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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
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210218T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210617T130000
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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/
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210210T120000
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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
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210203T120000
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210131T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210131T113000
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210128T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210128T133000
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210127T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210127T133000
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210121T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210121T143000
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SUMMARY:New Works Wednesdays with Esther Amini
DESCRIPTION:New Works Wednesdays with Esther Amini \nEsther Amini discusses her new work “Concealed.”  \nThursday\, 21 January at 1:00PM EST \nEsther Amini grew up in Queens\, New York\, during the freewheeling 1960s. She also grew up in a Persian-Jewish household\, the American-born daughter of parents who had fled Mashhad\, Iran. In Concealed\, she tells the story of being caught between these two worlds: the dutiful daughter of tradition-bound parents who hungers for more self-determination than tradition allows. \nExploring the roots of her father’s deep silences and explosive temper\, her mother’s flamboyance and flights from home\, and her own sense of indebtedness to her Iranian-born brothers\, Amini uncovers the story of her parents’ early years in Mashhad\, Iran’s holiest Muslim city; the little-known history of Mashhad’s underground Jews; the incident that steeled her mother’s resolve to leave; and her parents’ arduous journey to the U.S.\, where they faced a new threat to their traditions: the threat of freedom. Determined to protect his daughter from corruption\, Amini’s father prohibits talk\, books\, education\, and pushes an early Persian marriage instead. Can she resist? Should she? Focused intently on what she stands to gain\, Amini comes to see what she also stands to lose: a family and community bound by food\, celebrations\, sibling escapades\, and unexpected acts of devotion by parents to whom she feels invisible. \nEsther Amini is a writer\, painter\, and psychoanalytic psychotherapist in private practice. Her short stories have appeared in Elle\, Lilith\, Tablet\, The Jewish Week\, Barnard Magazine\, Inscape Literary\, and Proximity. She was named one of Aspen Words’ two best emerging memoirists and awarded its Emerging Writer Fellowship in 2016 based on her memoir entitled: “Concealed.” Her pieces have been performed by Jewish Women’s Theatre in Los Angeles and in Manhattan\, and was chosen by JWT as their Artist-in-Residence in 2019. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-works-wednesdays-with-esther-amini/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210113T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210113T133000
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SUMMARY:New Works Wednesdays with Edith Scott Saavedra
DESCRIPTION:New Works Wednesdays with Edith Scott Saavedra \n Edith Scott Saavedra discusses her new work “The Lamps of Albarracin.” \nWednesday\, 13 January at 12:00PM EST \nHistorical fiction author Edith Scott Saavedra explores her journey to bring alive the culture and history of Sephardic Aragon and true stories of resistance to the Spanish Inquisition by giving voice to women and girls. Inspired by traditions passed down from mother to daughter for generations\, the author would discover in the historical records episodes of resistance long suppressed by the monarchy and church in Spain\, write a historical novel in English and Spanish editions\, and set out to bring this content to students in Spain and the United States.\n“The Lamps of Albarracín” is a fictional first-person narrative by a Sephardic girl that recounts the arrival of the Spanish Inquisition into the Kingdom of Aragon in the 1480s. It is based on extensive review of Spanish Inquisition testimony and historical research. The novel gives voice to the diverse peoples of late-medieval Aragon – Jews\, Muslims\, Christians and persons of mixed heritage\, with a focus on women and true stories of tolerance and courage. It also celebrates the rich culture and traditions of multicultural Aragon in the years prior to the Expulsion of the Jews. \nEdith Scott Saavedra earned her BA and JD degrees from Harvard University. She has had a distinguished career as an international lawyer\, business consultant and nonfiction author. The Lamps of Albarracín/Los Candiles de Albarracín\, her first novel\, has received media attention throughout the Spanish speaking world\, including Radio Sefarad Madrid\, Sefarad.es\, eSefarad\, Libertad Digital\, Radio Aragón\, Semanario Hebreo and Radio Las 2 Orillas Bogotá. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-works-wednesdays-with-edith-scott-saavedra/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210110T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210110T160000
DTSTAMP:20260604T010826
CREATED:20201209T163141Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210108T003059Z
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SUMMARY:New York Ladino Day 2021: Adelantre / Onward!
