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SUMMARY:New Works Wednesday with Joyce Yarrow
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nNew Works Wednesday with Joyce Yarrow\nJoin us for New Works Wednesdays with Joyce Yarrow discussing her new book “Zahara and the Lost Books of Light”! \nWednesday\, 6 July at 12:00PM EST\n(Complimentary RSVP) \nAbout the book: \nSeattle journalist Alienor Crespo travels to Spain to claim the promise of citizenship offered to the descendants of Jews expelled from Spain in 1492. As she relives history through her vijitas (visits) with her ancestors\, Alienor also confronts modern-day extremism and commits herself to protecting an endangered “Library of Light” – a hidden treasure trove of medieval Hebrew and Arabic books\, saved from the fires of the Inquisition. \nAbout the author: \nThe author of five novels\, Joyce Yarrow was born in the SE Bronx\, escaped to Manhattan as a teenager\, and today does most of her traveling through her writing. \nJoyce has worked as a screenwriter\, singer-songwriter\, multimedia performance artist\, and member of the world music vocal ensemble\, Abráce. \nShe is a Pushcart nominee\, whose stories and poems have been widely published. She considers the setting of her books to be characters in their own right and teaches workshops on “The Place of Place in Suspense Writing.” \nClick here for more about the book. \nClick here for the Spanish edition. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-works-wednesday-with-joyce-yarrow/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk
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SUMMARY:New Works Wednesday with Mark Schneegurt
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nNew Works Wednesday with Mark Schneegurt\nJoin us for this episode of New Works Wednesdays where Mark Schneergurt discusses “Anthology of Religious Poetry from the Mexican Inquisition Trials of 16th-Century CryptoJews.” \nWednesday\, 29 June at 12:00PM EST\n(Complimentary RSVP) \nAbout the book: \nA century after being expelled from Portugal\, cryptoJews in Mexico\, false converts to Christianity\, could not speak of their beliefs for fear of becoming embroiled in the imprisonment\, torture\, and death in flames that characterized the Inquisition. Without written texts\, the Jewish liturgy lost\, clans of cryptoJews created a unique body of religious poetry\, connecting them to the Laws of Moses\, seeking redemption from sin\, or hoping for an escape from their embittered lives. The Carvajal clan was led by Luis el Mozo\, an alumbrado\, a mystic\, and his Judaizing sisters. Once discovered to be secretly practicing Judaism\, years of suffering at the hands of the Inquisitors were meticulously recorded in the transcripts of their long demeaning trials. The Carvajal’s friends\, spouses\, children and grandchildren were implicated as Judaizers\, with many being reconciled by the Church to secular authorities to be burned alive at massive public ceremonies. The burning of Luis and his sisters was the main attraction for cheering crowds at the auto de fé of 1596 in Mexico City. The cruelty of the Inquisitors was matched by their attention to legal detail and testimonies made at trial. Buried within thousands of pages of transcripts\, hiding in library special collections of rare books around the world are the only remnants of the religious poetry that sustained cryptoJews hiding in Mexico. Anthology uncovers these hidden treasures! \nAbout the author: \nMark A. Schneegurt is an author\, educator\, scientist\, and entrepreneur. His books range from scholarly works on science\, religion\, and literature to popular books on The Beatles. He has authored 80+ publications and has made 200+ public presentations of his works. \nSponsorship opportunities available: \ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-works-wednesday-with-mark-schneegurt-2/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220622T130000
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SUMMARY:New Works Wednesday with Haim Jachter
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nNew Works Wednesday with Haim Jachter\nJoin us for New Works Wednesdays with Rabbi Haim Jachter as he discusses his new book “Bridging Traditions: Demystifying Differences Between Sephardic and Ashkenazic Jews.” \nWednesday\, 22 June at 12:00PM EST\n(Complimentary RSVP) \nAbout the book: \nAs the rabbi of a Sephardic synagogue for over twenty years who is himself of Ashkenazic descent and trained in Ashkenazic yeshivot\, Rabbi Haim Jachter has a unique vantage point from which to observe the differences in customs and halachot between Ashkenazim and Sephardim. In Bridging Traditions\, Rabbi Jachter applies his wide-ranging expertise to explicating an encyclopedic array of divergences between Ashkenazic and Sephardic halachic practice\, while also capturing the diversity within different Sephardic communities. Bridging Traditions is essential reading for Jews of all origins who are interested in understanding their own practices and appreciating those of their brethren\, and in seeing the kaleidoscope of halachic observance as a multi-faceted expression of an inner divine unity. \nAbout the speaker: \nRabbi Haim Jachter is the rabbi of the Sephardic Congregation of Teaneck. He serves as a Dayan on the Beth Din of Elizabeth and has acquired an international reputation of excellence in the area of Get administration. He is also teacher at Torah Academy of Bergen County. He is a member of the Rabbinical Council of America’s Halacha Committee and Chairman of its Igun Resolution Committee. He is frequently sought out to assist communities in establishing and managing their Eruvin\, and is the Rav HaMachshir of our eruv. Rabbi Jachter’s ordination is from Yeshiva University where he also earned his Master’s degree in Jewish Philosophy. \nClick here for more about the book. \nSponsorship opportunities available: \ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-works-wednesday-with-haim-jachter/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk
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SUMMARY:Bringing Jewish Law to the People: The Moroccan Approach
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nBringing Jewish Law to the People: The Moroccan Approach\nRav Yosef Messas was born in Meknes\, Morocco. He served as the Rabbi of Tlemcen\, Algeria and later as the Chief Sephardi Rabbi of Haifa. Rav Messas sought to improve the halakhic attitude to the questions of modernity and the changes of time. Rabbanit Shira Marili Mirvis will discuss Rav Messas’ history\, some stories about his life\, and present some of his most impactful rulings. \nOn Sundays at 12:00PM EST \n19 June  \n“On Wine & Peace” \nRabbanit Mirvis will present Rav Messas’ approach to those who don’t keep Shabbat and our positive relation to them. \n26 June \n “On Women & Jewish Practice” \nRabbanit Mirvis will present Rav Messas’ approach to women learning Torah\, prayer and keeping the mitztvoth. \n*Registration is required for each session\n(Ticket per session: $10) \nAbout the speaker: \nRabbanit Shira Marili Mirvis is the Rabbanit of the Shirat HaTamar congregation in Efrat. Prior to that\, she was a Fellow at Midreshet Lindenbaum’s Institute for Halachic Leadership where she became certified in the topics of Shabbat\, Niddah\, Chuppah and Kiddushin\, Brachot\, and Issur V’Heter. In addition to being Rabbanit of Shirat HaTamar\, she is involved in the community as a member of the city council’s education committee\, a member of the mikvah committee\, volunteers for the “Chevra Kadisha” (burial committee)\, and answers halachic questions. At the same time\, Shira manages a Vlog called “Daf MiShelahen” on the topic of Daf Yomi in collaboration with the Hadran organization in addition to a podcast about the weekly Parsha called “Parsha Mishelahen” with Makor Rishon. Shira is a member of the Beit Hillel Rabbinical Organization and takes an active part in the Meshivat Nefesh website in responding to halachic questions. Shira is a Fellow in the Mandel Program for Leadership in Jewish Culture. She has a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Informatics from Bar Ilan University and lives in the Tamar neighborhood in Efrat with Shlomo and their five children. \nSponsorship opportunities available: \ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/bringing-jewish-law-to-the-people-the-moroccan-approach/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Religion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220608T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220608T130000
