazine\, The Forward\, and S&P Central’s Newsletter. Chef Hélène is currently writing a scholarly book and accompanying cookbook on the Jewish culinary history of Spain. \nWe are proud Chef Hélène is serving as one of the judges for the ASF’s Great Sephardic Chef Competition! \nSponsorship and Naming opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/sephardic-culinary-history-with-chef-helene-jawhara-piner-8/ CATEGORIES:Cooking,Culture & History ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://americansephardi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Blue-Orange-Photo-Pattern-Food-Facebook-Cover-9.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210310T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210310T130000 DTSTAMP:20260603T232430 CREATED:20210218T193841Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210218T194018Z UID:6973-1615377600-1615381200@americansephardi.org SUMMARY:New Works Wednesdays with Ross Shepard Kraemer DESCRIPTION:New Works Wednesdays with Ross Shepard Kraemer \nIn our extended New Works Wednesdays series\, Ross Shepard Kraemer discusses her new book  “The Mediterranean Diaspora in Late Antiquity: What Christianity Cost the Jews.” \n“The Mediterranean Diaspora in Late Antiquity” examines the fate of Jews living in the Mediterranean Jewish diaspora after the Roman emperor Constantine threw his patronage to the emerging orthodox (Nicene) Christian churches. \nWednesday\, 10 March at 12:00PM EST \nAbout the author:\nRoss Shepard Kraemer is Professor Emerita of Religious Studies and Judaic Studies at Brown University\, where she specialized in early Christianity and other religions of the Greco-Roman Mediterranean\, including ancient Judaism. She holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. from Princeton University\, and a B.A. from Smith College. Her many publications have focused particularly on gender and women’s religions in the Greco-Roman Mediterranean\, and on aspects of Jews and Judaism in the late antique Mediterranean diaspora. \nClick here to read more about the book. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-works-wednesdays-with-ross-shepard-kraemer/ CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://americansephardi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/NWW-RKraemer.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210303T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210303T133000 DTSTAMP:20260603T232430 CREATED:20210118T200826Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210218T194133Z UID:6839-1614772800-1614778200@americansephardi.org SUMMARY:New Works Wednesdays with Daniel Tsadik DESCRIPTION:New Works Wednesdays with Daniel Tsadik \nIn our extended New Works Wednesdays series\, Daniel Tsadik discusses his new book\,\n“The Jews of Iran and Rabbinic Literature: New Perspectives.” \nDr. Tsadik’s book addresses the question of Iranian Jewry’s familiarity with rabbinic literature from the 16th century to the beginning of the 20th century. Many of the book’s theses challenge and revise prevailing views that see this Jewry as largely isolated from world Jewry and its rabbinic legacy. \nWednesday\, 3 March at 12:00PM EST \nAbout the author:\nRoss Shepard Kraemer is Professor Emerita of Religious Studies and Judaic Studies at Brown University\, where she specialized in early Christianity and other religions of the Greco-Roman Mediterranean\, including ancient Judaism. She holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. from Princeton University\, and a B.A. from Smith College. Her many publications have focused particularly on gender and women’s religions in the Greco-Roman Mediterranean\, and on aspects of Jews and Judaism in the late antique Mediterranean diaspora. \nClick here to read more about the book. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-works-wednesdays-with-daniel-tsadik/ CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://americansephardi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DTsadik.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210301T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210301T130000 DTSTAMP:20260603T232430 CREATED:20210218T180500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210218T184252Z UID:6969-1614600000-1614603600@americansephardi.org SUMMARY:The Purim Experience: The Jews of the Great Silk Road DESCRIPTION:The Purim Experience: \nThe Jews of the Great Silk Road \nFollow in the footsteps of the Bukharian Jewish merchants on the Silk Road and discover the ancient network of trade routes that were for centuries crucial to Eurasian cultural interaction.