DESCRIPTION:The American Sephardi Federation\, the Sephardic Jewish Brotherhood of America\, the Sephardic Foundation on Aging and the Shearith Israel League Foundation present: \nNew York Ladino Day 2021:\nAdelantre / Onward! \nJoin us for ASF’s 4th Annual Ladino Day created by Drs. Jane Mushabac and Bryan Kirschen \nYou’ll hear Ruth Azaria\, actor Hank Azaria’s mother\, speak about growing-up with Ladino;\nRabbi Nissim Elnecavé on expressions we love; Ladino students on learning the language; renowned writer Myriam Moscona; the premiere of a contemporary short play; and celebrated singer Daphna Mor. \nSunday\, 10 January 2:00 – 4:00PM EST \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 last January\, “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 10th marks New York’s 4th Annual Ladino Day created by Drs. Jane Mushabac and Bryan Kirschen for the American Sephardi Federation. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-york-ladino-day-2021-adelantre-onward/
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Music,Performance
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210106T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210106T130000
DTSTAMP:20260604T010826
CREATED:20201230T233852Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201230T234903Z
UID:6773-1609934400-1609938000@americansephardi.org
SUMMARY:The Rich Cultural Heritage of Bukharan Jews
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.\nOur discussion will take us on a journey to Central Asia\, the Land of Israel\, the United States and beyond. \n\nWednesday\, 6 January 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/the-rich-cultural-heritage-of-bukharan-jews/
CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Lecture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201220T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201220T113000
DTSTAMP:20260604T010826
CREATED:20201211T160813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201211T160813Z
UID:6731-1608458400-1608463800@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 Five:\nFish Stew of the Conversos and Matza  \nSunday\, 20 December 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! \n\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-5/
CATEGORIES:Cooking,Culture & History
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201217T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201217T133000
DTSTAMP:20260604T010826
CREATED:20201112T163323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201112T163742Z
UID:6630-1608206400-1608211800@americansephardi.org
SUMMARY:Writing Between Tongues: An Exploration of Hebrew and Arabic Calligraphy
DESCRIPTION:Writing Between Tongues:\nAn Exploration of Hebrew and Arabic Calligraphy \nIn this interactive session and virtual gallery tour\, we will dive into the rich visual worlds of Arabic and Hebrew calligraphy.\nThrough historical\, spiritual\, linguistic and artistic lenses\, we will discover the parallels between both languages. 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.\nWe will end the session with a live calligraphy demonstration.  \nThursday\, 17 December at 12:00PM EDT \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-an-exploration-of-hebrew-and-arabic-calligraphy/
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Workshop
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201208T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201208T133000
DTSTAMP:20260604T010826
CREATED:20201028T152454Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201112T162640Z
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SUMMARY:A virtual tour of the Bukharian Jewish Heritage Museum
DESCRIPTION:A virtual tour of the Bukharian Jewish Heritage Museum \nWe will look at fascinating artifacts and traditional clothing from the Bukharian Jewish Heritage Museum. We will discuss their importance and the differences that they contain from the local community in Uzbekistan.\n \nTuesday\, 8 December at 12:00PM EST \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 opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/a-virtual-tour-of-the-bukharian-jewish-heritage-museum/
CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Virtual Tour
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201202T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201202T133000
DTSTAMP:20260604T010826
CREATED:20201028T150545Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201123T160231Z
UID:6552-1606910400-1606915800@americansephardi.org
SUMMARY:New Works Wednesdays with Aviva Ben-Ur
DESCRIPTION:New Works Wednesdays with Aviva Ben-Ur \nAviva Ben-Ur\, Professor in Judaic and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Massachusetts\, Amherst\, the author of Sephardic Jews in America: A Diasporic History discusses her new book “Jewish Autonomy in a Slave Society: Suriname in the Atlantic World\, 1651-1825.” \nWednesday\, 2 December at 12:00PM EST \nJewish Autonomy in a Slave Society explores the political and social history of the Jews of Suri-name\, a Dutch colony on the South American mainland just north of Brazil. Suriname was home to the most privileged Jewish community in the Americas where Jews\, most of Iberian origin\, enjoyed religious liberty\, were judged by their own tribunal\, could enter any trade\, owned planta-tions and slaves\, and even had a say in colonial governance. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-works-wednesdays-with-aviva-ben-ur/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201201T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201201T133000
DTSTAMP:20260604T010826
CREATED:20201028T152007Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201112T162455Z
