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Israel's Ashkenazi chief rabbi David Lau and Sephardi chief rabbi Yitzhak Yosef attend a ceremony selling chametz ahead of Passover in Jerusalem, April 4, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Oct. 7 memorial for Jews of color ‘missed opportunity’ for unity, says American Sephardi...

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A group that describes itself as “unabashedly progressive” is defending its decision to hold an Oct. 7 memorial for “Sephardic, Mizrachi and all Jews of color,” after the event drew criticism from the American...
A Yemenite family walks through the desert to a reception camp set up by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee near Aden. Nov. 1, 1949. Credit: Zoltan Kluger/Wikimedia Commons.

Hypocrisy is the ‘mother of all evil’

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“Hypocrisy is the mother of all evil and racial prejudice is still her favorite child.” — Don King What is remarkable about hypocrisy, and perhaps people in general, is that anyone can be a hypocrite...
Haggadah from Fez, Morocco, 20th century. Credit: National Library of Israel.

National Library of Israel expands Sephardic heritage, Spanish-language offerings

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The National Library of Israel (NLI) announced the online availability of its Sephardic Heritage and Spanish-language resources. In time for Passover, these resources include a large selection of Haggadot in the Sephardic tradition, available...
A display for Portuguese army officer Capt. Arthur Carlos Barros Basto (1887-1961) at the Jewish Museum of Oporto in Portugal. Courtesy.

Oporto Jewish Community seeks justice for its founder, the ‘Portuguese Dreyfus’

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The Jewish Community of Oporto, Portugal, is campaigning to have its founder posthumously reinstated into the army. Capt. Arthur Carlos Barros Basto (1887-1961), a decorated Portuguese army officer who fought in World War I, was...
Rabbi Shimon Baadani attends a campaign event of the Shas party in Tiberias, Feb. 27, 2020. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.

Shas Party spiritual leader Shimon Baadani dies at 94

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Rabbi Shimon Baadani, the president of the Shas Party’s Council of Torah Sages, died on Wednesday morning at Sheba Medical Center (Tel Hashomer Hospital) in Ramat Gan at the age of 94. Baadani suffered from...

Lisbon appeals court throws out restrictions on Portugal rabbi

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The Lisbon Court of Appeal on Tuesday revoked “coercive measures” against Daniel Litvak, the rabbi of the Portuguese city of Oporto. The restrictions were part of a campaign of anti-Semitic harassment against the community,...
Second Grade students at the Nofei HaSela school on the first day back at school after the Summer holidays, in Ma'ale Adumim, September 1, 2017. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash9

New survey reveals Israel’s Mizrachim Jewish majority overlooked by school textbooks

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The majority of Jews in contemporary Israel are descendants of Jews who were expelled or fled from countries under Muslim rule between 1948 and 1967. Generally referred to as Mizrachim (from the East), they include...

May 19, 1588: The Spanish Armada

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The Jews of Spain had their revenge on the Inquisition and the Spanish monarch on this date in 1588 when the Spanish Armada arrived in Lisbon in preparation for an attack on England, and...
The Jewish community of Porto, Portugal, celebrates Shabbat at the main synagogue. Credit: Jewish Community of Porto.

Jews of Portugal and their recent rebirth

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Experts in global Jewish history believe that highlighting minority voices within the Jewish community has the power to honor its nuances and interconnectedness. JNS’s new series highlighting Jewish ethnic minorities aims to elevate their...
Sephardic Passover customs include Bibhilu, a Moroccan ritual. Photo courtesy of Rabbi Daniel Bouskila

Sephardic envy at Passover time

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Passover is here, and I am triggered. Every Ashkenazi Jew gets a little Sephardic-envy this time of year thinking about all the rice our fellow Jews will be eating while we suffer through a kitniyot lockdown....