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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

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

Damage inside a Marrakech synagogue following the devastating earthquake.

Morocco earthquake damages two historic synagogues

Torah rimonim.

18th-century Sephardic silversmith's Torah decorations to be displayed in US museums for first time

By PENNY SCHWARTZ/ JTA

Cover of Elizabeth Graver's novel 'Kantika'.

A novel of Sephardic life revives the Jewish family saga

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA

ZAHAK TANVIR (left) visits The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue with the writer.

Spain’s Jews: A legacy of Jewish-Muslim friendship - opinion

By ELCHANAN POUPKO

Shas leader MK Aryeh Deri at a party meeting, in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 30, 2023.

Shas does not represent Moroccan Jewry, is Ashkenazi - former PMO official

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Moshe Shaul addressing a gathering of Ladino-speaking Jews in Jerusalem in 2012.

Remembering Moshe Shaul: The man who helped revive Ladino

By DANIEL SANTACRUZ

BEIT HARAV dedication ceremony a century ago, on 12 Sivan, 5683 / May 27, 1923. Seated on the dais is Rav Abraham Isaac Kook wearing his fur spodek; to his L are Harry Fischel, Herbert Samuel, and Sephardi chief rabbi Yaakov Meir.

A Sephardi renaissance is underway - opinion

By LEON SALTIEL

DIRECTOR OF the Porto Holocaust Museum, Michael Rothwell, clasping his hands, and Israel’s Ambassador to Portugal Dor Shapira, looking on, host Portuguese children from around the country on Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Porto is an example for reestablishing a Jewish community - opinion

By GABRIEL SENDEROWICZ

THE GHRIBA synagogue in Djerba, Tunisia, where this month’s attack took place: There was a sense of loss, but also an undercurrent of grim determination that this community would carry on, says the writer.

No fear, more effort to build after the Djerba attack - opinion

By MENDY CHITRIK

ISTANBUL’S OLD Ortaköy Cemetery.

Paying a visit to Jewish Istanbul

By BARBARA ANGELAKIS