Bourekas hold cultural importance beyond being just delicious snacks. They symbolize the rich tapestry of culinary traditions that have shaped Israeli cuisine over generations. The pastries serve as a ...

Yiddish, which combined Hebrew with primarily Medieval German, was only spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. When they were busy “noshing” (eating) and “kvetching” (complaining). Sephardic Jews had a variety of ...

Congregation Knesset Israel will host a weekend of Sephardic music and culture featuring the renowned Trio Sefardi from Friday through Sunday, March 20–22.

Attempting to pin down the essence of the Sephardic spirit is akin to trying to nail Jell-O to a wall. Is it a religious outlook? A political viewpoint? An embracing of cultural traditions and mores?

Digital page from the online exhibition “100 Years of Sephardic Life in Los Angeles.” Image courtesy of UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for In 1952, on South La Brea Avenue, a restaurant called Robaire’s ...

Seattleite Doreen Alhadeff got back from Spain on Feb. 15 with a historic accomplishment in hand: She had become the first American — and now one of only seven people in the world — to reach the final ...

When Spain finally offers citizenship to Sephardic Jews, will you qualify? According to Spain’s Justice Minister, who spoke at the American Jewish Committee’s offices in New York on March 19, the ...

This article originally appeared on Alma. Jewish cooking in my family has always been an act of revival and reconnection. My family, though very dedicated to Judaism, has very few Jewish recipes that ...

He said the accomplishment of which he was most proud was working to bring 400 Jewish women who wanted to marry within their faith to the United States from Syria in 1977. (JTA) — Stephen Shalom, a ...

LISBON - The Portuguese parliament on Friday approved changes to the system for granting nationality to descendants of Sephardic Jews, which include validation of the connection to Portugal by an ...