#sephardic — Public Fediverse posts
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"When #Jewish #immigration to #Brazil is mentioned, many immediately think of the large urban centers in the South and Southeast. Few know, however, that one of the most fascinating chapters of the Jewish #diaspora in the country began thousands of kilometers away, along the banks of the #Amazon rivers.
It was in the early 19th century that the first #Moroccan #Jews arrived in the Brazilian Amazon. Coming mainly from cities such as #Tangier, #Tetouan, and #Casablanca, they brought with them far more than merchandise: they carried centuries of history, a rich religious and cultural tradition, and above all, the hope of starting anew.
Descendants of #Sephardic Jews expelled from the #IberianPeninsula—especially from #Spain during the #Inquisition in the late 15th century and later settled in North #Africa—these families fled persecution and political instability in #Morocco. Their destination was a distant, lush, and virtually unknown land: the Amazon."
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"When #Jewish #immigration to #Brazil is mentioned, many immediately think of the large urban centers in the South and Southeast. Few know, however, that one of the most fascinating chapters of the Jewish #diaspora in the country began thousands of kilometers away, along the banks of the #Amazon rivers.
It was in the early 19th century that the first #Moroccan #Jews arrived in the Brazilian Amazon. Coming mainly from cities such as #Tangier, #Tetouan, and #Casablanca, they brought with them far more than merchandise: they carried centuries of history, a rich religious and cultural tradition, and above all, the hope of starting anew.
Descendants of #Sephardic Jews expelled from the #IberianPeninsula—especially from #Spain during the #Inquisition in the late 15th century and later settled in North #Africa—these families fled persecution and political instability in #Morocco. Their destination was a distant, lush, and virtually unknown land: the Amazon."
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"When #Jewish #immigration to #Brazil is mentioned, many immediately think of the large urban centers in the South and Southeast. Few know, however, that one of the most fascinating chapters of the Jewish #diaspora in the country began thousands of kilometers away, along the banks of the #Amazon rivers.
It was in the early 19th century that the first #Moroccan #Jews arrived in the Brazilian Amazon. Coming mainly from cities such as #Tangier, #Tetouan, and #Casablanca, they brought with them far more than merchandise: they carried centuries of history, a rich religious and cultural tradition, and above all, the hope of starting anew.
Descendants of #Sephardic Jews expelled from the #IberianPeninsula—especially from #Spain during the #Inquisition in the late 15th century and later settled in North #Africa—these families fled persecution and political instability in #Morocco. Their destination was a distant, lush, and virtually unknown land: the Amazon."
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"When #Jewish #immigration to #Brazil is mentioned, many immediately think of the large urban centers in the South and Southeast. Few know, however, that one of the most fascinating chapters of the Jewish #diaspora in the country began thousands of kilometers away, along the banks of the #Amazon rivers.
It was in the early 19th century that the first #Moroccan #Jews arrived in the Brazilian Amazon. Coming mainly from cities such as #Tangier, #Tetouan, and #Casablanca, they brought with them far more than merchandise: they carried centuries of history, a rich religious and cultural tradition, and above all, the hope of starting anew.
Descendants of #Sephardic Jews expelled from the #IberianPeninsula—especially from #Spain during the #Inquisition in the late 15th century and later settled in North #Africa—these families fled persecution and political instability in #Morocco. Their destination was a distant, lush, and virtually unknown land: the Amazon."
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"When #Jewish #immigration to #Brazil is mentioned, many immediately think of the large urban centers in the South and Southeast. Few know, however, that one of the most fascinating chapters of the Jewish #diaspora in the country began thousands of kilometers away, along the banks of the #Amazon rivers.
It was in the early 19th century that the first #Moroccan #Jews arrived in the Brazilian Amazon. Coming mainly from cities such as #Tangier, #Tetouan, and #Casablanca, they brought with them far more than merchandise: they carried centuries of history, a rich religious and cultural tradition, and above all, the hope of starting anew.