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SUMMARY:New Works Wednesday with Sharon Shalom
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nNew Works Wednesday with Sharon Shalom\nJoin us for New Works Wednesday with Rabbi Dr. Sharon Shalom who will discuss his new book “Dialogues of Love and Fear: A Rabbi’s Daughter\, a Kes’s Son\, and Hope for the Future.” \nWednesday\, 8 June at 12:00PM EST\n(Complimentary RSVP) \nAbout the book: \n“Dialogues of Love and Fear” is a work of imagination and insight that addresses fraught issues of our times in new and refreshing ways. The author\, whose own dramatic life journey has taken him from shepherd to professor\, from refugee to IDF officer\, and from student of a kes (religious leader) to rabbi of an Ashkenazi synagogue\, brings the many facets of his identity into dialogue in these brilliantly imagined conversations between two characters. Through them it provides a window into the world of Ethiopian Jewry\, their challenges\, and the deep questions that every complex relationship carries with it. Covering a huge breadth of topics\, this heart-warming\, optimistic book offers a transformative perspective that is tolerant\, accessible\, and committed to Jewish tradition. \nAbout the speakers: \nRabbi Dr. Sharon Shalom made aliyah to Israel on his own in 1982 at the age of eight under Operation Bat Galim\, operated by the Mossad and the IDF commandos. Rabbi Sharon Shalom received his PhD in Jewish philosophy from Bar-Ilan University and his rabbinic ordination from Yeshivat Har Etzion in Gush Etzion. Today he serves as rabbi of Congregation Kedoshei Yisrael in Kiryat Gat. He currently serves as a lecturer at Orot Yisrael College in Elkanah and at Bar-Ilan University. Dr. Shalom lives with his wife\, Avital\, and their five children in Kiryat Gat. \nSteven Fine (born 1958)\, historian of Judaism in the Greco-Roman World\, is professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University in New York\, director of the Arch of Titus Digital Restoration project and of the Yeshiva University Center for Israel Studies\, and a founding editor of-Images: A Journal of Jewish Art and Visual Culture. \nClick here for more about the book. \nSponsorship opportunities available: \ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-works-wednesday-with-sharon-shalom/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk
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SUMMARY:New Works Wednesday with Arnon Z. Schorr and Joshua Edelglass
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nNew Works Wednesday with Arnon Z. Schorr and Joshua Edelglass \nJoin us for this episode of New Works Wednesday with Arnon Z. Schorr and Joshua Edelglass as they discuss their new book “José and the Pirate Captain Toledano”! \nWednesday\, 1 June at 12:00PM EST  \n(Complimentary RSVP) \n 12PM EST ◊ 7PM Jerusalem  \nAbout the book:\nSet in the shadows of the Spanish Inquisition\, this is the coming-of-age story of José Alfaro\, a young refugee who forms a powerful bond with the mysterious Pirate Captain Toledano. It’s also a dynamic pirate adventure on the high seas\, with hand-to-hand combat and ship-to-ship action\, and the powerful story of a dark time in history when people took different paths to survive. \nAbout the authors:\nArnon Z. Shorr\, a filmmaker and screenwriter\, loves telling stories. Half-Sepharadi / half-Ashkenazi\, a Hebrew speaker in America\, a Jewish private-school kid in a mostly non-Jewish suburb\, whenever he’d set foot in one world\, his other foot would betray him as different. That’s why he tells stories that embrace the peculiar and the other. For more about Arnon\, visit www.arnonshorr.com. Formerly of Los Angeles\, he lives in Boston. \nJoshua Edelglass’ work has appeared in publications including Tikkun Magazine\, and The New Haven Review. His artwork has also appeared in numerous exhibitions\, including Pow! Jewish Comics Art and Influence at the Brooklyn Jewish Art Museum. He has watched Star Trek II more times than is probably healthy. For more information about Josh\, visit www.MotionPicturesComics.com. He is the Assistant Director of Camp Ramah New England and lives near Boston. \nFor more about the book: https://www.amazon.com/Pirate-Captain-Toledano-Arnon-Shorr/dp/1728446066 \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-works-wednesday-with-arnon-z-schorr-and-joshua-edelglass/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220531T120000
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SUMMARY:Between Baghdad and Asia
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nBetween Baghdad and Asia \nBeginning in the mid-19th century\, a vibrant network of Jews primarily from Iraq but also from the Levant and Iran formed communities throughout the Indian sub-continent and East Asia. These communities flourished for over a decade and the remnants of these communities can still be seen to this day in places like Bombay\, Singapore\, and Hong Kong through the institutions they built and the communities which continue to exist. \nThis talk traces the history of Baghdadi Jews in Asia from its earliest beginning until the present day\, exploring the relevance of these communities both to Baghdad and the larger Jewish world. \nTuesday\, 31 May at 12:00PM EST  \n(Ticket: $10) \n 12PM EST ◊ 7PM Jerusalem  \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/between-baghdad-and-asia/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220525T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220525T130000
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SUMMARY:New Works Wednesday with Rachel Frankel and JJCPF
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nNew Works Wednesday with Rachel Frankel and JJCPF \nJoin us for a special New Works Wednesdays with the JJCPF (Jamaican Jewish Cemeteries Preservation Fund). \nIn 1661\, the English Crown offered 30 acres to settle in Jamaica. Jews\, overwhelmingly Spanish Portuguese\, came. By 1800\, Jews had settled throughout and their cemeteries ringed the island. Today\, Jamaica is the final resting place for\, by one count\, roughly 10\,000 Jews. The one cemetery that remains open for burial is roughly three acres in size. It is located in the heart of Kingston\, referred to as the Orange Street Cemetery\, maintained by the United Congregation of Israelites Jamaica\, and approaching its 200th year. Since 2007\, volunteers\, led by Rachel Frankel\, have documented Jamaica’s Jewish cemeteries and since 2017\, the JJCPF (Jamaican Jewish Cemeteries Preservation Fund) has been working to preserve the cemeteries. \nOn May 25\, Rachel Frankel and some of JJCPF’s board members will introduce Jamaica’s Jewish cemeteries\, provide virtual tours of the Falmouth Cemetery and the Orange Street Cemetery\, and demonstrate their newly launched site specific online searchable database. \nWednesday\, 25 May at 12:00PM EST  \n(Complimentary RSVP) \n 12PM EST ◊ 7PM Jerusalem  \nAbout the speaker:\nRachel Frankel is principal of the firm Rachel Frankel Architecture in NYC. She is the co-author with Aviva Ben-Ur of “Remnant Stones: The Jewish Cemeteries of Suriname” and leads the effort to document Jamaica’s Jewish cemeteries. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-works-wednesdays-with-rachel-frankel-and-jjcpf/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Virtual Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220522T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220522T130000
