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26 October 2018
In Memory of Yakov Ben Moshe, A"H, a native of Hilla, Iraq. A portion of his Diarna Geo-Musuem oral history interview from last year was played at the shiva. If you or someone you know have memories to share, please email Diarna to arrange an interview.
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US Holocaust Museum signs cooperation agreement with Morocco Archives” 
JNS
 
The North African dimension of the Holocaust is overlooked and understudied, to a certain degree thanks to a simple lack of materials. That’s beginning to change, however, as the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., recently signed a cooperation agreement with the Archives of Morocco at Rabat. Unfortunately, as the Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Director of International Outreach, Tad Stahnke, also notes, “Morocco remains the only Arab nation with which we have an archival agreement.”

Train tracks linking the Vichy régime Camp at Tendrara, Morocco, with others in the desert (Photo courtesy of Josh Shamsi/Diarna Geo-Museum of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Life
Feature of the week: Moroccan-style Baqqashot for VaYera

Illustration of the Binding of Issac for Isaac Foa by Francesco Griselini, Venice, Italy, 1739
(Scan courtesy of JTS Library)


It’s the season for Baqqashot, songs of supplication and searching that are communally sung before the sunrise on Shabbat. In this week’s video feature, the Sephardic Moroccan Community of Toronto, Canada, sing piyyutim for the weekly portion VaYera, which falls this Shabbat.  

Kahal Shalom Synagogue, Rhodes, Greece (Photo courtesy of Sailko/Wikipedia)  
The tragedy of the Jews of Rhodes” 
By Ariel Bolstein, Israel Hayom
 
According to oral tradition, the Romaniote Jewish community of Rhodes was founded in the first century of the common era. At the turn of the 20th century 6,000 Romaniote Jews lived on the island, but many fled in 1938 when the Italian occupiers began enforcing anti-Semitic legislation. They were the lucky ones. Only 200 Jews survived the German occupation during WWII.  Isaak Habib’s family made it to South Africa, and while Habib spends five months a year on the island, he understands the fundamental change that has taken place in Jewish life: “The past is gone … and now all that remains is to be happy that we’ve started to control the fate of the Jews. In Israel, of course.” 
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The American Sephardi Federation and Reimagine Present:

Crafting a Memory; Preserving a Memory

How do you want to present yourself to, and be remembered by, someone who never knew you in your life?

What facet of your existence do you want the world to be aware of in 100+ years?


Tuesday, 30 October, 4:30PM - 6:30PM
Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street 
New York City


Please note that there are two parts to this event:
1.) Tour of the Spanish and Portuguese cemetery on 21st St west of 6th Ave,
&
2.) A workshop in American Sephardi Federation at The Center for Jewish History.


Please click here to make a reservation

One of the public things that people leave behind after they die are epitaphs and final disposition markers. These texts are curated presentations of a life lived and represent what people think of their life's achievements and how they want to be remembered by others. Join us as we think about this question and craft our own presentations, framed by the larger question of: what remains of this text and these tombstones after 100+ years?

Visit: www.letsreimagine.org/new-york to learn more!

"Let's bring death out of the shadows and into the light."
#LetsReImagine


We look forward to seeing you!


Centro Primo Levi and The American Sephardi Federation Present:

The Silk Tallit Renaissance

Monday, 12 November, at 6:00PM
ASF’s Sephardi Scholars Center and Oded Halahmy Gallery
Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street 
New York City


Seating is limited
Reservation is required:
info@primolevicenter.org



You are cordially invited to join us for an evening dedicated to the Italian silk talit tradition.

Presenters: Dora Piperno, Celeste Pavoncello Piperno, Rav Umberto Piperno

Many of us remember well the years Rav Umberto Piperno spent in New York: his enthusiasm, wisdom and tireless efforts to present the specific traditions of Italian Jews from liturgy to food and beyond. In July he is back in Manhattan to present yet another intriguing project: the revival of the dying Italian tradition of the silk tallit, the prayer shawl. An enterprise rooted in the wisdom of the past, the passion of the present and the innovation of the future.

Alessandro Cassin: The tradition of the Italian tallitot involves not only a long tradition of craftsmanship, but also a cultural history, and mercantile exchange.

Rav Piperno: Absolutely. Today it gives an added dimension to the many stories that concern the Silk Road, the fascinating network of trade routes. It was central to cultural interaction between different parts of the world comprising both a terrestrial and the maritime routes, connecting Asia with the Middle East and southern Europe.

The effort to highlight and revive the Italian Jewish tradition of the silk tallit is spearheaded by two entrepreneurs, Dora and Sofia Piperno, with rabbinical guidance and assistance.

Tasting of kosher Italian bottarga, wine and citron sweets from Calabria
Organzied by the
American Sephardi Federation, Centro Primo LeviTalled Di Seta.

We look forward to seeing you!


Nosotros 2.0: Strengthening Bonds Between Jewish and Latino Communities

 Nosotros 2.0, which opened as a one-night pop-up exhibition on 11 October, continues in part as an exhibition in our Leon Levy Gallery.

On view until April

Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street 
New York City
 

The Philos Project and American Sephardi Federation cordially invite you to “Nosotros," an exhibition composed of pieces by Latino artists celebrating the shared history and culture of Jewish and Latino communities, and expressing hope for a more positive future. Latin American artistry is rich with Sephardi and Crypto-Jewish allusions and symbols.

The exhibit is titled “Nosotros,” the Spanish word for “us,” and all of the art represents the growing relationship between the Jewish and Hispanic communities in New York and around the world. The exhibit is one of the many things Jesse Rojo, The Philos Project's Hispanic Affairs Director, is doing to bridge the gap between Hispanics and the Middle East.

 and your tax-deductible contribution will help ASF preserve and promote the Greater Sephardi history, traditions, and culture as an integral part of the Jewish experience! 

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