Sephardi World Weekly 31 Oct.: Cochin’s Last Jews, Lebanon’s Jewish Revival, a Tribute to North Africa’s Jewish Artists

As part of our mission to connect diverse communities and celebrate the rich mosaic culture of Jews from the Middle East and greater Sephardic Diaspora, we will bring you timely, thought-provoking articles on Sephardi history, the arts, and current affairs.

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Juvies de Cochin, wood engraving by A. de Neuville, 1883.

Cochin’s Last Jews
Shawn Sebastian, UCA News.

In Kerala, a part of India where a sprawling Jewish community once thrived trading spices and timber, only seven people are left.

  SONG OF THE WEEK (VIDEO)

“Kedusha” by the New Jerusalem Orchestra, featuring the great Moroccan-Israeli payytan, R’Haim Louk

Cheikh Raymond Album Cover. Photo courtesy of Chris Silver

Re-learning history: A Tribute to North Africa’s Jewish Artists By Ophir Toubul, 972 The amazing story of how Jewish artists integral to the North African musical scene in the first half of the 20th century are only now gaining attention.

Cheikh Raymond Album Cover.
Photo courtesy of Chris Silver Re-learning history: A Tribute to North Africa’s Jewish Artists
By Ophir Toubul, 972

The amazing story of how Jewish artists integral to the North African musical scene in the first half of the 20th century are only now gaining attention.

 

Lebanon’s Jewish Revival: An Embattled Minority Restores Its Past Adam Rasmi, Foreign Affairs. Harkening back to more tolerant days, Lebanese authorities have signed on to the restoration of the Maghen Abraham, Beirut’s grandest synagogue. Problem is, almost no Jews remain in the country.

Maghen Abraham Synagogue Photo courtesy of Beit Hatfutsot, 1982

Lebanon’s Jewish Revival:
An Embattled Minority
Restores Its Past
Adam Rasmi, Foreign Affairs.

Harkening back to more tolerant days,
Lebanese authorities have signed on to the restoration of the Maghen Abraham, Beirut’s grandest synagogue. Problem is, almost no
Jews remain in the country.

 

 

Maghen Abraham Synagogue
Photo courtesy of Beit Hatfutsot, 1982

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