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SUMMARY:Rediscovering Mazaltob
DESCRIPTION:American Sephardi Federation presents: \nRediscovering Mazaltob\nBook Presentation by the editors Yaëlle Azagury and Frances Malino and discussion (Q&A). \nWednesday\, 29 May at 6:00PM EST \nTickets: Complimentary RSVP/Suggested Donation \nDr. Yaëlle Azagury is a writer\, literary scholar and critic. She has taught French literature and Literature-Humanities at Barnard College\, Columbia University\, and SUNY-Purchase.  She contributed essays and scholarly articles for Women Writing Africa (Feminist Press\, 2008)\, Rethinking Jewish Culture and Society in North Africa and the Middle East (Indiana University Press\, 2011) and other works.  Her criticism has appeared in the New York Times\, the Washington Post\, the Jerusalem Report\, and Lilith.  A native of Tangier\, Morocco\, she holds graduate degrees from the Université Sorbonne-Nouvelle\, Sciences-Po Paris\, and Columbia University. \nFrances Malino is the Sophia Moses Robison Professor of Jewish Studies and History Emerita at Wellesley College. She is author of The Sephardic Jews of Bordeaux: Assimilation and Emancipation in Revolutionary and Napoleonic France (1978) and A Jew in the French Revolution: The Life of Zalkind Hourwitz(1996) and co-editor of Essays in Modern Jewish History: a Tribute to Ben Halpern (1982)\, The Jews in Modern France(1985)\, Profiles in Diversity: Jews in a Changing Europe (1998)\, and Voices of the Diaspora: Jewish Women Writing in the New Europe (2005). Her current project is titled Teaching Freedom: Jewish Sisters in Muslim Lands. In 2012 she was named Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes académiques by the French Ministry of Education. Malino is a co-founder and current President of Digital Heritage Mapping\, whose flagship initiative is the Diarna Geo-Museum of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Life.
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/rediscovering-mazaltob/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Signing
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SUMMARY:Socrates\, Moses\, and the Long Fight Against Idolatry
DESCRIPTION:The American Sephardi Federation presents: \nSocrates\, Moses\, and the Long Fight Against Idolatry\nJoin us for a fascinating discussion celebrating the launch of Matt Gatton’s new book\, The Shadows of Socrates: The Heresy\, War\, and Treachery Behind the Trial of Socrates. \nSunday\, 14 April at 4:30PM ET \nIn-Person @ the ASF – Center for Jewish History  \nTickets: $15-$500 \nThe trial of the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates is widely considered the most famous trial of all time. At age 70\, he was charged with impiety (a religious crime) and corrupting the youth\, but the reasons for these charges were left unexplained\, as the prosecution’s case was not recorded. There’s a reason for this: Socrates triggered the first great battle between philosophy and religion when he launched a searing critique of Athens’ most important and secretive idolatrous cult. Socrates has more in common with Moses\, Maimonides\, and Spinoza than you might ever have imagined. Sometimes the light of true reason must fight in the shadows.
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/socrates-moses-and-the-long-fight-against-idolatry/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Signing,Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240411T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240411T193000
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SUMMARY:Exhibit Inauguration: “The Golden Age of the Jews of Alandalus” | "La Edad de Oro de los judíos de Alandalús"
DESCRIPTION:The Embassy of Spain to the United States\, Centro Sefarad-Israel\, Instituto Cervantes\, the World Jewish Congress – North America and the American Sephardi Federation present: \nExhibit Inauguration: “The Golden Age of the Jews of Alandalus” | “La Edad de Oro de los judíos de Alandalús”\nJoin us to celebrate the Golden Age of the Jewish community of Al-Andalus with: \nÁngeles Moreno Bau\, Ambassador of Spain to the United States \nJaime Moreno Bau\, General Director of the Centro Sefarad-Israel \nDavid Dangoor\, President of the ASF \nDr. Vanessa Paloma Duncan-Elbaz\, ASF Broome & Allen Fellow\, Research Associate at Cambridge University\, and award-winning scholar and singer \nRabbi Yamin Levy\, Founder of the Maimonides Heritage Center and author of The Founding Fathers of Sephardic Jewry and The Mysticism of Andalusia \nMatt Gatton\, Sephardic scholar and author of The Shadows of Socrates \nDr. Hélene Jawhara Piñer\, ASF Broome & Allen Scholar\, award-winning author of Sephardi: cooking the history & Jews\, Food\, and Spain: The Oldest Medieval Spanish Cookbook and the Sephardic Culinary Heritage \nDvir Avnon-Klein\, ASF Sephardi House Fellow and talented multi-instrumentalist \nThursday\, 11 April at 6:30PM ET \nProgram will be followed by a reception \nIn-Person @ the ASF – Center for Jewish History  \nTickets: $36 \nThe exhibition has been organized by Centro Sefarad-Israel\, with the collaboration of Casa del Mediterráneo\, the Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies\, and The George Feldenkers Program in Judaic Studies of the University of Miami\, the Red de Juderías de España\, the World Jewish Congress\, Fundación Hispano Judía\, and the American Sephardi Federation. \nIt also has the support of Spain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs – European Union and Cooperation\, the Community of Madrid\, the Madrid City Council\, ElAl\, Instituto Cervantes\, the University of Cambridge\, the University of Granada\, Trinity College Dublin\, and the European Research Council.
