El lento declive de la comunidad judía de Alepo comenzó durante el siglo XIX tras la apertura del Canal de Suez en 1869 y se aceleró tras la agitación de la Primera Guerra Mundial y el colapso del Imperio Otomano en 1918. Al igual que otras comunidades judías que habían prosperado en …
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En el marco de nuestras recientes publicaciones dedicadas a las comunidades judías del Medio Oriente, entrevistamos a la Dra. Susana Brauner, investigadora argentina dedicada al estudio histórico de las comunidades de origen sirio y sefardí en Buenos Aires., que nos revela sus dinámicas identitarias entre lo judío, lo latinoamericano y …
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Yom Tov Yedid z’l, falleció en Nueva York a los 93 años de edad. Fue el último Gran Rabino de la Ciudad de Aleppo, Siria, escenario de violentísimos combates en los últimos dos años y donde hoy un grupo importante de combatientes del Estado Islámico está siendo cercado. Yedid, pasó por …
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Yom Tov Yedid z’l, faleceu em Nova Iorque aos 93 anos de idade. Ele foi o último rabino-chefe da cidade de Alepo, na Síria, palco de violentíssimos combates nos últimos dois anos e onde hoje um grande grupo de combatentes do Estado Islâmico está cercado. Yedid, passou pelos pogroms e …
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The medieval Aleppo Codex was safeguarded for centuries in Syria. The problems started when it arrived in Israel. The Aleppo Codex, which dates back to the 10th century, is considered by many Bible scholars to be the most perfect copy of the Hebrew Bible that has ever existed. Yet most …
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The Syrian diaspora in Israel watches its once-vibrant ancestral home fall to ruin in the country’s civil war The northern Syrian city of Aleppo, once a pillar of Jewish existence worldwide, is slowly being destroyed by the fighting that has engulfed Syria for the past 17 months. Last week, a Free Syrian …
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Yaakov Stark died penniless and unknown. His murals at the Ades Synagogue are a masterpiece of early Zionist art. In 1901, in Ottoman Jerusalem, members of the wealthy Ades family funded the construction of a synagogue for Jews who had moved to the city from Aleppo, Syria. It was built off …
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Por SUSANA BRAUNER RODGERS Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Bs. As. (UNICEN) Centro de Estudios Interdisciplinarios de Asia y África – UBA El análisis de la identidad e integración de la comunidad judía alepina en Buenos Aires nos permitirá recuperar aspectos históricos de su desarrollo, hasta hoy …
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Long shut out of the country’s story, Middle Eastern Jews now make up half of Israel’s population, influencing its culture and its life in surprising new ways. Who are they? The story of Israel, as most people know it, is well trod—perhaps even tiresome by now. It begins with anti-Semitism …
Read More »Aleppo Britot Database Released on JewishGen.org «Know from where you came and to where you are going.» (Ethics of the Fathers 3:1) New York – July 25, 2011 – JewishGen is proud to announce that a database of more than 7500 Aleppo Britot from 1868-1945 is now available on its …
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