For 30 Years, I Thought I Was Sephardic. I Was Wrong.
Tabby Refael
July 22, 2020
I knew I wasn’t Ashkenazi, so for nearly 30 years, I thought I was Sephardic. I wasn’t alone.
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mizrahi
The Power of Togetherness in Fighting Anti-Semitism and Building a Better Society
Milikh Yevdayev
May 1, 2018
From L.A. to Casablanca and back again
Jewish Journal
March 29, 2012
On May 16, 2003, a series of suicide bombings struck Casablanca. The target: Jews. Luckily, the suicide bombers were not particularly savvy, and the Jewish targets they struck were empty for Shabbat. Although no Jews were killed, nearly 30 Muslims died as a result of the blasts.
Seders: Not Just for Pesach Anymore
Rahel Musleah
September 22, 2005
Every holiday has its aura. Pesach has a scrubbed cleanliness; Purim, a cookie-dough indulgence, Sukkot, a back-to-nature thankfulness. Rosh Hashanah has its aura, too. For most of us, it\’s one that begins a season of awe, judgment and repentance.
Mizrahi Music Travels West
Loolwa Khazzoom
September 16, 2004
Business at Eitan Salman\’s music store has fallen 80 percent over the last decade, but it\’s not altogether a bad thing: Mizrahi music has grown so popular in Israel that it no longer is the exclusive domain of mom-and-pop shops like Salman\’s but is sold even at Israel\’s Tower Records outlets.
Celebrating Mizrahi Culture
Mary Koukhab
August 3, 2000
This Sunday, the Skirball Cultural Center will celebrate the Jewish cultures of the Middle East with the first Mizrahi Festival in Los Angeles.
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