I learned a lesson when conducting research for my book, “Family Papers: a Sephardic Journey Through the Twentieth Century.” I had discovered the story of a young Jewish man forgotten to history until ...

MADRID, Oct 13 (Reuters) - The 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, Spanish scientists said on Saturday, after using DNA analysis to tackle a ...

NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, June 6, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The first month-long cultural celebration of the Greater Sephardic world in U.S. history will debut ...

(RNS) — Just in time for the Jewish new year, which began last week, Israel elected a new Sephardic chief rabbi, but voting for the Ashkenazi one remains mired in controversy. The appointment comes ...

MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish government approved a draft law on Friday allowing descendants of Sephardic Jews expelled from the country in 1492 to seek Spanish nationality without giving up their ...

Last Sunday I was privileged to lead a tour of the Old City of Jerusalem. My group was 45 members of the beautiful synagogue in Herzliya where I now pray. Knowing that I work at the Sephardic ...

From a documentary about Diane von Furstenberg to brand-new Israeli features, there’s no shortage of Jewish movies screening in NYC this week. There’s always something going on in New York City — and ...

MADRID (AP) – Spain has announced measures to speed up the naturalization of Jews of Sephardic descent whose ancestors fled the Iberian peninsula more than five centuries ago when they were told to ...

MADRID (AP) — For Alfonso Paredes Henriquez, it was the opportunity not only of a lifetime — but of a half-millennium. The Panamanian real estate developer, a descendant of Sephardic Jews kicked out ...

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's parliament on Thursday passed a law allowing descendants of Sephardic Jews to gain nationality, more than five centuries after their ancestors were expelled from the country ...