\nExplore with us the history of these roads connecting East and West\, stretching from the Korean peninsula and Japan to the Mediterranean Sea. Understand the impact and the contribution that Central Asia’s Jewish communities of today’s Uzbekistan\, Tajikistan\, Kazakhstan\, Turkmenistan\, and Afghanistan made towards the development of this ancient path. \nWe will learn about the Jewish presence in this area for over 2000 years\, will look into their houses and read into the letters that the Jews of Central Asia exchanged for centuries with their fellow European Jewish communities. \nMonday\, 1 March at 12:00PM EST \nAbout the author:\nManashe Khaimov is an Adjunct Professor in Jewish Studies\, with a specialty in History and Culture of the Bukharian Jews at Queens College. Manashe was born in a city along the Silk Road\, in Samarkand\, Uzbekistan\, where his ancestors lived for over 2000 years\, which makes Manashe’s Jewish identity simultaneously Bukharian\, Sephardic\, Mizrahi\, and Russian speaking. \nHe is a fourth generation community organizer\, informal Jewish educator\, and a lifelong learner who brings his passion working with Jewish community. He is founding director and social innovator of the Bukharian Jewish Union\, the founder of AskBobo.org\, the only Bukharian online dictionary and the founder of The Jewish Silk Road Tours ™ walking tours in NYC. Manashe researched and produced several documentaries about Bukharian Jewish community as part of the Bukharian Lens project: The Untold Story of Bukharian Jews; The Untold Story of Bukharian Jews and Ashkenazi Jews Who Were Evacuated During WWII to Central Asia; Bukharian Roots. Manashe launched MEROS: Center for Bukharian Jewish Research & Identity at Queens College Hillel. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/the-purim-experience-the-jews-of-the-great-silk-road/ CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Zoom Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://americansephardi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Persian-Experience-MKhaimov-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210228T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210228T130000 DTSTAMP:20260603T232430 CREATED:20210204T152236Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210223T173600Z UID:6887-1614513600-1614517200@americansephardi.org SUMMARY:The Persian Experience: Uprooted from Iran with Sharona Mizrahi DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience and National Museum of American Jewish History present: \nThe Persian Experience: \nUprooted from Iran with Sharona Mizrahi \nIn this part of “The Persian Experience” series\, Sharona Mizrahi shares her personal story \nSunday\, 28 February at 12:00PM EST \nAbout the speaker:\nSharona was born in Kerman\, Iran. Her great-grandparents came from Hamadan and Yazd. Sharona’s great-grandparents escaped the famine of 1917-1920 in Hamadan\, the city mentioned in the Book of Esther as Hegmatana or Ekbatana\, the capitol of the Persian Empire during Acheshverosh’s regime. \nSharona’s oldest brother\, Kurosh\, has traced her family’s lineage back six generations. Sharona attended public school in Iran until her first year of high school. Then in 1984\, she\, along with two sisters and one brother Z”L\, escaped from Iran. One night in August\, two weeks prior to Rosh Hashanah\, smugglers arrived in the middle of the night and the Mizrahi family dropped everything and left their house to escape. \nIn this talk\, Sharona will give a brief history of her family and their one-year journey to the United States. \nClick here to find out more about our upcoming course\, “The Persian Experience”. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/the-persian-experience-uprooted-from-iran-with-sharona-mizrahi/ CATEGORIES:Talk,Zoom Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://americansephardi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Updated-Poster-Persian-Experience-SMizrahi-3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210228T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210228T113000 DTSTAMP:20260603T232430 CREATED:20210211T000631Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210212T154007Z UID:6942-1614506400-1614511800@americansephardi.org SUMMARY:Sephardic Culinary History with Chef Hélène Jawhara-Piñer DESCRIPTION:Sephardi Culinary History is a new show that combines chef and scholar Hélène Jawhara-Piñer’s fascination with food studies and flair for creating delicious cuisine. \nJoin along as she cooks Sephardic history! \nEpisode Seven: \nTurrón and Conversos\n \nSunday\, 28 February at 10:00AM EST \nPre-order your copy of “Sephardi: Cooking the History.\nRecipes of the Jews of Spain and the Diaspora\, from the 13th Century Onwards” now \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). \nIn 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. Her recipes have appeared in the Sephardi World Weekly\, Tablet Magazine\, The Forward\, and S&P Central’s Newsletter. Chef Hélène is currently writing a scholarly book and accompanying cookbook on the Jewish culinary history of Spain. \nWe are proud Chef Hélène is serving as one of the judges for the ASF’s Great Sephardic Chef Competition! \nSponsorship and Naming opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/sephardic-culinary-history-with-chef-helene-jawhara-piner-7/ CATEGORIES:Cooking,Culture & History ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://americansephardi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Blue-Orange-Photo-Pattern-Food-Facebook-Cover-8.