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4 May 2018

Mazal Tov to FIDF’s Arthur Stark, the unanimously elected new Chairman of The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Past Conference Chairman Stephen Greenberg praised Stark’s “intellect, judgement, experience and dedication....” and Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman and CEO of the Conference, noted how: “[a]t this critical time, we are once again privileged to be led by an outstanding leader who brings to the conference chairmanship decades of distinguished service, exemplary personal qualities, and broad leadership experience.”
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Moroccan Royal Sends ‘Warmest Regards’ to Jewish Community in New York
Daniel J. Roth, The Jerusalem Post:
 
In another sign that the Kingdom of Morocco is actively working to strengthen its relationship with Moroccan Jews across the globe, Morocco’s Ambassador to the United State, HH Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui, sent an official letter to the Moroccan Jewish community of New York marking the anniversary of the 1908 passing of the saintly Rabbi Masoud Abuhatzeira, father of R’ Israel Abuhatzeira (aka The Baba Sali). HH Princess Lalla Joumala wrote in her letter: “The Kingdom remembers the greatness of the Abuhatzeira family and the blessing they brought and continue to bring to [the] country.”

[Ed Note: The Jerusalem Post mistakenly identifies the Baba Sali’s father, R’ Masoud, as his grandfather.]

HH Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui, Inspiring Morocco, Harrods, London, UK, 7 November 2011 (Photo courtesy of Tatler)  
Feature of the Week: Moroccan Piyyut for Shimon Bar Yohai Hillula
 
R’Maymon (Neni) Cohen
 
The Hillula, or festive celebration marking the passing of the rabbinic sage, Shimon Bar Yohai, was marked this past week across the Jewish world. The former Chief Sephardi Rabbi of Israel, R’ Shlomo Amar, composed the lyrics to a piyyut in honor of Bar Yohai, which is performed in this video by the great contemporary Moroccan-Israeli payytan, R’ Maymon (Meni) Cohen.

Adela Cojab Moadeb, a member of Mexico’s Syrian Sephardic community, was awarded an ASF 2018 Broome & Allen Scholarship, Mexican Night of the 21st NY Sephardic Jewish Film Festival, 8 March 2018
(Photo courtesy of Chrystie Sherman
An inside look at Mexico’s Jewish Arab citizens and their dual identities
Adela Smeke Mizrahi, Al Arabiya
 
Syrian and Lebanese Jews in Mexico preserve Middle Eastern Jewish traditions in their day to day life, from select Arabic phrases to cuisine. Being Mexican-Jewish, however, means sometimes their Kipe (deep fried bulgur roll) is served with “avocado and spicy sauce.”
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Upcoming Events:



Kehila Kedosha Janina Presents:
International Greek Jewish Shabbat

Friday-Saturday, 4-5 May 
Kehila Kedosha Janina
280 Broome Street 
New York City
 

Join our friends and partners  for a very special Shabbat celebrating the Romaniote and Sephardic traditions of the Jews of Greece.

We are honored to welcome community leaders from Greece, Seattle, Indianapolis, Portland, Miami, Atlanta and Philadelphia, including the following distinguished Hahamim:
Rabbi Gabriel Negrin, Jewish Community of Athens, Greece
Rabbi Ben Hassan, Sephardic Bikur Holim Congregation of Seattle
Rabbi David Gingold-Altchek, Etz Chaim Sephardic Cong. of Indianapolis
Rabbi Nissim Elnecave, Sephardic Jewish Brotherhood of America

We look forward to having you join us!

RSVP required at: amarcus@kkjsm.org


The Forth Annual Greek Jewish Festival

Sunday, 6 May 12PM - 6PM
Kehila Kedosha Janina
280 Broome Street 
New York City
 

Join the Greek Jewish Festival as we celebrate the unique Romaniote and Sephardic heritage of Kehila Kedosha Janina. Experience authentic kosher Greek foods and homemade Greek pastries, traditional Greek dancing and live Greek and Sephardic music, an outdoor marketplace full of vendors, arts and educational activities for kids, and much more!