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/exhibit-inauguration-the-golden-age-of-the-jews-of-alandalus-la-edad-de-oro-de-los-judios-de-alandalus/
CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening
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SUMMARY:Why Spinoza Matters Now: Truth and Freedom in America Today
DESCRIPTION:Presented by the American Sephardi Federation and Jewish Lives at Yale University Press: \nJoin us for a lively and timely discussion celebrating the launch of Ian Buruma’s new book\, Spinoza: Freedom’s Messiah. Buruma will be joined on the panel by Steven Nadler\, Rebecca Newberger Goldstein\, & Clémence Boulouque \nSunday\, 31 March at 3:00PM EST \nIn-Person @ the ASF – Center for Jewish History  \nTickets: $15-$500 \n350 years after his death\, the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza remains vitally relevant — especially in this period of deep political division and with the threat to liberal democracy not only in Europe and elsewhere\, but right here at home. Spinoza was the most open and important proponent of democracy\, toleration\, politics free from religious sectarian interference\, and freedom of expression in the early modern period. He was also “cancelled” (Herem) by Amsterdam’s Jewish community. \nSee this New Yorker review\, “Baruch Spinoza and the Art of Thinking in Dangerous Times\,” as well as Buruma’s latest\, “The 17th-Century Heretic We Could Really Use Now\,” in The New York Times \n \nBard College Professor Ian Buruma\, author of Spinoza: Freedom’s Messiah (Jewish Lives – Yale University Press) \n \nModerator\, Columbia University Professor Clémence Boulouque\, author of Another Modernity: Elia Benamozegh’s Jewish Universalism (Stanford University Press) \n \nUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Steven Nadler\, author of Spinoza: A Life (Cambridge University Press) and Menasseh ben Israel: Rabbi of Amsterdam (Jewish Lives – Yale University Press) \n \nDr. Rebecca Newberger Goldstein\, author of Betraying Spinoza: The Renegade Jew Who Gave Us Modernity (Jewish Encounters Series)
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/why-spinoza-matters-now-truth-and-freedom-in-america-today/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240317T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240317T160000
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SUMMARY:Exclusive Broadcast of New York Ladino Day 2024: Bendichas Manos!
DESCRIPTION:The American Sephardi Federation\, the Sephardic Jewish Brotherhood of America\, the Sephardic Foundation on Aging\, and Shearith Israel League Foundation proudly present: \nExclusive Broadcast of New York Ladino Day 2024: Bendichas Manos!\nCurated by Jane Mushabac and Bryan Kirschen \nFeaturing: \nRabbi Marc Angel\, author and editor of 38 books\, and a 2023 International Sephardic Gala Honoree for his decades of remarkable community leadership. \nBryan Kirschen reading remarks from Rachel Amado Bortnick\, teacher and founder of the renowned online group\, Ladinokomunita\, now in its 25th year with 1500 Ladino-speaking members worldwide. \nElizabeth Graver\, author of the groundbreaking Sephardic novel Kantika\, a New York Times Notable Book of 2023 and winner of the National Jewish Book Award in Sephardic Culture. \nSarah Aroeste\, singer/songwriter\, and Susan Barocas\, foodwriter/story-teller\, a duo whose “Savor” program of songs and talk about Sephardic cuisine is garnering raves here and abroad. \nSunday\, 17 March at 2:00PM EST \nOn Zoom  \nTickets: $10 \nSince 2013\, Ladino Day programs have been held around the world to honor Ladino\, also known as Judeo-Spanish. This program is the 7th annual New York Ladino Day hosted by the American Sephardi Federation. \nLadino is a bridge to many cultures. A variety of Spanish\, it 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 has written in the Forward\, “Why Ladino Will Rise Again.” \n© Ioannina\, mid-19th century Sephardi & Romaniot Jewish Costumes in Greece & Turkey. 16 watercolours by Nicholas Stavroulakis published by the Association of the Friends of the Jewish Museum of Greece\, Athens\, 1986. \nPlease support the New York Ladino Day with a generous\, tax-deductible contribution so we can continue to cultivate and advocate\, preserve and promote\, as well as educate and empower! \nSupport NY Ladino Day Now!
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/exclusive-broadcast-of-new-york-ladino-day-2024-bendichas-manos/
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Zoom Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240130T183000
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SUMMARY:The Blues and Resilience: A Concert in Honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day
DESCRIPTION:The Omni-American Future Project\, Combat Antisemitism Movement\, Jazz Leadership Project\, and American Sephardi Federation present: \nThe Blues and Resilience: A Concert in Honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day \nThis unique cultural-educational experience will feature Holocaust survivor\, Toby Levy\, live jazz music performed by Israeli-Sephardi star Itamar Borochov (an ASF Pomegranate Award recipient)\, and captivating stories that highlight the incredible power of music for survival and resilience during the Holocaust. \nTuesday\, 30 January  \n6:30-7:30PM EST \nCocktail Hour \n7:30-9:00PM EST  \nConcert \nIn-Person @the Center for Jewish History  \n15 West 16th Street\, New York City \nTickets: $20 \nProceeds will benefit Holocaust education programs
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/blues-resilience-concert-honor-international-holocaust-remembrance-day/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240121T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240121T163000
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SUMMARY:Bendichas Manos: The 7th Annual New York Ladino Day
DESCRIPTION:The American Sephardi Federation\, the Sephardic Jewish Brotherhood of America\, the Sephardic Foundation on Aging\, and Shearith Israel League Foundation  proudly present: \nBendichas Manos: \nThe 7th Annual New York Ladino Day\nCurated by Jane Mushabac and Bryan Kirschen \nFeaturing: \nRabbi Marc Angel\, author and editor of 38 books\, and a 2023 International Sephardic Gala Honoree for his decades of remarkable community leadership. \nRachel Amado Bortnick\, teacher and founder of the renowned online group\, Ladinokomunita\, now in its 25th year with 1500 Ladino-speaking members worldwide. \nElizabeth Graver\, author of the groundbreaking 2023 Sephardic novel Kantika\, and long celebrated for her prize-winning fiction. \nSarah Aroeste\, singer/songwriter\, and Susan Barocas\, foodwriter/story-teller\, a duo whose “Savor” program of songs and talk about Sephardic cuisine is garnering raves here and abroad. \nSunday\, 21 January at 2:00PM EDT \nIn-Person @the Center for Jewish History  \nTickets: \nEarly Bird General Admission $20 (regular General Admission $25) \nVIP $36 (includes VIP seating and reception) \n(Early Bird offer expires on 24 December) \nSince 2013\, Ladino Day programs have been held around the world to honor Ladino\, also known as Judeo-Spanish. January 21st marks New York’s 7th Annual Ladino Day hosted by the American Sephardi Federation. \nLadino is a bridge to many cultures. A variety of Spanish\, it 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 has written in the Forward\, “Why Ladino Will Rise Again.” \n© Ioannina\, mid-19th century Sephardi & Romaniot Jewish Costumes in Greece & Turkey. 16 watercolours by Nicholas Stavroulakis published by the Association of the Friends of the Jewish Museum of Greece\, Athens\, 1986. \nSponsorship opportunities available: \ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/bendichas-manos-7th-annual-new-york-ladino-day/
