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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/
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/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220410T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220410T130000
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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/
CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220331T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220331T130000
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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/
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Religion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220330T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220330T130000
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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/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220324T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220324T130000
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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/
CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Religion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220323T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220323T120000
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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/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220322T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220322T130000
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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/
CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220310T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220310T130000
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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/
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Religion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220308T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220308T130000
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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/
CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220306T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220306T130000
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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/
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220228T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220228T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T200544
CREATED:20220119T160930Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220119T160930Z
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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/
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Jewish Languages
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220223T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220223T130000
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CREATED:20220131T195341Z
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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/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Cooking
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220222T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220222T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T200544
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/
CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Discussion
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220216T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220216T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T200544
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/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220213T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220213T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T200544
CREATED:20220119T160321Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220119T160321Z
UID:7915-1644753600-1644757200@americansephardi.org
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/
CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Discussion
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220208T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220208T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T200544
CREATED:20220115T023526Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220115T023526Z
UID:7893-1644321600-1644325200@americansephardi.org
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/
CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Discussion
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220206T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220206T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T200544
CREATED:20211217T030659Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211217T030905Z
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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/
CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220202T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220202T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T200544
CREATED:20220115T030259Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220115T030259Z
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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/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220201T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220201T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T200544
CREATED:20211217T023927Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211223T193736Z
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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/
CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Culture & History
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220131T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220131T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T200544
CREATED:20210920T161341Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211228T145441Z
UID:7441-1643630400-1643634000@americansephardi.org