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SUMMARY:Mizrahi Jews Sent to Live in the Desert: An Interactive Session with Ben-Gurion Heritage Institute
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nMizrahi Jews Sent to Live in the Desert:\nAn Interactive Session with Ben-Gurion Heritage Institute \nJoin us for an interactive session with Ben-Gurion Heritage Institute! \nIn this interactive movie David Ben-Gurion arrives at court to make himself heard on five subjects and historical events. We will be exploring the topic of “Population Dispersion – Immigrant Housing in the Early Years.” \nIn 1948 Ben-Gurion wrote\, “We do not yet have a jury system…. I hope that one day it will be part of our legal constitution. Because here\, as in England and the US\, it should be the average person with common sense who should judge us”. \nNow you are invited to be the jury in this imaginary court: learn about the affairs\, hear the different sides and in the end YOU decide. Come and influence history! \nSunday\, 22 May at 12:00PM EST  \n(Ticket: $10) \n 12PM EST ◊ 7PM Jerusalem  \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/mizrahi-jews-sent-to-live-in-the-desert-an-interactive-session-with-ben-gurion-heritage-institute/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Interactive Session
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220516T120000
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SUMMARY:Arab Jewish Life and Literature with Joyce Zonana
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nArab Jewish Life and Literature with Joyce Zonana \nFrom the mellahs and medinas of Casablanca and Algiers to the Haras of Tunis\, Cairo\, and Old Baghdad\, we will explore the lived and literary world of Arab Jews\, including Jacques Derrida\, Helene Cixous\, Albert Memmi\, and Jacqueline Kahanoff\, who evoke a world in which Jews were native and not “other.” \nMonday\, 16 May at 12:00PM EST  \n(Ticket: $10) \n 12PM EST ◊ 7PM Jerusalem  \nAbout the speaker:\nBorn in Cairo to Jewish parents\, writer and literary translator Joyce Zonana is a professor emerita at the City University of New York. Her memoir\, “Dream Homes: From Cairo to Katrina\, an Exile’s Journey”\, was published in 2008 by the Feminist Press. Her translations include “A Land Like You” (Seagull Books)\, “Malicroix” (New York Review Books)\, and “The Beast\, and Other Tales” (Northwestern University Press). She has published numerous critical studies and reviews of other Egyptian Jewish writers\, including André Aciman\, Lucette Lagnado\, Jacqueline Kahanoff\, Paula Jacques\, and Yitzhak Gormezano Goren. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/arab-jewish-life-and-literature-with-joyce-zonana/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220509T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220509T130000
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SUMMARY:The Five Pillars of Islam - A Jewish Perspective
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nThe Five Pillars of Islam – A Jewish Perspective \nRick Sopher will explain the so-called “Five Pillars of Islam” (declaration of faith\, prayer\, giving\, fasting and pilgrimage) and look at connections\, similarities and differences with Jewish Practise. He will explore the basis of these practises and how one might have influenced the other. \nBonus: Rick will also look at the basis of the very close practises of Jewish and Muslim dietary laws and explain the history of this connection\, which was first stated explicitly in the Qur’an. \nMonday\, 9 May at 12:00PM EST  \n(Ticket: $10) \n 12PM EST ◊ 7PM Jerusalem  \nAbout the author: \nRick has a financial background and is the CEO of Edmond de Rothschild Capital Holdings\, which he joined in 1993. He is the Chairman of the world’s longest established investment fund of its type. Prior to that he worked at BDO Stoy Hayward\, where he was appointed the youngest ever partner. He has received various industry awards including the Outstanding Contribution Award from Hedge Fund Review and the Decade of Excellence Award by Financial News. \nRick graduated from Cambridge University and has more recently worked in the area of interfaith relations with the Woolf Institute\, Cambridge as a member of their Council. \nDuring the lockdown period\, Rick convened an online dialogue between Professors of Religion at the world’s leading universities to discuss the relationship between the Qur’an and the Bible and has himself dialogued with Muslim leaders on the subject. \nRick was awarded the Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur in 2007 from President Chirac for his contribution to religious education in France and is Chairman or Director of several educational charities in the UK. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/the-five-pillars-of-islam-a-jewish-perspective/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Religion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220502T120000
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SUMMARY:The Path to On Eagles’ Wings: The Story of Yisrael Yesh‘ayahu-Shar‘abi
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nThe Path to On Eagles’ Wings: The Story of Yisrael Yesh‘ayahu-Shar‘abi \nAfter his arrival in the Land of Israel\, Yisrael Yesh‘ayahu-Shar’abi got to work advocating for Yemeni Jewish needs\, including a path to ‘aliyah for those fleeing Yemen. Although Yesh‘ayahu eventually served as Speaker of the Knesset\, among other government roles\, the focus of this talk will be on his advocacy for Operation On Eagles’ Wings\, the large-scale migration of Yemeni and ‘Adeni Jews to Israel in 1949-50. As head of the Histadrut “Department of Yemenis and Oriental Communities\,” Yesh‘ayahu articulated an inclusive vision of Zionism and pressed the Labor leadership to support ‘aliyah from Yemen. The ‘aliyah of most of the Yemeni Jewish community was not inevitable – it was the culmination of decades of work by Yesh‘ayahu and other Labor Zionist Yemeni Jews. This is not just Yesh‘ayahu’s story; it is the story of Mizraḥi migration\, of a forgotten school of thought\, and of how the “Ingathering of Exiles” came to include non-European Jews. \nMonday\, 2 May at 12:00PM EST  \n(Ticket: $10) \n 12PM EST ◊ 7PM Jerusalem  \nAbout the speaker:\nBenjamin Berman-Gladstone is a doctoral student at the Skirball Department for Hebrew and Judaic Studies and the Department of History at New York University. He graduated magna cum laude from Brown University in 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts in Middle East Studies and Judaic Studies and received honors for his thesis on the idea of an “Ingathering of Exiles” in relations between the American\, Israeli\, and Yemeni Jewish communities during Operation On Eagles’ Wings. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in 2018 and spent the 2018-2019 year in Jerusalem on a Fulbright research scholarship. His writing about issues related to Israel\, American Jewry\, and Southwest Asian affairs has been published in the New York Times\, Haaretz\, Tablet Magazine\, the Jewish Daily Forward\, Tower Magazine\, the Times of Israel\, the Jewish Advocate\, the Hill\, the Brown Daily Herald\, and the Brown Political Review. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/the-path-to-on-eagles-wings-the-story-of-yisrael-yeshayahu-sharabi/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220410T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220410T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T192453
CREATED:20220325T025034Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220325T025034Z
UID:8157-1649592000-1649595600@americansephardi.org
SUMMARY:“Why is the Sephardi Haggadah different from all other Haggadot?”
