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ASF: Next Generation Culture Café
A year-long program made possible through the generous support of the Edmond J. Safra Philanthropic Foundation.
ASF is grateful for the invaluable assistance of the Consulate General of Spain in New York.
Thursday, January 14, 2010, 6:30pm
“Defining Sephardic” will be a kick-off event that explores identity in the
Sephardic, or “non-Ashkenazic,” communities of New York. The evening is a round-table discussion moderated by Lacey Schwartz, filmmaker and New York Director of Be’chol Lashon.
Featured Speakers:
Zena Babayov, Communications Master’s student at New York University and active member of the Bukharian community in Forest Hills; Mijal Bitton, Originally from Argentina, she is a junior at Stern College of Yeshiva University, and an active member of the Sephardic Community of Great Neck; Sion Setton, Director of Youth programming at Manhattan’s Safra Synagogue and descendant of Iraqi, Syrian, and Egyptian heritage; and Matieu Furster, A software engineer with both a Moroccan Sephardi and Russian Ashkenazi heritage.
Light refreshments will be served. Free admission. Reservations are requested by phone: 212-294-8301 ex. 8356 or email: smenchel@asf.cjh.org.
Very good event. I hope to date continue to promote such ventures.