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Music
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231128T200000
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SUMMARY:Remembering The Forgotten Jewish Refugees
DESCRIPTION:A commemoration of the mass exodus and expulsion of Jews from the Middle East & North Africa in the 20th century and its impact on present-day antisemitism. The event will feature: \n\ntestimonies from Middle Eastern & North African Jewish refugees\ndiscussion with Greater Sephardi/Mizrahi young leaders on campus\nexhibition on history of Jews in Arab & Islamic lands\nmusical tribute to the nearly 1 million Jews uprooted from Asia & Africa\n\nTuesday\, 28 November at 6:00PM EST \n@The Moise Safra Center (130 E 82nd St) \nSign-up Now!\nSephardic Hors d’oeuvres & Dessert will be served
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/remembering-forgotten-jewish-refugees/
LOCATION:Moise Safra Center\, 130 E 82nd Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10028\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231127T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231127T200000
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SUMMARY:Maimonides in Times of Crisis
DESCRIPTION:The American Sephardi Federation\, Maimonides Heritage Center\, Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals\, and Yeshiva University Museum present: \nMaimonides in Times of Crisis\nThe ASF is proud to host two renowned Sephardic spiritual leaders and scholars—Rabbi Dr. Marc Angel and Rabbi Yamin Levy—for a timely conversation about the Rambam’s intellectual legacy in contemporary times.  \nThey will discuss insights from their books “The Mysticism of Andalusia: Exploring HaRambam’s Mystical Tradition” and “Maimonides\, Spinoza and Us: Toward an Intellectually Vibrant Judaism.” \nJoin us for this fascinating discussion\, moderated by the founder of ASF’s Sephardi House\, Joshua Benaim \nMonday\, 27 November at 6:30PM EST \n@The Center for Jewish History \nThe talk will be followed by refreshments\, book signing (books will be available for purchase)\, and a viewing of Yeshiva University Museum’s exhibition on Maimonides. \nRabbi Yamin Levy is a practiced educator\, rabbi\, author\, and academic administrator. Rabbi Levy has devoted his career to teaching and preserving Sephardic culture\, law and philosophical worldview. He is the senior Rabbi of Beth Hadassah Synagogue\, the Iranian Jewish Center in Kings Point NY and the founder and director of the Maimonides Heritage Center based in Tiveria\, Israel and New York. He authored four books the most recent of which is titled “The Mysticism of Andalusia: Exploring HaRambam’s Mystical Tradition.” He edited two books and published numerous articles in Jewish Law\, Biblical Exegesis and Sephardic Philosophy and Jewish Mysticism. \nRabbi Dr. Marc Angel is Founder and Director of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals\, fostering an intellectually vibrant\, compassionate and inclusive Orthodox Judaism. Rabbi Angel is Rabbi Emeritus of Congregation Shearith Israel\, the historic Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of New York City. Author and editor of nearly 40 books and hundreds of articles\, he has won acclaim for his studies in Jewish history and thought. Among his recent books are “Foundations of Sephardic Spirituality: The Inner Life of Jews of the Ottoman Empire” (2006) and “Maimonides\, Spinoza and Us: Toward an Intellectually Vibrant Judaism”\, (2009)—both of which won Finalist Awards from the National Jewish Book Council. He has served as officer and board member of numerous communal organizations\, including the American Sephardi Federation\, Jewish National Fund\, HealthCare Chaplaincy\, and UJA-Federation of New York; and is past president of the Rabbinical Council of America. He is the co-founder of the International Rabbinic Fellowship. He earned his B.A.\, M.S. Ph.D. and Rabbinic Ordination from Yeshiva University. He also has an M.A. degree in English literature from City College of New York. \nJoshua Benaim is a leading real estate investor and entrepreneur and the visionary founder of the ASF’s Sephardi House Fellowship. He is the founder and CEO of Aria\, an award-winning real estate company on a mission to humanize the experience of living in our great cities. An operatic baritone who has appeared with the Metropolitan Opera and throughout the United States\, Benaim lives in New York City with his wife and three children.
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/maimonides-times-crisis/
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231114T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231114T150000
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SUMMARY:The American Sephardi Community Marches for Israel
DESCRIPTION:The American Sephardi Federation\, as the Sephardic Voice in the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations\, is proud to be joining forces with the Jewish Federations of North America and other groups in Washington\, DC\, for a nationwide solidarity rally! \nLet’s bring #AllJewsTogether to demonstrate our unwavering commitment to the USA & Israel\, demand the immediate release of HAMAS’ hostages #BringThemHome\, & to achieve an end to Antisemitism! \nSign-up below if you are interested in coming individually or will be bringing a group on behalf of a synagogue or organization. \nTuesday\, 14 November\, 1:00-3:00PM \nNational Mall\, Washington\, D.C. \nGates Open at 10:00AM \nSign-up Now!
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/american-sephardi-community-marches-israel/
CATEGORIES:#BringThemHome,March
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231112T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231112T130000
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SUMMARY:Israel\, This Jazz Is For You
DESCRIPTION:The Jazz Leadership Project\, Combat Antisemitism Movement\, American Sephardi Federation\, Omni-American Future Project\, White Rose Magazine\, and Yeshiva University’s Rabbi Arthur Schneier Center for International Affairs are proud to co-present: \nIsrael\, This Jazz Is For You\nDavid Broza & Omer Avital’s Wilson Live Experience\, in a benefit concert to help strengthen the resilience of Israeli society. \nYou are invited for an afternoon of music that opens the heart and strengthens the soul. \nSunday\, 12 November at 12:00PM EST \n@City Winery\, 11th Avenue\, NYC \nConcert proceeds will go to those suffering from PTSD in Israel via NATAL.