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210223T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210223T130000 DTSTAMP:20260603T232430 CREATED:20210204T151232Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210204T151425Z UID:6880-1614081600-1614085200@americansephardi.org SUMMARY:The Persian Experience: East and West - Can the Two Walk Together? DESCRIPTION:The Persian Experience: \nEast and West – Can the Two Walk Together? \nJoin us for an experiential workshop with poet Esther Shkalim where she will share about her life as a Persian Jew in Israel\, accompanied by readings from her well-received works “Sharkiya” and “What a Woman Must Know\,” published by Kinneret-Zemura-Bitan. \nAs part of “The Persian Experience\,” East and West: Can the Two Walk Together? (Amos 3:3) is a discussion with poet Esther Shkalim on a Mizrahi woman in a Western\, secular society. \nShkalim will discuss the following questions: \nHow does a woman from a Mizrahi traditional patriarchal society contend with Western\, modern\, secular Israeli society? \nWhat is her relationship to the status of women in Mizrahi society\, Orthodox society\, and Israeli society? \nHow does she approach the ethnic mosaic of Israeli society? \nTuesday\, 23 February at 12:00PM EST \nAbout the speaker:\nEsther Shkalim is a poet of Persian heritage who researches Jewish diasporas of the East\, with a focus on culture and community. Her two books\, “Sharkiya” and “What a Woman Must Know” were published by Kinneret-Zemura-Bitan. In addition\, she has published many poems in different books and journals\, educational texts\, and literary journals. Her poems are studied in universities\, colleges and schools across Israel. \nClick here to find out more about our upcoming course\, “The Persian Experience”. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/the-persian-experience-east-and-west-can-the-two-walk-together/ CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americansephardi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Persian-Experience-EShkalim-06-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210221T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210221T130000 DTSTAMP:20260603T232430 CREATED:20210204T134859Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210204T134859Z UID:6875-1613908800-1613912400@americansephardi.org SUMMARY:The Persian Experience: Persian Music Workshop DESCRIPTION:The Persian Experience: \nPersian Music Workshop \nExplore Persian music with singer\, creator\, composer\, and researcher Maureen Nehedar \nSunday\, 21 February at 12:00PM EST \nAbout Maureen:\nMaureen Nehedar is an Israeli singer\, creator\, composer\, and researcher. She has created a revival of Persian-Jewish tradition poetry (Piyutim). In August 2018 she released her new Piyyutim CD ‘Why do you stand afar’\, in 2016 she released the CD ‘Gole Gandom’ and In 2014 she released the album “Asleep in the Bosom of Childhood’.In 2019 she won the Neve Shechter Prize and The Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts for Original Israeli Work. \nClick here to find out more about our upcoming course\, “The Persian Experience”. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/the-persian-experience-persian-music-workshop/ CATEGORIES:Music,Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americansephardi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Persian-Experience-MNehedar-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210218T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210617T130000 DTSTAMP:20260603T232430 CREATED:20210218T195548Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210218T200124Z UID:6979-1613653200-1623934800@americansephardi.org SUMMARY:Sephardi Thought and Modernity DESCRIPTION:The Department of Anthropology & Archeology at the University of Calgary\, King’s College London\, the International Network of Jewish Thought (Universidad Complutense of Madrid)\, & the American Sephardi Federation present: \nSephardi Thought and Modernity \n2021 Webinar Series \nA monthly lecture from February through June 2021\, presenting different experiences of Sephardi modernization in different places and times. \nOn Thursdays at 1:00PM EST \n(11:00AM MST) \n18 February\nAlmog Behar (Tel Aviv University): Between Judeo-Arabic\, Literary Arabic and Hebrew in Jewish-Arab (Literary) Modernity \n18 March\nYaakov Yadgar (Oxford School of Global and Area Studies\, University of Oxford): Sephardim in Israel and the critique of secularism \n22 April\nClemence Boulouque (Columbia University):\nIn praise of the Orient: Elia Benamozegh’s Sephardic Modernities \n20 May\nGabriel