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4 December 2015 
In Honor of Jeffrey S. Malka, Grandson of Sudan's Last Chief Rabbi and Author of Sephardic Genealogy
 
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Tales from Sudan: ‘I am a Jew and I need to leave this country
By World Jewish Congress Archive
 
After the 1967 Six Day war, the 1,000 members of Sudan’s Jewish community found it practically impossible to leave the country. So they left under false pretenses. One member of the community remembers how he was vacationing in England when the war broke out, trapping his brother in Sudan: “My brother that stayed, he was 21 and he wanted papers to leave the country. But they wouldn’t give him, they put him in prison overnight to interrogate him. And not just him, all the young Jewish men.”

Grave of Yitzchak (Ishag) Gabra, Khartoum, Sudan (Photo courtesy of C. Motzen / Diarna Geo-Museum)

King Felipe VI of Spain 
(Photo courtesy of Wikipedia)
Spanish king honors Sephardic Jews exiled from Spain
By AFP

Speaking from the royal palace, Spain’s King Felipe VI recently appealed to representatives of Sephardi Jewish communities in highly emotional terms: “Thank you for having kept like a precious treasure your language and your customs that are ours too… How we have missed you.”
Song of the Week: Shir Ha’Ma’alot (Song of Accents)
 

Yehuda Sa’ado and Liar El-Malich (Photo courtesy of YouTube)
 
Vocalists Yehuda Sa’ado and Liar El-Malich perform “Shir Ha’Ma’alot” (“A Song of Ascents”), with the Israeli Andalusian Orchestra.
Letter from Shanghai: City’s Jewish heritage blends glamour and compassion
By Clifford Coonan, The Irish Times
 
The Jewish history of Shanghai ranges from “elegant Art Deco mansions along the Bund waterfront… built by prominent Sephardic Jewish merchant families like the Sassoons,” to a WWII “ghetto for any ‘stateless’ people” that was home to 20,000 Jewish refugees. Today, a few thousand Jews live in Shanghai, but with trade between Israel and China on the rise, the Jewish community is set to expand again.

Ohel Rachel Synagogue, Shanghai, China (Photo courtesy of John S Y Lee)
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NAHMIAS ET FILS Distillery Tour
6 December at 1 PM
201 Saw Mill River Road, Yonkers NY, 10701
914-294-0055
 
The Shearith Israel League, American Sephardi Federation, and Beth Aharon Congregation of Riverdale invite you to a tour and demonstration of David Nahmias’ unique Moroccan distillery and a tasting of the different products, all of which are kosher (see list here).
                                                      

For those who need transportation, we will meet at the clock in Grand Central Terminal at 11:30AM to catch an 11:47 train to Yonkers. 
 
Please RSVP here
Cost: $10 (excluding transportation)

A light luncheon will be served


To pay online click here (and scroll to the bottom to for the PayPal “buy now” button). Check and cash accepted at the door.

 
The Silk Road Experience: a Night of Food, Fashion, and Music
14 December at 7 PM
Center for Jewish History 
15 West 16th Street, New York City
 
Come experience the sumptuous sights, sounds, and tastes of the Silk Road as the American Sephardi Federation hosts a fashion show and souk. For hundreds of years people, goods, and ideas traveled along the famous trade route, creating a rich and diverse cultural legacy. Sephardi travelers and traders, publishers and philosophers, scientists and singers used the Silk Road to transcend borders and barriers (linguistic, cultural, religious) as they pioneered today’s globalized world. 

Focusing on textiles, our celebration will feature original designs by Siona Benjamin and Shahin Yousefzadeh (Shahin Design Madison Avenue). Mumbai-born artist Siona Benjamin, having grown up in the enigmatic community of the Bene Israel in India, synthesizes her Jewish roots with the Hindu, Catholic, Muslim, and Zoroastrian iconography of her homeland. Shahin Yousefzadeh, a member of New York’s Persian-Jewish community, creates custom made couture fashion for professional, stylish and spirited women in New York and across the globe.

 
Purchase tickets here
Cost: $36
Showcasing authentic music, food, dance, tea, and spices of the Silk Road

 
Come visit ASF’s Leon Levy Gallery at The Center for Jewish History (15 West 16th Street) to view our new exhibition: “Baghdadis & The Bene Israel in Bollywood & Beyond: Indian Jews in the Movies”
on display now through March 2016

Click here for viewing hours and additional information
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