Netanya Academic College’s Institute for Sefardi Anousim Studies

Brazilian anousim leaders seek to strengthen community on Israel visit

Descendants of Jews forced to convert in Inquisition embrace their Jewish heritage. BRAZILIAN ANOUSIM activist Aleksandra Lavor Serbim strikes a pose last week overlooking the Western Wall.. (photo credit: TAMARA ZIEVE) For Brazilian-born Aleksandra Lavor Serbim, lighting the Shabbat candles, abstaining from eating pork, and marking the new Jewish month …