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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.
The connection with Spain can be established, if kinship with a family on a list of Sephardic families in Spain is not available, by proving that Spanish history or culture have been studied, proof of charitable, cultural, or economic activities associated with Spanish people, or organizations, or Sephardic culture.
Over the years, German, Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews continued to arrive, playing an important part in the city's history and cultural life. In the late 1800s and early 20th century, a wave of Ashkenazi Jews fleeing the pogroms in Eastern Europe came to the city, bringing New York's Jewish population to over 1 million in 1910, the world's ...
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]
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 .
This is a list of notable Jews of Sephardic ancestry This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
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
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.