Sephardim
Tamara Cohen's ancestors were expelled from Spain, now she’s bringing bagels to Madrid
Mazál owner Tamara Cohen, a Philadelphian who became Spanish through a law granting citizenship to Sephardic Jews whose ancestors were expelled during the 1492 Inquisition.
This week in Jewish history: Nobel prize winners, biochemists, and the Baba Sali
Maduro has claimed Jewish ancestry, here is what is known - explainer
Ex-Sephardi chief rabbi slams Tel Aviv rabbi as 'heretic' after he calls for haredi IDF enlistment
90,000 descendants of Sephardic Jews become citizens of Portugal and Spain
Portugal and Spain passed laws offering a naturalization process for descendants of Sephardic Jews, which has resulted in 90,000 descendants becoming citizens of these countries since 2015.
Roman Abramovich’s use of Portuguese law for Sephardic Jews seeking citizenship draws scrutiny
The Porto organization told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that it is now witnessing “an antisemitic wave” on social media following the debate about Abramovich.
Chelsea owner Abramovich gets Portuguese citizenship
Thousands of Israeli Jews have been granted Portuguese citizenship since the law was passed in 2015.
Dozens of diplomats attend Jewish Refugee Day event
An event on Wednesday was held at the Babylonian Jewish Heritage Center in Or-Yehuda marking Jewish Refugee Day from Arab countries and Iran.
Sephardic Heritage International highlights Israel, Gulf states cooperation
SHIN-DC is a cultural diplomacy non-profit that focuses on celebrating Sephardic and underrepresented Jewish cultural heritages worldwide, and will host an event for Hanukkah.
Learning about Middle Eastern and North African Jews can help solve Jewish challenges - opinion
There has been little or no attempt at formalizing a curriculum to educate students of all ages on the heritage and history of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) Jews.
Sephardic New Yorkers say Spain is breaking promise of citizenship
In 2015, Spain ruled that descendants of Jews who were expelled from Spain more than 500 years ago, would receive Spanish citizenship.
Why has Spain’s Jewish citizenship law's acceptance rate plummeted?
The sudden shift is driven by a fear of fraud and is the product of what some experts say are retroactively implemented bureaucratic standards for applications.
Yitzhak Yosef has no business being chief rabbi of Israel - opinion
Change system and criteria for choosing next chief rabbis long before the next vote in 2023
This duo has run a radio show on Sephardi Jewish culture for 35 years
Practically since they debuted, the pair have unwittingly become the guiding lights of Judeo-Spanish not only within Spain but across the Jewish world.