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \n“Why is the Sephardi Haggadah different from all other Haggadot?” \nLet us explore the fine details of different geographic Minhagim in the Sephardi world with Rabbi Albert Gabbai. \nThis event will be a hybrid event. \nFor those interested in joining in-person at Congregation Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia\, please contact us at drora@americansephardi.org \nSunday\, 10 April at 12:00PM EST  \n(Ticket: $10) \n 12PM EST ◊ 7PM Jerusalem  \n  \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/why-is-the-sephardi-haggadah-different-from-all-other-haggadot/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Lecture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220331T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220331T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T192453
CREATED:20220224T043256Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220307T213734Z
UID:8038-1648728000-1648731600@americansephardi.org
SUMMARY:Torah and “Secular” Studies in the writings of Hakham Yosef Qafih (1917-2000)
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nTorah and “Secular” Studies in the writings of Hakham Yosef Qafih (1917-2000) \nJoin us for Part 1 in the series “Insights from our hakhamim by students of The Habura”. \nThursday\, 31 March \n@ 9AM PDT ◊ 12PM EST ◊ 5PM London ◊ 7PM Jerusalem ◊ 8PM Dubai \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/torah-and-secular-studies-in-the-writings-of-hakham-yosef-qafih-1917-2000/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Religion
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220330T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220330T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T192453
CREATED:20220308T015714Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220311T193414Z
UID:8093-1648641600-1648645200@americansephardi.org
SUMMARY:New Works Wednesdays with Lars Fischer
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nNew Works Wednesdays with Lars Fischer \nJoin us for New Works Wednesdays with Lars Fischer as he discusses his book “Jews in Old Postcards and Prints”. \nWednesday\, 30 March \n@ 8AM PDT ◊ 12PM EST ◊ 4PM London ◊ 6PM Jerusalem ◊ 7PM Dubai \nAbout the book:\n“Jews in Old Postcards and Prints”\, a collection of vintage postcards and antique prints annotated by Lars Fischer. The book sheds a thoughtful light on the history of Jews in Europe and around the Mediterranean\, mainly in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries\, and invites readers to reflect on the ways in which both Jews and non-Jews used postcards and prints to portray Jews\, their communities\, culture and institutions. Above all\, the book celebrates the vibrancy and diversity of Jewish life and culture in the “golden age” of the postcard\, of a world largely extinguished by the Shoah and the expulsion of Jews from Northern Africa. \nAbout the author:\nLars Fischer’s scholarship and publications focus on the history and conceptualization of antisemitism\, Jewish/non-Jewish relations\, and Frankfurt School Critical Theory. Fischer has taught at UCL\, King’s College London and the University of Cambridge and served as Secretary of the British Association for Jewish Studies and Councillor of the Royal Historical Society. \nFor more about the book: “Jews in Old Postcards and Prints“ \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-works-wednesdays-with-lars-fischer/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220324T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220324T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T192453
CREATED:20220224T050429Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220224T050509Z
UID:8055-1648123200-1648126800@americansephardi.org
SUMMARY:The Evolving Nature of Humanity in the writings of Hakham Eliyahu Benamozegh (1822-1900)
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nThe Evolving Nature of Humanity in the writings of Hakham Eliyahu Benamozegh (1822-1900) \nJoin us for the final part of the series “Insights from our hakhamim by students of The Habura”. \nThursday\, 24 March \n@ 9AM PDT ◊ 12PM EST ◊ 5PM London ◊ 7PM Jerusalem ◊ 8PM Dubai \nAbout the speaker:\nOhad Fedida attended the Talmudic University of South Florida. He is now completing a B.S in Psychology from Florida International University and is a research assistant at the TIES Lab. He is working toward a Clinical Psychology\, PhD. Ohad is also a student at TheHabura.com \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/the-evolving-nature-of-humanity-in-the-writings-of-hakham-eliyahu-benamozegh-1822-1900/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Religion
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220323T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220323T120000
DTSTAMP:20260603T192453
CREATED:20220224T045825Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220224T045930Z
UID:8051-1648033200-1648036800@americansephardi.org
SUMMARY:New Works Wednesdays with Lior Sternfeld
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nNew Works Wednesdays with Lior Sternfeld \nJoin us for New Works Wednesdays with Associate Professor Lior Sternfeld as he discusses his book “Between Iran and Zion: Jewish Histories of Twentieth-Century Iran.” \nWednesday\, 23 March \n@ 8AM PDT ◊ 11AM EST ◊ 4PM London ◊ 6PM Jerusalem ◊ 7PM Dubai \nAbout the book:\nIran is home to the largest Jewish population in the Middle East\, outside of Israel. At its peak in the twentieth century\, the population numbered around 100\,000; today about 25\,000 Jews live in Iran. “Between Iran and Zion” offers the first history of this vibrant community over the course of the last century\, from the 1905 Constitutional Revolution through the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Over this period\, Iranian Jews grew from a peripheral community into a prominent one that has made clear impacts on daily life in Iran. \nAbout the author:\nLior is an associate professor of history and Jewish Studies. He is a social historian of the modern Middle East with particular interests in the histories of the Jewish people and other minorities of the region. His first book\, titled “Between Iran and Zion: Jewish Histories of Twentieth-Century Iran\,” (Stanford University Press\, 2018) examines\, against the backdrop of Iranian nationalism\, Zionism\, and constitutionalism\, the development and integration of Jewish communities in Iran into the nation-building projects of the last century. He is currently working on two book projects: “The Origins of Third Worldism in the Middle East” and a new study of the Iranian-Jewish Diaspora in the U.S. and Israel. He teaches on the modern Middle East\, Iran\, Jewish histories of the region\, and Israel-Palestine related classes. \nFor more about the book: “Between Iran and Zion: Jewish Histories of Twentieth-Century Iran.” \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-works-wednesdays-with-lior-sternfeld/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220322T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220322T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T192453
