Genie Milgrom, author of My 15 Grandmothers and How I Found My 15 Grandmothers and president of the Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies, was a featured speaker at the conference, “The Jewish People and the Anousim: The Challenge and the Hope” at the Yad Ben Zvi Institute in Jerusalem, which followed the 13 October Knesset conference for the Caucus for […]
Dr. Schulamith Halevy speaks at the Knesset inaugural conference for the Caucus for the Reconnection with the Descendants of Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Communities, co-sponsored by the ISAS, on 13 October 2015 (in Hebrew).
[Note: If you wish to see all of the videos from that day, they are on the playlist of the Institute at […]
We are very proud of our friend and supporter, Hannah (Ana) Eyal, who shared her story (in Hebrew!) as a bat anousim at the Knesset Caucus for the Reconnection with the Descendants of Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Communities. There wasn’t a dry eye in the house, and she received a standing ovation. Hannah provided a […]
Minister of the Knesset Robert Ilatov, chairman of the Knesset Caucus for the Reconnection with the Descendants of Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Communities, gives the concluding remarks at caucus’s inaugural conference in the Knesset auditorium on 13 October 2015 (In Hebrew).
[Note: If you wish to see all of the videos from that day, they are on the […]
Following the Knesset conference for the Caucus for Reconnection with the Descendants of Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Communities on 13 October 2015, the ISAS and WJC-Israel sponsored an afternoon conference, “The Anousim Diaspora Today: Jewish Challenge and Hope,” at the Ben-Tzvi Institute in Jerusalem.
The conference was moderated by Prof. Abraham Gross of Ben Gurion University, who […]
The President of the State of Israel, Mr. Reuven Rivlin, sent a letter of support and encouragement to Prof. Michael Corinaldi, the past director of the ISAS, to be read aloud at the Conference for Reconnection with the Descendants of Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Communities. Here is a translation of the original letter in Hebrew:
The Knesset conference for the Caucus for Reconnection with the Descendants of Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Communities, and the afternoon conference which followed, “The Anousim Diaspora Today: Jewish Challenge and Hope,” at the Ben-Tzvi Institute in Jerusalem, on 13 October 2015, welcomed attendees from all over the world. And we do mean all over! Here is a note […]
For those of you who were unable to attend the historic Knesset Conference for the Reconnection with the Descendants of Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Communities that took place in Jerusalem on October 13, you can watch the proceedings here. (The conference was the launching of the new Knesset Caucus for the Reconnection with the Descendants of Spanish and Portuguese […]
Knesset member Robert Ilatov (founder) and Ashley Perry (president) of Reconectar, an organization facilitating a reconnection with the descendants of Spanish and Portuguese Jewish communities, wrote this opinion piece about the need for the new “Knesset Caucus for Reconnection with the Descendants of Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Communities” (posted in the Jerusalem Post online edition on October […]
Samuel and Lisette Pinto received the “Honored Friends of Netanya” award at the City of Netanya’s Cultural Hall on 30 September 2015. The Pintos strongly support the ISAS through the Sabah Foundation. Congratulations to our very honored friends on this award.
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