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/israel-this-jazz-is-for-you/
CATEGORIES:Jazz,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230911T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230912T210000
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SUMMARY:Kleztival NYC
DESCRIPTION:Instituto de Música Judaica -Brasil\, ASF’s Institute of Jewish Experience\, Brazilian Consulate in NYC present: \nKleztival NYC\nBrazilian Jewish Music and Culture\, a two-day program with Brazilian and North American artists. \nCelebrating the 23 Brazilian Jews who\, in 1654\, arrived in North America and helped to build a city then called New Amsterdam\, which later became New York. Celebrating Brazil\, its Jewish roots and community today. \n11 September at 6:00PM EST \nBrazilian Jewish Music concert \n@at the Brazilian Consulate in NYC \n225 East 41st\, New York\, NY  \n(no registration required) \n12 September: \n3:00PM EST \nScreening of documentary “A Estrela Oculta do Sertão” (The Star \nHidden in the Backlands) followed by Q&A with the producers \n7:30 PM EST \nBrazilian Jewish Music concert \n@the Center for Jewish History \n~~~~~~~ \nExecutive Producers: Nicole & Edy Borger \nMusical Director: Frank London \nSingers: Carla Berg\, Nicole Borger\, Ahuva Flit and Rafael Zolko \nMusicians: Pablo Aslan (bass)\, Vicente Falek (accordion)\, \nFrank London (trumpet)\, Oren Neiman (guitar)\, Alex Parke (clarinet)\, \nSatoshi Takashi (drums) \nDocumentary Producers: Elaine Eiger and Luize Valente. \nSpecial thanks to: \nDrora Arussy\, Julia Rothkof\, Miriam Mora\, Suzanne Schwimmer\, Alex Minkin\, Thiago Antonio de Melo Oliveira\, Tiago Domingues Carvalho\, Aaron Alexander\, Peter Rushevsky\, Hanna Griff-Sleven\, Felipe Pait\, Eliezer Kahn\, Bruno & Joyce Szlak\, Angela Waitzberg\, Bruce Phillips\, Daniel Borger. \nOur Sponsors: \nOurinvest\, Banco Daycoval \nOther support: \nTicun Brasil\, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research\, Yiddish New York and CTMD 
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/kleztival-nyc/
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Film,Music
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SUMMARY:Sefarad: The Movie
DESCRIPTION:The ASF’s Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nSefarad: The Movie\nWatch Sefarad\, a film about the revival and rebirth of a Jewish community\, on your own* and register for a Zoom webinar discussion with community leaders and those behind the film! \n7 September at 12:00PM EST \nQ&A with Dara Jeffries (Vice President of the Jewish Community of Oporto) and Michael Rothwell (Member of the Board of the Jewish Community of Oporto and Director of the Oporto Jewish and Holocaust Museums) \n  \n*After registering\, you’ll receive a code and link to watch the movie on your own. \n(Tickets: $10)
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/sefarad-the-movie/
CATEGORIES:Film,Q&A
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230828T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230830T180000
DTSTAMP:20260603T152231
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SUMMARY:The Aden Conference
DESCRIPTION:The ASF’s Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nThe Aden Conference\nBuilding on the success of the ASF and E’eleh B’Tamar’s “The Yemenite Conference: Jews and Muslims in Yemen” held in 2017 at New York’s Center for Jewish History\, the Aden Conference will bring together the world’s leading scholars from Aden\, Israel\, US\, UK\, and Europe to explore the historical\, cultural\, and communal dynamics that intersected in Aden and its environs\, particularly under British rule. \n28-30 August 2023 \nOpening Night | JW3\, London \nConference | Woolf Institute\, Cambridge \nCo-Presenters: \nWoolf Institute\, ASMEA (Association for the Study of the Middle East & Africa)\, Aden Jewish Heritage Museum\, Zalman Shazar Center\, and Harif: Association of Jews from the MENA
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/the-aden-conference/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230626T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230626T130000
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SUMMARY:Houses of Life: Synagogues and Cemeteries in Italy
DESCRIPTION:ASF’s Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nHouses of Life:\nSynagogues and Cemeteries in Italy\nWe invite you to a virtual tour of an exhibit currently on display at MEIS – the National Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah. \nCurated by Andrea Morpurgo and Amedeo Spagnoletto\, this exhibit offers an innovative in-depth approach focusing on the architecture\, rituals\, and the roles played by both synagogues and Jewish cemeteries in the Jewish community. Visitors will explore the specifically Italian nature of these two places\, while understanding the over two thousand years of history of the country’s Jewish community.  \nThe history of cities and of human beings intertwine in the exhibit\, through their original architecture\, artifacts that are passed down in and between families\, and are on display. Among these are prestigious loans such as the Aron ha-Qodesh\, the holy Ark\, of the Vercelli Jewish Community and many precious documents from both State Archives and Italian Jewish Communities. \nMonday\, 26 June at 12:00 PM EDT \n(Complimentary RSVP) \nAbout the curators: \nAndrea Morpurgo is an architect and architectural historian. He graduated from the Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia\, then moved to the Netherlands where he earned a Master of Excellence in Architecture at the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam and later a PhD in History of Architecture and Urban Planning at the Polytechnic of Turin. He is author of the book “The Jewish Cemetery in Italy: History and architecture of an identity space” (Quodlibet)\, professor of the “Synagogal Architecture” course of the three-year University Diploma in Jewish Studies promoted by the Union of Italian Jewish Communities\, and member of the board of the “Foundation for Jewish Cultural Heritage in Italy”. \nAmedeo Spagnoletto is the Director of the National Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah. He is also a sofer\, a Jewish ritual scribe. From 2017 until 2019 he was Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Community of Florence. From 2011 until 2019 he was teacher of Jewish Law Principles\, Exegesis and Bible\, in the Jewish Studies Degree of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities.
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/houses-of-life-synagogues-and-cemeteries-in-italy/
CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Virtual Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230625T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230625T130000
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SUMMARY:Living the Parsha with Mati Seri
DESCRIPTION:ASF’s Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nLiving the Parsha with Mati Seri\nJoin us for a discussion of actor\, singer\, presenter and author Mati Seri’s new book “52 Weeks of Devotion” on the weekly Torah portion. The presentation will be accompanied by musical interludes by the singer. \nSunday\, 25 June at 12:00 PM EDT \n(Complimentary RSVP) \n  \nSponsorship opportunities available: \ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/living-the-parsha-with-mati-seri/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230608T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230608T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T152231
CREATED:20230530T224206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230601T175049Z
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SUMMARY:Exclusive Authors Series with Anne Albert
DESCRIPTION:ASF’s Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nExclusive Authors Series with Anne Albert\nJoin us for another episode of Exclusive Authors Series where Anne Albert discusses her book “Jewish Politics in Spinoza’s Amsterdam.” \nThursday\, 8 June at 12:00 PM EDT \n(Complimentary RSVP) \nAbout the book: \nThis book untangles a web of ideas about politics\, religion\, exile\, and community that emerged at a key moment in Jewish history and left a lasting mark on Jewish ideas. In the shadow of their former member Baruch Spinoza’s notoriety\, and amid the aftermath of the Sabbatian messianic movement\, the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of seventeenth-century Amsterdam underwent a conceptual shift that led them to treat their self-governed diaspora community as a commonwealth. Preoccupied by the question of why and how Jews should rule themselves in the absence of a biblical or messianic sovereign state or king\, they forged a creative synthesis of insights from early modern Christian politics and Jewish law and traditions to assess and argue over their formidable communal government. In so doing they shaped a proud new theopolitical self-understanding of their community as analogous to a Christian state. \nAbout the author: \nAnne Oravetz Albert is the Klatt Family Director for Public Programs at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. \nClick here or more about the book.
