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We Stand with Israel

| כ״ב בתשרי ה׳תשפ״ד (07/10/2023)
We Stand with Israel

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Guest Lecture – Prof J Sassoon

| כ״ט בניסן ה׳תשפ״ג (20/04/2023) | 0 Comments
Guest Lecture – Prof J Sassoon

Prof Joseph Sassoon will be discussing his latest book, “The Sassoons: The Great Global Merchants and the Making of a Dynasty” (Pantheon, October 22) The influential merchants of the nineteenth […]

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Sell Your Chametz

| ז׳ בניסן ה׳תשפ״ג (29/03/2023)
Sell Your Chametz

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Shlomo Hillel, Who Helped 120,000 Jews Flee Iraq, Dies at 97

| י׳ באדר ה׳תשפ״א (22/02/2021)
Shlomo Hillel, Who Helped 120,000 Jews Flee Iraq, Dies at 97

Working undercover, he used bribes, fake visas and a network of smugglers to bring refugees to Israel in the late 1940s and early ’50s. By Clay Risen Feb. 21, 2021 Shlomo […]

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TJFF and IJAO Present

| ב׳ במרחשוון ה׳תשפ״א (20/10/2020) | 0 Comments
TJFF and IJAO Present

MA’ABAROT: THE ISRAELI TRANSIT CAMPS This is a must see movie! Watch it in your own Home – completely COVID-19 safe. Screening: Thursday Oct 29-Friday Oct 30 (TORONTO PREMIERE)Zoom Q&A: […]

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From Iraq to exodus: the flight of a country’s Jewish community

| כ״ב בתמוז ה׳תש״פ (14/07/2020) | 0 Comments
From Iraq to exodus: the flight of a country’s Jewish community

by Holly Johnston ERBIL, Kurdistan Region —  Bertha Bekhor was 15 years old when a man knocked frantically at the door of her Baghdad home, on a warm June evening […]

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COVID-19 Protocols

| ד׳ בתמוז ה׳תש״פ (26/06/2020)
COVID-19 Protocols

After receiving direction from public health authorities and in accord with the Sephardic Kehilah Centre’s practice, we have restarted weekly Shabbat services.Efforts will be made to ensure we do not […]

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ערוץ השיעורים והשירים של הרב דוד מנחם

| כ״ד בכסלו ה׳תש״פ (22/12/2019) | 0 Comments
ערוץ השיעורים והשירים של הרב דוד מנחם

. נוסח בבל, מקאם:שיגא יָהּ הַצֵּל יוֹנָה מְחַכָּה וְדִמְעָתָהּ לָךְ מְפַכָּה : וְתִשְׂמַח בָּךְ אַתָּה מַלְכָּהּ בִּשְׁמוֹנַת יְמֵי חֲנֻכָּה הוֹדוּ לְגֵאֶה עַל גֵּאִים וְנוֹרָא עַל כָּל נוֹרָאִים : הִצִּיל אֶת […]

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Don’t forget the Jewish refugees from Arab and Muslim lands

| ד׳ בכסלו ה׳תש״פ (02/12/2019) | 0 Comments
Don’t forget the Jewish refugees from Arab and Muslim lands

by Jonathan S. Tobin Palestinians and their supporters not only erase the Jewish history of the land of Israel, but also of the Jews of Arab lands who lost their […]

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New initiative seeks to remember ‘forgotten’ Jewish refugees from the Middle East

| ד׳ בכסלו ה׳תש״פ (02/12/2019) | 0 Comments
New initiative seeks to remember ‘forgotten’ Jewish refugees from the Middle East

by Israel Kasnett More than that, an effort is underway to recognize centuries of contributions of Jews in the Middle East and North Africa, and to foster relations for the […]

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Iraqi Judaism lives on in literary form

| ט׳ במרחשוון ה׳תש״פ (07/11/2019) | 0 Comments
Iraqi Judaism lives on in literary form

by Joseph Croitoru Translated from the German by Nina Coon Interest in the Iraqi-Jewish cultural heritage is growing – both in Israel and Iraq. Novels in which emigrants and their […]

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Iraqi Jew Creates New Life for Herself in America

| י״ט בתשרי ה׳תש״פ (18/10/2019) | 0 Comments
Iraqi Jew Creates New Life for Herself in America

by Ben Sales When arguing with her first grade teacher about the Arab-Israeli conflict, Ceen Gabbai didn’t realize she was taking a huge risk. It was around September of 2000, and […]

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