Abensour (Hebrew University of Jerusalem): Rabbi Yosef Knafo’s Struggle for Democratization of Knowledge in Fin de Siècle Essaouira \n17 June\nYuval Evri (King’s College London) and Angy Cohen (University of Calgary): Foreign in a familiar land: language and belonging in the work of Jacqueline Kahanoff\, Albert Memmi\, and Jacques Derrida. \nThe intention of this series is to spark the interest in processes of Jewish modernization not exclusively mediated by Europeanization. The questions we will be dealing with are related to non-dichotomic identities\, multiplicity and loss of language\, colonization\, social transformation\, and intellectual responses to it. We will approach these questions by looking at Jewish-Arab influences\, the Sephardi response to European modernization\, the responses of the rabbinic leadership and the work of Sephardi intellectuals. \nSeries organized by Drs. Yuval Evri (King’s College London) and Angy Cohen (University of Calgary). \nThere will be a change to Daylight Saving Time in March\, so the event times in North America will remain the same\, but the event time in your area may change\, depending on your location. The start time on Feb. 18 is 11 a.m. (MST)\, 1 p.m. (EST)\, 6 p.m. (GMT)\, 7 p.m. (Madrid; GMT +1); on March through June events\, the start time will be 11 a.m. (MDT)\, 1 p.m. (EDT). \n      URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/sephardi-thought-and-modernity/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americansephardi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Series-on-Sephardi-Thought-2021-poster-02-043033.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210217T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210217T133000 DTSTAMP:20260603T232430 CREATED:20210204T133955Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210204T133955Z UID:6872-1613563200-1613568600@americansephardi.org SUMMARY:The Persian Experience: Book Discussion with Roya Hakakian DESCRIPTION:The Persian Experience: \nBook Discussion with Roya Hakakian \n “Journey from the Land of No” Roya Hakakian recalls her childhood and adolescence in prerevolutionary Iran with candor and verve. The result is a beautifully written coming-of-age story about one deeply intelligent and perceptive girl’s attempt to find an authentic voice of her own at a time of cultural closing and repression. \nRemarkably\, she manages to re-create a time and place dominated by religious fanaticism\, violence\, and fear with an open heart and often with great humor. \nWednesday\, 17 February at 12:00PM EST \nRoya Hakakian is the author of “Assassins of the Turquoise Palace” and “Journey from the Land of No\,” and has published two collections of poetry in Persian. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal\, and on NPR’s All Things Considered. She has collaborated on programming for leading journalism units in network television\, including 60 Minutes. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship\, and served on the editorial board of World Affairs. Since 2015\, she has taught at THREAD\, a writing workshop at Yale\, and is a fellow at the Davenport College at Yale. She lives in Connecticut. \nClick here to read more about the book\, “Journey from the Land of No”. \nClick here to find out more about our upcoming course\, “The Persian Experience”. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/the-persian-experience-book-discussion-with-roya-hakakian/ CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americansephardi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Persian-Experience-RHakakian.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210210T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210210T133000 DTSTAMP:20260603T232430 CREATED:20210118T195836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210118T200107Z UID:6833-1612958400-1612963800@americansephardi.org SUMMARY:New Works Wednesdays with Sina Kahen DESCRIPTION:New Works Wednesdays with Sina Kahen \nFollowing our New Works Wednesdays fall series with Sina Kahen discussing his first book in the “Ideas” series\, we welcome him back for a discussion on the second\, newly-released book “Ideas: Shemot.” \nSina will be speaking about\n“Monotheism & Science: How the Exodus impacted our understanding of reality.” \nWednesday\, 10 February at 12:00PM EST \nThe Torah is Judaism’s crown. The ideas gleaned from it have improved and advanced human civilization. Sina Kahen weaves together ideas from ancient to modern times\, in an effort to provide an intellectually honest and spiritually fulfilling representation of the Torah’s weekly portions. Drawing from science\, philosophy\, psychology\, and history\, this series offers the reader a vision of Torah based on intellect and integration\, rather than superstition and isolation. \nSina Kahen is author of “Ideas: Shemot”\, the latest volume in his popular series on the weekly Torah portion\, based on the Classical Sephardi approach to Torah. His full time work is in surgical robotics and AI\, and he represents The Sephardi Habura in the UK. \nClick here to read more about the book\, “Ideas: Shemot”. