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Resources
for you to recreate and maintain the Monastirli experience; the tastes, the sounds, the ambiance and camaraderie.
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Recipes
Learn how
to make
Fijones, Miyina, Babanatza, Pita de spinaka, Passover farfel.
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Languages
Learn about the
Languages
of the Monastirlis.
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Contacts
Find other Sephardic contacts in our listing of several ways to maintain contact with Monastirlis and Sepharadim.
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Contacts
In an effort to pull together additional resources,
we are listing here a variety of organizations and publications by and about Sepharadim.
We can't totally vouch for the accuracy of all this information,
since much of it comes to us second- or third-hand.
[ Synagogues and Congregations ]
[ Cultural Organizations and Publications ]
If you have direct knowledge about these or other resources of interest,
please let us know by e-mail to
elie@jump.net.
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Synagogues and Congregations
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Congregation Peace and Brotherhood of Monastir
Kehila Kedosha Ahavat Shalom de Monastir
The old Monastirli synagogue was at 173-175 Eldridge Street, between Delancey and Rivington Sts. on the Lower East Side.
It was in the inter-building courtyard, and was reached by walking through the tenement building's ground floor hallway to the back.
The building housed a Kehila, with an outside iron stair to the Women's Gallery (there was also an inside stair), and an upper floor that housed the Talmud Torah—called Ohr Torah—until around 1950, when there were too few students to keep it going.
As the Monastirlis from the Lower East Side and those from the New Lots area of Brooklyn moved "up and out," they established a new facility in Cedarhurst (see below). After a time, they could no longer maintain the Eldridge Street synagogue. It was sold. The site was later cleared and no trace of it remains
Since the closing of the Kehila on Eldridge Street, the few remaining Monastirlis in the Lower East Side neighborhood have joined forces with the "Yanniotes"--the Romaniote rite Kehila Kedosha Janina on Broome Street.
Contact info for that synagogue follows:
Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue and Museum
Address: 280 Broome St.
New York, NY 10002
Mail: P. O. Box 72
New York, NY 10276
Website: www.kkjsm.org
Telephone: 212-431-1619
FAX: 973-316-1356
Museum Director: Marcia Haddad Ikonomopoulos
Former Curator: Isaac Dostis
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Contact Info
President: Dan M. Aroesty
Financial/Dues Secretary: Larry Kamhi PO Box 74, New Haven, CT 06501
Tel: (203) 937-1037
Burial Secretary: Sol Camhi
505 Newport Dr, Manalapan, NJ, 07726
Tel: (732) 308.0499 email: solcamhi@juno.com
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The Sephardic Temple (Monastirli)
Kehila Kedosha Emeth ve Shalom
As the Monastirlis from the Lower East Side and those from the New Lots area of Brooklyn moved "up and out," they established a new facility in Cedarhurst.
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Contact Info
Branch Boulevard at Halevy Drive
P.O. Box 392
Cedarhurst NY 11516
Tel: +516.295.4644
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Etz Chaim Congregation of Indianapolis
Congregation Etz Chaim
This large congregation of Sephardim, has many members descended from the original immigrants to the area from Monastir.
They publish a monthly newsletter about the members, and also include a number of recipes.
Contact them at the address listed here.
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Contact Info
Secretary: Bill Levy
826 West 64th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46260
Tel:
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Sephardic Jewish Center of Canarsie
This congregation of Angoralis, Monastirlis, etc originated in New Lots and relocated many years ago to Canarsie.
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Contact Info
9320 Flatlands Avenue
Brooklyn NY, 11236 USA
Rabbi: Myron Rakowitz
Tel:
Fax:
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Sephardic Jewish Center of Forest Hills
This congregation of Selaniklis originated in the Bronx and relocated many years ago to Forest Hills.
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Contact Info
67-67 108th Street
Forest Hills NY, 11375 USA
Rabbi: Dr. M. Asher Murciano
Tel:
Fax:
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The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of New York
Congregation Shearith Israel
This is the "home base" for all Sefaradim in the United States.
It dates back to the very first Sefaradim to settle in New Amsterdam in 1654, during the time of Peter Stuyvesant.
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Contact Info
2 West 70th Street
New York NY, USA
Tel: +212.496.2173
Fax: +212.496.2264
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Manhattan Sephardic Congregation
Moroccan
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Contact Info
325 East 75th St. (between 1st Ave. & 2nd Ave)
NY NY
Rabbi: Raphael Benchimol
Tel: +212.988.6085
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Congregation Ezra Bessaroth
Founded by Ladino-speaking Jews from Rhodes.
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Contact Info
5217 S. Brandon St.
Seattle WA, 98118
Rabbi: Rabbi Yamin Levy
Tel: +206.722.5500
Fax: +206.725.8985
E-mail: ezzybezzy@juno.com
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Congregation Etz Ahaim
Sephardic Congregation Etz Ahaim of Middlesex County
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Contact Info
230 Denison Street
Highland Park, New Jersey 08904
Rabbi: David Bassous
Tel: +732.247.3839
Fax: +732.545.3191
E-mail: etzahaim@earthlink.net
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Congregation Beth Rambam
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Contact Info
11333 Braesridge
Houston TX, USA
Tel: +713.723.3030
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[ Chicago ] Sephardic Congregation
Sephardic Congregation of the Portugiuese Israelite Fraternity
Originally founded by Ladino speaking Sefaradim, the congregation is home to Sefaradim from many different backgrounds.