SUMMARY:Museum Mondays: Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nMuseum Mondays:  \nBabylonian Jewry Heritage Center \nTour the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center in Or Yehuda from the comfort of your own home with Nachliel Selavan\, the Museum Guy. \nMonday\, 31 January \n@ 9AM PDT ◊ 12PM EST ◊ 5PM London ◊ 7PM Jerusalem ◊ 8PM Dubai \nAbout your tour guide:\nNachliel Selavan created and delivered an integrated learning and museum tour program for both school and adult educational settings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, and has hosted similar pilot visits to a dozen museums in North America\, and a few museums in Europe and in Jerusalem. He also teaches and engages audiences through virtual tours and social media. He has recently completed a year long Tanach Study podcast called Parasha Study Plus\, delivering a weekly episode of Archaeology on the Parasha\, and is now on his second podcast and a new video series reviewing every book in Tanach\, called Archaeology Snapshot. \nBabylonian Jewry Heritage Center: https://www.bjhcenglish.com/ \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/museum-mondays-babylonian-jewry-heritage-center/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Tour
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220130T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220130T160000
DTSTAMP:20260603T200544
CREATED:20211130T015815Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211130T015815Z
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SUMMARY:Salud i Vida: The 5th Annual New York Ladino Day!
DESCRIPTION:The American Sephardi Federation\, the Sephardic Jewish Brotherhood of America\, and the Sephardic Foundation on Aging proudly present:\nSalud i Vida: The 5th Annual New York Ladino Day!\nFeaturing scholar Eliezer Papo \nSephardic Nonagenarians: A Panel by Bryan Kirschen \nEstreyikas d’Estambol Children’s Choir “Kantiga\,” a Ladino Short Story by Jane Mushabac \nTrio Sefardi: the Musical Finale! \nSunday\, 30 January at 2:00PM EST\n(Early Bird price ends on 15 December) \nLadino is a bridge to many cultures. It is a variety of Spanish that has absorbed words from Hebrew\, Turkish\, Arabic\, French\, Greek\, and Portuguese. The mother tongue of Jews in the Ottoman Empire for 500 years\, Ladino became the home language of Sephardim worldwide. While the number of Ladino speakers has sharply declined\, distinguished Ladino Day programs like ours celebrate and preserve a vibrant language and heritage. These programs are\, as Aviya Kushner wrote in the Forward\, “Why Ladino Will Rise Again.” \nSince 2013\, International Ladino Day programs have been held around the world to honor the Ladino language\, also known as Judeo-Spanish. January 30th marks New York’s 5th Annual Ladino Day curated by Drs. Jane Mushabac and Bryan Kirschen for the American Sephardi Federation. \n© loannia\, mid-19th c. 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. (Scan courtesy of the Jewish Museum of Greece) \nSponsorship opportunities available: \ninfo@americansephardi.org \n \n     \n 
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/salud-i-vida-the-5th-annual-new-york-ladino-day/
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Music
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220116T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220116T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T200544
CREATED:20211217T022438Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211217T034257Z
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SUMMARY:The Qur'an and its Relationship to Torah and Judaism
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nThe Qur’an and its Relationship to Torah and Judaism \nRick Sopher will take us on an introductory exploration of the following questions: \nWhy does the Qur’an refer so extensively to the contents of the Torah? Are there differences between the way the Qur’an and the Torah tell the stories of Abraham\, Moses\, Joseph and other Biblical characters? \nWhat does the Qur’an say about the Jews whom Muhammad encountered in his lifetime\, especially in Medina between 622 CE and his death in 632 CE? Is the Qur’an anti-Jewish? Did the Islamic view of the Torah and Jews change over time? \nHow should verse 9:29 of the Qur’an and mentions of the dhimmi status of Jews be read? In the 1\,300 years after the foundation of Islam\, for Jews living in Muslim lands\, did these verses act as a “humiliation” or as a “protection”? \nSunday\, 16 January \n@ 9AM PDT ◊ 12PM EST ◊ 5PM London ◊ 7PM Jerusalem ◊ 8PM Dubai \nAbout the speaker:\nRick Sopher 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-quran-and-its-relationship-to-torah-and-judaism/
CATEGORIES:Exploration,Religion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220112T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220112T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T200544
CREATED:20211217T023017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211217T023051Z
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SUMMARY:New Works Wednesdays with Shira Klein
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nNew Works Wednesdays with Shira Klein \nJoin us for New Works Wednesdays with Dr. Shira Klein who will be discussing her new book “Italy’s Jews from Emancipation to Fascism” (Cambridge University Press). \nWednesday\, 12 January \n@ 9AM PDT ◊ 12PM EST ◊ 5PM London ◊ 7PM Jerusalem ◊ 8PM Dubai \nAbout the book:\nHow did Italy treat Jews during World War II? Historians have shown beyond doubt that many Italians were complicit in the Holocaust\, yet Italy is still known as the Axis state that helped Jews. Shira Klein uncovers how Italian Jews\, though victims of Italian persecution\, promoted the view that Fascist Italy was categorically good to them. She shows how the Jews’ experience in the decades before World War II – during which they became fervent Italian patriots while maintaining their distinctive Jewish culture – led them later to bolster the myth of Italy’s wartime innocence in the Fascist racial campaign. Italy’s Jews experienced a century of dramatic changes\, from emancipation in 1848\, to the 1938 Racial Laws\, wartime refuge in America and Palestine\, and the rehabilitation of Holocaust survivors. This cultural and social history draws on a wealth of unexplored sources\, including original interviews and unpublished memoirs. \nAbout the author:\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. \nFor more about the book:\nhttps://www.cambridge.org/academic/subjects/history/twentieth-century-european-history/italys-jews-emancipation-fascism \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-works-wednesdays-with-shira-klein/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211219T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211219T123000
