New law offers Sephardim right of return to Spain
Roberto Loiederman
July 23, 2015
On June 11, the government of Spain unanimously passed a law that attempts to right a historic wrong.
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Turkish newspaper tries to save dying Jewish language
Jewish Journal
June 9, 2015
Trying to save Ladino, a Spanish-Jewish language on the verge of extinction.
Spanish Congress to vote on final amendments to Jewish citizenship law
Jewish Journal
June 9, 2015
Spain’s congress is poised to vote on final amendments that would make it possible for descendants of Sephardic Jews to apply for citizenship.
Spain’s lower parliament passes Sephardic return bill
Jewish Journal
March 26, 2015
Legislation in Spain that would naturalize Sephardic Jews was approved by the country’s lower parliament.\n
Reclaiming Sephardic music, culture on road to Spanish citizenship
Jewish Journal
January 22, 2015
When Maya and Noa Dori were kids growing up in Israel, they used to spend Shabbat with their grandmother Lisa Romano.
Shared history of persecution unites Mizrahi, Sephardic Jews
Karmel Melamed
December 3, 2014
A band of young, Jewish musicians filled the halls of Hillel at UCLA with traditional Sephardic music as more than 120 local Sephardic Jews gathered at the center on Nov. 24 to commemorate Jewish refugees from Arab lands and Iran.
STAR mixes tradition, values, fun for Sephardic teens
Karmel Melamed
December 3, 2014
Who knew that playing paintball and taking trips to the Santa Monica Pier could be so … Jewish?
Spain OK’s bill for Jewish return
Jewish Journal
February 7, 2014
Spain’s Jewish community congratulated the government for approving a bill proposing to facilitate the naturalization of Sephardic Jews of Spanish descent.
French philanthropist aid to Iranians comes full circle
Karmel Melamed
November 30, 2007
Philanthropist Hubert Leven, a French Ashkenazi Jew who recently visited Los Angeles, has ties to the close-knit Iranian Jewish community that go back four generations.
Group hopes Gaucher becomes household name
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November 16, 2006
When Michael Margolis was 4, his doctor took his parents aside and told them he had a rare disorder called Type I Gaucher Disease. The disease, which strikes Ashkenazi Jews seven times more often than the general population, is a genetic disorder that robs patients of an enzyme that prevents a buildup of fatty tissues in the body.
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