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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 . Subcategories
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 .
The American Sephardi Federation, a founding member of the Center for Jewish History, is a non-profit Jewish organization that strengthens and organizes the religious and cultural activities of Sephardic Jews, preserves Sephardic heritage, tradition and culture in the United States, and assists in the publication of books and literature dealing with the Sephardic culture and tradition.
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
American people of Turkish-Jewish descent (1 C, 37 P) Pages in category "American people of Sephardic-Jewish descent" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
Pages in category "20th-century American Sephardic Jews" The following 120 pages are in this category, out of 120 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The first Syrian Jews to arrive in the United States were Jacob Dwek and Ezra Sitt, both of Aleppo. They sailed from Liverpool, England on July 22, 1892, on the Germania . After the start of the 20th century, more immigrants came to the U.S. for three reasons: First, an economic decline in Syria crippled their ability to earn a living.
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.