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• SEPHARDIM — (Heb. סְפָרַדִּים, sing. סְפָרַדִּי, Sephardi), descendants of Jews who lived in Spain or Portugal before the expulsion of 1492. (The term Sephardim is often erroneously used for other Jews of non Ashkenazi origin.) sepharad , mentioned in… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Sephardim and Oriental Communities — ( he. ספרדים ועדות מזרח, Sfaradim VeEdot Mizrah ) was a political party in Israel and is one of the ancestors of the modern day Likud party.HistoryThe Sephardim and Oriental Communities party represented Sephardi Jews and Mizrahi Jews who were… …   Wikipedia

• The Changelings — are a band from Atlanta, Georgia self described as a “blend of ambient pop fusion laced with neo Classical and Middle Eastern styles”. Formed in 1995, they have released six albums, and have been named the “Best Local Experimental/Fringe… …   Wikipedia

• Sephardim — Sephardic, adj. /seuh fahr dim, fahr deem /, n.pl., sing. Sephardi / dee, dee /. Jews of Spain and Portugal or their descendants, distinguished from the Ashkenazim and other Jewish communities chiefly by their liturgy, religious customs, and… …   Useful english dictionary

• Sephardim — Se*phar dim, n. pl. [NHeb.; orig. uncert.] Jews who are descendants of the former Jews of Spain and Portugal. They are as a rule darker than the northern Jews, and have more delicate features. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Sephardim — pl. of Sephardi a Spanish or Portuguese Jew (1851), from Mod.Heb. Sepharaddim Spaniards, Jews of Spain, from Sepharad, name of a country mentioned only in Obad. v:20, probably meaning Asia Minor or a country in it (Lydia, Phrygia), but identified …   Etymology dictionary

• The Three Weeks — or Bein ha Metzarim (Hebrew: בין המצרים, Between the cf In Dire Straits ) is a period of mourning commemorating the destruction of the first and second Jewish Temples. The Three Weeks start on the seventeenth day of the Jewish month of Tammuz the …   Wikipedia

• UNION OF SEPHARDIC CONGREGATIONS, THE — The Union of Sephardic Congregations was established in 1929 by leaders of Sephardi communities in America to promote the religious interests of Sephardi Jews. Its primary aim was to give cohesion and the strength of union to the scattered and… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

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• Sephardim Party —    An ethnic based political party that represented an effort to organize Sephardic and Oriental Jews and succeeded in electing four members to the first Knesset and two to the second Knesset. Toward the end of the tenure of the first Knesset,… …   Historical Dictionary of Israel

• Sephardim — (from Sepharad, the Hebrew name for Spain)    The Spanish and Portuguese Jews and their descendants. In modern Israel the term is applied generally to Jews originating from Arab countries. The other main grouping in the Jewish world is the… …   Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament