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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170108T190000
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SUMMARY:Jazz\, Spiritual Traditions & the Sephardi Turn
DESCRIPTION:Dedicated in Honor of Judge Abraham Sofaer  \nWhat is the connection between jazz and spiritual traditions? Why have so many jazz musicians experienced their music in spiritual terms? \nJoin us on Sunday\, January 8th at 7:00PM as New York-based trumpet virtuoso Itamar Borochov and the ASF’s Director of Publications\, Aryeh Tepper\, orchestrate a listening party and free-flowing discussion about jazz and spiritual traditions\, including Sephardic spirituality. The event will feature both live and recorded music\, and audience members will be encouraged to take part in what should be a lively discussion. \nIsraeli-born\, Brooklyn-based trumpeter & composer Itamar Borochov connects lower Manhattan to North Africa\, modern Israel\, and ancient Bukhara\, celebrating traces of the divine that he finds in elegant sophistication\, Middle Eastern tradition and downhome blues. \nBorochov has working with legendary artists Curtis Fuller and Candido Camero\, and served as arranger and co-producer for acclaimed world music sensation Yemen Blues. His critically acclaimed debut recording Outset (2014) was included in the New York City Jazz Record’s Best of 2014 List\, and his forthcoming album Boomerang was chosen as “revelation of the month” by Jazz Magazine. \nBorochov has performed internationally at such prestigious venues and festivals as Lincoln Center (NY)\, The Kennedy Center (Washington DC)\, SummerStage at Central Park (NY)\, Roskilde Festival (Denmark)\, Ethno Port Festival (Poland)\, Montreal Jazz Festival\, and the Moscow Jazz Festival. \nThe February 2016 issue of Sephardi Ideas Monthly featured an interview with Borochov\, “Revitalizing the Roots\,” and the October  2016 issue featured the liner notes for Boomerang\, written by Aryeh Tepper. Borochov graciously performed at the ASF’s “Daniel Pearl Concert” in 2014 and\, in 2015\, played at the opening of “Sephardic Journeys: An Evening of Exploration\,” inaugurating the opening of the eponymous exhibit in The David Berg Rare Book Room. \n“Boomerang is an example of how American Jazz can merge with other cultures into a successful sound-cosmos – contemporary and looking forward\, subtle\, melodic\, soulful.” – NDR
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/jazz-spiritual-traditions-and-the-sephardi-turn/
LOCATION:The Center for Jewish History\, 15 W 16th St\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160616T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160630T180000
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SUMMARY:Othello by Shakespeare adapted in a Moroccan style
DESCRIPTION:The American Sephardi Federation presents:\nOTHELLO by William Shakespeare\nStarring David Serero as Othello.\nAdapted in a Moroccan style… \nPerformances on June 16th (8pm)\, 23rd (8pm)\, 26th (8pm)\, 28th (8pm) and 30th (4pm). \nAt the Center for Jewish History\n15 West 16th Street\nNew York\, NY 10011 \nTickets on asfothello.bpt.me or 1 800 838 3006 \nCAST LIST:\nDAVID SERERO: Othello\nCHRISTOPHER ROMERO WILSON: Iago\nELENA BARONE: Desdemona\nIAN COOPER: Cassio\nAMANDA VILANOVA: Emilia\nAARON HERNANDEZ: Roderigo / Duc of Venice \nSHAWN CHANG: Piano
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/othello-by-shakespeare-adapted-in-a-moroccan-style/
LOCATION:The Center for Jewish History\, 15 W 16th St\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160519T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160519T200000
DTSTAMP:20170629T194629Z
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SUMMARY:Sephardic Dynasties
DESCRIPTION:A Lecture presented by the Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute at Center for Jewish History and American Sephardi Federation \nSarina Roffé\, founder of the Sephardic Heritage Project and an expert on Brooklyn’s Sephardic Jewish community\, traces the journey of the Kassins\, a rabbinic dynasty with rumored Converso heritage\, from Spain to modern Brooklyn\, using traditional genealogy methodology as well as DNA testing. Roffé also explores the claims that some descendants are rabbis who serve a secret Jewish community in Ireland. The last descendant of the Kassins is currently serving as Chief Rabbi of Brooklyn’s Sephardic community.
