American Sephardi Federation

🎉 So much to celebrate: the completion of Year 6 of our Sephardi House College Fellowship, Jewish American Heritage Month, USA’s semiquincentennial, and the return of our month-long Festival Sefarad NYC in June (which includes the 28th New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival)! Swipe through to discover some of the exciting things we’ve been brewing lately!

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Honored to receive the Pomegranate Lifetime Achievement Award in philosophy from the American Sephardi Federation next week. Thank you to the Federation for this distinguished recognition and for showing my film “Our War” in the New York Sephardic Jewish Festival. No better moment to remind the world of Ukraine’s resilience and Russia’s barbarism.

American Sephardi Federation

Join BHL at the ASF Pomegranate Awards Ceremony on Monday, 1 June: https://nysjff.com/title-item/28th-nysjff-awards-ceremony/

Honored to receive the Pomegranate Lifetime Achievement Award in philosophy from the American Sephardi Federation next week. Thank you to the Federation for this distinguished recognition and for showing my film “Our War” in the New York Sephardic Jewish Festival. No better moment to remind the world of Ukraine’s resilience and Russia’s barbarism.

American Sephardi Federation

Join ASF Pomegranate Award Honoree Bernard-Henri Lévy for a special screening of with Tablet Magazine's Editor-at-large Liel Liebovitz!

Join me for a special screening of my film Our War and Q/A with brilliant Liel Leibovitz of Tablet Magazine on June 2, at 5 PM, Quad Cinema NYC.

In defense of Ukraine, always, and to say loudly that Ukraine will win.

In partnership with the American Sephardi Federation and UJA-Federation of New York

Tickets here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/our-war

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Special Yom Yerushalyim Issue IN MEMORY OF EMMA LAZARUS [https://americansephardi.org/news/22july25/], A”H, AMERICAN SEPHARDI POET, PLAYWRIGHT, CRITIC, JOURNALIST, AND A SELF-PROCLAIMED “JEWISH OUTLAW” __ _ Click __here_ [https://donorbox.org/sephardi-world-weekly]_ to dedicate a future issue in honor or memory of a lov...

ASF is excited to partner once again with Qesher on the following virtual talks spanning the Greater Sephardi and Mizrahi world:

May 7 — Jews of Zimbabwe and Zambia (https://www.qesher.com/jewish-zimbabwe-and-zambia/)

May 10 — Get to Know: Project Diaspora - Journeys to the Last Jewish Frontiers in the Islamic World (free event: https://www.qesher.com/project-diaspora/)

May 12 — Get to Know: The Aristides de Sousa Mendes Museum in Portugal (free event: https://www.qesher.com/sousa-mendes-museum/)

May 14 — Jews of Jamaica (https://www.qesher.com/jews-of-jamaica/)

May 24 — Jews of Rome (https://www.qesher.com/jews-rome/)

May 26 — Qesher Book Club: Sweet Malida (free event): https://www.qesher.com/sweet-malida/

May 28 — The Jews of Japan (https://www.qesher.com/the-jews-in-japan)

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Remembering David Abulafia, A Splendid Scholar IN MEMORIAM: FORMER CHAIR IN MEDITERRANEAN HISTORY AT CAMBRIDGE, PROFESSOR DAVID SAMUEL HARVARD ABULAFIA [https://historyreclaimed.co.uk/professor-david-abulafia/], CBE, A”H, A SCION OF AN ILLUSTRIOUS SEPHARDI FAMILY THAT POST-EXPULSION SETTLED IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL AND ESSAOUIRA (THEN-MOGADOR), M...

🎬 The 28th New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival returns to New York City.

📅 May 31 – June 7, 2026
📍 Edmond J. Safra Plaza, 36 Battery Place, New York, NY 10280 — A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage

A week of world premieres, award-winning films, live performances, special guests, and unforgettable conversations celebrating Sephardic culture, cinema, and heritage.

The NYSJFF is part of Festival Sefarad, a month-long citywide celebration of Jewish joy through intellectual, cultural, and communal events.

NYSJFF – Festival Sefarad is presented by the American Sephardi Federation in partnership with the Museum of Jewish Heritage, dedicated to Ike, Molly & Steven Elias, and made possible with additional support from UJA-Federation of New York.

🎟 Reserve your pass: www.NYSJFF.com

We are excited to partner once again with .discover on these upcoming virtual talks about Jewish histories and cultures in Iraq, Colombia, and Italy.

April 16: Iraqi Babylonian Jews: https://www.qesher.com/iraqi-jews/

April 19: Jews of Colombia: https://www.qesher.com/jewish-colombia/

April 26: Jewish Florence, Italy: https://www.qesher.com/jewish-florence/

April 30: Jewish heritage of Mosul, Iraq: https://www.qesher.com/the-jewish-community-of-mosul/