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/exclusive-authors-series-with-anne-albert/
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230604T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230604T150000
DTSTAMP:20260603T152231
CREATED:20230602T152954Z
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SUMMARY:March with the American Sephardi Community at the Celebrate Israel Parade!
DESCRIPTION:March with the American Sephardi Community at the Celebrate Israel Parade!\nJoin the Sephardic Jewish Brotherhood of America\, Greek Jewish & Sephardic Young Professionals Network\, Kehila Kedosha Janina\, Congregation Magen David Manhattan\, Congregation Etz Ahaim Sephardic\, and the American Sephardi Federation as we proudly march at this year’s Celebrate Israel Parade in New York City on Sunday\, June 4th! \nThe Sephardic Jewish Brotherhood of America has a specially designed float and for the first time is bringing together a marching group of 5 partner Greek Jewish and Sephardic organizations who represent the American Sephardi community’s support for the State of Israel! \nSpots are limited. You must complete the registration form in order to be considered. Parade security will be significant and parking will be difficult. Please make sure you will be able to arrive on time.
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/march-with-the-american-sephardi-community-at-the-celebrate-israel-parade/
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Parade
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230531T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230531T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T152231
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SUMMARY:From Constantine to Jerusalem - The Journey of Algerian Rabbi Eliahou Allouche
DESCRIPTION:ASF’s Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nFrom Constantine to Jerusalem – The Journey of Algerian Rabbi Eliahou Allouche\nAlgerian Judaism is distinguished by three main traits: authenticity\, diversity\, singularity. These traits are engendered in the complexity of the history of Jews of Algeria\, a side that remains hidden and understudied because of the impact of the colonial period which summarizes the Jewish presence of 2000 years. \nThat’s why it’s important to shed more light on an important figure\, Rabbi Eliahou Allouche whose named in Arabic is “Sidi el Bahi\,” from the nineteenth-century. His exceptional career shows us how the Algerian Rabbi faced the challenges of modernity\, posed by French colonialism and the Crémieux decree. \nWednesday\, 31 May at 12:00 PM EDT \n(Complimentary RSVP)
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/from-constantine-to-jerusalem-the-journey-of-algerian-rabbi-eliahou-allouche/
CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230507T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230511T200000
DTSTAMP:20260603T152231
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SUMMARY:The 25th New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate its 25th Anniversary\, the NYSJFF will play both at the ASF – Center for Jewish History & via our new online platform for the first time! \n7- 11 May 2023 \nASF – Center for Jewish History \n14 -18 May 2023 \nOnline platform: nysjff.eventive.org  \nThis 25th edition of the NYSJFF is dedicated to Ike\, Molly and Steven Elias  \nThe NYSJFF not only returns with outstanding films of all genres exploring the beauty\, diversity\, and vitality of Greater Sephardic Jewish communities’ culture and identity across the world\, but also welcomes a new host and Artistic Director\, the decorated filmmaker\, writer\, director\, and Pomegranate Award recipient\, Yemenite-Israeli born Na’ama Keha. \n\nFilm and VIP Festival Passes are on sale now! Don’t miss the Special Passover Sale\, which expires on Friday\, 14 April\, @ 5PM ET \nVIP Festival Pass – $$500 until 14 April; $600 After \n(includes Opening Night\, Closing Night\, All Screenings at the ASF – Center for Jewish History and Parties) \nFilm Pass – $200 until 14 April; $225 After \n(includes Closing Night and All Screenings at the ASF – Center for Jewish History): \nAll Access Online – $225 \n(includes 15 films selected from the Festival and online exclusives streaming from Sunday\, 14 May 14 to Thursday\, 18 May) \nCarefully curated to delight cinema lovers of all ages and communities\, the new line-up includes 14 films in theatre and 15 Festival favorites and web exclusives on the streaming platform. We are offering a unique blend of independent films mixing various styles and origins\, including critically acclaimed movies\, World\, US\, and New York premières\, and a retrospective of NYSJFF’s best films from the past 25 years. \nTo mark Israel’s 75th Anniversary\, the Festival focuses on Israeli Sephardic themes and pays tribute to Ronit Elkabetz\, the actress\, filmmaker\, and first Pomegranate Award Winner. Audiences will get to (re) discover her work and see — playing for the first time in North America — the 2022 documentary JE T’AIME RONIT ELKABETZ about her life and her use of fashion to make social statements. \nSTAY TUNED for the complete list of films to be announced soon\, along with the short film selections\, filmmaker appearances and the highly anticipated names of this year’s Pomegranate Award Honorees! \nThe Pomegranate Award\, sculpted by renowned Baghdad-born artist Oded Halahmy\, recognizes extraordinary achievements in the arts. Past recipients include Albert Memmi\, Enrico Macias\, André Azoulay\, Neta Elkayam\, Lisa Azuelos\, Saïd Ben Saïd\, Elie Tahari\, Caroline Aaron\, Ema Shah\, Sassoon Gabay\, André Aciman\, Amir Arison\, and Lanie Kazan. \nThe NYSJFF provides a range of opportunities for donors looking to support the American Sephardi Federation’s year-round preservation\, education\, and empowerment mission. \nYour contribution will help us continue to promote the richness of Sephardic culture and to continue to provide representation with results for American Sephardi communities. Haj Sameyah! \nDonate Now! \nDiscuss Sponsorship or Advertising: Yves@AmericanSephardi.org \nEmail Inquires: info@AmericanSephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/the-25th-new-york-sephardic-jewish-film-festival/