Descendants of #Sephardic Jews expelled from the #IberianPeninsula—especially from #Spain during the #Inquisition in the late 15th century and later settled in North #Africa—these families fled persecution and political instability in #Morocco. Their destination was a distant, lush, and virtually unknown land: the Amazon."
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An Interview with Esra Akkaya on #Sephardic Literature…
"Our guest this week is someone more people should get to know: Esra Akkaya. She is a young scholar who works with texts in #Ladino, English, French, and Turkish, using them to explore Sephardic culture, history, and literary heritage." https://www.salom.com.tr/salomTurkey/haber/140936/an-interview-with-esra-akkaya-on-sephardic-literature
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An Interview with Esra Akkaya on #Sephardic Literature…
"Our guest this week is someone more people should get to know: Esra Akkaya. She is a young scholar who works with texts in #Ladino, English, French, and Turkish, using them to explore Sephardic culture, history, and literary heritage." https://www.salom.com.tr/salomTurkey/haber/140936/an-interview-with-esra-akkaya-on-sephardic-literature
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Biblical Hebrew. Modern Hebrew. Ashkenazi pronunciation. Sephardic pronunciation. Yiddish. Israeli Hebrew. Wait, are these all the same language?! 😅
One of the most fascinating things about Hebrew is that its story stretches across thousands of years, continents, exiles, revivals, and generations of Jewish history.
In this video I dive into the evolution of the Hebrew language, how it changed, how it survived, and why the Hebrew spoken in Israel today is both ancient and completely alive.
If you’ve ever been confused by the different pronunciations, traditions, or forms of Hebrew, this lesson is for you ❤️
https://youtu.be/i5YEScJFXWY?si=wuJIIsuGBQqhiQ5S
#ModernHebrew #BiblicalHebrew #Ashkenazi #Sephardic #LanguageLearning
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Biblical Hebrew. Modern Hebrew. Ashkenazi pronunciation. Sephardic pronunciation. Yiddish. Israeli Hebrew. Wait, are these all the same language?! 😅
One of the most fascinating things about Hebrew is that its story stretches across thousands of years, continents, exiles, revivals, and generations of Jewish history.
In this video I dive into the evolution of the Hebrew language, how it changed, how it survived, and why the Hebrew spoken in Israel today is both ancient and completely alive.
If you’ve ever been confused by the different pronunciations, traditions, or forms of Hebrew, this lesson is for you ❤️
https://youtu.be/i5YEScJFXWY?si=wuJIIsuGBQqhiQ5S
#ModernHebrew #BiblicalHebrew #Ashkenazi #Sephardic #LanguageLearning
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Biblical Hebrew. Modern Hebrew. Ashkenazi pronunciation. Sephardic pronunciation. Yiddish. Israeli Hebrew. Wait, are these all the same language?! 😅
One of the most fascinating things about Hebrew is that its story stretches across thousands of years, continents, exiles, revivals, and generations of Jewish history.
In this video I dive into the evolution of the Hebrew language, how it changed, how it survived, and why the Hebrew spoken in Israel today is both ancient and completely alive.
If you’ve ever been confused by the different pronunciations, traditions, or forms of Hebrew, this lesson is for you ❤️
https://youtu.be/i5YEScJFXWY?si=wuJIIsuGBQqhiQ5S
#ModernHebrew #BiblicalHebrew #Ashkenazi #Sephardic #LanguageLearning
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Biblical Hebrew. Modern Hebrew. Ashkenazi pronunciation. Sephardic pronunciation. Yiddish. Israeli Hebrew. Wait, are these all the same language?! 😅
One of the most fascinating things about Hebrew is that its story stretches across thousands of years, continents, exiles, revivals, and generations of Jewish history.
In this video I dive into the evolution of the Hebrew language, how it changed, how it survived, and why the Hebrew spoken in Israel today is both ancient and completely alive.