We look forward to having you join us!

click here for more information

American Sephardi Federation Presents:
Uprooted: How 3,000 Years of Middle Eastern Jewish Civilization Vanished 


Wednesday, 9 May at 7:00 PM
Center for Jewish History
15 W 16th Street
New York City
 

In Uprooted, Lyn Julius, a British journalist (Guardian, Standpoint) and daughter of Iraqi-Jewish refugees, explores the mass exodus of Middle Eastern Jewish minority communities, the clamour for recognition, redress, and memorialization, and how their cause can further peace and reconciliation between Israel and the Muslim world.

We look forward to having you join us!


Please click here to make a reservation



The American Sephardi Federation Presents:
The Teimani Experience:
An interactive, multi-sensory exploration of the history and culture of Yemenite Jews

Exhibit Opening
Wednesday, 16 May 6:00PM-7:00PM

RSVP here

Yeshiva University Museum’s Rosenberg Gallery
Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street 
New York City
 

The Teimani Experience immerses visitors in the sights, sounds, and even smells of the Yemenite Jewish culture, including the actual room (complete with ostrich eggs and rose water) recreated in Israel by Yemenite women from Sana’a who continued the tradition of making the birth mother the center of attention after both she and her newborn survived for thirty days. Aspects of Yemenite daily life are represented through an original painting of a representative Jewish home, artifacts pertaining to different Jewish occupations (including jewelry from remote areas of Yemen as well as worm-worn handwritten Biblical texts in Arabic, Hebrew, and Aramaic and a rare printed Maimonides text dating back approximately 100 years), correspondence between Yemen and the Land of Israel, pictures taken in the last 30 years of Jews and Jewish sites (synagogues, shrines, and other structures) in Yemen, and recordings of Torah reading and women’s songs.

We look forward to having you join us!

The Teimani Experience is presented by E’eleh BeTamar and the American Sephardi Federation, in conjunction with Yeshiva University Museum. 

American Sephardi Federation Presents:
Travels in Jewish History


Tuesday, 29 May 7:00 PM
Center for Jewish History
15 W 16th Street
New York City
 

Join Irene Shaland, an internationally-published art and travel writer, educator, and lecturer, for a fascinating talk about her travels through Jewish history in Burma, India, China, Cuba, and Cambodia. Seeking Jewish narrative all over the world, Irene with her husband-photographer Alex, has visited close to 70 countries and shared her experiences with audiences and readers in US, Canada, and Europe.

We look forward to having you join us!


Please click here to make a reservation



The American Sephardi Federation, עמותת אעלה בתמר, and Institute of Semitic Studies Present:
The Yemenite Conference: Shared Jewish & Muslim Cultural Values

A three day academic and cultural conference exploring the cultural heritage of Jews of Yemenite heritage and their joint cultural commonalities with the Muslims of Yemenite heritage. Learn more at: www.ASFYemenConference.org 

Cultural Evening
Sunday, 3 June at 5:30 pm
@ The Center for Jewish History


Starring Tzion Golan/ציון גולן /صهيون غولان , Avihu Medinah/אביהו מדינהSagiv Cohen - סגיב כהן, as well as Lehakat Bat Nedivim dancers, and Lehakat BirHovot Teiman singers.


International Academic Conference
Monday, 4 June, 9:00am-5:30pm
Tuesday, 5 June, 9:00am-3:30pm
@The Center for Jewish History


Celebrating the culture and history of Yemenite Jews and the rich interactions between Yemenite Jews and Muslims. Topics include Jews and Muslims, spirituality, antiquity, modern culture, and Yemenite women.


Cultural Evening
Tuesday, 5 June, 6:00-8:00pm
@The United Nations


Featuring Yemenite Song and Dance


 We look forward to having you join us!

Please click here to make reservations

Nosotros: Strengthening Bonds Between Jewish and Latino Communities
in ASF’s Leon Levy Gallery
Center for Jewish History
15 W 16th Street
New York City
 

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!


Please click here for additional information and viewing hours

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