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SEFARAD In the Garden of the Righteous

In this webinar, we will learn the incredible stories of Porto’s Jewish history, from medieval times to the present, and the extraordinary roles played by two men whose names have largely gone unnoticed in Jewish and world history. Join JHA for what is sure to be a stirring and engaging online program.

From Inquisition to Genocide April 15 2024

Holocaust awareness is usually associated with Ashkenazi Jews. This event will discuss the little-known fact that the Shoah also devastated Sefardic Jewry, descendants of Iberian Jews who survived massacres, forced conversions, expulsion, and Inquisition.

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Discover the Jewish Heritage of Morocco 2023

Jewish Heritage Alliance invites you to join us on this all-inclusive specially designed travel experience to Morocco where we bring the Sefarad legacy to life. Space is limited and is offered on a first come, first served basis.

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Discover Jewish Heritage of Portugal 2023

Jewish Heritage Alliance invites you to join us on this all-inclusive specially designed travel experience to Portugal where we bring the Sefarad legacy to life. Space is limited and is offered on a first come, first served basis.

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We bring the SEFARAD legacy to life.

Jewish Heritage Alliance, in collaboration with our partners and academic experts delivers a wide range of specially designed cultural and historical tour programs that bring the Sefarad legacy to life connecting the past with the present.

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SEFARAD: Porto & Portugal’s Jewish Legacy

In this webinar, we will learn the incredible stories of Porto’s Jewish history, from medieval times to the present, and the extraordinary roles played by two men whose names have largely gone unnoticed in Jewish and world history. Join JHA for what is sure to be a stirring and engaging online program.

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SEFARAD: The Untold Story of Jewish Portugal

On December 18, 2022, the world ushers in Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights. This holiday commemorates the stunning military victory of the Maccabees over Syrian Greek rule in 164 B.C.E; it also celebrates the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem, and most notably, the restoration of religious freedom.

American Judaism: A History

This magisterial work chronicles the 350-year history of the Jewish religion in America. Tracing American Judaism from its origins in the colonial era through the present day, Jonathan Sarna explores the ways in which Judaism adapted in this new context.

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Jews in Early America. From Inquisition to Freedom

“SEFARAD: Jews in Early America; From Inquisition to Freedom” explores the role of Jews in the development of religious liberty in America from the arrival of the earliest community of Jews in 1654 through the end of the 18th century. This period witnessed arrival of Sefardic Jews and their settlement in port cities along the Eastern Seaboard of North America.

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HIDDEN LEGACY THAT CHANGED THE WORLD…

The Sephardic experience is more than recounting history; it is an essential segment of Jewish and world history. Many in Jewish and global communities do not understand the far-reaching significance of these events. We invite you to learn more…

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The Life & Times of Luis de Carvajal the Younger

Luis de Carvajal the Younger is a symbol of the Mexican and American Southwest Jewish past. His autobiography is perhaps the most significant artifact documenting the arrival of Jews in the New World: a small, tattered 16th-century manuscript written in an almost microscopic hand by Luis de Carvajal the Younger, the man whose life and pain it chronicled.

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Children of the inquisition

Jewish National Fund and JHA present a June 28, 2020 Zoom lecture “Rediscovering the Latino Connection to Israel” led by Michael Steinberger Founder and CEO of JHA and featured guest speakers Genie Milgrom and Ashley Perry (Perez).

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The Hidden Jews of the Southwest (Trailer)

A Long Journey: The Hidden Jews of the Southwest brings to life stories of individuals whose secret was their hidden Jewish roots while living an outwardly Catholic life. It’s a cinematic journey about reaffirmation and self-awareness.

Flames of Freedom

Lance Toland Entertainment launches the historical drama Flames of Freedom podcast docudrama series details the untold history of the Jewish escape from European oppression to Georgia in 1733.