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Film Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230403T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230403T130000
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SUMMARY:Sephardic Culinary History with Chef Hélène Jawhara-Piñer
DESCRIPTION:Sephardic Culinary History with Chef Hélène Jawhara-Piñer\n“Cecilia Cardosa Matza and Sweet Lamb for her Passover Dish”   \nSpecial Passover cooking class \nSephardi Culinary History 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! \nMonday\, 3 April at 12:00PM EST \n(Tickets: Zoom $15) \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\, The Forward\, and S&P Central’s Newsletter. \nOrder your copy of “Sephardi: Cooking the History. Recipes of the Jews of Spain and the Diaspora\, from the 13th Century Onwards” \n(recently ranked “#1 New Release in Spanish Cooking\, Food & Wine”). \nSponsorship opportunities available: \ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/sephardic-culinary-history-with-chef-helene-jawhara-piner-11/
CATEGORIES:Cooking,Culture & History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230402T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230402T180000
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SUMMARY:The Hidden Jews of Ethiopia
DESCRIPTION:The American Sephardi Federation\, in partnership with Center for Jewish History\, Kulanu\, Project Shema\, Kahzbar\, Be’chol Lashon and Jewish Multiracial Network presents: \nThe Hidden Jews of Ethiopia\nFilm Screening and Discussion \nNafkot – Yearning\, a new film by Dr. Malka Shabtay \nThe Hidden Jews of Ethiopia\, a new book by Dr. Marla Brettschneider \nSunday\, 2 April at 4:00PM EST \n(Followed by a reception) \nAt the Center for Jewish History \n(Tickets: In-person $15) \nSign-up Now!\nPanelists: \n \nDr. Malka Shabtay is an applied anthropologist who has worked for decades with the Ethiopian Jewish community in Israel and more recently in Ethiopia. Author of many books\, she has taught in numerous academic institutes including the Ruppin Academic Center and the Institute for Immigration and Social Integration. Shabtay combines research\, consultancy\, and training for organizations applying cultural and cross-cultural perspectives in their work. Nafkot (Yearning 2022) is her second ethnographic film. \nBelayneh Tezabku\, Community Leader \n \nMr. Belayneh Tazebku Worku is one of the leaders of the Ethiopian North Shewa Bete-Israel community and serves as the manager of the synagogue\, Brit Olam\, in Addis Ababa. Working in the community for twenty-five years\, Tazebku Worku has focused on raising awareness and community organizing both locally and nationally toward full civil and human rights of the Bete Israel people and community. Tazebku Worku also works to meet concrete current needs of the community such as the creation of a Jewish cemetery and a Bete Israel community settlement in Debre Berhan\, in the Amhara region. \n \nDr. Marla Brettschneider\, Professor holds a joint appointment in Politics & Feminist Studies at the University of New Hampshire. She is a groundbreaking scholar of Jewish diversity politics and political theory\, also using diversity as a frame to address antisemitism in the US and globally. Lecturing widely and author of numerous award-winning books\, her works include: Jewish Feminism and Intersectionality; The Family Flamboyant: Race Politics\, Queer Families\, Jewish Lives; The Hidden Jews of Ethiopia; The Jewish Phenomenon in Sub-Saharan Africa\, & The Narrow Bridge: Jewish Views on Multiculturalism with a forward by Cornel West. \nSponsorship opportunities available: \ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/the-hidden-jews-of-ethiopia/
CATEGORIES:Film,Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230320T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230320T183000
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SUMMARY:The Journey of the Sarajevo Haggadah
DESCRIPTION:The Journey of the Sarajevo Haggadah\nJoin us for a special event hosted by The International Lab for Research and Leadership in Interfaith Collaboration and Coexistence. We present the story of the Sarajevo Haggadah\, one of the oldest Sephardic Haggadahs in the world\, originating in Barcelona ca. 1350.  \nWe will discuss the journey of its safety by courageous individuals of different faiths through amazing acts of courage\, compassion\, and collaboration. See how this story applies in today’s world to prevent hate through understanding and recognition of common human values. At this special event\, a rare copy of The Sarajevo Haggadah will be on display.  \nMonday\, 20 March at 5:00PM EDT \nTeachers College\, Columbia University\, Milbank Chapel  \n525 West 120th Street New York\, NY 10027 \nSign-up Now!\n \nThe importance of social cohesion and interfaith coexistence. \nThe evening will feature a special panel\, moderated by Dr. Amra Sabic-El-Rayess\, with experts who will engage in a meaningful dialogue on the transformative power of interfaith collaboration\, coexistence\, and leadership\, all of which are foundational ideas of The International Interfaith Lab. \nAbout the International Interfaith Research Lab: \nThe Lab serves as a center of excellence for research\, leadership\, and training\, amplifying protective factors against all forms of hate based on one’s religion\, race\, or ethnicity. To sustain and expand global efforts to lessen hate and counter extremism\, the Lab will create spaces and design educational experiences for interfaith dialogue\, collaboration\, and coexistence.
