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28 NOVEMBER 2014
In Memory of Grace Seixas Nathan, z’l, American Patriot and Poetess
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 Sign to the Jewish Cemetery and Jew Town Road in Old Cochin, Kochi, India (Photo courtesy of Adam Jones) |
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“‘Heritage of Jews Here Being Destroyed’” By The New Indian Express A last-ditch effort is being made to save the Jewish historical sites of Kerala, as synagogues are being converted into shops and cemeteries are being transformed into parks.
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Sign to the Jewish Cemetery and Jew Town Road in Old Cochin, Kochi, India (Photo courtesy of Adam Jones)
By The New Indian Express
A last-ditch effort is being made to save the Jewish historical sites of Kerala, as synagogues are being converted into shops and cemeteries are being transformed into parks.
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“Morocco’s Jewish Berber History” By Lynn Sheppard, Morocco World News While Jewish communities have disbanded and “virtually no Jews” remain in Morocco’s rural and mountainous “Berber” (Amazigh) regions, “their legacy is visible all over the country if you know where to look.” |
 “The old man died…” reads this Hebrew gravestone fragment, Ifrane d’Anti-Atlas (Oufrane) Cemetery (Photo courtesy of the Diarna Geo-Museuem’s D’fina: Jewish Treasures of Morocco Exhibit).
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By Lynn Sheppard, Morocco World News
While Jewish communities have disbanded and “virtually no Jews” remain in Morocco’s rural and mountainous “Berber” (Amazigh) regions, “their legacy is visible all over the country if you know where to look.”
“To Bigotry No Sanction,” a quote from George Washington’s letter to the Jews at Newport Rhode Island (Photo of an exhibit at the Ambassador John L. Loeb Visitors Center, Touro Synagogue)
 Menorah carving at the entrance of the San Pedro and San Idelfonso Church, Zamora, Spain |
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Medal Awarded for Research on Spain’s Zamora By Marion Fischel, Jerusalem Post Professor Jesús Jambrina has reignited interest in the Jewish history of the Spanish city of Zamora, the seat of a famous Talmudic academy before the Expulsion. The Council of Sephardi and Oriental Communities of Jerusalem recently honored Professor Jambrina for his efforts. |
Menorah carving at the entrance of the San Pedro and San Idelfonso Church, Zamora, Spain
By Marion Fischel, Jerusalem Post
Professor Jesús Jambrina has reignited interest in the Jewish history of the Spanish city of Zamora, the seat of a famous Talmudic academy before the Expulsion. The Council of Sephardi and Oriental Communities of Jerusalem recently honored Professor Jambrina for his efforts.
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Copyright © 2014 American Sephardi Federation, All rights reserved.
Thank you for opting (on our websites, at an event, or by email) to receive American Sephardi Federation Programming Updates and Publications. We apologize if this message was sent in error.
The American Sephardi Federation’s Sephardi House is located at the Center for Jewish History (15 West 16th St., New York, NY., 10011).
American Sephardi Federation | http://www.Sephardi.House | info@Sephardi.House | (212) 294-8350
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