Tag Archives: Brooklyn

Sephardic Brooklyn – From Bensonhurst to Flatbush – 15 ABR 2018

by Brooklyn Jewish Historical Initiative This unique 3 hour walking tour will give you an overview of the Brooklyn Sephardic community. Learn about the people and places of Brooklyn’s Syrian Jewish community beginning with the landmarked Magen David Congregation, and the surrounding neighborhood. Tour guides Sarina and David Roffe will …

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The Sephardic Bibliophile of Brooklyn

On a nondescript street of brick row houses, nestled between an insurance office and a computer store, in an out of the way corner of Brooklyn known as Marine Park that is not on any subway lines, lies a small storefront. From the street, it’s impossible to see in — the …

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El ladino apenas perdura en Brooklyn

Por Benjamín Peim En un rincón de Brooklyn afectados por la  elitización, a la sombra del Puente Verrazano-Angostura, una lengua sobrevive a la muerte. El ladino, una amalgama de español medieval y hebreo, lengua que hablaban cientos de miles de judíos sefarditas, aquellos cuyos antepasados vivieron en España (sefardí se …

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