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08 September 2017
Mazel tov to Andrés Roemer, recipient of The American Sephardi Federation’s International Sephardic Leadership Award presented in partnership with The Phios Project (see: Mexico and Moral Courage: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Jerusalem’s Reunification & Honoring Ambassador Andrés Roemer’s Stand for Jerusalem at UNESCO), on today being named UNESCO’s Goodwill Ambassador for Societal Change and the Free Flow of Knowledge. This remarkable appointment and the awards Ambassador Roemer has recently received from the Simon Wiesenthal Center (Latin America) and UN Watch are well-deserved acknowledgments of a brave individual and the principles for which he stands. 
Take a walk through Sephardic Montreal’s illustrious history on a new urban tour” 
By Julie Masis, The Times of Israel

Beginning in September, the Museum of Jewish Montreal will be launching weekly Sephardic walking tours that tell the story of the city’s Moroccan, Iraqi, Iranian, Egyptian, and Lebanese Jewish communities. Among other stops, the two-hour tours include, “the Spanish and Portuguese synagogue, which is also the oldest synagogue in Canada; the Grand Rabbinat du Quebec, Montreal’s Moroccan Religious Body, and… Moroccan fish stores and butchers.”

The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue corner stone on a tour by the Museum of Jewish Montreal 
(Photo courtesy of The Times of Israel)
 
Feature of the Week: “Selichot Melody

 

The Revivo Project 
(Photo courtesy of Facebook)


The popular Israeli Revivo Project perform a medley of selichot (penitential poems) traditionally sung in the synagogue in the period leading up to Rosh HaShanah.
A Yemeni Jewish child rescued during Operation Magic Carpet, 1949-1950
(Photo courtesy of American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee)  
How I Bore You On Eagles Wings’ — A Reminder Of Our Humanity” 
By Shahar Azani, The Huffington Post

Shahar Azani’s grandparents were flown out of Yemen to Israel on planes belonging to Alaska Airlines. Azani recently learned about the role of the Alaskan company in rescuing Yemenite Jewry, so he decided to fly to Alaska to say thank you: “I made up my mind to get to Anchorage and express my gratitude, our gratitude, to the people who made it happen, in loving memory of my late grandparents and in profound appreciation.”

**The American Sephardi Federation and Shahar Azani’s organization, StandWithUS, will be honoring Alaska Airlines and the last surviving crew member who helped rescue Yemen's Jews by flying approximately 50,000 to Israel next week. Captain Elgen Long will be presented with ASF's Maimonides Friendship Award on Tuesday, 12 September. Please click here for additional details and the registration form.
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Upcoming Events:

Iraqi Jewish Voices Project
cordially invites you to a festive event
celebrating and honoring its founding supporters:
Robert Shasha and Dennis Shasha


Monday, September 11
7:00 p.m.

Center for Jewish History
15 W 16th Street
New York, NY 10011

The Iraqi Jewish Voices Project tells the story of the last generation of Iraqi Jews and their integration into Israel and throughout the world through dramatic current and historical photography, film, and personal narrative.  It is a project of Sephardi Voices USA, whose mission is to collect and archive the life stories of Jews of Middle Eastern, North African, and Iranian origin to raise awareness of their displacement and appreciation for their contribution to Jewish peoplehood and world history.
 
The evening is hosted by the American Sephardi Federation, which supported the publication of Iraq’s Last Jews (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008), edited by Tamar Morad, Dennis and Robert Shasha, and is proud to be the home of the Robert Shasha Collection of Iraqi Jewish Oral Histories.
 
 The evening will feature a talk by Tamar Morad, who now spearheads the Iraqi Jewish Voices Project.




Please click here to reserve tickets

Let Our People Go!

Tuesday, September 12
6:00 p.m. VIP Reception
7:00 p.m. Awards Ceremony

Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place
New York, NY 10280 

Join StandWithUS and the American Sephardi Federation as we honor those who took part in the historic rescue of  Yemenite Jews. ASF will be presenting Retired Captain Elgen M. Long, the last surviving Alaska Airlines crew member who was part of the airlift of more than 50,000 Yemenite Jews on “eagle’s wings’” to the re-established State of Israel, with the Maimonides Friendship Award in recognition of his important contributions to the Jewish People. StandWithUS will present Alaska Airlines with its Savior of Israel Award.  

Please click here for tickets

Nosotros: Strengthening Bonds Between Jewish and Latino Communities

Through December 2017
in ASF’s Leon Levy Memorial Display

Center for Jewish History
15 W 16th Street
New York, NY 10011
 

The Philos Project and American Sephardi Federation cordially invite you to “Nosotros," an art exhibit featuring the work of two renowned Latino artists, Angel Urrely (Cuba) and Carlos Ayala (Puerto Rico)--as a symbolic recognition and “step forward” to improving Jewish-Latino relations.  We thank the Dominican artist, Juan Bravo, for exhibiting his pieces for the exhibit’s Opening Night. Each piece reflects the shared roots of Jewish and Latino communities and expresses hope for a more positive future from the perspective of each respective artist.

Each artist has displayed their works in hundreds of exhibits in both the US and Latin America, having many of them included in some of the most coveted collections in the world. We are very excited to bring them and their works to celebrate the importance of uniting us (or Nosotros), the Jewish and Latino communities, and having this art displayed in a very powerful way at the American Sephardi Federation at the Center for Jewish History.

 
Artists:
 
Angel Urrely is to the point. This son of Cuba does not beat around the bush. At least not for what the brush comes to reveal—his theory is clear and sharp. Each frame creates a specific, assertive and brutal connection. The reading of his work is—from the perspective of the viewer—very simple, to the point that if you assume an interpretation of what you are reading, believe me: Urrely is addressing exactly what you are thinking. Urrely has something to tell you and will let you know one way or another.
 
Carlos Ayala presents himself as the “Benjamin” of the tribes, the youngest of them all. This son of Puerto Rico presupposes that his youth may seem an obstacle to you, so he shows you his clutched fists from the introduction. This young man is fierce. Carlos shows us the deepest pains experienced by man, and brings them to an entertained, distracted and ill-bred public. He does not sit down to dream on the Caribbean coast and wait for boats loaded with promises. He does not have the time for it, but rather wants to remind you that even at the best moments pain is present. And at any moment it can befall us.
 
We look forward to having you join us!


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