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Sephardi Jews

A March 2025 event organized by JIMENA and the Magnes in Berkeley explored and celebrated Mizrahi wedding traditions. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inU.S.

New study breaks ground in understanding America’s Sephardic, Mizrahi Jews

by Sue Fishkoff August 30, 2025August 31, 2025

Most American Jews trace their families back to Eastern Europe and Russia. The history of these Ashkenazi Jews included shtetl life, pogroms and the Holocaust. That is not the history […]

Art from Distinctions: A Sephardi and Mizrahi Journal, published by JIMENA.
Posted inLocal Voice

How JIMENA is supporting Mizrahi and Sephardi Jews right now

Sarah Levin by Sarah Levin October 13, 2023October 13, 2023
an impressionistic painting of people strolling through a town square
Posted inOff the Shelf

‘One Hundred Saturdays’: A survivor’s moving evocation of Rhodes’ prewar Sephardic community

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman October 6, 2022October 6, 2022
Youth at a JQY drop-in center event. (Photo/Courtesy Jewish Queer Youth)
Posted inU.S.

Jewish Queer Youth is growing. For closeted Orthodox and Sephardic teens, that ‘means the world.’

Lauren Hakimi by Lauren Hakimi and Forward May 27, 2022May 27, 2022
The cast of "Heirs of the Land" on set in Spain in 2020. (Photo/Courtesy Netflix)
Posted inTV & Film

Spanish Jews take the spotlight in ‘Heirs to the Land,’ a Netflix series set pre-Inquisition

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA May 9, 2022
In Aug. 2021, the American Sephardi Federation hosted a virtual discussion about the changes to Spain’s Sephardic citizenship program with the participation of Rob Lennick (lower left) and Sara Koplik (top center) of the Jewish Federation of New Mexico, who are now engaged in a court battle. (Screenshot/JTA)
Posted inU.S.

New Mexico’s Jewish community fears ‘implosion’ as lawsuits allege harassment and mismanagement

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA March 30, 2022
A scene from "Shababnikim," also known as "The New Black." (Photo/Courtesy ChaiFlicks)
Posted inUncategorized

Like ‘Unorthodox’ and ‘Shtisel’? ‘Shababnikim’ offers a fresh, funny new view of Orthodox life.

Karen H. Skinazi by Karen H. Skinazi and JTA February 18, 2022February 24, 2022
Two Israeli women arrive in Lisbon, Portugal, Feb. 15, 2016. (Photo/JTA-Cnaan Liphshiz)
Posted inWorld

Spain and Portugal have naturalized more than 90,000 descendants of Sephardic Jews

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA January 4, 2022
A ceremony at Spain's Royal Palace in Madrid marked the passing of a law granting citizenship to Sephardic Jews, Nov. 30, 2015. (Photo/JTA-Juan Naharro Gimenez-WireImage-Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Spain is suddenly turning down many Jews who apply for citizenship. Why?

Orge Castellano by Orge Castellano and JTA August 24, 2021August 24, 2021
Corn Tortillas with Fish and Vegetables (Photo/Faith Kramer)
Posted inRecipe

Three tasty — and scholarly — Sephardi Jewish recipes

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer July 28, 2021

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