Events & Videos

Dr. Joseph Maldonado, Fabio Franciolly Fonseca, and Lisette Valdez Valle were the three speakers at the “Personal Stories” session in the RECONNECTING 2016 conference on September 7-8, 2016 in Miami, FL.

All three had very moving stories about their journeys back […]

The ISAS lecture series for the 2016-17 academic year is “Cultural Icons in Sefardic Jewish History,” given by Prof Abraham (Avi) Gross at Netanya Academic College. Topics include: Hasdai Ibn Shaprut, Shmuel Hanagid, Shlomo Ibn Gvirol, Judah Halevi, […]

The ISAS is making available here the important article, “Can Sephardic Judaism be Reconstructed?” written by Daniel Elazar (z”l) in 1992, that was reprinted in the American Sephardi Federation’s magazine, The Sephardi Report, Vol. 5, No. 1 Summer/Fall 2015. In […]

We congratulate the recipients of honors and awards at the Awards Ceremony of our  RECONNECTING 2016 conference in Miami on 7-8 September, at which Netanya Academic College bestowed honorary degrees and awards upon the Hon. Henry Cisneros (Honoris Causa Degree), Prof. Anita […]

We invite you to read our Rosh HaShana 5777 – 2015/16 New Year Newsletter. In it you will find information about all of our activities during the past year, with a full report on our hugely successfull RECONNECTING 2016 conference in Miami, […]

Watch the RECONNECTING 2016: Reinvigorating Shared Latino-Jewish Roots and Heritage conference in Miami LIVE!

eSefarad will be live streaming the conference proceedings on Wednesday, September 7 and Thursday, September 8 beginning 10:30 am EST (USA).
Click on the link below!

http://esefarad.com/?page_id=25012

We are pleased to announce a special post-RECONNECTING 2016 conference event: An evening at the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU with a lecture by Prof. Sergio DellaPergola, “Demography of the Jewish People – Long Term Trends and Prospects.” The event is […]

The ISAS’s international conference, RECONNECTING 2016:
Reinvigorating Shared Latino-Jewish Roots and Heritage, will be held in Miami, FL on Sept. 7-8.
This conference is a milestone in Latino-Jewish relations and features an incredible line-up of the foremost scholars of Sefardi and Anousim heritage, as well as movers and […]

George Borrow (1803–1881) was a British author, adventurer, and agent of the Bible Society whose journeys in the mid-nineteenth century took him to both Russia and Spain. His The Bible in Spain, or, the Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonments of an Englishman in […]

Prof. Avi Gross of the ISAS is quoted in this article, which appeared in the Brazilian journal Oglobo in 2012.

On this Yom ha-Zikaron (Memorial Day) and eve of Yom ha-Atzma‘ut (Independence Day), let us all remind ourselves of the crucial part the State of Israel has played in the preservation of the Jewish people. One cannot imagine Am Yisrael […]

To see this letter online, click here

Ignacio Steinhardt, one of the most accomplished researchers on the Anousim of Portugal, wrote a personal account of his Passover experience with Anousim in a Portuguese village at Passover time. You can read his article here.

The ISAS recognized Mr. Steinhardt […]

The ISAS is holding a 4-week intensive seminar, “REINFORCING JEWISH ROOTS,” to promote leadership in Anousim communities in Brazil and Portugal from July 24 – August 25, 2016, at Netanya Academic College.

This ground-breaking event is geared toward enabling the leaders […]

Hot off the press! The latest ISAS newsletter includes reports of events and other news about the institute’s activities during 2015. The newsletter is available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese editions. After you open the link, just click on the […]

On April 19, the ISAS is hosting an event featuring author Didier Long, who will speak (in French) on his new book about the Jews of Corsica, “Mémoires juives de Corse.” His talk will include Jewish names and Marranos in Corsica, […]

ISAS International Conference

Reconnecting 2016:
Reinvigorating Shared Latino-Jewish Roots and Heritage
Date: September 7-8, 2016
Sunny Isles Beach, (Miami) FL, USA
(The originally scheduled date was May 23-24)
This high profile conference is dedicated to both enhancing Jewish-Latino relations as well as raising awareness regarding […]

See the link for information on the First International Conference on Founder Populations and their contribution to our understanding of Biology and History – Lessons from the Jewish Genome, July 10-14, 2016, Haifa, Israel. There will be many presentations on Sefardi […]

מכון לחקר יהדות ספרד והאנוסים במכללה האקדמית נתניה
סיור מיוחד – בעקבות סוד הישרדותם של האנוסים בספרד ובפורטוגל
בייעוץ המכון לחקר יהדות ספרד והאנוסים במכללה האקדמית נתניה
  (מתאים גם לשומרי שבת)
 2106, 26  – 17 מאי
אתם  מוזמנים לסמינר מטייל מיוחד במינו בספרד ובפורטוגל, […]

ISAS manager Shlomo Buzaglo attended a ceremony to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Spain and Israel. The ceremony, held on January 17th, 2016, was organized by the Council of Sephardi and Oriental Communities of […]

Prof. Avi Gross and the ISAS are highlighted in this article in Israel’s Makor Rishon newspaper on the October 13 “Knesset Conference for the Caucus for Reconnection with the Descendants of Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Communities.” In Hebrew; see:

http://www.netanya.ac.il/ResearchCen/IntInstitute/CommunPub/Documents/And-were-lost.pdf

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ISAS International Conference 

Reconnecting 2016:
Reinvigorating Shared Latino-Jewish Roots and Heritage
Date: September 7-8, 2016
Sunny Isles Beach, (Miami) FL, USA
(The originally scheduled date was May 23-24)
For details , see […]