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'Auto de fe en la plaza Mayor de Madrid,' painted by Francisco Rizzi, 1680.

'Across So Many Seas': Sephardi history from young adults

By Rivkah Lambert Adler

Rabbi David Yosef.

Rabbi David Yosef chosen as Israel's Sephardic chief rabbi

By ELIAV BREUER

A MURAL shows Aharon Chelouche, far left, who founded Neveh Tzedek, with Shimon Rokach, center, in the foreground, and Haim Amzalak dressed as British vice-consul. On the right is Zerah Barnett, who also contributed to Neveh Tzedek’s founding.

The unsung Sephardi pioneers who built Jerusalem and beyond

Brazil's most famous TV personality and host of various game shows Silvio Santos waves to the crowd from atop his float for the 'Tradicao' samba school during a late-evening parade at the Sambadrome stadium in Rio de Janeiro February 25, 2001.

Silvio Santos, legendary Jewish Brazilian TV host and media mogul, dies at 93

By MARCUS M. GILBAN / JTA

JACOB MARRACHE presents to the director of Bayt Dakira Ghita Rabouli the book resulting from his project transcribing ‘beit din’ ledger books from Essaouira dating from 1919 to the 1960s.

From Essaouira to Latin America: Reviving the Moroccan Jewish Diaspora’s rich history

By ALEX WINSTON

HAREDI STUDENTS learn in a yeshiva.

Major haredi systems to face organizational overhaul after financial trouble

By ELIAV BREUER

THE WRITER (third from left) poses with leaders of the Mimouna Association and participants from Latin America at the recent conference in Essaouira, Morocco.

A vision for the future: Observations of Jewish life and heritage in Morocco

By NOAM BEDEIN

MEMBERS OF the Barra Salada and Armenia emerging communities in El Salvador pose with Michael Milgrom.

ANU to screen documentary on plight of crypto-Jews

By MARION FISCHEL

ASHKENAZI CHIEF Rabbi David Lau (left) and Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef: The silence of our two chief rabbis is thunderously indicative of the abject state of these once meaningful and relevant positions, the writer argues.

The Chief Rabbinate office is rife with nepotism, affecting Israeli society

Rabbi Meir Kahane, Religious Zionist candidate for Chief Rabbi poses for a picture in Jerusalem, on June 7, 2023. Uploaded on 28/5/2024

Position for Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi reopens as Rabbinical Committee withdraws candidate

By YAKI ADAMKER/WALLA!

Sami Michael, the Israeli writer and civil rights activist, who died on Monday at 97.

Iraqi-Israeli writer, civil rights activist Sami Michael dies at 97

By MAARIV ONLINE , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Princess of Wales Kate Middleton, is seen at The Mall opposite to Marlborough road, following Britain's King Charles' coronation ceremony, in London, Britain May 6, 2023.

'Post' revisits Kate Middleton's 'Jewish' ancestry conspiracy after UK Chief Rabbi's prayer

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

THE TOOLKIT includes images of Sephardi culture.

Jewish schools must embrace Sephardi and Mizrahi culture

By TY ALHADEFF

An illustrative image of a synagogue.

Woman claims her wedding was invalid for being in a synagogue

By MAARIV ONLINE

Captain Artur Carlos de Barros Basto in the film "Sepharad."

'Sefarad': A film presenting the story of the Portuguese Dreyfus

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Rabbi Dr. Abraham Levy, OBE

Remembering Rabbi Abraham Levy: UK's inspirational Sephardi leader

By GIDEON SYLVESTER

Children picking pomegranates in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Arnona.

Rosh Hashanah: Food traditions of the Jewish High Holy Days

By SYBIL KAPLAN

THE EXTERIOR of the former Sephardic Bikur Holim synagogue in Seattle, now the Tolliver Temple.

Looking into Seattle's Sephardic Jewish history

By JUDY LASH BALINT