UID:6561-1606824000-1606829400@americansephardi.org
SUMMARY:A virtual tour of the Bukharian Community Center/Synagogue in Queens\, NY
DESCRIPTION:A virtual tour of the Bukharian Community Center/Synagogue in Queens\, NY \nDiscover how the largest Bukharian Jewish Community outside of Israel ends it up in Queens. What is community like today?\nWhat are the impact and footprints they are leaving in USA society?\n \nTuesday\, 1 December at 12:00PM EST \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 opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/a-virtual-tour-of-the-bukharian-community-center-synagogue-in-queens-ny/
CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Virtual Tour
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201129T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201129T113000
DTSTAMP:20260604T010826
CREATED:20201026T184538Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201106T174458Z
UID:6527-1606644000-1606649400@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 Four: Hanukkah Special\nChallah Candles and Bimuelos\n(Two-Ways) \nSunday\, 29 November at 10:00AM EST \nSign-up Now!\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! \n  \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-4/
CATEGORIES:Cooking
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201125T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201125T133000
DTSTAMP:20260604T010826
CREATED:20201028T145017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201102T150254Z
UID:6546-1606305600-1606311000@americansephardi.org
SUMMARY:New Works Wednesdays with Cedric Cohen-Skalli
DESCRIPTION:New Works Wednesdays with Cedric Cohen-Skalli  \nCedric Cohen-Skalli discusses his new book\, “Don Isaac Abravanel: An Intellectual Biography.” \nCedric Cohen-Skalli teaches early modern and modern Jewish philosophy at the University of Haifa and is the director of the Bucerius Institute for the Research of Contemporary German History and Society. \nWednesday\, 25 November at 12:00PM EST \nDon Isaac Abravanel (1437–1508) was one of the great inventors of Jewish modernity. A merchant\, banker\, and court financier\, a scholar versed in both Jewish and Christian writings\, a preacher and exegete\, a prominent political actor in royal entourages and Jewish communities\, Abravanel was one of the greatest leaders and thinkers of Iberian Jewry in the aftermath of the expulsion of 1492. This book\, the first new intellectual biography of Abravanel in twenty years\, depicts his life in three cultural milieus—Portugal\, Castile\, and post-expulsion Italy—and analyzes his major literary accomplishments in each period. Abravanel was a traditionalist with innovative ideas\, a man with one foot in the Middle Ages and the other in the Renaissance. An erudite scholar\, author of a monumental exegetical opus that is still studied today\, and an avid book collector\, he was a transitional figure\, defined by an age of contradictions. Yet\, it is these very contradictions that make him such an important personality for understanding the dawn of Jewish modernity. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-works-wednesdays-with-cedric-cohen-skalli/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201122T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201122T110000
DTSTAMP:20260604T010826
CREATED:20201116T165600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201116T165738Z
UID:6644-1606039200-1606042800@americansephardi.org
SUMMARY:Tour Nahlaot: A Walk Through the Communities that Make a Neighborhood
DESCRIPTION:Tour Nahlaot:\nA Walk Through the Communities that Make a Neighborhood \nSunday\, 22 November at 10:00AM EST \nJoin us for a live virtual tour\, with tour guide Miriam Safira Simon\, of the neighborhood of Nahlaot.\nThroughout the past decades\, a variety of Jewish communities have made their way and settled in this unique neighborhood\, including Yemenites\, Bukharians\, Greek\, and a variety of other Sephardi communities. Miriam will take us to through the narrow alleys of Nahlaot and show us the synagogues\, plaques\, and homes that tell a story.  \nSponsorship and Naming opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/tour-nahlaot-a-walk-through-the-communities-that-make-a-neighborhood/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Tour
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201119T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201119T120000
DTSTAMP:20260604T010826
CREATED:20201019T163515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201112T235840Z
UID:6517-1605787200-1605787200@americansephardi.org
SUMMARY:At the Crossroads of Sephardic\, Mizrahi\, and Russian-Speaking Worlds: The History of Bukharian Jews
DESCRIPTION:The culture and history of Bukharian Jews is situated at the unique\, intersection of Sephardic\, Mizrahi and Russian-speaking Jewish identities. Through this 2-part learning series\, we will explore the multilayered\, rich story of this millennia-old community—discovering the ways in which they have developed their mosaic culture through a dynamic interaction with the dominant and changing societies surrounding them.\nOur discussion will also shed light on how their experiences fit into the broader historical saga of the Jewish people. \nThursdays\n12 and 19 November at 12:00PM EDT \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/at-the-crossroads-of-sephardic-mizrahi-and-russian-speaking-worlds-the-history-of-bukharian-jews/
CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Lecture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201118T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201118T133000
DTSTAMP:20260604T010826
