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Obadiah 1:19-20 ...the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad (Ancient name of Spain) will possesss the towns of the Negev... 
November 5, 2013


Shalom!  Welcome to our  Sephardim Hope Updates!

  We hope you will enjoy our educational articles this week! We endeavor to strengthen the B'nai Anousim (children of the forced ones) who are awakening to their true Jewish roots and to share our love and support for Israel.  
   
In this issue you will find an amazing article on the DNA of Spain.  An interesting study has been done showing Jewish DNA in many descendants after 500 years.  We will see how all this plays out.  Although Spain was our temporary residence...it is Eretz Israel that is our real home.

There is also an article on the Jewish Latinos in Connecticut, and other states, who are also dealing with a double culture challenge, embracing their Jewishness and understanding their diversity.

We hope you will also enjoy more of our original and traditional Jewish music on a video below!  You will be able to listen to our video of "Jerusalem of Gold" in honor of Israel.

  Hanukkah will be coming up very soon this month!  We will spend the next few weeks in a delightful study of some of these traditions of light!

Our Quick Links will also lead you to more related topics of interest!

 
Torah Insights
Our Torah portion for this week is Vayetzei (He went out) Genesis 28:10-32:3[2].  Jacob Flees Canaan and His Vision at Moriah of the Ladder to Heaven, he meets Rachel and Leah and much more.
 You will  find the Torah portion each week for your reading and study on the side bar of our Newsletter!  (we are using the Chabad site for study purposes) Enjoy! 

 

Spain: Most Jews of Sephardic Ancestry

(ANSAmed) - MADRID, OCTOBER 30 - In November 2012 the Spanish government announced that all Sephardic Jews (descendants of those expelled from Spain in 1492 by Catholic kings) could be granted Spanish citizenship automatically...

Conn. Latinos Embrace Jewish Heritage

 

Juan Epstein, the Puerto Rican Jew from the 1970s sitcom "Welcome Back Kotter", may have been a fictional character, but the people he represented are very real. Throughout the 20th century in Brooklyn and other parts of New York City, as well as in Hartford, New Haven, Boston, and Providence, Puerto Rican neighborhoods grew near Jewish ones...

Song - Jerusalem of Gold

Some of our  music is now being featured on YouTube!

This video was filmed in San Francisco at an event for Israel.  Jerusalem of Gold is a wonderful favorite.  We continue to pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
 Baruch Ha Shem!  

Click on the picture to view on YouTube!
Thank you for reading, listening and going on this journey with us. 
 
Loving Shalom,
 

Doņa Gracia Serrano Fenn, President
Sephardim Hope International

P.S.  We enjoy hearing your comments and questions!
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