Shehebar Sephardic Center

05/25/2025

2,500 items belonging to executed spy Eli Cohen recovered from Syria by Mossad

Covert operation retrieves entire Syrian archive 60 years after his ex*****on in Damascus, includes passports, final will, letters, keys to his apartment

04/25/2025

If you currently have Portuguese citizenship you may have gotten a ballot in the mail for the upcoming elections.

Please vote AD- Coligacao - PSD/CDS
This is the party that supports Sephardic citizenship and will be most beneficial to continuing this program.

You must include a copy of your Portuguese ID or Passport in the envelope when you send in the ballot. Read the instructions in English carefully.

02/20/2025

Please join Rabbi Meodod and Kehilat Zion at the Canton Fair

To register for Shabbat meals go to https://near.tl/sm/Z825jN0pt

We need to meet the minimum number of hotel registrations to get the rate we are providing.

See you there

12/24/2024

The value of property confiscated from Syria’s Jewish community exceeds $10 billion in contemporary terms, according to a landmark study published on Monday in the United States and Israel. The research also documents that the once-thriving community has dwindled to just four known Jewish residents in Syria today.

The comprehensive findings come from Justice for Jews from Arab Countries (JJAC), a Jewish-American organization, following an exhaustive six-year investigation.

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09/13/2024

Sarina Roffe will be taking part in Harif's 'More than apple and honey' event https://www.harif.org/event/more-than-apple-and-honey-the-rosh-hashana-seder/ Tuesday 17th. Details [email protected]. https://www.jewishrefugees.org.uk/2024/09/my-syrian-grandmothers-backyard-kitchen.html

09/04/2024

*More than Apple and Honey: the Rosh Hashana Seder"
Tuesday 17 September 2024, 7:30 pm UK, 9:30 pm Israel, 2:30 pm ET.

Your Rosh Hashana ritual dinner need not be limited to apple and honey! Sephardim mark Rosh Hashana with a rich variety of different foods – a Seder, in fact! They are called Simanim, and a blessing is recited over each one. As we approach Rosh Hashana 2024, Harif has invited three accomplished cooks to tell us what their specific traditions are for Rosh Hashana:

Sarina Roffe will describe a Syrian seder,
Fabienne Viner-Luzzato, a Tunisian one and
Sarah Sassoon will talk about Iraqi customs.

All will be sharing a particular dish that they like to prepare for the occasion. In partnership with JIMENA.

Go to harif.org to register and get zoom link

09/01/2024

http://my-jewish-learning.teachable.com/p/how-to-construct-your-sephardic-family-tree

08/13/2024

Today is a very important day and a very sad day in the life of the Jewish people. It’s a fast day for those who can and are able.

Today is the day 1000s of years ago the first temple and years later, the second temple were destroyed

It’s the same day that the Jews were expelled and Spain

Let’s all be respectful of this very sad day for the Jewish people and follow the words of our sages

For those who are fasting, please have an easy fast

05/28/2024

https://www.jns.org/new-book-compiles-young-jews-human-rights-stories/

This book includes a story written by Charles Chakkalo

The project seeks to highlight the minimizing of Jews' human rights amid surging antisemitism in the wake of Oct. 7.