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A Persian Rosh Hashanah Seder (Header image design by Grace Yagel; original illustration by art-skvortsova/Getty images)
Posted inOpinion

Even this year, I am excited for my Mizrachi Rosh Hashanah seder

Donna Maher by Donna Maher and JTA September 14, 2020

This piece first appeared on Alma.  I don’t need to remind you of all the reasons that 2020 has been an incredibly rough year. We could all use a fresh […]

Dan Schifrin and daughter Elia overlooking the Spanish city of Toledo.
Posted inFirst Person

I had unfinished business in Spain, going back 500 years

Dan Schifrin by Dan Schifrin January 2, 2020January 7, 2020
Rebekah, princess of the Sephardic kingdom of Galonia, on a very special Hanukkah episode of "Elena of Avalor."
Posted inHanukkah

A Sephardic girl with a bubbe? Disney blew it with their first Jewish princess.

Adam Eilath by Adam Eilath December 17, 2019December 17, 2019
The V'ahavta page of Siddur Masorti: An Egalitarian Səfaradi Siddur. (siddurmasorti.com)
Posted inHanukkah

3 Hanukkah gifts for the liturgy lover in your life

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky December 10, 2019December 17, 2019
Rabbi Tsipi Gabai is the leader of Congregation Zohar Yisrael, which held its monthly Friday night service in Berkeley, Nov. 8, 2019. (Courtesy Gabai)
Posted inColumns

I was in a strange, new world: Egalitarian Sephardi Shabbat

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky November 13, 2019November 13, 2019
Tamar Zaken
Posted inNews

Playing the name game at new Sephardi course in S.F.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 20, 2018February 20, 2018

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