eSefarad Noticias del Mundo Sefaradi
29 November 2020
Mazal tov/Mabrouk to the individuals, synagogues, and organizations who participated in the Kaddish Initiative Shabbat in remembrance of and solidarity with the Jews from the Middle East and North Africa, who, even before the global pandemic, were are not allowed to travel to, no less say Kaddish (the mourners’ prayer) or an Azkara (a memorial prayer) in, many of the the cemeteries in which their ancestors are buried. The ASF was proud to once again support this initiative founded by our friend Sass Peress, an Iraqi-Jewish Canadian, who worked with Iraqi Muslims in Baghdad’s Sadr City to document and preserve the gravestones in the last extant Jewish cemetery.
Continuing our 30 November commemorations, the ASF Institute of Jewish Experience will be hosting a special session on the next generation of Jews from Arab lands and what this heritage means to them at the State of Israel’s start-studded live event from Jerusalem. Registration complimentary but required: here.
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