CREATED:20220115T024052Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220115T024052Z
UID:7899-1647950400-1647954000@americansephardi.org
SUMMARY:Kavkazi\, Georgian\, and Bukharian Jews: At the Crossroads of Sephardic\, Mizrahi\, and Russian-Speaking Worlds (Part 3)
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nKavkazi\, Georgian\, and Bukharian Jews: At the Crossroads of Sephardic\, Mizrahi\, and Russian-Speaking Worlds  \n(Part 3) \nThe histories and cultures of Bukharian\, Kavkazi (Mountain)\, and Georgian Jews are situated at the unique intersection of Sephardic\, Mizrahi\, and Russian-Speaking Jewish (RSJ) identities. Through this 3-part learning series\, we will explore the multilayered and rich stories of these millennia-old communities in Central Asia and the Caucasus—discovering the ways in which they have developed their mosaic cultures through dynamic interactions with the dominant and changing societies surrounding them. Our discussion will also shed light on how their experiences fit into the broader historical saga of the Jewish people. \nTuesday\, 22 March \n@ 9AM PDT ◊ 12PM EST ◊ 5PM London ◊ 7PM Jerusalem ◊ 8PM Dubai \nAbout the Speaker:\nRuben Shimonov is an educator\, community builder\, and social entrepreneur with a passion for Jewish diversity. He previously served as Director of Community Engagement and Education at Queens College Hillel. Currently\, Ruben is the American Sephardi Federation’s National Director of Sephardi House and Young Leadership. He is also the Founding Executive Director of the Sephardic Mizrahi Q Network and Director of Educational Experiences & Programming for the Muslim-Jewish Solidarity Committee. He is an alumnus of the COJECO Blueprint\, Nahum Goldmann and ASF Broome & Allen Fellowships for his work in Jewish social innovation and Sephardic scholarship. He has been listed among The Jewish Week’s “36 Under 36” Jewish community leaders and changemakers. Currently\, he is a Jewish Pedagogies Research Fellow at M² | The Institute of Experiential Jewish Education. Ruben has lectured extensively on the histories and cultures of various Sephardic and Mizrahi communities. He is also a visual artist specializing in multilingual calligraphy that interweaves Arabic\, Hebrew\, and Persian. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/kavkazi-georgian-and-bukharian-jews-at-the-crossroads-of-sephardic-mizrahi-and-russian-speaking-worlds-part-3/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220310T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220310T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T192453
CREATED:20220224T045115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220224T045115Z
UID:8048-1646913600-1646917200@americansephardi.org
SUMMARY:Sepharadi approach to Talmud Torah in the writings of Hakham Yosef Faur (1934-2020)
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nSepharadi approach to Talmud Torah in the writings of Hakham Yosef Faur (1934-2020) \nJoin us for Part 2 in our series “Insights from our Hakhamim with the students of The Habura.” \nThursday\, 10 March \n@ 9AM PDT ◊ 12PM EST ◊ 5PM London ◊ 7PM Jerusalem ◊ 8PM Dubai \nAbout the speaker:\nYonatan Rahmani is a Jewish educator living in NYC. After completing the Springboard Fellowship at CUNY Queens College Hillel\, he moved to Jerusalem to study at the Pardes Center for Jewish Educators. Yonatan returned to NYC as a member of the NYU Bronfman Center’s Student Life team\, before joining YCT as a member of the inaugural JEWEL program. Yonatan is happiest when cooking\, learning\, hosting guests for Shabbat\, and spending time with his family. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/sepharadi-approach-to-talmud-torah-in-the-writings-of-hakham-yosef-faur-1934-2020/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Religion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220308T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220308T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T192453
CREATED:20220224T044647Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220224T045224Z
UID:8045-1646740800-1646744400@americansephardi.org
SUMMARY:Iranian Jews
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nIranian Jews \nDr. Daniel Tsadik Shares History \nJews have lived in Iran for more than 2\,000 years. This ancient community had its trials and tribulations\, but remained until today. Despite all vicissitudes\, Iranian Jews remained true to their roots and connected to their heritage for generations. Dr. Daniel Tsadik will provide an overview of the Jews in that region from ancient times until today. \nTuesday\, 8 March \n@ 9AM PDT ◊ 12PM EST ◊ 5PM London ◊ 7PM Jerusalem ◊ 8PM Dubai \nAbout the speaker:\nA Fulbright scholar\, Dr. Daniel Tsadik obtained his PhD in 2002 from the Yale University History Department. He authored several articles\, a book entitled “Between Foreigners and Shi‘is: Nineteenth-Century Iran and its Jewish Minority” (Stanford University Press\, 2007)\, another book entitled “The Jews of Iran and Rabbinic Literature: New Perspectives” (2019) which won the (Israel) Prime Minister Prize\, and co-edited the book “Iran\, Israel and the Jews: Symbiosis and Conflict from the Archaemenids to the Islamic Republic” (2019). From 2008 to 2020\, Professor Tsadik taught at Yeshiva University\, where he served as Associate Professor of Sephardic and Iranian Studies. His current research is on Shi‘ite-Jewish polemics. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/iranian-jews/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Lecture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220306T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220306T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T192453
CREATED:20220224T044020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220224T044100Z
UID:8041-1646568000-1646571600@americansephardi.org
SUMMARY:Paving a New-Old Path: The Integration of Jewish Yemenite Folk Music in Israeli Art Music
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nPaving a New-Old Path: The Integration of Jewish Yemenite Folk Music in Israeli Art Music \nThe immigration of the Jews of Yemen to Israel began in the 13th century and lasts until this day. With them\, Yemenite Jews brought their unique culture as reflected in their clothes\, jewelry\, food\, art\, dance and music. \nThe presentation deals with the meeting of five Israeli composers from the first generation who were educated in the western music style\, combining the folk Yemenite music that the immigrants brought with them. In analyzing the Jewish Yemenite folk music as well as music compositions influenced by these folk songs\, the level of influence was checked in matters of folk vocal sound production\, texture\, typical intervals\, modes and maqamat and other folk-Yemenite parameters. \nThis research examines the ways any of those parameters appear in the concert music in pure\, altered or complex way. \nSunday\, 6 March \n@ 9AM PDT ◊ 12PM EST ◊ 5PM London ◊ 7PM Jerusalem ◊ 8PM Dubai \nAbout the speaker:\nNaama Perel-Tzadok completed her MA studies in Music Composition at Haifa University\, Israel. She has written music for diverse ensembles\, and today they are performed by different orchestras\, ensembles and choirs in Israel. \nThese days\, she’s a lecturer at the technological college “Kineret”\, in the sound engineering department. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/paving-a-new-old-path-the-integration-of-jewish-yemenite-folk-music-in-israeli-art-music/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Music