CREATED:20201028T144323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201112T235928Z
UID:6543-1605700800-1605706200@americansephardi.org
SUMMARY:New Works Wednesdays with Jane S. Gerber
DESCRIPTION:New Works Wednesdays with Jane S. Gerber \nJane S. Gerber discusses her new book\, “Cities of Splendour in the Shaping of Sephardi History.” \nJane S. Gerber is Professor Emerita of History and director of the Institute for Sephardic Studies at the Graduate Center of the CUNY. She is a past president of the Association for Jewish Studies. She has been a visiting professor at Harvard\, Yale\, Columbia\, the Hebrew University\, the University of Pennsylvania\, and the Jewish Theological Seminary\, and has lectured widely in the United States and elsewhere. She headed the Advisory Board of the American Sephardi Federation and served on the Academic Advisory Council of the Center for Jewish History and the Academic Board of the Rothberg School of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. \nWednesday\, 18 November at 12:00PM EST \nSephardi identity has meant different things at different times\, but has always entailed a connection with Spain\, from which the Jews were expelled in 1492. While Sephardi Jews have lived in numerous cities and towns throughout history\, certain cities had a greater impact in the shaping of their culture. This book focuses on those that may be considered most important\, from Cordoba in the tenth century to Toledo\, Venice\, Safed\, Istanbul\, Salonica\, and Amsterdam at the dawn of the seventeenth century. Each served as a venue in which a particular dimension of Sephardi Jewry either took shape or was expressed in especially intense form. Significantly\, these cities were mostly heterogeneous in their population and culture – half of them under Christian rule and half under Muslim rule – and this too shaped the Sephardi world-view and attitude. While Sephardim cultivated a distinctive identity\, they felt at home in the cultures of their adopted lands. Drawing upon a variety of both primary and secondary sources\, Jane Gerber demonstrates that Sephardi history and culture have always been multifaceted. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-works-wednesdays-with-jane-s-gerber/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201115T133000
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SUMMARY:SIGD: A Global Introspection Event
DESCRIPTION:SIGD:\nA Global Introspection Event  \nSunday\, 15 November at 12PM EST\n(Complimentary RSVP) \nSigd is a unique Beta Israel holiday celebrated 50 days after Yom Kippur. Typically it is a day of communal gathering and introspection\, which is why this year we’d like to turn to global introspection on this special day. We invite you to gather with us for an online Sigd event that will both explore the meaning behind this holiday and celebrate the Ethiopian culture and tradition. The event will include kessim\, dignitaries\, special photo essay with Joan Roth\, music by Dror Kanunat and more! \nSponsorship and opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/sigd-a-global-introspection-event/
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201111T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201111T133000
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SUMMARY:New Works Wednesdays with Stanley Mirvis
DESCRIPTION:New Works Wednesdays with Stanley Mirvis \nStanley Mirvis an assistant professor of history in the School of Historical\, Philosophical\, and Religious Studies\, and the Harold and Jean Grossman Chair of Jewish Studies\, at Arizona State University will discuss his new book\, “The Jews of Eighteenth-Century Jamaica: A Testamentary History of a Diaspora in Transition.”  \nAn in-depth look at the Portuguese Jews of Jamaica and their connections to broader European and Atlantic trade networks.\n \nWednesday\, 11 November at 12:00PM EST \nBased on last wills and testaments composed by Jamaican Jews between 1673 and 1815\, this book explores the social and familial experiences of one of the most critical yet understudied nodes of the Atlantic Portuguese Jewish Diaspora. Stanley Mirvis examines how Jamaica’s Jews put down roots as traders\, planters\, pen keepers\, physicians\, fishermen\, and metalworkers\, and reveals how their presence shaped the colony as much as settlement in the tropical West Indies transformed the lives of the island’s Jews. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-works-wednesdays-with-stanley-mirvis/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201104T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201104T133000
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SUMMARY:New Works Wednesdays with Shalva Weil
DESCRIPTION:New Works Wednesdays with Shalva Weil \nShalva Weil a Senior Researcher at the Research Institute for Innovation in Education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem\, Israel\, and Research Fellow in the Department of Biblical Studies and Ancient Studies at the University of South Africa.  \nShe will discuss  her new book “The Baghdadi Jews in India: Maintaining Communities\, Negotiating Identities and Creating Super-Diversity.”