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/sephardic-dynasties-irish-crypto-rabbis-with-a-converso-twist/
LOCATION:The Center for Jewish History\, 15 W 16th St\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160407T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160407T200000
DTSTAMP:20170110T043348Z
CREATED:20170110T043348Z
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SUMMARY:Portugal\, The Last Hope: Sousa Mendes’ Visas for Freedom
DESCRIPTION:Presented by The American Sephardi Federation\, Sousa Mendes Foundation\, and Portuguese Consulate of New York in partnership with the Municipality of Almeida\, Portugal\, The Museu Virtual Aristides de Sousa Mendes\, Turismo Centro de Portugal\, The Center for Jewish History\, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research\, The American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS)\, Leo Baeck Institute\, Luso-Americano Foundation\, and The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation The evening program included remarks by Manuela Bairos\, Consul General of Portugal at New York and António Baptista Ribeiro\, Governor of Almeida\, Portugal\, who presented the ASF and several other participants with medals. Additional elements included the screening of historical footage of the 1940 exodus through Portugal\, introduced by Luisa Pacheco Marques and Margarida Ramalho\, architect and historian\, respectively\, of the future museum. A conversation with Sousa Mendes visa recipient Jean-Claude van Itallie and Sheila Abranches-Pierce\, granddaughter of Aristides de Sousa Mendes\, was moderated Olivia Mattis\, President of the Sousa Mendes Foundation. Portuguese guitar music was performed by Pedro da Silva.
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/portugal-the-last-hope-sousa-mendes-visas-for-freedom/
LOCATION:The Center for Jewish History\, 15 W 16th St\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160327T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160327T190000
DTSTAMP:20170110T040120Z
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SUMMARY:New World Haggadah
DESCRIPTION:Each generation looks at Passover with fresh eyes.  \nIlan Stavans\, one of today’s foremost interpreters of Jewish and Latino cultures\, has edited a new Haggadah that fits the needs of our age. It reflects the journey of Jews expelled from Spain in 1492 to the New World and looks at how the narrative of the exile from Egypt has been embraced in Argentina\, Mexico\, Cuba\, and among Latinos and Jews in the United States from the 19th century through the Civil Rights Era on to our time. \nThe book launch celebrated a Passover story that befits our cosmopolitan city and country.
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-world-haggadah/
LOCATION:The Center for Jewish History\, 15 W 16th St\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160310T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160317T170000
DTSTAMP:20170110T040946Z
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SUMMARY:The 19th NY Sephardic Jewish Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Through the poignant medium of film\, the NYSJFF provides viewers with an understanding of the rich mosaic culture of Jews from the Middle East and greater Sephardic Diaspora.  \nContemporary voices steeped in history and tradition are celebrated throughout this week-long series of events\, including première screenings\, intriguing stories\, poignant documentaries\, filmmaker Q&As\, and Pomegranate Awards ceremony. \nPartners \nThe Village Voice\, Jewish Image Magazine\, FilmFestivals.com\, Morocco World News\, Broadway World\, The Algemeiner\, The Jewish Week\, Forward\, New York Desi\, eNews Ouzerzate\, Theater & Performance Guide & Guru\, NYBLUEPRINT\, My French City\, and Jewish Broadcasting Service \nSponsors \nAssociation Mimouna\, American Islamic Congress\, The David Berg Foundation\, The Consulate Generals of Portugal and Israel in New York\, Centro Primo Levi\, American Jewish Historical Society\, Queens College\, Maoz\, Shmaltz Beer\, and Nahmias et Fils
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/the-19th-ny-sephardic-jewish-film-festival/
LOCATION:The Center for Jewish History\, 15 W 16th St\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160222T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160229T170000
DTSTAMP:20170110T041412Z
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SUMMARY:"Songs of Seeking"
DESCRIPTION:The American Sephardi Federation is pleased to announce a new class exploring the Baqashot (‘Songs of Seeking’ in Edwin Seroussi’s wonderful translation)\, a musical tradition whose roots are in Andalusian Spain. R’ Amar\, a student of R’ David Buzaglo\, considered the greatest Hebrew liturgical poet of the 20th century\, will guide students through the theory and practice of the Baqashot. \n1. Their purpose\, when and how they are used in the liturgy–how they are attached to weekly parshiyot (Shabbat Torah readings)\n2. The musical maqamim (Arabic melodic modes) used in the singing of the Baqashot\n3. The great composers of this traditional art form\nStudents will be instructed in the chanting of each of the Baqashot according to the weekly parshiyot and maqam.
