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23 November 2018

In memory of Ovadia Nehemia (1931-2018), who passed away this past week. Nehemia made aliyah to Israel from Yemen in 1949 and, together with members of his community from the village of Gades, was settled in a tent on a hill outside of Jerusalem. Thanks to the efforts of those like Nehemia, the tents became homes as the hill was transformed into the thriving community of Givat Ye’arim. Nehemia worked as a member of the Border Patrol while serving his first love as the gabbay in the local synagogue. Nehemia is survived by his wife Rina, ten children, more than sixty grandchildren, and approximately twenty great-grandchildren. Nehemia’s ninth child, Maya, is married to Dr. Aryeh Tepper, The American Sephardi Federation’s Director of Publications. The ASF sends its condolences to the Nehemia and Tepper families. 
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Wings of Eagles: Israel’s Multiple Airlifts and Sealifts” 
Amotz Aa-El, The Jerusalem Post
 
Since its re-founding in 1948, Israel has opened its doors and, in many cases, actively rescued Jewish communities from across the Middle East and North Africa. Amotz Asa-El places these stories, “a succession of daring voyages launched 70 years ago this fall,” in a larger context: the “increasingly strained history of modern immigration.”

Yemenite Jews arriving in Israel after fleeing Yemen via Operation Magic Carpet, 17 November 1949 (Photo courtesy of Hans Pinn/The Jerusalem Post). Captain Elgen M. Long, the last living Alaska Airlines crew-member involved in the Operation, was honored with The American Sephardi Federation’s Maimonides Friendship Award, StandWithUS-ASF “Let Our People Go!,” Museum of Jewish Heritage, 12 September 2017
Feature of the week: Hodu Le’HaShem Ki Tov (“Give Thanks to God for He is Good”)

The great Moroccan-Israeli payytan Rabbi Haim Louk
(Photo courtesy of Haim Louk)
 
Rabbi Haim Louk sings a series of thanksgiving verses from Tehilim/Psalms 136, beginning with, Hodu Le’HaShem Ki Tov (“Give Thanks to God for He is Good”). Funny enough, the word in Hebrew for “giving thanks” in the plural, Hodu, is also the word for Turkey.
Read the latest in ASF’s “Letters from the Land of Israel” Series: “Covenant and Cornucopia: A Classic Sephardi Thanksgiving”

Professor Eli Tauber, a prolific scholar, friend of The ASF, and President of Haggadah Sarajevo, an NGO dedicated to preserving Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Jewish culture and tradition, was physically attacked in March while being interviewed by National Geographic (Photo courtesy of Redakcija/Bosnian News Network)
Bosnian musicians keep Sephardic Jews’ dwindling language alive” 
By Maja Zuvela, Reuters
 
Only two Ladino speakers remain in Bosnia, while a handful can understand the language. Who is keeping Judeo-Spanish alive? Musicians from across Bosnia’s cultural spectrum, such as Tijana Vignjevic, a music teacher and leader of the Corona Vocal Ensemble: “Ladino as a language is dying out even in predominantly Jewish communities, but it is our obligation here to maintain our shared heritage and preserve it at least in our music.”
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The American Sephardi Federation presents:

A Special screening for Israel’s Day of Commemoration for the Departure or Expulsion of Jews from Arab Countries



Shadow in Baghdad


Wednesday, 28 November, at 7:00PM
Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street 
New York City


Admission is Complimentary!

Please register here 
or call : 
1.800.838.3006

Join The American Sephardi Federation for a special screening of Duki Dror’s “Shadow in Baghdad” in honor of the date chosen by the Knesset to commemorate the Middle Eastern Jewish experience, including the exodus of Iraqi Jews after denationalization in 1950. The documentary tells the story of Linda Abdul Aziz Menuhin, whose father remained in Iraq after her emigration to Israel and was later abducted by Saddam Hussein’s intelligence services into the Qasr al-Nihaya (“Palace of the End”). Mrs. Menuhin is an Arabic-language specialist and retired reporter based in Israel.

Opening remarks by Gallit Peleg – Israel’s Consul for Public Diplomacy at New York 

The film will be followed by Q&As with Mrs. Menuhin

With the support of


International Conference:Displacement of Jewish Life in Islamic Lands and Cultural Reconstruction in Israel

Monday, 10 December, at 9:30AM
Yeshiva University Museum
Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street 
New York City


Admission is Complimentary!

Please register here  
or call : 
1.800.838.3006

The ASF invites our members and readers to an international conference at The Center for Jewish History: “Scholars from Israel, the US, and Canada will explore the history and culture of the Jews from Islamic lands, their displacement, and resettlement in Israel. Topics include: Jewish communal life, rabbis and religious life, cultural institutions, and the responses of international institutions.

The conference will feature international lectures, musical performances, and kosher food.


Co-Sponsored by the Yeshiva University Center for Israel Studies, the Aharon and Rachel Dahan Center for Culture, Society and Education in the Sephardic Heritage of Bar Ilan University, and Yeshiva University Museum.”


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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