American Sephardi Federation

INSTILL IN LARGELY AT-RISK CURRENT RESIDENTS OF THE FORMER HISTORICAL JEWISH MELLAHS A SENSE OF IDENTITY PRIDE IN MOROCCO’S SHARED MUSLIM-JEWISH HERITAGE AND IN THE COUNTRY’S JEWISH HERITAGE AND ASSIST THEM IN CREATING SUSTAINABLE EMPLOYMENT BY PRESERVING AND SHARING THAT HERITAGE WITH RESEARCHERS AND TOURISTS.

SURVEY OF SEPHARDI/ MIZRAHI ARCHIVES IN THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES

FAITH, FREEDOM, AND THE FOUNDING: A SYMPOSIUM ON SEPHARDIC JEWS IN AMERICA. [IN 1654, 23 SEPHARDIC JEWS ARRIVED IN NEW AMSTERDAM, LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE FIRST JEWISH COMMUNITY IN NORTH AMERICA. FROM THAT HUMBLE BEGINNING, AMERICAN JEWS HAVE SERVED, SACRIFICED, AND CONTRIBUTED IN EVERY GENERATION TO THE FLOURISHING AND DEFENSE OF AMERICAN LIBERTY. AS WE APPROACH THE FOUNDING?S 250TH ANNIVERSARY/372ND ANNIVERSARY OF JEWS IN AMERICA, THE ASF IS COLLABORATING ON SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT HAVE RECEIVED NEH FUNDING, INCLUDING AN EXHIBITION AT THE MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE. IN ADDITION TO AND IN SYNERGY WITH THESE INITIATIVES, WE PROPOSE CREATING A TWO-DAY SYMPOSIUM IN NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA TO SPOTLIGHT THE ENDURING YET UNHERALDED LEGACY OF JEWISH PATRIOTS, AS WELL AS ILLUMINATING HOW JUDEO-CHRISTIAN COVENANTAL TEACHINGS HELPED SHAPE THE VISION OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS.]