Maurice Klein speaks with Joanne Levy, about being President of the Sassoon Yehuda Sephardi Synagogue, with the highs and lows of her role as well as her determination to rejuvenate the community and Synagogue. Joanne also shares her vision and plans for the next few years to ensure the Sephardi …
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Casarse con un sefardí significó descubrir el prejuicio y el orgullo
Tras leer en Plus61J Media sobre la discriminación contra los sefardíes en Australia, SHAYNEE BARNETT reflexionó sobre lo que ha supuesto criar a sus hijos en un matrimonio mixto asquenazí-sefardí . Al crecer en Melbourne como miembro de una comunidad mayoritariamente Ashkenazi, sabía y me enseñaron muy poco sobre la cultura o las …
Read More »El regreso de los Hijos de la Inquisición
Criptojudíos en Belmonte, Portugal, preparándose para un seder secreto en 1988. Foto: (c) Frédéric Brenner, cortesía de la Galería Howard Greenberg, Ciudad de Nueva York El fenómeno de los judíos de la Inquisición, los llamados Bnei Anousim, se ha convertido ahora en un problema judío global. Se estima que este …
Read More »The Return of the Bnei Anousim Symposium (Melbourne and online)
The Return of the Bnei Anousim Symposium which sheds light on an important and often under-exposed journey of “returnees to Judaism” – Bnei Anousim. The motivation for this symposium comes from the unique personal journey of the organiser Shiloh Miriam, a Jewish Descendant from the Anousim of Portugal. The SYMPOSIUM …
Read More »The Crossroad of Ángel Sanz Briz by Instituto Cervantes Sydney
Angel Sanz Briz was a Spanish diplomat in Hungary during World War II. Acting on his own, in 1944 he prevented more than 5500 Jews from being sent to the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp. His successful efforts were recognised in 1966 when he was awarded the title of Righteous Among the Nations by …
Read More »Rakonto de una konferensia en Camberra: “Sefarad: La Edad de Oro de la Djuderia Espaniola.”
El Dr. Michael Abrahams-Sprod, profesor, istoriador i investigador, akademiko de la Universita de Sydney, estuvo en el kal de Camberra, Australia, para avlar de Sefarad, Sefaradim en Espania: “Sefarad : La Edad de Oro de la Djuderia Espaniola.” La konferensia de Dr. Michael Abrahams-Sprod deskrivio la estoria djudiya ekstraordinaria en …
Read More »Sassoon Yehuda Sephardi Synagogue
The goals of the Sephardi Association of Victoria, Australia, in building the Sassoon Yehuda Sephardi Synagogue and communal centre is to unite Victorian Sephardi Jewry in a permanent home in order to foster Sephardi heritage and culture. The Association was founded in order to serve the needs of the community into …
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