1 SHAMASH.ORG /usr/www/wwwhc/listserv/archives/sefarad December 2009 2 1264 10_sea18.10.20_19_ykerem@ACTCOM.CO.IL30_Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:39:00 +0200731_UTF-8 Sefarad, the Sephardic Newsletter Volume 18 Number 10, Part II (SEA18.10.2) October 2009



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Ariel Sabar, My Father’s Paradise, A Son’s Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq (Chapel Hill, SC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2008). Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Post Office Box 2225, Chapel Hill, South Carolina 27515-2225, USA. Ariel conducted an unusual journey to understand his paternal Kurdish Jewish heritage and the mission of his father, Prof. Yona Sabar, in trying to preserve his native tongue as a linguist of Judeo neo-Aramaic at UCLA. Ariel grew up in Los Angeles and resented his “old-fashioned” father [...] 1267 2035 10_sea18.10.30_19_kerems@ACTCOM.CO.IL30_Tue, 1 Dec 2009 12:17:02 +0200756_UTF-8 Sefarad, the Sephardic Newsletter Volume 18 Number 10, Part III (SEA18.10.3) October 2009

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"Two Faiths, One Voice" at the Lotus Festival!



Gerard Edery and Maria Krupoves rocked the Lotus Festival! With a standing ovation after their program, this dynamic duo entertained a wonderful audience at the First Presbyterian Church in Bloomington, Indiana on Saturday, Sept 26th. With the invitation from Lee Williams to appear on Sept 26th, Gerard was so happy to be able to perform again with East European folk specialist Maria Krupoves, in [...] 3303 3245 10_sea18.11.10_19_kerems@ACTCOM.CO.IL30_Wed, 2 Dec 2009 11:46:59 +0200752_UTF-8 Sefarad, the Sephardic Newsletter Volume 18 Number 11, Part I (SEA18.11.1) November 2009

Editor: Yitzchak Kerem, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki , Greece Academic Consultant: David Bunis, The Hebrew University , Jerusalem, Israel Founding Technical Coordinator: Avrum Goodblatt Founding Technical Assistant: Warren Burstein Sponsored by the Shalom Hartman Institute of Jerusalem , Shamash in association with the Boston Hebrew College , The Yakar Educational Foundation (London/Jerusalem), and Sephardic House , New York City. Please note changes in contact details due to extended sabbatical in Los Angeles: Yitzchak Kerem, Editor Sefarad, the Sephardic Newsletter Yitzchak Kerem, Editor Sefarad, the Sephardic Newsletter 1010 S. [...]