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Note: A discussion (10 May 2023) decided that for American Jews the adjective would remain as Sephardic although other countries use Sephardi: See e.g. Category:French Sephardi Jews . Pages in this category should be moved to subcategories where applicable.
Pages in category "American people of Sephardic-Jewish descent" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The first Sephardic Jews in Seattle, Solomon Calvo (1879–1964) and Jacob (Jack) Policar (d. 1961), came from Marmara, Turkey and Rhodes, Greece. They brought with them their culinary heritage, Ladino language, and distinct Sephardic religious and legal tradition. [2]
500,000 American Jews (or half of the eligible men) fought in World War II, and after the war younger families joined the new trend of suburbanization. There, Jews became increasingly assimilated and demonstrated rising intermarriage. The suburbs facilitated the formation of new centers, as Jewish school enrollment more than doubled between the ...
The Jewish arrival in New Amsterdam of September 1654 was the first organized Jewish migration to North America. It comprised 23 Sephardi Jews, refugees "big and little" of families fleeing persecution by the Portuguese Inquisition after the conquest of Dutch Brazil.
This category includes articles related to the culture and history of the Sephardi Jews in the United States See also: Sephardi Jews and American Jews Subcategories
Jews of European descent, often referred to as white Jews, are classified as white by the US census and have generally been classified as legally white throughout American history. [119] Many American Jews of European descent identify themselves as being both Jewish and white, while others solely identify themselves as being Jewish or identify ...
Elvio Sadun (1918-1974), Italian-American scientist and WWII Italian partisan; Safdie brothers, American independent film directors; Fortuna Safdié (1958-), Brazilian singer, composer and Ladino-Revivalist. Haym Salomon (1740-1785), Polish-born American businessman who helped finance the American Revolutionary War; Roberto Saviano (1979 ...