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Fast Forward White House Seder Included Ashkenazic, Sephardic Traditions
Moroccan haroset balls, savory holiday brisket and carrot souffle were on the menu at the annual White House Seder. The guests finished the meal with raspberry ganache marjolaine, and triple layer chocolate macaroon cake, according to the White House. The guest list for Friday night’s seder was not made public. It is the seventh time…
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Culture Was John Wilkes Booth Jewish?
In one of the most surprising sections of their new book, “Lincoln and the Jews,” historians Jonathan D. Sarna and Benjamin Shapell discuss the possibility that the president’s assassin belonged to a family of Spanish Jewish ancestry. Asia Booth Clarke, the sister of acclaimed actor John Wilkes Booth who shot Lincoln, stated in her 1882…
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Opinion The Black Panthers Haggadah
The following is a translation of the Israeli Black Panthers Haggadah With a strong hand, two. And with an outstretched arm, two more. With great terror, two more. With protests, two more. With banners raised, two more. With hunger strikes, two more. These, then, are 10 plagues that the Black Panthers from Musrara brought upon…
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Fast Forward Spain Moves Closer To Offering Sephardic Passports
The Spanish government is inching closer to providing an expedited path to citizenship for Sephardic Jews. The initiative, first proposed in November 2012, is expected to clear a major hurdle today, as the Spanish newspaper El Pais reported it would pass the lower house of the Spanish parliament. It must still be passed by the…
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The Schmooze Enough With The ‘Ashkenormativity,’ Buzzfeed
Another day, another Buzzfeed Jewish-centric video. And much like their other chosen productions, it’s incredibly Ashkenormative. “11 Things Jewish Friends Just Get” tells the tale of two nominally Jewish ladies, who have to stick together in the face of incredibe goyish ignorance. Thank God someone in this room understands what “schlepping” means, amirite? Aside from…
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Recipes Chocolate-Charoset Truffles for Passover
Plan to make extra Sephardic-style charoset so you have enough to whip up these easy and delicious Passover confections. Photograph by Deborah R. Prinz. This is a great combination of chocolate and a Sephardi version charoset, the Passover fruit concoction representing the building of granaries by the Hebrew slaves. Use this charoset recipe for your…
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Fast Forward Will Israel’s Sephardic Voters Desert Benjamin Netanyahu?
(Reuters) — In the past, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party could count on Israelis like 50-year-old shopkeeper Yossi Levy when it came to election day. Levy, who describes himself as a lifelong Likud voter, is a member of Israel’s Sephardic community – Jews of Middle Eastern descent who, attracted by a tough stance towards…
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Fast Forward First 21 Sephardic Jews Move Towards Portugal Citizenship
The government of Portugal published its procedure for handling applications for citizenship based on the country’s law of return for descendants of Sephardic Jews. The new procedure, effective as of Sunday, is based on legislation passed in 2013 entitling the descendants of Sephardic Jews to the Portuguese nationality deprived of them due to religious and…
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