DTSTAMP:20260603T200544
CREATED:20211203T143348Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211203T143447Z
UID:7643-1639911600-1639917000@americansephardi.org
SUMMARY:Kickstart your Memoir: Heirlooms
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nKickstart your Memoir: Heirlooms \nJoin award-winning author Gila Green in a hands-on workshop where we will talk about how we can use objects from the past in memoir \nSunday\, 19 December at 11:00AM EST \nAbout the speaker: \nCanadian author Gila Green is an Israel-based writer\, editor\, and EFL teacher. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/kickstart-your-memoir-heirlooms/
CATEGORIES:Workshop,Writing Techniques
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211209T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211209T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T200544
CREATED:20211110T230201Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211123T192004Z
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SUMMARY:A Bukharian Jew in Uzbekistan
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nA Bukharian Jew in Uzbekistan \nManashe Khaimov was born in a city along the Silk Road\, in Samarkand\, Uzbekistan\, where his ancestors lived for over 2000 years. Join Manashe as he will explore the story about being a Bukharian Jew in Uzbekistan. He will discuss his experience in the Uzbekistan school system\, his education in the underground yeshiva\, and his relationship with his family mikvah (ritual bath)\, the only mikvah in Samarkand at that time. \nThursday\, 9 December at 12:00PM EST \nAbout the speaker: \nManashe is a fourth generation community organizer\, serial entrepreneur\, and social innovator who builds and consults organizations on Jewish diversity. \nAt his previous role as a Director of Community Engagement and Development at Queens College Hillel\, he focused on building a real diverse Jewish community\, creating Sepharadi and Mizrahi Leadership pipeline while expanding Sephardi and Mizrahi student life programs at five CUNY Hillel campuses. \nCurrently\, Manashe is an Adjunct Professor in Jewish Studies\, with a specialty in the History and Culture of the Central Asian Jews at Queens College. He is the founding president of SAMi Sephardic American Mizrahi Initiative that focuses on the Leadership Development of under-served Jewish communities on college campuses. In 2021 Manashe was appointed by Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz as a member of the Jewish Advisory Council. Manashe also just accepted a position with Moishe House as their new Eastern Community Manager. \nManashe is founder of the Bukharian Jewish Union\, an organization for the young professionals in their 20’s and 30’s\, the founder of AskBobo.org\, the only Bukharian online dictionary and the founder of The Jewish Silk Road Tours ™ an initiative that helps to introduce NYers and tourists from around the world to the diversity of NYC. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/a-bukharian-jew-in-uzbekistan/
CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211205T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211205T130000
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SUMMARY:Eid Al-Banat
DESCRIPTION:Eid Al-Banat \nThe ASF Institute of Jewish Experience and the Mizrahi Dance Archive invites you to a unique global celebration of Eid Al-Banat! \nThis year for the North African holiday of Eid Al-Banat (The Festival of Daughters\, in Judeo-Arabic)\, or Hag HaBanot (Hebrew)\, we are bringing together female Greater Sephardi talents to virtually celebrate North African Jewish traditions\, female leadership\, music\, dance\, and so much more. \nSunday\, 5 December at 12:00PM EST \nThis festival honors the story of Jewish heroines like Judith and Queen Esther and the important role of women in Jewish life until today. It is customary to sing\, dance\, and light the night’s menorah candle and focus on bringing together generations of mothers\, daughters\, aunts\, sisters and the extended community. Women would traditionally get together to bake sweet treats and give gifts to each other. They would sing piyyutim and pray for the health and wellbeing of the women in their lives. It is a celebration of women\, past and present. \nIn this year’s celebration\, we will be featuring musician Lala Tamar\, a world-renowned Israeli singer\, who will be streaming a concert from Morocco accompanied by local female musicians. Lala is known for her bold and feminine style where she incorporates her Moroccan roots and the ancient Judeo-Spanish language of Haketia. \nJackie Barzvi will be leading us in celebratory dance to Jewish Moroccan music\, where anyone can follow along\, without any previous dance experience. Jackie is a professional Raqs Sharqi (belly dance) instructor and performer and the creator of the Mizrahi Dance Archive. \nDr. Hélène Jawhara Piñer\, author of Sephardi: Cooking the History. Recipes of the Jews of Spain and the Diaspora from the 13th Century to Today will be sharing a new recipe created uniquely for this program that incorporates the historical and modern significance of the day in the context of specific food items. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/eid-al-banat/
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Music,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211130T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211130T100000
DTSTAMP:20260603T200544