\n \nWednesday\, 4 November at 12:00PM EST \n“The Baghdadi Jews in India: Maintaining Communities\, Negotiating Identities and Creating Super-Diversity” explores the extraordinary differentiation of the Baghdadi Jewish community over time during their sojourn in India from the end of the eighteenth century until their dispersion to Indian diasporas in Israel and English-speaking countries throughout the world after India gained independence in 1947. \nChapters on schools\, institutions and culture present how Baghdadis in India managed to maintain their communities by negotiating multiple identities in a stratified and complex society. Several disciplinary perspectives are utilized to explore the super-diversity of the Baghdadis and the ways in which they successfully adapted to new situations during the Raj\, while retaining particular traditions and modifying and incorporating others. Providing a comprehensive overview of this community\, the contributions to the book show that the legacy of the Baghdadi Jews lives on for Indians today through landmarks and monuments in Mumbai\, Pune and Kolkata\, and for Jews\, through memories woven by members of the community residing in diverse diasporas. \nShalva Weil is Senior Researcher at the Research Institute for Innovation in Education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem\, Israel\, and Research Fellow in the Department of Biblical Studies and Ancient Studies at the University of South Africa. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-works-wednesdays-with-shalva-weil/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201028T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201028T133000
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SUMMARY:New Works Wednesdays with Alma Rachel Heckman
DESCRIPTION:New Works Wednesdays with Alma Rachel Heckman  \nAlma Rachel Heckman\, Neufeld-Levin Chair of Holocaust Studies and Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies at the University of California\, Santa Cruz discusses her new book\, “The Sultan’s Communists: Moroccan Jews and the Politics of Belonging.” \nWednesday\, 28 October at 12:00PM EDT \nSign-up Now! \nThe Sultan’s Communists uncovers the history of Jewish radical involvement in Morocco’s national liberation project and examines how Moroccan Jews envisioned themselves participating as citizens in a newly-independent Morocco. Closely following the lives of five prominent Moroccan Jewish Communists (Léon René Sultan\, Edmond Amran El Maleh\, Abraham Serfaty\, Simon Lévy\, and Sion Assidon)\, Alma Rachel Heckman describes how Moroccan Communist Jews fit within the story of mass Jewish exodus from Morocco in the 1950s and ’60s\, and how they survived oppressive post-independence authoritarian rule under the Moroccan monarchy to ultimately become heroic emblems of state-sponsored Muslim-Jewish tolerance. \nThe figures at the center of Heckman’s narrative stood at the intersection of colonialism\, Arab nationalism\, and Zionism. Their stories unfolded in a country that\, upon independence from France and Spain in 1956\, allied itself with the United States (and\, more quietly\, Israel) during the Cold War\, while attempting to claim a place for itself within the fraught politics of the post-independence Arab world. The Sultan’s Communists contributes to the growing literature on Jews in the modern Middle East and provides a new history of twentieth-century Jewish Morocco. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-works-wednesdays-with-alma-rachel-heckman/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201025T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201025T113000
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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! \n  \nEpisode Three:\nMaimón Cake  and  Quince\, Pear\, Apple and Pomegranate Juices\n \nSunday\, 25 October at 10:00AM EDT \n  \nTickets support Chef Hélène’s forthcoming publications and the ASF’s 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-3/
CATEGORIES:Cooking,Zoom Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201021T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201021T133000
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SUMMARY:New Works Wednesdays with Reeva Spector Simon
DESCRIPTION:New Works Wednesdays with Reeva Spector Simon \nReeva Spector Simon discusses her new book “The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa: The Impact of World War II.” \nIncorporating published and archival material\, this volume fills an important gap in the history of the Jewish experience during World War II\, describing how the war affected Jews living along the southern rim of the Mediterranean and the Levant\, from Morocco to Iran. \n  \nWednesday\, 21 October at 12:00PM EDT \nSign-up Now! \nSurviving the Nazi slaughter did not mean that Jews living in the Middle East and North Africa were unaffected by the war: there was constant anti-Semitic propaganda and general economic deprivation; communities were bombed; and Jews suffered because of the anti-Semitic Vichy regulations that left them unemployed\, homeless\, and subject to forced labor and deportation to labor camps. Nevertheless\, they fought for the Allies and assisted the Americans and the British in the invasion of North Africa. These men and women were community leaders and average people who\, despite their dire economic circumstances\, worked with the refugees attempting to escape the Nazis via North Africa\, Turkey\, or Iran and connected with international aid agencies during and after the war. By 1945\, no Jewish community had been left untouched\, and many were financially decimated\, a situation that would have serious repercussions on the future of Jews in the region. \nReeva Spector Simon served as Associate Director of the Middle East Institute\, Columbia University\, and Professor of History at Yeshiva University. She is the author of Iraq Between the Two World Wars and co-editor of The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa in Modern Times. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-works-wednesdays-with-reeva-spector-simon/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk
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