American Sephardi Federation
At the Center for Jewish History
15 West 16 Street, New York, NY 10011
Tel:(212)294-8350 Fax: (212) 294-8348 E-Mail: [email protected]
 
ASF Art Contest
2003

JEWISH REFUGEES FROM ARAB COUNTRIES

Urgent Project  ........    Israel Needs Your Help........

Prior to the establishment of the State of Israel, there were 930,000 Jews in Arab countries. Now there are fewer than 4,000. Many of these Jews who left were forced to leave their possessions behind, with little or no compensation.

The American Sephardi Federation, in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice of the State of Israel and other organizations, is leading an effort to document the property and possessions left behind by Jews who were forced to flee Arab Countries.


Go To Jewish Refugees Web-Site

 
UP-COMING EVENTS
 
SEPHARDIM IN THE HOLOCAUST: THE BALKAN EXPERIENCE 
at Magen David Sephardic Congregation - Rockville, Md 
 
 
A Free Public Lecture 
Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations, U.K. 
 
 
EXHIBIT: Scattered Among the Nations 
 
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ASF MISSION
The American Sephardi Federation (ASF) is a national Jewish organization dedicated to strengthening and unifying the American Sephardic community and promoting its spiritual, cultural and social traditions. As a national, not-for-profit federation, ASF serves as a home and community resource for numerous regional organization, synagogues, community centers and foundations.

ASF supports the Sephardic community with cultural and academic programming, the only permanent Sephardic exhibit gallery and an online library dedicated to promoting Sephardic culture in America
 
Sephardi In The News
Sephardic Jew Elected President of Honduras
Ricardo Levy Maduro, the President of Honduras, is a direct descendent of a marrano family from Portugal that suffered from the Inquisition. Moshe Levy Maduro arrived with his family in Curacao in 1672 to serve as cantor in the local synagogue, and his descendents settled throughout the Caribbean. An article on the Levy Maduro family by Mordechai Arbell, author of "The Jewish Nation of the Caribbean," can be found on the ASF website, www.asfonline.org. 
 
PICTURES OF RECENT EVENTS
7th Annual Sephardi Festival 
 
Magen David Plaque Dedication 6/5/2002 
 
Shearith Israel Cemetery 21st Street NY 
 
Shearith Israel Memorial Day 2002 
 
HAHMEI SEFARAD
Social Life of Egyptian Jews (c. 1882-1914) 
 
Torah Talks 
 
Women, Tallit and Tefillin 
 
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