Last week, the Jewish world lost a special individual whose life was devoted to disseminating the wisdom of Sephardic Sages. Rabbi Meir Abitbol z”l passed away between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, ...

Erev Shavuot, Salonika, 1533. Two young Sephardic rabbinic luminaries – Rav Yosef Karo and Rav Shlomo Alkabetz – got together for Tikkun Leil Shavuot, the all night Torah study custom first mentioned ...

(JTA) In 1725, Abraham Lopes de Oliveyra was officially registered as a silversmith in London — the first Jew known to be given a license to practice the trade in the city. Jews had been let back into ...

The San Antonio Chabad Lubavitch community’s Orthodox synagogue on the North Side has acquired what’s believed to be the first-ever permanent Sephardic Torah scroll in the city. The holy document, ...

As the Sefaria organization has learned in the application process, designing a tiny graphic Torah comes with many questions and hurdles JERUSALEM (JTA) — Designing a new emoji is not simple. Sefaria, ...

Along with drawing listeners in through stories and song, Lily Henley hopes attendees 'learn something about this endangered ...

Jewish cooking in my family has always been an act of revival and reconnection. My family, though very dedicated to Judaism, has very few Jewish recipes that have been preserved throughout the ...

Congregation Or VeShalom welcomed families for its 49th Annual Hanukkah Bazaar, featuring Sephardic food, handmade gifts, ...

Only 11 pairs of finials by Abraham de Oliveyra are known. The Jewish Museum in New York and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston jointly bought one of them. BOSTON (JTA) — In 1725, Abraham Lopes de ...