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I’m tired of having to prove myself as a Sephardic Jew
She didn’t mean it in a malicious way — I just did not conform to her stereotype of Sephardic Jews. I was used to this reaction. While I was raised Jewish and feel incredibly Jewish — I had ...
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Sephardic Jews Secretly Founded Monterrey — These Hanukkah Traditions are Still Celebrated in Mexico
This also led to the rise of crypto-Judaism in the region. Crypto-Jews are descendants of Medieval Sephardic Jews who were expelled from Spain and Portugal after the edict. They practiced their ...
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Isak Haleva, Turkey’s chief rabbi and face of Jewish minority, dies at 84
Indeed, for Turkey’s Jews, both at home and abroad, he is remembered as a fatherly figure who had a zest for life and Sephardic Judaism. “I lost not only our chief rabbi, but also my spiritual ...