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220228T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220228T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T192453
CREATED:20220119T160930Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220119T160930Z
UID:7919-1646049600-1646053200@americansephardi.org
SUMMARY:Jewish Languages Today: Endangered\, Surviving\, and Thriving
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nJewish Languages Today: Endangered\, Surviving\, and Thriving \nThroughout history Jews have spoken many languages\, such as Ladino\, Judeo-Arabic\, Jewish Neo-Aramaic (Iraq-Iran)\, and Judeo-Malayalam (Southern India). Over the past two centuries\, migrations and other historical events have led to many of these languages becoming endangered. At the same time\, Jews are now engaging with these languages in postvernacular ways\, such as through song and food\, and new Jewish language varieties are developing\, including Jewish English\, Jewish Latin American Spanish\, and Jewish French. This talk explains these developments and makes the case for the urgent need for documentation and reclamation. \nMonday\, 28 February \n@ 9AM PDT ◊ 12PM EST ◊ 5PM London ◊ 7PM Jerusalem ◊ 8PM Dubai \nAbout the Speaker:\nDr. Sarah Benor is Professor of Contemporary Jewish Studies at Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion (Los Angeles campus) and Adjunct Professor (by courtesy) in the University of Southern California Linguistics Department. She received her Ph.D. from Stanford University in Linguistics in 2004. She has published and lectured widely about Jewish languages\, linguistics\, Yiddish\, American Jews\, and Orthodox Jews. Her books include Becoming Frum: How Newcomers Learn the Language and Culture of Orthodox Judaism (Rutgers\, 2012) and Hebrew Infusion: Language and Community at American Jewish Summer Camps (Rutgers\, 2020). Dr. Benor is founding co-editor of the Journal of Jewish Languages (Brill) and co-editor of Languages in Jewish Communities\, Past and Present (De Gruyter Mouton\, 2018). \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/jewish-languages-today-endangered-surviving-and-thriving/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Jewish Languages
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220223T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220223T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T192453
CREATED:20220131T195341Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220131T195528Z
UID:7932-1645617600-1645621200@americansephardi.org
SUMMARY:New Works Wednesdays with Chef Sibel Pinto
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nNew Works Wednesday with Chef Sibel Pinto \nJoin us for this episode of New Works Wednesdays with Chef Sibel Pinto as she explains the “global food waste challenge” and discusses her new book “Kashkarikas: Wasteless Kitchen – A Turkish-Sephardi Chef’s Recipes and Stories.” \nWednesday\, 23 February \n@ 9AM PDT ◊ 12PM EST ◊ 5PM London ◊ 7PM Jerusalem ◊ 8PM Dubai \nAbout the book:\nIn this colorful cookbook Chef Sibel Pinto gives an authentic collection of recipes\, with many tips and tricks to open up new culinary possibilities for a conscious and sustainable kitchen. Pinto combines her Sephardic\, Georgian and Turkish culinary heritage\, her sustainability educator background and professional experience to raise awareness on how easy it is to respect and use seasonal ingredients from ‘root-to-leaf’. \nIn this difficult Covid-19 pandemic period\, where many would like to change habits and adapt new ways\, you will find the secrets of her easy techniques and helpful insights\, inspired by the memories of her ancestors’ kitchens\, her researches\, her travels and the rich stories of her charity mission ‘Action Kasharikas’. \nThe book consists of 222 versatile\, mouthwatering recipes divided into easy-to-find 60 main ingredients to inspire the passionate home cooks to reproduce waste-free meals. This book is a tribute to previous generations and an invitation to new generations to respect the environment\, to give a second life to ingredients\, to learn\, to experiment\, to share and to enjoy. \nAbout the author:\nSibel Cuniman Pinto is a chef\, culinary instructor\, researcher\, author\, and lecturer specialized in Sephardi\, Turkish and Mediterranean cuisines. As a WorldChefs certified ‘Sustainability Education to Culinary Professionals’ and Agro Tech Paris certified Food Waste Prevention trainer\, food waste activist\, coach and consultant she teaches how to give a ‘second life’ to ingredients\, using the root-to-leaf approach. She works to raise awareness in food waste reduction and sustainable and conscious kitchens. She educates and inspires people to eat real food. \nFor more about the book: https://www.kashkarikas.com/ \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-works-wednesdays-with-chef-sibel-pinto/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Cooking
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220222T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220222T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T192453
CREATED:20220115T023813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220115T024129Z
UID:7896-1645531200-1645534800@americansephardi.org
SUMMARY:Kavkazi\, Georgian\, and Bukharian Jews: At the Crossroads of Sephardic\, Mizrahi\, and Russian-Speaking Worlds (Part 2)
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nKavkazi\, Georgian\, and Bukharian Jews: At the Crossroads of Sephardic\, Mizrahi\, and Russian-Speaking Worlds\n(Part 2) \nThe histories and cultures of Bukharian\, Kavkazi (Mountain)\, and Georgian Jews are situated at the unique intersection of Sephardic\, Mizrahi\, and Russian-Speaking Jewish (RSJ) identities. Through this 3-part learning series\, we will explore the multilayered and rich stories of these millennia-old communities in Central Asia and the Caucasus—discovering the ways in which they have developed their mosaic cultures through dynamic interactions with the dominant and changing societies surrounding them. Our discussion will also shed light on how their experiences fit into the broader historical saga of the Jewish people. \nTuesday\, 22 February \n@ 9AM PDT ◊ 12PM EST ◊ 5PM London ◊ 7PM Jerusalem ◊ 8PM Dubai \nAbout the Speaker:\nRuben Shimonov is an educator\, community builder\, and social entrepreneur with a passion for Jewish diversity. He previously served as Director of Community Engagement and Education at Queens College Hillel. Currently\, Ruben is the American Sephardi Federation’s National Director of Sephardi House and Young Leadership. He is also the Founding Executive Director of the Sephardic Mizrahi Q Network and Director of Educational Experiences & Programming for the Muslim-Jewish Solidarity Committee. He is an alumnus of the COJECO Blueprint\, Nahum Goldmann and ASF Broome & Allen Fellowships for his work in Jewish social innovation and Sephardic scholarship. He has been listed among The Jewish Week’s “36 Under 36” Jewish community leaders and changemakers. Currently\, he is a Jewish Pedagogies Research Fellow at M² | The Institute of Experiential Jewish Education. Ruben has lectured extensively on the histories and cultures of various Sephardic and Mizrahi communities. He is also a visual artist specializing in multilingual calligraphy that interweaves Arabic\, Hebrew\, and Persian. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/kavkazi-georgian-and-bukharian-jews-at-the-crossroads-of-sephardic-mizrahi-and-russian-speaking-worlds-part-1-2/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Discussion
