ASF Weekly – Remembering Rabbi Marans, Mashadi Memoir, and the Kurdish Jewish Journey to Jerusalem

17 July 2020

This edition of the Sephardi World Weekly is dedicated in Memory of Rabbi Arnold B. Marans, A”H, who passed away on his 92nd birthday last Sunday. Born in Brooklyn, Rabbi Marans played a pivotal role in bringing together the first-generation American Sephardic Jews of the Greek, Turkish, and Rhodesli communities into a unified American Sephardic community. Centered at the Sephardic Temple of Cedarhurst, Rabbi Marans’ “learning and teaching established… unprecedented success for Balkan Sephardim as he became a great champion of their religion, culture, social development, and expansion.” He also served as Chaplain at the Sephardic Home for the Aged and as President of the Sephardic Geriatric Foundation ~ The American Sephardi Federation—especially our Board Directors who are also members of the Sephardic Temple: Martin Elias, Dr. Joe Halio, Cliff Russo, Dr. Alan Matarasso, and Jeff Beja—extend our deepest sympathy to the Rubisa, their 5 children, 25 grandchildren, 26 great-grand children, siblings, and their families. En pas descansa.

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