CREATED:20211110T230803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211110T230816Z
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SUMMARY:Reclaiming Identity: Jews of Arab Lands and Iran share stories of identity\, struggle and redemption
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nReclaiming Identity:  \nJews of Arab Lands and Iran share stories of identity\, struggle and redemption \nJoin us for a global virtual event marking the November 30\, Israel’s national day of commemorating the effectual end of Jewish in many Arab lands and Iran. We will discuss questions such as: What is my true identity? How does my family narrative coexist within the wider Jewish world? Why\, when\, and how did I reclaim my heritage identity? Featuring guests from Dubai to Los Angeles! \nTuesday\, 30 November at 9:00AM EST \nOn 23 June 2014\, the Knesset adopted a law designating 30 November as an annual\, national day of commemoration for the 850\,000 Jewish refugees who were displaced from Arab countries and Iran in the 20th century. \nThis year on 30 November\, Jews across the world will share personal experiences of their families who left those countries only to once again face losses in the experience of living their heritage and identity. It is time to reclaim our Jewish heritage! \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/reclaiming-identity-jews-of-arab-lands-and-iran-share-stories-of-identity-struggle-and-redemption/
CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211117T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211117T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T200544
CREATED:20211110T225534Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211110T225534Z
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SUMMARY:New Works Wednesday with Yolande Cohen and David S. Koffman
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nNew Works Wednesday with Yolande Cohen and David S. Koffman \nJoin us for a New Works Wednesdays with Professor Yolande Cohen and Associate Professor David Koffman discussing their new book No Better Home?: Jews\, Canada and the Sense of Belonging. \nNo Better Home? begins with an audacious question: Has there ever been a better home for Jews than Canada? By certain measures\, Canada might be the most socially welcoming\, economically secure\, and religiously tolerant country for Jews in the diaspora\, past or present. No Better Home? takes this question seriously\, while also exploring the many contested meanings of the idea of “home.” \nWednesday\, 17 November at 12:00PM EST \nContributors to the volume include leading scholars of Canadian Jewish life as well as eminent Jewish scholars writing about Canada for the first time. The essays compare Canadian Jewish life with the quality of life experienced by Jews in other countries\, examine Jewish and non-Jewish interactions in Canada\, analyse specific historical moments and literary texts\, reflect deeply personal histories\, and widen the conversation about the quality and timbre of the Canadian Jewish experience. No Better Home? foregrounds Canadian Jewish life and ponders all that the Canadian experience has to teach about Jewish modernity. \nAbout the Authors: \nYolande Cohen has been a professor of contemporary history at the University of Quebec in Montreal since 1976. Specializing in the history of women and migration\, heads the History\, Women\, Gender and Migration research group. \nDavid S. Koffman\, the J. Richard Shiff Chair for the Study of Canadian Jewry\, an Associate Professor in the Department of History\, is a cultural and social historian of modern Jewish life\, with a specialization in Canadian and U.S. Jewries. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-works-wednesday-with-yolande-cohen-and-david-s-koffman/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211116T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211116T140000
DTSTAMP:20260603T200544
CREATED:20211110T225003Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211110T225003Z
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SUMMARY:Why am I Bukharian if I am not from Bukhara?
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nWhy am I Bukharian if I am not from Bukhara? \nWe will explore important parts of Bukharian Jewish culture\, the Bukharian language (also known as Judeo-Tajik or Bukhori)\, life cycle events and traditional clothing. We will look at fascinating artifacts and traditional clothing from the Bukharian Jewish Heritage Museum and talk about their importance and how they differ from the local community in Uzbekistan. \nTuesday\, 16 November at 1:00PM EST \nAbout the speaker: \nManashe is a fourth generation community organizer\, serial entrepreneur\, and social innovator who builds and consults organizations on Jewish diversity. \nAt his previous role as a Director of Community Engagement and Development at Queens College Hillel\, he focused on building a real diverse Jewish community\, creating Sepharadi and Mizrahi Leadership pipeline while expanding Sephardi and Mizrahi student life programs at five CUNY Hillel campuses. \nCurrently\, Manashe is an Adjunct Professor in Jewish Studies\, with a specialty in the History and Culture of the Central Asian Jews at Queens College. He is the founding president of SAMi Sephardic American Mizrahi Initiative that focuses on the Leadership Development of under-served Jewish communities on college campuses. In 2021 Manashe was appointed by Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz as a member of the Jewish Advisory Council. Manashe also just accepted a position with Moishe House as their new Eastern Community Manager. \nManashe is founder of the Bukharian Jewish Union\, an organization for the young professionals in their 20’s and 30’s\, the founder of AskBobo.org\, the only Bukharian online dictionary\, and the founder of The Jewish Silk Road Tours™\, an initiative that helps to introduce NYers and tourists from around the world to the diversity of NYC. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/why-am-i-bukharian-if-i-am-not-from-bukhara/
CATEGORIES:Culture & History,Talk
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