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220216T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220216T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T192453
CREATED:20220119T155803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220119T155934Z
UID:7912-1645012800-1645016400@americansephardi.org
SUMMARY:New Works Wednesdays with Yehuda Azoulay
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nJoin us for New Works Wednesdays with Yehuda Azoulay of Sephardic Legacy Series as he discusses his new book \n“A Legend of Humility and Leadership: Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu”! \nWednesday\, 16 February \n@ 9AM PDT ◊ 12PM EST ◊ 5PM London ◊ 7PM Jerusalem ◊ 8PM Dubai \nAbout the Speaker:\nNoted scholar\, educator\, author\, activist\, and entrepreneur. He is the Vice President & Head of Investor Relations for Concrete Mortgage Capital Inc. Currently he holds a Rabbinical Degree\, a Bachelors of Talmudic Law\, a Bachelors Degree in Liberal Arts\, from Excelsior College and a Masters of Science degree from Yeshiva University’s Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration. He is presently pursuing his Doctorate from Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning\, from the Northwestern University and receiving his Doctor of Science in Jewish Studies. Yehuda was the Vice-Principal of Torah High/NCSY in Toronto for the past four years\, and later moved in to the field of finance and is Vice President & Head of Investor Relations for Concrete Mortgage Capital Inc. Furthermore\, Yehuda is the founder of “Sephardic Legacy Series – Institute for Preserving Sephardic Heritage.” To date he has authored five books and published over thirty articles on Sephardic historical topics. \nFor more about the book: https://sephardiclegacy.com/index.php/publications/ \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-works-wednesdays-with-yehuda-azoulay/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220213T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220213T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T192453
CREATED:20220119T160321Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220119T160321Z
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SUMMARY:Protest\, Philanthropy and the Struggle for 'Aliyah in 1940s 'Aden
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nProtest\, Philanthropy and the Struggle for ‘Aliyah in 1940s ‘Aden \nAfter the 1947 “pogrom” in ‘Aden\, Selim Banin and a handful of other traumatized ‘Adeni Jewish notables were left to pick up the pieces of a shattered community. They founded the “Jewish Emergency Committee\,” which took charge of representing ‘Adeni Jewry in negotiations and confrontations with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee\, the British colonial regime ruling ‘Aden\, and the Zionist organizations. Theirs is a story of solidarity and culture-clash in a philanthropic network that spanned New York\, London\, Tel Aviv\, South Africa\, Asmara\, and ‘Aden. In time\, through a combination of petitions\, closed-door negotiations\, and popular demonstrations\, they would play a key role in making possible the evacuation of most Yemeni and ‘Adeni Jews to Israel. \nSunday\, 13 February \n@ 9AM PDT ◊ 12PM EST ◊ 5PM London ◊ 7PM Jerusalem ◊ 8PM Dubai \nAbout the Speaker:\nBenjamin Berman-Gladstone is a doctoral student at the Skirball Department for Hebrew and Judaic Studies and the Department of History at New York University. He graduated magna cum laude from Brown University in 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts in Middle East Studies and Judaic Studies and received honors for his thesis on the idea of an “Ingathering of Exiles” in relations between the American\, Israeli\, and Yemeni Jewish communities during Operation On Eagles’ Wings. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in 2018 and spent the 2018-2019 year in Jerusalem on a Fulbright research scholarship. His writing about issues related to Israel\, American Jewry\, and Southwest Asian affairs has been published in the New York Times\, Haaretz\, Tablet Magazine\, the Jewish Daily Forward\, Tower Magazine\, the Times of Israel\, the Jewish Advocate\, the Hill\, the Brown Daily Herald\, and the Brown Political Review. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/protest-philanthropy-and-the-struggle-for-aliyah-in-1940s-aden/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Discussion
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SUMMARY:Kavkazi\, Georgian\, and Bukharian Jews: At the Crossroads of Sephardic\, Mizrahi\, and Russian-Speaking Worlds (Part 1)
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nKavkazi\, Georgian\, and Bukharian Jews: At the Crossroads of Sephardic\, Mizrahi\, and Russian-Speaking Worlds (Part 1) \nThe histories and cultures of Bukharian\, Kavkazi (Mountain)\, and Georgian Jews are situated at the unique intersection of Sephardic\, Mizrahi\, and Russian-Speaking Jewish (RSJ) identities. Through this 3-part learning series\, we will explore the multilayered and rich stories of these millennia-old communities in Central Asia and the Caucasus—discovering the ways in which they have developed their mosaic cultures through dynamic interactions with the dominant and changing societies surrounding them. Our discussion will also shed light on how their experiences fit into the broader historical saga of the Jewish people. \nTuesday\, 8 February \n@ 9AM PDT ◊ 12PM EST ◊ 5PM London ◊ 7PM Jerusalem ◊ 8PM Dubai \nAbout the Speaker:\nRuben Shimonov is an educator\, community builder\, and social entrepreneur with a passion for Jewish diversity. He previously served as Director of Community Engagement and Education at Queens College Hillel. Currently\, Ruben is the American Sephardi Federation’s National Director of Sephardi House and Young Leadership. He is also the Founding Executive Director of the Sephardic Mizrahi Q Network and Director of Educational Experiences & Programming for the Muslim-Jewish Solidarity Committee. He is an alumnus of the COJECO Blueprint\, Nahum Goldmann and ASF Broome & Allen Fellowships for his work in Jewish social innovation and Sephardic scholarship. He has been listed among The Jewish Week’s “36 Under 36” Jewish community leaders and changemakers. Currently\, he is a Jewish Pedagogies Research Fellow at M² | The Institute of Experiential Jewish Education. Ruben has lectured extensively on the histories and cultures of various Sephardic and Mizrahi communities. He is also a visual artist specializing in multilingual calligraphy that interweaves Arabic\, Hebrew\, and Persian. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/kavkazi-georgian-and-bukharian-jews-at-the-crossroads-of-sephardic-mizrahi-and-russian-speaking-worlds-part-1/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220206T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220206T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T192453
