The Forward

A new exhibit shows how Jewish marriage evolved – from 12th-century Egypt to modern-day America

In 12th-century Cairo, a man and woman were getting married – for the second time. This time, the bride had conditions: Her mother would live with them, and her husband was not to strike or degrade ...
Jewish Journal

Sephardic Torah from the Holy Land | “Bayit Means House and Home”

These past few weeks have been a surreal experience. Wednesday night, June 11, Peni and I boarded an El Al flight from Israel to Miami, followed by a flight to Panama. We travelled to celebrate the ...
The Advocate

In Bosnia, gentile musicians work to preserve the country’s Sephardic Jewish tradition

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — When Flory Jagoda, the superstar of Ladino music, died in 2021, it was a wakeup call for Vladimir Mickovic. Mickovic, a Bosnian musician from Mostar, realized that with ...
Sun Sentinel

‘Thriving in South Florida’: New study highlights diversity of local Sephardic Jews

Their ancestors came from North Africa, Central Asia, the Middle East and Iberia. And they’re all Jewish. Sephardic Jews, at just 10% of the American Jewish population, are a minority within a ...