"Are there Ashkenazi Jews in Turkey?!" I hear this question often after I introduce myself as the rabbi of Istanbul's Ashkenazi community - after all, Turkey is the bastion of Sefardi Jews! So what's the story of the Ashkenazi community of Turkey? Thread 🧵👇

"And to the great leader of our beloved homeland Kemal Atatürk bestow long long life, Amen". A Jewish prayer for Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in a pre 1938 Turkish adaptation of Berih Sheme, an Aramaic prayer recited when the Torah is removed from the Arc. #10Kasim1938

The first Jewish settlers in North America were 23 Portuguese Jews who arrived in New Amsterdam (New York City) in 1654.

1978’de Türk bir Sefarad Yahudisi ailesi Şabat’ı Ladino ve İbranice dualarla kutluyor. Ladino, 1492’de İspanya’dan Osmanlı’ya gelen Sefaradların dili ve bu topraklarda 500 yıldır yaşayan bir kültürün sesi. 🎥: David Raphael

Birey olmanın temellerinden biri de 18 yaşına basar basmaz aileden uzakta yaşamaktır. Aileye yük olduğunuz yetmezmiş gibi kendi ruh sağlığınıza da zeval getirirsiniz

We are heartbroken, sickened, horrified, and outraged. At least eleven people, including children, were murdered in cold blood in an antisemitic attack by two terrorists at Bondi Beach in Sydney, where a Hanukkah celebration was taking place on Sunday. Our thoughts are with

A Jewish Library in Early Modern North Africa youtu.be/ZP7X9UGOYac?si… YouTube aracılığıyla

Renovation on a bookshop in Guildford, England revealed a stunning medieval chamber, forgotten beneath the ground for some 700 years. Archaeologists have identified it as a Synagogue dating back to the year 1180. The oldest Synagogue remains in the British Isles.

Pasticceria Boccione, founded in 1815 in Rome’s Jewish Ghetto by the Limentani family, is the oldest kosher food establishment still operating in the world. Famous for its ricotta cake, it’s run today by descendants of the original family.

As we approach Holocaust Memorial Day, we remember the words of those who experienced the horrors of the Holocaust. Listen to the late Leslie Kleinman remember the day he arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau and how he was separated from his family, never to see them again.

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Hebrew is such a beautiful language: ever since I began learning it, I’ve discovered a unique beauty in each of its dialects and variations.

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