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-works-wednesdays-with-sina-kahen-2/ CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://americansephardi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/SKahen-Winter.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210207T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210207T130000 DTSTAMP:20260603T232430 CREATED:20201231T164918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201231T164918Z UID:6784-1612699200-1612702800@americansephardi.org SUMMARY:Writing Between Tongues - Part 2 DESCRIPTION:Writing Between Tongues\nPart 2\nWith Ruben Shimonov \nFollowing the success of December’s talk “Writing Between Tongues: An Exploration of Hebrew and Arabic Calligraphy”\, we are excited to bring back educator and artist Ruben Shimonov for a follow-up interactive artist talk\, virtual gallery tour\, and workshop. In this 90-minute session\, we will take a deeper dive into the rich visual worlds of Arabic and Hebrew calligraphy. Educator\, community organizer\, and artist Ruben Shimonov will take us on an exploratory journey of his multilingual calligraphy and the ways he has used his art to enrich Muslim-Jewish interfaith communities. We will have a talk-back with the artist\, as well as a live calligraphy demonstration during which you can try your hand at the calligraphy!\n\nSunday\, 7 February at 12:00PM EST\n \nBorn in Uzbekistan\, raised in Seattle\, and currently based in New York City\, Ruben Shimonov is a Jewish educator\, community builder\, social entrepreneur and artist with a passion for Jewish diversity and pluralism. He previously served as Director of Community Engagement & Education at Queens College Hillel—where he had\, within his vast portfolio\, the unique role of cultivating Sephardic & Mizrahi student life on campus. Currently\, he is the Founding Executive Director of the Sephardic Mizrahi Q Network—a grassroots movement building a supportive\, vibrant and much-needed community for LGBTQ+ Sephardic & Mizrahi Jews. He also serves as Vice-President of Education & Community Engagement on the Young Leadership Board of the American Sephardi Federation\, as well as Director of Educational Experiences & Programming for the Muslim-Jewish Solidarity Committee. Within both organizations\, Ruben has used his artistry in Arabic\, Hebrew & Persian calligraphy to enhance Muslim-Jewish dialogue and relationship building. In 2018\, Ruben was listed among The Jewish Week’s “36 Under 36” young Jewish community leaders and changemakers. He has lectured extensively on the histories and cultures of various Sephardic & Mizrahi communities. Among his speaking engagements\, he has been invited to present at Limmud Seattle\, NY and U.K. He is also an alumnus of the COJECO Blueprint and Nahum Goldmann Fellowships for his work in Jewish social innovation. \nSponsorship and Naming opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/writing-between-tongues-part-2/ CATEGORIES:Lecture,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://americansephardi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Ruben-Calligraphy-Part-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210203T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210203T130000 DTSTAMP:20260603T232430 CREATED:20201231T164216Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201231T164337Z UID:6779-1612353600-1612357200@americansephardi.org SUMMARY:New Works Wednesdays with Nadia Sabri DESCRIPTION:New Works Wednesdays with Gila Green \nNadia Sabri\, with contributing researchers\, discusses the new collection Views of Jewish Morocco: Forms\, Places\, Narratives. \nIn this interactive session Nadia Sabri will have a discussion with book contributors Abdou Filaly Ansary\, Vanessa Paloma Elbaz\, and Brahim El Guabli. \nWednesday\, 3 February at 12:00PM EST \nThe book is a multidisciplinary collective work that focuses on the memory of Moroccan Judaism through autobiographical accounts\, testimonies\, artistic experiences\, and critical writings that shed light on them. These contributions weave an unprecedented set of texts and works of art\, combining temporalities around memories of a world lost forever\, of a Morocco that the young ignore\, and that this book proposes to revisit in a pluralistic manner. The collection encompasses a contemporary reflection on the scope of maintaining the memory of Moroccan Judaism. \nAbout the Author:\nAcademic and independent curator\, Dr. Nadia Sabri is president of the Moroccan section of AICA (International Association of Art Critics). Nadia Sabri has built projects around Art and societal issues over the course of the last fifteen years. She conceives artistic projects as a driving force combining research\, demonstrative processes\, and experiences. Nadia Sabri has written and directed several research projects and publications on contemporary art and its relationship to sociopolitical issues such as cities\, exile or even artist commitment. In 2015\, she founded Exiles\, paradigm fertile\, a multidisciplinary platform for reflection and creation around the issue of exile as a creative and evolutionary paradigm. \nShe lives in Rabat\, Morocco\, where she is associated professor at Mohammed V University and also works as a curator and researcher in several countries. \nClick here to read more about the book\, Views of Jewish Morocco: Forms\, Places\, Narratives.  \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-works-wednesdays-with-nadia-sabri/ CATEGORIES:Discussion,Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://americansephardi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/NSabri.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210131T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210131T113000 DTSTAMP:20260603T232430 CREATED:20201228T184550Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201228T184751Z UID:6762-1612087200-1612092600@americansephardi.org SUMMARY:Sephardic Culinary History with Chef Hélène Jawhara-Piñer DESCRIPTION:Sephardi Culinary History is a new show that combines chef and scholar Hélène Jawhara-Piñer’s fascination with food studies and flair for creating delicious cuisine. \nJoin along as she cooks Sephardic history! \nEpisode Six:\nMeatballs ‘cursed by the Jews’ & Muhallabiyye \nA special show focusing on Sepharadim in the Middle East \nSunday\, 31 January at 10:00AM EST\n(Complimentary RSVP; Donations suggested) \nDonate Now \nYour generous contribution will support Chef Jawhara Piñer’s forthcoming academic publication and accompanying recipe book\, as well as the ASF Institute of Jewish Experience! \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). \nIn 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. Her recipes have appeared in the Sephardi World Weekly\, Tablet Magazine\, The Forward\, and S&P Central’s Newsletter. Chef Hélène is currently writing a scholarly book and accompanying cookbook on the Jewish culinary history of Spain. \nWe are proud Chef Hélène is serving as one of the judges for the ASF’s Great Sephardic Chef Competition! \nSponsorship and Naming opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/sephardic-culinary-history-with-chef-helene-jawhara-piner-6/ CATEGORIES:Cooking,Culture & History ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://americansephardi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Blue-Orange-Photo-Pattern-Food-Facebook-Cover-6.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210128T133000 DTSTAMP:20260603T232430 CREATED:20210118T194407Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210118T194543Z UID:6828-1611835200-1611840600@americansephardi.org SUMMARY:Seder Tu BiShevat DESCRIPTION:Seder Tu BiShevat \nJoin us for a wonderful gathering of Sephardi communities around the world in honor of Tu BiShevat!\n\nThursday\, 28 January at 12:00PM EST\n \nWe will be joined by the Sephardi rabbis and cantors from all over the world:\n\nRabbi Yehonatan Elazar-DeMota\, Dominican Republic\nRabbi Albert Gabbai\, Philadelphia\nHazzan Nachshon Rodrigues Pereira \, Amsterdam\nHazzan Rabbi Ira Rohde\, New York\nRabbi Amedeo Spagnoletto\, Rome\nRabbi Dr. Martin van den Bergh\, Beit Shemesh \nThe event will also be on Facebook Live – Institute of Jewish Experience \nSponsorship and Naming opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/seder-tu-bishevat/ CATEGORIES:Celebration ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://americansephardi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Seder-Tu-BiShevat.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210127T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210127T133000 DTSTAMP:20260603T232430 CREATED:20201202T134402Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201202T134527Z UID:6700-1611748800-1611754200@americansephardi.org SUMMARY:New Works Wednesdays with Gila Green DESCRIPTION:New Works Wednesdays with Gila Green \nGila Green discusses her new work “White Zion.”  \nWednesday\, 27 January at 12:00PM EST \nThe novel takes readers into the worlds of 19th century Yemen\, pre-State Israel\, modern Israel and modern Canada. You will hear the voices of a young boy marveling at Israel’s first air force on his own roof\, the cry of a newly married woman helpless to defend herself against her new husband’s desires\, the anger of the heroine’s uncle as he reveals startling secrets about his marriage and the fall-out after generations of war. \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/new-works-wednesdays-with-gila-green/ CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://americansephardi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/GGreen.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR