Salonika, 1533: The Most Famous Tikkun Leil Shavuot
June 3, 2022
The illustrious world of Kabbalah and Mysticism as we know it was born on Shavuot in Salonika in 1533, courtesy of two outstanding Sephardic scholars.
Rabbi Daniel Bouskila
Rabbi Daniel Bouskila is the International Director of the Sephardic Educational Center.
Alone in Yad Vashem
April 27, 2022
Walking all alone in the museum of the shadow of death, I heard more than the voices from the films and interviews. I heard haunting voices from our past
Mimouna: The Moroccan Farewell Party to Social Distancing
April 20, 2022
Mimouna is the post-Passover celebration when neighbors, family and friends stop by your house, kiss each other on both cheeks, greet each other with festive blessings of Tirbah U’Tissad (may you prosper and succeed), and enjoy delicious sweets from a beautifully decorated sweet table.
Agnon’s Seder
April 13, 2022
What would a Seder with Judaism’s modern-day master storyteller be like? How did Agnon explain the Haggadah to his family?
Rabbi Uziel’s Passover Question: Why Be Jewish?
April 13, 2022
In asking this question, he reached out to all Jews – religious, secular, Sephardi and Ashkenazi, old and young, in Israel and in the diaspora – urging us to use the Seder as a symposium exploring the meaning of Jewish identity.
A Sephardic Voice for the New Generation: Rabbi Benny Lau
March 4, 2022
Benny Lau holds no national “chief rabbi” official position in Israel, but is no less of a public figure.
One Ukranian City, Three Roads Diverged: Buczacz of Agnon, Ringelblum and Wiesenthal
March 3, 2022
Buczacz – which was once the home to an illustrious Jewish community until they were massacred by the Nazis in 1943 – is the birthplace of three towering Jewish personalities from the 20th century.
Praying for the Rams
February 15, 2022
On Super Bowl Sunday, our prayers were answered. No Rams were slaughtered.
Burnt Tefillin: When Agnon’s Fiction Became My Reality
February 3, 2022
For Agnon, the memories of Rabbi Elimelech’s tefillin are inscribed in his story, using his gift with words, images and ideas. For me, the memories of my tefillin from my parents are inscribed deep in my heart.
Agnon’s Nobel Prize Partner: The Holocaust Poetry of Nelly Sachs
January 27, 2022
Reflections for International Holocaust Remembrance Day
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