CREATED:20211217T030659Z
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SUMMARY:The Jew who Ruled Persia: The Story of Sa'ad ad-Dawla
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nThe Jew who Ruled Persia: The Story of Sa’ad ad-Dawla \nSa’ad ad-Dawla was a Persian Jew from the city of Abhar. Being a master in recovering delayed taxes\, he was able to rise in the ranks of the Mongol Ilkhanate that ruled all of Persia and Iraq. He had personal interactions with Ilkhan Arğun\, where he demonstrated a strong compunction against corruption\, a facility with languages\, knowledge about minute matters throughout the lands\, and the ability to cure the Ilkhan of disease. The led to Arğun appointing him as the Grand Vizier of the Ilkhanate in 1289\, the most powerful position in the country below the Ilkhan himself. Despite the offense that many Muslims took to having a Jew in such a position of power\, the Buddhist Arğun defended him and gave him a long leash to improve the Ilkhanate. \nSunday\, 6 February \n@ 9AM PDT ◊ 12PM EST ◊ 5PM London ◊ 7PM Jerusalem ◊ 8PM Dubai \nAbout the Speaker:\nRichard Sassoon is an Iraqi-American of Jewish heritage who graduated from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and Fordham University Law School with a J.D. with an LL.M. in European Business Law from Madrid’s Universidad Pontificia Comillas. He currently works at UnitedLex as a Contract Manager\, but has previously held roles at Samsung Engineering\, J.P. Morgan\, and several law firms. Richard sits on the ASF Young Leaders Board as well as among the recipients of Broome & Allen Fellowship and Scholarship. Richard has a long-standing interest in diverse cultures and regions\, having visited over fifty different countries\, meeting various high-level diplomats with Jewish organizations\, working on three continents\, and handling legal documents in five languages. \nComplimentary RSVP\nPlease consider a suggested donation of $10: https://tinyurl.com/DonateASFIJE \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/the-jew-who-ruled-persia-the-story-of-saad-ad-dawla/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220202T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220202T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T192453
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SUMMARY:New Works Wednesday with Dina Danon
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nNew Works Wednesday with Dina Danon \nJoin us for a New Works Wednesday with Dr. Dina Danon who will be discussing her book The Jews of Ottoman Izmir: A Modern History (Stanford University Press\, 2020)\, a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award in Sephardic Culture. \nWednesday\, 2 February  \n@ 9AM PDT ◊ 12PM EST ◊ 5PM London ◊ 7PM Jerusalem ◊ 8PM Dubai \nAbout the book:\nThis lecture will tell the story of a long-overlooked Ottoman Jewish community in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Drawing extensively on a rich body of previously untapped Ladino archival material\, the lecture will also offer a new read on Jewish modernity. Across Europe\, Jews were often confronted with the notion that their religious and cultural distinctiveness was somehow incompatible with the modern age. Yet the view from Ottoman Izmir invites a different approach: what happens when Jewish difference is totally unremarkable? What happens when there is no “Jewish Question?” Through the voices of beggars on the street and mercantile elites\, shoe-shiners and newspaper editors\, rabbis and housewives\, this lecture will underscore how it was new attitudes to poverty and social class\, not Judaism\, that most significantly framed this Sephardi community’s encounter with the modern age. \nAbout the author:\nDina Danon is Associate Professor of Judaic Studies at Binghamton University. She holds a doctorate in History from Stanford University. She is the author of She was recently a fellow at the Katz Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania\, where she began work on a new project on the marketplace of matchmaking\, marriage\, and divorce in the eastern Sephardi diaspora. She is currently at work\, with Nancy Berg\, on a co-edited volume entitled Longing and Belonging: Jews and Muslims in the Modern Age. \nFor here more about the book. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-works-wednesday-with-dina-danon/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220201T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220201T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T192453
CREATED:20211217T023927Z
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SUMMARY:The Jews of Italy and the African Empire
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nThe Jews of Italy and the African Empire \nThis project examines the causes\, nature\, and consequences of Italian Jews’ support for imperialism. I argue that between the 1890s and 1930s\, Italian Jews took an active part in racializing and controlling indigenous Libyan and Ethiopian Jews. Moreover\, by promoting the empire and upholding a racial hierarchy between Europeans and Africans\, Italian Jews unwittingly contributed to their own downfall\, since Italy’s antisemitic campaign (1938-1945) borrowed heavily from earlier anti-black legislation and propaganda. \nThis book breaks new ground; using non-traditional sources\, it is the first study to inquire what ordinary European Jewish women and men thought about empire and how they engaged with it in their daily life. The Italian case is uniquely fertile for examining the relationship between Jews and race; Italy’s forays into Eritrea\, Somalia\, and Ethiopia\, home to the Beta Israel\, triggered the earliest significant encounter between white Jews and sub-Saharan black Jews. As such\, Jews and Race also speaks to emerging interest in the history of Jews of color and broadens the study of intra-Jewish racism. \nTuesday\, 1  February \n@ 9AM PDT ◊ 12PM EST ◊ 5PM London ◊ 7PM Jerusalem ◊ 8PM Dubai \nAbout the Speaker:\nDr. Shira Klein is Associate Professor of History at Chapman University. She has won awards from the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture\, the Yad Hanadiv/Beracha Foundation\, and the USC Shoah Foundation. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/the-jews-of-italy-and-the-african-empire/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Culture & History
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