About this Community Welcome to the Sephardi
Connection. We are a very large and rapidly growing international CyberCommunity
built around the subject of Sephardic Judaism and Sephardim, their history,
culture, literatures, languages, genealogy, their past, present and future
struggles and concerns. Members, guests and visitors come from every continent.
So come in, browse at your leisure and leave us a message
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Israel Middle East
North
Africa under Vichy A discussion
on the internment of Jews in slave labor camps along the TransSaharian
Railway by the Vichy government. Half a century after the events, it is
not too late for you to share what you know or remember.
Join an ongoing discussion on this painful (and ignored) topic
Literatures
Roundtable:
Judeo-Maghreban Literatures A new, fully
interactive literary support site for scholars seeking to promote the study
of Sephardic literatures will soon be launched. Its purpose is to research
and analyze the many facets of that literary corpus, find forgotten or
lost works, discuss new and pertinent methods of critical inquiry, locate
and encourage grants and fellowships, and develop the field in general.
The first section to open
soon pertains to the Literatures of the Maghreb, which will offer dowloadable
bibliographies, online resources, discussion forum, state of the art local
instant messaging, combination mail/web interface, online colloquy, and
more. Primary language, French.
Scholars and doctoral candidates
who wish to participate should send a blank e-mail to
maghrebjewry@lists.sephardiconnect.com.
For active participants
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New
Forum for Writers Many writers
have come by in search for information on Sephardic culture, with questions
encompassing history, society, opinions, customs, practices, books, politics,
and the like.
This "brand new" interactive
writers' support page was created to meet their needs. This is also a place
where writers and poets can meet to test ideas, share insights, critique,
and find practical information.
Music
The
Language of the Heart: Encounters
between Jewish and Moslem Musicians in Morocco and Spain by Amnon Shiloah,
in Ariel, the Israel Review of Arts and Letters
Our pick for this edition is the impressive online exhibit of the Life
and Times of the Sephardic
Jewish Community of Hamburg. The site, in Portuguese and German,
is a must see even for those who do not understand those languages. Its
numerous tables and illustrations are literally an open window into the
past of the Spanish-Portuguese Community of Hamburg once known as "The
Jerusalem of the North." The site is intelligently done, the information
professionally presented.
Israel
Shas:
Myth and Reality A discussion
and exchange of information about the Shas Party, its impact on Israeli
politics and on Sephardic Judaism. Join this informative discussion which
goes well beyond the myopic and stereotypic partisanship we are being served
by the media
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North
Africa under Vichy