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Sephardic

prayerbook, shofar and stringed instrument
Posted inReligion

The Kitchen’s new siddur blends Ashkenazi and Sephardic liturgy, a first

by Dan Pine September 29, 2025September 30, 2025

Though founded less than 15 years ago, San Francisco congregation The Kitchen has already produced three editions of its in-house Shabbat prayerbook. The latest version, simply titled “Siddur for Shabbat,” […]

The Portuguese parliament building is seen in Lisbon, Oct. 25, 2019. (Photo/Carlos Costa-JTA-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Portugal moves to end Sephardic citizenship law

Orge Castellano by Orge Castellano October 17, 2023October 17, 2023
Angelina Muñiz Huberman is one of a few Jews in the prestigious Mexican Academy of Language.
Posted inBooks

Meet Angelina Muñiz Huberman, a Mexican writer whose novels explore Sephardic history and crypto-Judaism

Alan Grabinsky by Alan Grabinsky and JTA December 27, 2021December 27, 2021
Ilker Kiliç (left) as Mordo and Asude Kalebek as Raşel in "The Club." (Photo/JTA-Netflix)
Posted inTV & Film

Netflix’s ‘The Club’ shatters taboos with rare historical portrait of Turkish Jews

by David I. Klein and JTA November 18, 2021November 18, 2021
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
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
Still from the film “Sefarad,” about Portuguese Jewish hero Artur Carlos de Barros Basto. (Photo/Courtesy Jewish Community of Portugal)
Posted inFilm

This Portuguese Jewish community couldn’t afford a rabbi. Then it made a $1 million movie, coming to Amazon.

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA November 22, 2019November 25, 2019
Shira Kammen (Courtesy  Kammen)
Posted inMusic

Centuries-old Sephardic music plus bawdy songs about Virgin Mary in area concerts

Laura Pall by Laura Paull November 18, 2019November 20, 2019

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