Under the law, descendants of Sephardic Jews may become citizens if their application is approved for lineage by the umbrella group of Spanish Jewish communities and the Justice Ministry.

After the forced expulsions from Spain and Portugal, Sephardi-Portuguese established communities in the Caribbean, which ...

His first time in Israel was 1948. Born and raised in the mellah (Jewish quarter) of Marrakesh, my father left Morocco for ...

Parfitt spent many months with the Lemba, meeting their tribal and religious leaders ... from Bantu (African), Yemeni (Arab), and Sephardic Jews and Azhkenazi Jews (including Cohanim from both ...

Spanish Muslims urged their government to grant citizenship ... on Feb. 10 of a bill proposing to naturalize descendants of Sephardic Jews, which the governments said was to atone for the ...

Our recent Pesach Seder, hosted by Rabbi Dr. Yehonatan Elazar-DeMota’s esteemed family in Santiago—the Dominican Republic’s ...

Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews, descendants of Arab Middle Eastern backgrounds ... led institutions allowed Western liberals to continue their control over the army, the police, the Shin Bet, and ...

At the turn of the century, Sephardic Jews fled the turmoil of their homeland to start a new life in America. Filled with interviews, archival photos and dozens of Ladino phrases, this slice of ...