If you’ve ever been confused by the different pronunciations, traditions, or forms of Hebrew, this lesson is for you ❤️
https://youtu.be/i5YEScJFXWY?si=wuJIIsuGBQqhiQ5S
#ModernHebrew #BiblicalHebrew #Ashkenazi #Sephardic #LanguageLearning
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Biblical Hebrew. Modern Hebrew. Ashkenazi pronunciation. Sephardic pronunciation. Yiddish. Israeli Hebrew. Wait, are these all the same language?! 😅
One of the most fascinating things about Hebrew is that its story stretches across thousands of years, continents, exiles, revivals, and generations of Jewish history.
In this video I dive into the evolution of the Hebrew language, how it changed, how it survived, and why the Hebrew spoken in Israel today is both ancient and completely alive.
If you’ve ever been confused by the different pronunciations, traditions, or forms of Hebrew, this lesson is for you ❤️
https://youtu.be/i5YEScJFXWY?si=wuJIIsuGBQqhiQ5S
#ModernHebrew #BiblicalHebrew #Ashkenazi #Sephardic #LanguageLearning
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"Western #Jews have lately been sensing the end of what has been dubbed our “Golden Age” or “A #Jewish Century.” Looking back longingly at the past hundred years, we question whether the next century will be as kind to us and our children as the last one was.
It’s a reasonable question, but as I’ve noticed, it tends to be asked more often by #American #Ashkenazi Jews than by those whose families came from #Muslim lands across the #MiddleEast and #NorthAfrica, widely referred to as #Sephardic Jews.
There is a profound difference between how Western #AshkenaziJews from the lands of the cross and Western #SephardicJews from the lands of the crescent are experiencing this moment, and in that difference lie competing visions of the Western dream, rooted in each community’s pre-modern-day-West history."
https://www.futureofjewish.com/p/the-future-of-jews-in-the-west
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"Western #Jews have lately been sensing the end of what has been dubbed our “Golden Age” or “A #Jewish Century.” Looking back longingly at the past hundred years, we question whether the next century will be as kind to us and our children as the last one was.
It’s a reasonable question, but as I’ve noticed, it tends to be asked more often by #American #Ashkenazi Jews than by those whose families came from #Muslim lands across the #MiddleEast and #NorthAfrica, widely referred to as #Sephardic Jews.
There is a profound difference between how Western #AshkenaziJews from the lands of the cross and Western #SephardicJews from the lands of the crescent are experiencing this moment, and in that difference lie competing visions of the Western dream, rooted in each community’s pre-modern-day-West history."
https://www.futureofjewish.com/p/the-future-of-jews-in-the-west
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"#Graphicnovelist #JulianVoloj was walking through #Manhattan’s #Chinatown when he stumbled across the cemetery of the #UnitedStates’ oldest #Jewish community, #ShearithIsrael. This inspired him to write #Remnants, an interpretation of the story of 23 #Jews from #Brazil who established #NorthAmerica’s first congregation.
When people think about Jewish #immigration to #NewYork, it usually brings to mind the waves of Eastern and Central #European Jewish #migrants in the early 20th century. But Remnants sheds light on the #Sephardic immigration that introduced #Judaism to the Americas far earlier."
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"#Graphicnovelist #JulianVoloj was walking through #Manhattan’s #Chinatown when he stumbled across the cemetery of the #UnitedStates’ oldest #Jewish community, #ShearithIsrael. This inspired him to write #Remnants, an interpretation of the story of 23 #Jews from #Brazil who established #NorthAmerica’s first congregation.
When people think about Jewish #immigration to #NewYork, it usually brings to mind the waves of Eastern and Central #European Jewish #migrants in the early 20th century. But Remnants sheds light on the #Sephardic immigration that introduced #Judaism to the Americas far earlier."
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"#Ladino is a historical #language of the #Sephardic #Jews, an amalgam of 15th-century #Spanish and other Romance languages. Traditionally written in #Hebrew characters, it is also influenced by Hebrew in vocabulary and structure. It was spoken by the Jews of #Spain, who took it with them when they were expelled from the country.
Once spoken across a thriving #diaspora that stretched across Southern #Europe, the #Balkans, #NorthAfrica, #Turkey and the #MiddleEast, Ladino is now considered endangered. Most native speakers are older than 60 and live primarily in #Israel. Estimates suggest only a few tens of thousands remain. One estimate pegged the number of speakers at 60,000 in 1994, and the number has trended downward since then. Many Ladino speakers were killed in the #Holocaust, and survivors were uprooted and adopted other languages.
#NesiAltaras, a #Turkish #Jewish #researcher at #Stanford, is one of a coterie of #historians..."
https://jweekly.com/2026/04/24/stanford-ladino-scholar-keeps-grip-on-fading-ottoman-jewish-world/
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"#Ladino is a historical #language of the #Sephardic #Jews, an amalgam of 15th-century #Spanish and other Romance languages. Traditionally written in #Hebrew characters, it is also influenced by Hebrew in vocabulary and structure. It was spoken by the Jews of #Spain, who took it with them when they were expelled from the country.
Once spoken across a thriving #diaspora that stretched across Southern #Europe, the #Balkans, #NorthAfrica, #Turkey and the #MiddleEast, Ladino is now considered endangered. Most native speakers are older than 60 and live primarily in #Israel. Estimates suggest only a few tens of thousands remain. One estimate pegged the number of speakers at 60,000 in 1994, and the number has trended downward since then. Many Ladino speakers were killed in the #Holocaust, and survivors were uprooted and adopted other languages.
#NesiAltaras, a #Turkish #Jewish #researcher at #Stanford, is one of a coterie of #historians..."
https://jweekly.com/2026/04/24/stanford-ladino-scholar-keeps-grip-on-fading-ottoman-jewish-world/
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https://shj.org/new-siddur-for-humanistic-judaism/
Very excited that I recently got my copy of this siddur. My friend Martin Di Maggio has done an incredible job with it.
I hope to share more reflections on it in the coming days as I have the chance to dive deep into it, but I will say for now three things:
1. The book itself is not only easy to read, but it is beautiful. I really like how the pages are laid out.
2. Many of the non-theistic liturgical selections are crafted in such a way that they work with the traditional melodies we know.
3. There is a good bit of #Sephardic influence in this siddur, which is a welcome change. -
https://shj.org/new-siddur-for-humanistic-judaism/
Very excited that I recently got my copy of this siddur. My friend Martin Di Maggio has done an incredible job with it.
I hope to share more reflections on it in the coming days as I have the chance to dive deep into it, but I will say for now three things:
1. The book itself is not only easy to read, but it is beautiful. I really like how the pages are laid out.
2. Many of the non-theistic liturgical selections are crafted in such a way that they work with the traditional melodies we know.
3. There is a good bit of #Sephardic influence in this siddur, which is a welcome change. -
https://shj.org/new-siddur-for-humanistic-judaism/
Very excited that I recently got my copy of this siddur. My friend Martin Di Maggio has done an incredible job with it.
I hope to share more reflections on it in the coming days as I have the chance to dive deep into it, but I will say for now three things:
1. The book itself is not only easy to read, but it is beautiful. I really like how the pages are laid out.
2. Many of the non-theistic liturgical selections are crafted in such a way that they work with the traditional melodies we know.
3. There is a good bit of #Sephardic influence in this siddur, which is a welcome change. -
just one Turkish track by Isaac ben Solomon Algazi (1882–1964), a Sephardic chazzan born in Izmir who later lived in France and Uruguay. recorded in Istanbul in 1909.
https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/1000004356 -
just one Turkish track by Isaac ben Solomon Algazi (1882–1964), a Sephardic chazzan born in Izmir who later lived in France and Uruguay. recorded in Istanbul in 1909.
https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/1000004356 -
Heute in #Madrid - Ausstellungseröffnung !