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/the-journey-of-the-sarajevo-haggadah/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230316T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230316T200000
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SUMMARY:Diary of a Black Jewish Messiah
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience and Centro Primo Levi present: \nDiary of a Black Jewish Messiah\nDiscover a true story of imperial rivalry\, Mediterranean Jewish communities\, a Jewish kingdom & one black messiah!  \nProfessor Alan Verskin will share the world into which the semi-messianic figure\, David Reubeni\, peddles his vision of an autonomous Jewish country in the Holy Land.; a world filled with fierce rivalries between Christian and Muslim powers\, brutal conquest\, and fantastic discovery. \nA panel discussion will ensue with Professors Alan Verskin\, Ronnie Perelis\, and Francesca Bregoli followed by Q&A. \nThursday\, 16 March at 6:00PM EST \nAt the Center for Jewish History \n(Tickets: $15 suggested donation) \nIn 1524 David Reubeni\, also known as the black messiah\, arrived in Venice\, claiming to be the ambassador of a powerful Arabian Jewish kingdom. In an era of fierce imperial rivalry\, and the fantastic discovery and brutal conquest of new lands\, people across the Mediterranean saw signs of an impending apocalypse and dreamed of discovering new allies to join them in the coming war. Reubeni offered a jewish take on these expectations. With his warriors from lost Israelite tribes\, he pledged to recover the Holy Land and restore Jewish pride. Numerous Jews and conversos hailed him as the messiah. (from the back of the book) \nDiary of a Black Jewish Messiah is the first English translation of Reubeni’s Hebrew diary. \nAlan Verskin is associate professor of Jewish and Islamic History at the University of Rhode Island. His most recent book is A Vision of Yemen: the travels of a European Orientalist and his native guide. \nCo-sponsored by the Diasporas Project at the Rabbi Arthur Schneier Program for International Affairs at Yeshiva University and The Center for Jewish Studies at the Graduate Center\, CUNY and Bernard Revel Graduate School or Jewish Studies \nSponsorship opportunities available: \ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/diary-of-a-black-jewish-messiah/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230312T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230312T160000
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SUMMARY:Finding Judaism across Africa and Central American
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience\, together with Kulanu and Genie Milgrom present: \nFinding Judaism Across Africa and Central American\nCommunities across Africa and Central America are returning to their Jewish roots or finding Judaism. They are seeking out religion and a connection to the larger Jewish world\, many with a view towards their own Sephardi ancestry and others through an affinity for the Sephardi rites. \nRepresentatives of these communities\, documentarians\, and activists will come together to share their experiences and the unique interactions of these communities and the greater Sephardi world traditions. \nThe program will open with a photo exhibit in the Great Hall. \nSunday\, 12 March 10:00AM – 4:00PM EST \nAt the Center for Jewish History \n(Tickets: In-person $36; Via Zoom $15) \nSign-up Now!\nSign-up for Zoom Now!\nWe will host scholars and leaders of these emerging communities from Africa and Central America that will discuss their connections to Judaism and their Sephardi influences. \nFeaturing: \nProfessor Tudor Parfitt\, emeritus of modern Jewish studies in the University of London\, senior associate fellow at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Judaic Studies\, distinguished professor at Florida International University \nProfessor Shalva Weil\, senior researcher at Hebrew university\, distinguished professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University\, research fellow at University of South Africa\, prolific writer and lecturer on Indian Jews\, Ethiopian Jews\, lost tribes\, and femicide \nJoseph F. Lovett\, producer\, director\, writer. Director of Children of the Inquisition\, 2019. \nEngr. Jator Abido (Yatov ben Yisrael)\, Nigerian representative to the Sub Sahara Africa Jewish alliance \nPatricio Serno\, filmmaker and co-founder of Casa Tova\, Mexico \nand more. \nSponsorship opportunities available: \ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/finding-judaism-across-africa-and-central-american/
CATEGORIES:Africa and Central America,Jewish Heritage
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230212T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230212T130000
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SUMMARY:“Fragments” with Yoni Battat
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \n“Fragments” with Yoni Battat\nJoin us for an online performance and sharing stories behind the music with multi-instrumentalist\, vocalist\, and composer Yoni Battat! \nOrder the album today at yoniavibattat.bandcamp.com \nYoni’s new album\, “Fragments\,” is a collection of original and traditional music surrounding my Iraqi-Jewish identity. With lyrics in Arabic\, Hebrew\, English\, and Yiddish\, the music utilizes Arabic modes and rhythms with an ensemble of traditional Arabic instruments to grapple with the fragmentation of ancestry and memory. This project offers visibility and recognition for the many unseen Middle Eastern Jews in America\, while making room for listeners of all backgrounds to take something from my message of resilience and healing. \nSunday\, 12 February at 12:00PM EDT \n(Complimentary RSVP) \nYoni Avi Battat is a multi-instrumentalist\, vocalist\, and composer specializing in contemporary and traditional Jewish music from Eastern Europe and the Middle East. He maintains an active performance schedule across the country\, playing violin\, viola\, and oud (middle-eastern lute) in collaborative and interdisciplinary projects spanning a wide range of styles. Yoni has performed across the United States\, Canada\, Israel\, Portugal\, and Italy with a variety of artists and ensembles such as Earth\, Wind and Fire\, Yair Dalal\, Shai Tsabari\, Nava Tehila\, VSNY\, and Di Gasn Trio. Most recently\, he’s been touring nationally as an actor and violinist with the Tony Award-winning musical\, “The Band’s Visit.” In 2015\, Yoni founded his own Yiddish-Jazz band called Two Shekel Swing\, which has since released their debut album “Pocket Change\,” performed in Toronto’s Jewish Music Week\, and opened for Daniel Kahn and the Painted Bird\, amongst other public appearances. Yoni works as a song leader\, facilitating musical prayer in Jewish communities\, and is a fellow with Hadar’s Rising Song Institute. Yoni studied classical viola at Brandeis University (B.A.) and Boston University (M.M)\, and traditional Middle-Eastern musical traditions in Jerusalem. www.yonibattat.com \nSponsorship opportunities available: \ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/fragments-with-yoni-battat/
CATEGORIES:Music,Performance
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SUMMARY:Exclusive Authors Series with Joseph Sassoon
