eSefarad Noticias del Mundo Sefaradi
7 August 2020
In Memory of Bernard Ouziel, A”H, Past Vice President of the American Sephardi Federation’s Board of Directors. Together with then-President Leon Levy, A”H, Bernie led an ASF trip of over 120 people to Spain, Turkey, Morocco, and Israel in commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the expulsion of the Jews from Spain. A native New Yorker, Bernie, whose family was from Tekirdag/Rodosto, Turkey, attended Brooklyn Technical High School and graduated CCNY Summa Cum Laude and first in his class with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. He continued on to NYU Law School and graduated second in his class with a Juris Doctorate, served on the Law Review, and was awarded the Order of the Coif. He practiced law for more than a decade at the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, and Garrison. He was an arbitrator in Small Claims Court of Queens County for over 30 years. He continued to practice law while semi-retired, offering charitable and pro-bono work, and pursued several business and real estate projects. Bernie was twice elected President of the Sephardic Jewish Brotherhood, which he served for over 40 years as President, Director of the Henry J. Perahia Funds for the Needy, and on the Scholarship Committee. He was, for many years Vice President and was presently President of the Sephardic Jewish Center of Forest Hills. He tirelessly supported the culture and religion of the Sephardic Spanish-Jewish community. ~Joe Halio, M.D., Distinguished Member of the ASF’s Board of Directors & Programming Committee Officer
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