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Discover Jewish Heritage of Portugal 2022

Jewish Heritage Alliance invites you to join our first post pandemic all-inclusive specially designed travel experience to Portugal (extension to Spain) where we bring the Sefarad legacy to life.

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At the Crossroads of Sefarad, In the Footsteps of the Crypto-Jews

On March 24, 2022, the Bernard Museum at New York’s Temple Emanu El Streicker Center will debut the “Crossroads of Sefarad, In the Footsteps of the Crypto-Jews” mobile exhibit created by ANU – Museum of the Jewish People in partnership with the Jewish Heritage Alliance.

The Golden Age of Sefarad and the Abraham Accords

By connecting the past to the present and promoting interfaith coexistence and tolerance, JHA hopes to inspire hope for the future. JHA seeks to showcase the lasting benefits when religions build bridges rather than divisiveness.

The Golden Age of Sefarad and the Abraham Accords

On March 27, 2022, Jewish Heritage Alliance, their co-sponsor, and co-hosting partners presented “The Golden Age of Sefarad and the Abraham Accords”, a special global online event which celebrates and connects the growing rapprochement between Israel and Arab countries taking place today, with the medieval Golden Age of Spain.

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SEFARAD… Hiding in Plain Sight

On Feb 20, 2022, Jewish Heritage Alliance and their participating co-hosting partners presented “Sefarad: Hiding in Plain Sight”, a webinar that explores the fascinating story of Italy’s Bnei Anusim (crypto-Jews), from the Middle Ages to present day. Watch guest speaker Rabbi Barbara Aiello present directly her mountain village in Calabria in Southern Italy.

Sefarad… Hidden Legacies Uncovered

On January 30, 2022, Jewish Heritage Alliance and their participating co-hosting partners presented “Sefarad: Hidden Legacies Uncovered”, a webinar that will explore the unfolding drama endured by the crypto-Jews, those that were forced to convert to Catholicism during years of persecution and massacres.

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MICHAEL STEINBERGER INTERVIEW WITH I24NEWS

Emily Frances, Host “Holy Land Uncovered” interviews Jewish Heritage Alliance founder Michael Steinberger and talks about the enormous initiative to bring the story of Sefarad to the world at large.

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Sefarad… To Be or Not to Be

During this webinar we explore the torturous, painstaking decisions facing the Jews of Sefarad upon the 1492 Edict of Expulsion announcement and the ensuing fate of 150,000 Jews and 25 generations of their descendants, both the openly practicing Sephardic Jews around the Mediterranean, and the conversos/crypto-Jews in the Americas.

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Women of Sefarad Series: Heroines

On October 31, 2021, Jewish Heritage Alliance and their participating co-hosting partners resume the Women of Sefarad Series presenting “Heroines”, an event celebrating the courage and determination of the Women of Sefarad who played a unique and special role during Medieval and Early Modern times.

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Sefarad, The Untold Story That changed The World – Part 3

This segment will deliver the amazing journey of resilience, survival, and redemption, as we walk in the shadows of Crypto-Jews (Jews that were forcibly converted but tried to hold on to the Jewish tradition in secret) who lived their lives in mortal danger of the Inquisition. This webinar shows how conversos, despite incredible obstacles, strove to remain faithful over centuries to their ancestral legacy.

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Sefarad, The Untold Story That changed The World – Part 2

This webinar will examine the Iberian Inquisition and its relentless pursuit of Crypto-Judaism for three and a half centuries on five continents, reshaping the world of Sefarad. The Inquisition is infamous for its tortures and persecution. In Spain and Portugal, this powerful tribunal sought out to uncover he act of “Judaizing” by the Jews who were forcibly converted to Christianity.

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Exploring History, Memory, and Legacy – Part I

Jewish Heritage Alliance and their co-hosting partners invite you to attend a three-part series exploring the saga of Sefarad. The Sefarad experience is more than merely recounting a history; this is a far-reaching segment of Jewish and world history spanning centuries with profound consequences still unfolding in present day.