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/songs-of-seeking/
LOCATION:The Center for Jewish History\, 15 W 16th St\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160221T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160221T200000
DTSTAMP:20170630T013022Z
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SUMMARY:A Search for Jewish Roots
DESCRIPTION:Genie Milgrom will discuss her unparalleled genealogy work to document her unbroken maternal lineage going back as far as 1480 to Pre-Inquisition Spain and Portugal.  \nBorn in Havana\, Cuba\, into a Roman Catholic family of Spanish Ancestry\, she was always interested in her family genealogy\, but when she learned of the possibility of having Converso Jewish roots\, her search for the truth about her family’s past took on a deeper significance.\nGenie is the past president of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami and president of both the Tarbut Sefarad-Fermoselle in Spain and the Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies at Colorado State University in Colorado Springs. The author of “My 15 Grandmothers” and “How I Found My 15 Grandmothers\, A Step By Step Guide\,” which have won the 2015 Latin Author Book awards\, she was also was awarded the State of Florida Genealogy Award for her outstanding achievements and advances in the pioneer work she has done in genealogy.
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/from-the-spanish-inquisition-to-the-present-a-search-for-jewish-roots/
LOCATION:The Center for Jewish History\, 15 W 16th St\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160216T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160216T200000
DTSTAMP:20170630T013108Z
CREATED:20170110T042309Z
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SUMMARY:Flory’s Flame
DESCRIPTION:Flory’s Flame is a compelling one-hour documentary about the life and music of renowned 90-year old Sephardic composer and performer Flory Jagoda. \nThe documentary interlaces Flory’s personal narrative with selections from her moving September 2013 Celebration Concert at the US Library of Congress. \nA National Heritage Fellow — the highest honor given by the US to traditional artists — Flory was born in Sarajevo to a musical family whose roots stretched back to Spain for hundreds of years prior to the Jewish expulsion during the Inquisition in 1492.
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/florys-flame-the-life-and-music-of-a-balkan-sephardic-composer-flory-jagoda/
LOCATION:The Center for Jewish History\, 15 W 16th St\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160113T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160121T210000
DTSTAMP:20170110T043004Z
CREATED:20170110T042744Z
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SUMMARY:The Merchant of Venice
DESCRIPTION:Back by popular demand\, David Serero’s Sephardi adaptation of William Shakespeare’s classic play on love\, bigotry\, and commerce\, The Merchant of Venice.  \n“This condensation has more spirit and verve than many of the longer interpretations that I have seen in recent years….Serero\, and the entire cast\, deserve kudos for this fresh interpretation. With the addition of pianist Noriko Sunamoto on stage\, this is a Merchant that sings in a Sephardic key but can speak to everybody.” \n~ Deirdre Donovan\, CurtainUp Review\, 17 January 2016
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/the-merchant-of-venice/
LOCATION:The Center for Jewish History\, 15 W 16th St\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theater
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