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Community Articles/Sephardic Culture & History
To properly evaluate our women's strength, roles and influence, it is essential to look at the starting point of our community's immigration to America at the very beginning of the 20th century.
07/26/2007 | 433 Hits |  (0 vote) | Print | PDF
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Community Articles/Sephardic Culture & History
The Final Installment of a 28-Part Personal History
Our Brooklyn community is about to celebrate the centennial anniversary of its first landing on the shores of the United States, the most powerful country, the most protective, the most welcoming refuge of the oppressed. There were never bette...
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Community Articles/Sephardic Culture & History
Recently, the Brooklyn Sephardic community was honored to have as its special guest Rabbi David Messas, Chief Rabbi of Paris, France. The rabbi, who had spent that weekend visiting various Sephardic synagogues, had come to New York by special invitation for a meeting of the Orthodox Union regarding ...
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Community Articles/Sephardic Culture & History
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, a great scholar and daring legislator, Chief Rabbi of Israel (1972-1983), spiritual teacher and political leader to hundreds of thousands, never ceases to surprise. He surprised everyone in the rabbinical arena when he rose in amazing speed from office to office and was elected...
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Community Articles/Sephardic Culture & History
A little over 10 years ago we were orphaned by the loss of our esteemed and honorable Chief Rabbi Hacham Yaakov Shaul Kassin. In his infinite foresight, Hacham Yaakov saw the frenzy we would be in. He left our new father, patriarch, educator, and his right-hand man, Hacham Shaul Yaakov Kassin, as h...
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Community Articles/Sephardic Culture & History
Born in Morocco in 1948, Sephardic Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar, Shlita immigrated to Israel in 1962. As a close associate of former Chief Sephardic Rabbi Hacham Ovadia Yosef, Rabbi Amar served as head of the Petah Tikva Rabbinical Court. In March 2002, he was elected as the first sole Chief Rabbi ...
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Community Articles/Sephardic Culture & History
The tragic passing of Edmond Safra sent shock waves all around the world. Many representatives of our community attended his funeral in Geneva. Leaders included Joe Cayre, Stanley Cayre, Jack R. Avital, Jacob Kassin, Sam Domb, Jack Dushey and Miro and Nora Sutton.
In Brooklyn, family, friends ...
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Community Articles/Sephardic Culture & History
Event preparations were set up in the white and green Generation Angel colors, from big banners to the five white tents atop the green grass. Coordinators worked hard to arrange their summer career event in Deal, featuring sessions given by community businessmen and professionals from an assortment ...
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Community Articles/Sephardic Culture & History
At the 14th annual commencement of Gesher Yehuda, held in Bnei Yitzhak, you could feel the love and warmth the school possesses as they honored the tremendous accomplishments of the graduates.
Alan Maleh was the host for the evening. In opening he said, “I am honored to be the emcee for ...
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Community Articles/Sephardic Culture & History
Thousands of people joined together at Ahi Ezer Congregation, on the 18th day of Tishrei, Hol Hamoed Succot, to pay respect to our beloved leader Hacham Sion Maslaton. It was a day set aside for simcha, a day where no eulogies can be heard, yet still people felt a need to attend what turned out to b...
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Community Articles/Sephardic Culture & History
How do Hillel alumni define their success? For an alumnus of Hillel, there is no one definite answer. Whether they've become parents, teachers, lawyers, or doctors, it didn't take long for them to stop, reflect, and comment, “...yes, I owe that to Hillel.”
That success is evident ...
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Community Articles/Sephardic Culture & History
The Jewish world suffered a great loss with the passing of Mr. Gabriel Shehebar. Publicly, he was known as the patriarch of a successful family business in ladies wear and a philanthropist. A rabbinical college, yeshivot and many synagogues in Israel and around the world were named after him. He als...
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Community Articles/Sephardic Culture & History
The memory of Joseph Beyda was honored in the manner in which he lived his life, with elegance and passion. Over 800 enthusiastic community members came to honor Joseph's memory and listen to excerpts from the book, “Joseph, How One Man Can Make A Difference,” written by Jack Doueck.
02/14/2008 | 336 Hits | (0 vote) | Print | PDF
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Community Articles/Sephardic Culture & History
Men from Aleppo and Damascus, Syria began to arrive in America during the early part of the 20th century. Soon they found that the opportunities America offered were vast, so instead of returning to their homeland, they brought their families here.
These men, some of them rabbis, others great ...
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Community Articles/Sephardic Culture & History
Imagine a man whose life, accomplishments and legacy were so extraordinary that he was the link to our past, preserving it forever. He was a role model and a guide for all of us to emulate in the present and his achievements will shape the future of the Jewish world for many generations to come. Thi...
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Community Articles/Sephardic Culture & History
I was working for the Young Magen David Congregation on 67th Street before the beginning of the Magen David Yeshivah. Mr. Joe Kassin and Mr. Joe Tawil A”H took me aside and convinced me that the most important work in the community was educating our children in Talmud Torah and not just workin...
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Community Articles/Sephardic Culture & History
The book we are about to describe will surely enhance the lives of all it touches. It will answer all your Judaic questions, offer insightful explanations to those answers, and guide this community as nothing ever has before. This is a book that every Jewish family will treasure, embrace and pass on...
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Community Articles/Sephardic Culture & History
Magen David Yeshivah High School students recently participated in a program which acknowledged the 65th anniversary of the destruction of the Jewish cemetery in Salonika, Greece, which included several speeches and a slide presentation. Learning about their ancestors, their history and their herita...
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Community Articles/Sephardic Culture & History
It is a privilege to bear witness to some of our community's most monumental events: the opening of a new school, the establishment of a new synagogue, or the completion of a Judaic and cultural center. In 2004, Magen David Yeshivah, which for 52 years had been educating and molding our children at ...
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Community Articles/Sephardic Culture & History
Thirty pizza pies arrive at the Yeshivah of Flatbush Elementary School after dismissal every Thursday, for the more than 100 children who attend a special learning program called MiBereshit. The name MiBereshit means “from the beginning,” and refers to the material studied each week from...
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