#Ausstellung #History #Geschichte #Spanien #Sefardi #sephardic
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Heute in #Madrid - Ausstellungseröffnung !
#Ausstellung #History #Geschichte #Spanien #Sefardi #sephardic
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I'm a ✡️ :anarchismhebrew: British Askenazi (with a a bit of #Sephardic 🇪🇸 to brag about) who refuses to call himself 'white'.
So I'd like to ask #POCs in the States (esp. #POCs from middle class backgrounds) if they see what I've seen:
#Racists of all stripes, esp #farright racists, have a SERIOUS racist phang up abt POCs coming from middle class or wealthy backgrounds.
Do others see this?
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I'm a ✡️ :anarchismhebrew: British Askenazi (with a a bit of #Sephardic 🇪🇸 to brag about) who refuses to call himself 'white'.
So I'd like to ask #POCs in the States (esp. #POCs from middle class backgrounds) if they see what I've seen:
#Racists of all stripes, esp #farright racists, have a SERIOUS racist phang up abt POCs coming from middle class or wealthy backgrounds.
Do others see this?
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Azam Ali - El Rey de Francia - Portals of Grace 2002
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Azam Ali - El Rey de Francia - Portals of Grace 2002
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Often overlooked about the Holocaust is Spain's role, under fascist Franco at the time. What did he do? He ordered inactive complicity. The linked article is a good one.
Even if Spanish Jews came to Spanish embassies and consulates in Germany or occupied Europe, officials were instructed to do nothing even though they were all well aware of what was occuring in the extermination camps.
December 31, 1939 in his end of year address Franco said:
“Ahora comprenderéis los motivos que han llevado a distintas naciones a combatir y a alejar de sus actividades a aquellas razas en que la codicia y el interés son el estigma que les caracteriza… Por la gracia de Dios y la clara visión de los Reyes Católicos, hace siglos nos liberamos de tan pesada carga”
"Now they understand the motivations that some nations take on to fight and remove those races that are characterized by greed and interest…. By the grace of God and the clear vision of the Catholic Monarchs, centuries ago we freed ourselves from such a heavy burden.”
Jewish people had lived in Spain for centuries during the Moorish rule of the Iberian peninsula.
#España #Spain #Holocaust #Germany #Fascism #Catholicism #Jewish #Sephardic #antisemitism
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Often overlooked about the Holocaust is Spain's role, under fascist Franco at the time. What did he do? He ordered inactive complicity. The linked article is a good one.
Even if Spanish Jews came to Spanish embassies and consulates in Germany or occupied Europe, officials were instructed to do nothing even though they were all well aware of what was occuring in the extermination camps.
December 31, 1939 in his end of year address Franco said:
“Ahora comprenderéis los motivos que han llevado a distintas naciones a combatir y a alejar de sus actividades a aquellas razas en que la codicia y el interés son el estigma que les caracteriza… Por la gracia de Dios y la clara visión de los Reyes Católicos, hace siglos nos liberamos de tan pesada carga”
"Now they understand the motivations that some nations take on to fight and remove those races that are characterized by greed and interest…. By the grace of God and the clear vision of the Catholic Monarchs, centuries ago we freed ourselves from such a heavy burden.”
Jewish people had lived in Spain for centuries during the Moorish rule of the Iberian peninsula.
#España #Spain #Holocaust #Germany #Fascism #Catholicism #Jewish #Sephardic #antisemitism
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Sephardic Ladino Song of the Day: "Mamdouchia Al Andalus" performed by LALA Tamar #Sephardic #Mazeldon
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Sephardic Ladino Song of the Day: "Mamdouchia Al Andalus" performed by LALA Tamar #Sephardic #Mazeldon
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SAVE THE DATE!
