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06 January 2017
In honor of Bruce Slovin, Founder and Interim Chairman of The Center for Jewish History, as well as a Distinguished Member of the American Sephardi Federation’s Board of Directors |
In honor of Bruce Slovin, Founder and Interim Chairman of The Center for Jewish History, as well as a Distinguished Member of the American Sephardi Federation’s Board of Directors
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“King Mohammed VI Renames Marrakech Neighborhood to Original Jewish Name” By Morocco World News
Continuing Morocco’s policy of visibly celebrating Jewish history and culture as part of the fabric of Moroccan society, King Mohammed VI recently instructed authorities to change the street names in the Esallem neighborhood of Marrakech back to their original Jewish names. In addition, the original Jewish name of the neighborhood, El Mellah, will also be restored.
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 King Mohammed VI of Morocco (Photo courtesy of Morocco on the Move) |
By Morocco World News
King Mohammed VI of Morocco (Photo courtesy of Morocco on the Move)
 Delia Sisro, one of the Argentine Jews interviewed for this article (Photo courtesy of BBC News) |
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“Argentina’s Sephardic Jews mull return to Spain after 524 years” By Irene Caselli, BBC News
Argentinian Jews are mulling Spain’s offer of citizenship to Sephardi Jews. The responses vary from principled refusal ─ “A proper reparation would involve a thorough historic investigation carried out by the Spanish authorities to determine who are the descendants of those Jews they kicked out” ─ to pragmatic openness ─ “It would be a backup” ─ to celebration ─ “Recovering the Spanish citizenship that was unjustly taken away from us Jews who for centuries kept Hispanic traditions alive is an act of justice.”
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Delia Sisro, one of the Argentine Jews interviewed for this article (Photo courtesy of BBC News)
By Irene Caselli, BBC News
When Baghdadi Jews Baruch and Ellen Bekhor (née Cohen) succumbed to the camera’s gaze for their denaturalization pictures in 1951, they became stateless. Ellen was in her eighth month of pregnancy. Permitted to bring no more than a few kilos of belongings out of Iraq, Ellen carried their wedding picture and ketubah in her pocketbook. Laissez-Passer, Royaume D’Irak by Leslie Starobin (2016)
Now Through April 2017
in ASF’s Myron Habib Memorial Display
Center for Jewish History
15 W 16th Street
New York, NY 10011
The American Sephardi Federation proudly presents excerpts from The Last Address, a multi-year, photo-montage series and oral history and book project by award-winning artist Leslie Starobin that explores the enduring texture of memory and culture in the lives of Greater Sephardic families from dispersed Jewish communities in Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Iran, and Lebanon.
Leslie Starobin is a Boston-area photographer and montage artist. Her work is in the permanent collections of many academic (Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University) and public (Jewish Museum, MoMA) museums. Starobin is the recipient of numerous grants, including from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New England Foundation of the Arts/Massachusetts Cultural Council, and the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture. Most recently, she received two Hadassah-Brandeis Institute Research Grants for this series, The Last Address.
Her exhibition in ASF’s Myron Habib Memorial Display is sponsored in part by CELTSS: The Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching, Scholarship and Service at Framingham State University in Massachusetts, where Starobin is a Professor of Communication Arts.
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Portugal, The Last Hope: Sousa Mendes’ Visas for Freedom
Through January 2017
Center for Jewish History
15 W 16th Street
New York, NY 10011
The American Sephardi Federation, Portuguese Consulate of New York, the Sousa Mendes Foundation, and the Municipality of Almeida, Portugal proudly present an exhibition in the Leon Levy Gallery honoring Aristides de Sousa Mendes, the courageous and creative Portuguese diplomat who saved Salvador Dali, the authors of Curious George, and thousands of other Holocaust refugees.
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Contact us by email or phone ((917) 606-8266) to learn about giving opportunities in honor or memory of loved ones
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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 is located at the Center for Jewish History (15 West 16th St., New York, New York, 10011).
www.AmericanSephardi.org | info@AmericanSephardi.org | (212) 548-4486
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