eSefarad Noticias del Mundo Sefaradi
En el magazin de este mez de Hadassah, topi en el kantoniko un chiko artikolo ke en inglez es «Flag Day for our Fathers» ke si lo traduizimos es «diya de la bandiera para muestros padres» (leer el artículo original más abajo).
Por seguro ke en meldando el sujeto no vos travariya a meldarlo. Ma……la palavra seguente ampesa kon ‘sefardic’ i esta es la traduksion:
Los soldados judios sefardim ke eran en la armada de la revolusyon Amerikana estan enterrados en un simiterio debasho la solombra del distrikto finansial.
Kada anyo en el diya memorial (el 30 de Maio) las tombas de estos sefardim son dekoradas de bandieras por la parte de los miembros de «Congregation Shearith Israel» ke se visten kon kostumes del tiyempo de la revolusion.
En el primer simiterio konstruido de parte los portugezes i espanioles en 1682 i fue serrado en 1828 se topa enterrado Gershon Mendes Seixas ke era el rabay de la mas vieja kongregasion en las 13 kolonias.
Kuando la fuersa ingleza okuparon New York, serraron esta kongregasion i se yevaron la torah a Connecticut.
Una de las primeras piedras en este semiterio tiyene el nombre de Benyamin Bueno de Mesquita ke muryo en 1683 Este semiterio lo puedesh topar entre Chatham Square i Chinatown, esta enserrado de una pared i puertas de fierro
debasho las luzes «neon» de karakteres en chineso… ma viendo las piedra veraj ke apartiene a otro sieklo.
Rosina de Florida
Traduzido del magazin Hadassah del mes de Avril para Ladinokomunita
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Artículo original
Flag Day for Our Fathers
Sefardic Jewish soldiers who fought in the American Revolution lie in a historic cemetery in the shadow of the towering skyscrapers of New York’s financial district. Each Memorial Day—this year May 30—their graves are decorated with American flags by members of Congregation Shearith Israel dressed in period costume.
Buried in the first cemetery of the Spanish and Portuguese synagogue, consecrated in 1682 and closed in 1828, are Jews such as Hayman Levy; Jonas Phillips; and Gershom Mendes Seixas, rabbi of the oldest congregation in the 13 Colonies, who closed the synagogue and removed the Torah scrolls to Stamford, Connecticut, when British forces occupied New York. The earliest tombstone is that of Benjamin Bueno de Mesquita, who died in 1683.
The cemetery, located in Chatham Square in Chinatown, was fortified by colonists as one of the city’s defense points.
Except for the ubiquitous urban litter and nearby neon lights in Chinese characters, the shady site—protected by a fieldstone wall and wrought-iron fence—still belongs to another century. —Gil Zohar
Number of Jews in America on the Rise?
The United States Jewish population is larger than previously thought. So says the Steinhardt Social Research Institute at Brandeis University after crunching the numbers from some 150 studies surveying more than 400,000 Americans—and conducting its own survey of 1,400 more.
Investigators reported 20 percent more self-identifying American Jews—6.5 million—than in 1990 (5.5 million). Although most of them say they are Jewish by religion (5.5 million), 1 million claim a secular or cultural Jewish identity. There are, not surprisingly, differences between those who claim Judaism as their religion and those who do not: The odds of marrying someone Jewish are far greater for Jews who identify religiously; these Jews are also more likely to participate in Jewish life-cycle events or belong to a synagogue.
Although the Brandeis researchers say the numbers reflect “good news,” they also maintain their findings issue a serious challenge to the Jewish community. —Deborah Fineblum Raub
Fuente: Hadassa Magazzine