From Harif:
The Iraqi kibbutzniks were unusual in adopting a socialist Zionist path. They played an important role liaising with the local Bedouin. The last Iraqi Jew to have lived on the kibbutz is 97 year -old Rachel Cohen Shazar. She was evacuated to Eilat but hopes to return to Be’eri with her son Arnon.As Israel marks the first anniversary of the 7 October attacks, Professor Yitschak Kerem of the Hebrew University will present the secret Iraqi history of Kibbutz Be’eri. He has conducted interviews with the Iraqi kibbutzniks and has been able to build up a picture of this unique group, their contribution to Be’eri and to the state of Israel.
#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #Mizrachi #Sephardic #MENA #Jewish #Judaism #KIbbutz #Israel
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Today I visited the historic Main Synagogue of Toledo, Spain, which during the Inquisition became the Church of Saint Mary the White.
Around the year 1200, the Jewish community of Toledo hired local Muslim architects to design the synagogue.
It's now a tourist attraction officially known by the ridiculous name Synagogue of Saint Mary the White.
#Mazeldon #synagogue #Jews #Jewish #JewishHistory #Sephardic
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Today I visited the historic Main Synagogue of Toledo, Spain, which during the Inquisition became the Church of Saint Mary the White.
Around the year 1200, the Jewish community of Toledo hired local Muslim architects to design the synagogue.
It's now a tourist attraction officially known by the ridiculous name Synagogue of Saint Mary the White.
#Mazeldon #synagogue #Jews #Jewish #JewishHistory #Sephardic
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Ladino Song of the Day: "En Casa De Mi Padre" performed by LaLa Tamar #Ladino #Sephardic #Mazeldon
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Ladino Song of the Day: "El Dio Alto" performed by Flor De Serena #Ladino #Sephardic #Mazeldon
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Ladino Song of the Day: "Bellida" performed by LALA Tamar #Ladino #Sephardic #Mazeldon
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Ladino Song of the Day: "Tres Hermanicas" performed by Judy Frankel. #Ladino #Sephardic #Mazeldon
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"Survival often requires boldness, and no one proved that more than Chelly Wilson, a #Sephardic #Jewish #Greek grandmother who became the empress of Times Square #pornography during the 1970s. Queen of the Deuce is an affectionate portrait of Chelly as a one-of-a-kind trailblazer who lived life to the fullest, and always on her own iconoclastic terms, all while also providing a vivid snapshot of #NewYorkCity during its daring and dangerous pre-sanitized era."
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The Greek Jewish Festival in NYC is today, which means making my annual guess at how many delicious borekas I can eat there without my wheat intolerance kicking the daylights out of me. Woohoo! 😀 Check out the festival if you're in the area!
#Sephardic #Romaniote #GreekJewishFestival #Mazeldon #Jews #Jewish
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The Greek Jewish Festival in NYC is today, which means making my annual guess at how many delicious borekas I can eat there without my wheat intolerance kicking the daylights out of me. Woohoo! 😀 Check out the festival if you're in the area!
#Sephardic #Romaniote #GreekJewishFestival #Mazeldon #Jews #Jewish
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Ladino Song of the Day: "Konja Mia" performed by Yamma Ensemble #Ladino #Mazeldon #Sephardic
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Ladino Song of the Day: "Porke Yorach" #Ladino #Sephardic #Mazeldon
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This year's Greek Jewish Festival in New York City will be on May 19. It's a fun (and, increasingly, crowded) celebration of #Romaniote and #Sephardic cultures, including food, music, and dancing. It's held annually by the Greek synagogue on the Lower East Side, Kehila Kedosha Janina.
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This year's Greek Jewish Festival in New York City will be on May 19. It's a fun (and, increasingly, crowded) celebration of #Romaniote and #Sephardic cultures, including food, music, and dancing. It's held annually by the Greek synagogue on the Lower East Side, Kehila Kedosha Janina.