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nExclusive Authors Series with Joseph Sassoon\nJoin us for a new episode of Exclusive Authors Series with Joseph Sassoon discussing his new book “The Sassoons: The Great Global Merchants and the Making of an Empire.” \nTuesday\, 7 February at 12:00PM EDT \n(Complimentary RSVP) \nAbout the book: \nThe influential merchants of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries shaped the globalization of today. The Sassoons\, a Baghdadi-Jewish trading family\, built a global trading enterprise by taking advantage of major historical developments during the nineteenth century. Their story is not just one of an Arab Jewish family that settled in India\, traded in China\, and aspired to be British. It also presents an extraordinary vista into the world in which they lived and prospered economically\, politically\, and socially. \nThe Global Merchants is not only about their rise\, but also about their decline: why it happened\, how political and economic changes after the First World War adversely affected them\, and finally\, how realizing their aspirations to reach the upper echelons of British society led to their disengagement from business and prevented them from adapting to the new economic and political world order. \nAbout the author: \nJoseph Sassoon is the director of the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and Professor of History and Political Economy at Georgetown University. He holds the al-Sabah Chair in Politics and Political Economy of the Arab World. He is also a Senior Associate Member at St Antony’s College\, Oxford. In 2013\, his book Saddam Hussein’s Ba‘th Party: Inside an Authoritarian Regime (Cambridge University Press\, 2012) won the prestigious British-Kuwait Prize for the best book on the Middle East. Sassoon completed his Ph.D at St Antony’s College\, Oxford. He has published extensively on Iraq and its economy and on the Middle East. His latest book is titled: “The Sassoons: The Great Global Merchants and the Making of an Empire” (Pantheon\, 2022). \nSponsorship opportunities available: \ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/exclusive-authors-series-with-joseph-sassoon/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230205T120000
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SUMMARY:Warriors and Mystics: Notable Figures in Iranian Jewish History
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nWarriors and Mystics\nIran’s Jewish community is one of the oldest diaspora communities in the world. But is there more to those 2700 years than Queen Esther and the Islamic Revolution?  \nThis talk examines the lesser-known parts of Iran’s Jewish History\, a vast story of prophets\, autonomous nations\, divergent sects\, epic poetry\, and political intrigue.  \nThrough the music\, languages\, foods\, writings\, traditions\, and stories of two millennia\, along with their ties to neighboring and faraway communities\, the Jews of Iran have forged a culture at once Persian and Jewish\, with traditions and aesthetics uniquely their own.  \nIn this two-part series\, we will explore notable personalities in this rich history\, from over 1\,500 years ago and more recently. \nOn Sundays  \n29 January at 12:00PM EDT\n5 February at 12:00PM EDT\n \n(Registration is required for each session; Tickets: $11) \nAbout the speaker: \nAlan Niku is a filmmaker\, writer\, and scholar of Mizrahi culture from San Luis Obispo\, California\, based in Los Angeles. A native speaker of Persian\, he spends his time learning related Jewish languages\, deciphering Judeo-Persian manuscripts\, and interviewing community members about their stories. He is also a musician and an amateur chef\, teaches history and Jewish heritage at various levels\, and seeks to educate the world about the underrepresented cultures of the Middle East through his writing and films. \nSponsorship opportunities available: \ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/warriors-and-mystics-notable-figures-in-iranian-jewish-history/
CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Iran’s Jewish History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230203T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230509T133000
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SUMMARY:Sephardi Modernities Seminar Series\, 2023
DESCRIPTION:The Belzberg Program in Israel Studies at the University of Calgary and the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University\, with the collaboration of the American Sephardi Federation\, Centro Sefarad Israel\, and the International Network for Jewish Thought\, present: \nSephardi Modernities Seminar Series\, 2023\n“The Future of Our Histories: Recollecting the Past\, Projecting the Future.” \nJoin us as we explore the relationship between our narratives about the past and the future to which we aspire. The ways in which scholars approach the stories\, events\, characters\, and historical processes of the Sephardi/Levantine past are inevitably guided by values\, by their moral and political beliefs. Which elements of the past do they strive to preserve\, reclaim and grant continuity? What are they trying to say about a potential future? Which stories become part of canonized history\, and which ones are dismissed as mere anecdotes? Which theoretical\, social\, political\, and cultural frameworks do they wrestle with\, and which do they seek to advance? \nOn Zoom \n(Registration is required for each session) \n2 February at 12:00PM EST \nThe Sephardi-Moorish Atlantic: The Two 1492s and the Multi-Chronotope of Orientalism  \nElla Shohat\, New York University\, in conversation with Yuval Evri\, Brandeis University \nSign-up Now!\n14 March at 12:00PM EST \nPreservation of Jewish Heritage and Debating Egypt’s Past and Present \nYoram Meital\, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev \nSign-up Now!\n23 March at 12:00PM EDT \nHow Do Judeo-Spanish Proverbs and Tales Communicate with Us and How Do We Communicate With Them? \nLital Belinko-Sabah\, Hebrew University of Jerusalem \nSign-up Now!\n18 April at 12:00PM EST \n‘Modernity’ and ‘Tradition’ on the Move: Spanish Moroccan Jews and their Diasporas \nAviad Moreno\, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev\, in conversation with Angy Cohen\, University of Calgary \nSign-up Now!\n9 May at 12:00PM EST \nSephardi Musical Modernities: Listening to the Past in the Future \nEdwin Seroussi\, Hebrew University of Jerusalem \nYair Dalal\, Composer\, violinist\, oud player\, singer\, and teacher \nSign-up Now!\n \nThroughout this year’s series we will discuss the future invoked by each way of looking at the past\, the political agendas of historical research\, and the values that unavoidably guide scholastic inquiry. Topics include the transmission of narratives among collectives and among researchers\, ownership of archives\, encounters with the past\, the academic legitimacy of certain topics and collectives\, vehicles of memory (music\, oral history\, proverbs\, etc.) and the construction of historical narratives. \nOrganized by Dr. Angy Cohen\, Inaugural Hy and Jenny Belzberg Postdoctoral Associate in Israel Studies\, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Calgary\, and Dr. Yuval Evri\, Assistant Professor of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies on the Marash and Ocuin Chair in Ottoman\, Mizrahi\, and Sephardic Jewish Studies\, Brandeis University.
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/sephardi-modernities-seminar-series-2023/
CATEGORIES:Zoom Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230129T140000
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SUMMARY:Kontar i Kantar: The 6th Annual New York Ladino Day
DESCRIPTION:The American Sephardi Federation\, the Sephardic Jewish Brotherhood of America\, the Sephardic Foundation on Aging\, and Shearith Israel League Foundation  proudly present: \nKontar i Kantar: The 6th Annual New York Ladino Day\nCurated by Jane Mushabac and Bryan Kirschen \nFeaturing: \nTony- and Grammy-nominated Broadway star Shoshana Bean \nA conversation with Michael Frank\, author of One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World \nJudith Cohen\, Sing Me a Story\, on Sephardic Romansas \nMusical Finale\, Susana Behar and guitarist Michel Gonzalez \nIn-Person! Also on Zoom \nSunday\, 29 January at 2:00PM EDT \nSign-up in-person Now!\nSign-up for Zoom!\nLadino is a bridge to many cultures. A variety of Spanish\, it 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 has written in the Forward\, “Why Ladino Will Rise Again.” \nSince 2013\, Ladino Day programs have been held around the world to honor Ladino\, also known as Judeo-Spanish. January 29th marks New York’s 6th Annual Ladino Day hosted by the American Sephardi Federation. \n© Rhodes\, mid-19th century Sephardi & Romaniot Jewish Costumes in Greece & Turkey. 16 watercolours by Nicholas Stavroulakis published by the Association of the Friends of the Jewish Museum of Greece\, Athens\, 1986. \nSponsorship opportunities available: \ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/kontar-i-kantar-the-6th-annual-new-york-ladino-day/
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Music
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