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Contact Info
11819 W. Howard St.
Evanston IL 60202, USA
Tel: +847.475.7707
Fax: +847.475.7067
Rabbi: Michael Azose
Website: www.sephardiccong.com
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[ Miami, FL ] Sephardic Congregation
Sephardic Congregation of Florida Torat Moshe
Torat Moshe is an orthodox congregation, founded in 1968 and its members are mainly of Cuban background and descendants of Turkey..
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Contact Info
1200 Normandy Drive
Miami Beach, Florida 33141, USA
Tel: +(305) 861-6308
Fax: +(305) 868-6124
Rabbi:
President: Mr. Jose Ojalvo
Website: Torat Moshe
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BEVIS MARKS
The Spanish and Portuguese Jews' Congregation of London
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Contact Info
2 Heneage Lane,
London, EC3A 5DQ
Web: Link in separate window.
Tel: (+44)0171-6261274
Fax: (+44)0171-
Office in Ashworth Road
Tel: (44) (171) 289 2573
Rabbi: Halfon Benarroch
Shamash & Tour guide: Henry Valier
E-mail: henryv@first-step.demon.co.uk
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Cultural Organizations and Publications
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Sephardic Home
Brooklyn, New York
Monastirlis were among the principal founders and supporters of this institution. It was familiarly known for many years simply as "The Home" or "The Old Age Home."
Once supported entirely by contributions from the Sefaradim of New York City, it is now a public institution, though Sefaradim in general and Monastirlis in particular remain among its most ardent philanthropic supporters.
The Ladies Auxiliary (LASHA) runs the lobby shop, and accepts individual donations.
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Contact Info
The Sephardic Home
Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
2266 Cropsey Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11214
Tel: (718)266-6100
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Sephardi Federation of Palm Beach County
Palm Beach, Florida
This organization publishes the newsletter Ke Haber.
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Contact Info
109 Palomino Drive
Jupiter, Florida 33458
Tel: (561)744-1950
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American Sephardi Federation at the Center for Jewish History
Including: Sephardic House, Beth Sephardi
Institute for Researching and Promoting Sephardic History and Culture
at the Center for Jewish History
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Contact Info
15 West 16th Street
New York NY 10011, USA
Tel: +212.294.6170/8350
Fax: +212.294.6149/8348
Web-sites: [Will link in separate window.]
Sephardic House (1) ,
Sephardic House (2) ,
American Sephardi Federation .
E-mail: sephardichouse@cjh.org
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Sephardic Tradition and Recreation (STAR)
Los Angeles
Founded in 1998 by a Monastirli from Rochester NY, this is a thriving Jewish youth organization serving the Sephardic Jewish Community in the Los Angeles and San Fernando area.
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Contact Info
Van Nuys CA _____, USA
Tel: +(818) 782-7359
Fax: +
Web: Link in separate window.
E-mail: lastar.org
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Turkish Sephardi Federation
Turk Sefarad Federasyonu
Uniting the Balkanic-Aegean Ladino Sephardis.
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Contact Info
[ In USA ]
8 West 70th Street
New York, NY 10023, USA
(Rabbi) Dr. Marc Angel, First Vice-President
[ In Turkey ]
A. Saygun Cad. Lale Sok. 70/3
Ulus 80600 Istanbul
Tel: (90-212) 265 42 45
Fax: (90-212) 263 42 66
Dr. Yilmaz Y. BenAdrete, President
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Erensia Sefardi
A publication affiliated with the Turkish Sefardi Federation.
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Contact Info
Dr Albert de Vidas, Editor
46 Benson Place
Fairfield CT 06430, USA
e-mail: erensia@aol.com
Fax: +203.256.8819
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American Association of Jewish Friends of Turkey
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Contact Info
P.O. Box 140228
Howard Beach, New York 11414, USA
e-mail: AAJFT@aol.com
Web: Link in separate window.
Zack J. Levy, Treasurer
E-mail: zeejayel@msn.com
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International Survey of Jewish Monuments (ISJM)
A Heritage Preservation Organization
Provides a newsletter and performs a clearing-house function for information about Jewish (including Sephardic) interest sites around the world.
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Contact Info
123 Clarke Street
Syracuse, NY 13210
Tel: +(315) 474-2350
Fax: +(315) 474-2347
WebSite: http://www.isjm.org/
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Aki Yerushalayim
Revista Kulturala Djudeo-Espanyola
Semi-annual $30/yr.
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Contact Info
P.O.B.8175
Yerushalayim 91080, Israel
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Los Muestros
A quarterly in French, Judeo-Spanish, Italian and English. $50/yr.
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Contact Info
25 rue Dodonée
1180 Brussels, Belgium
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La Lettre Sépharade
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Contact Info
F-84220, Gordes France
[ English edition ]
P.O.Box 2450
Kensington,MD 20891-2450
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Shalom
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Contact Info
Atuye Sok, Polar
Apt. No. 12/6
Tesvikiye, Istanbul, Turkey
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Newsletter of the Jewish Museum of Greece
In the Autumn of 1997, the Museum itself moved to new quarters at 19 Nikis Street.
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Contact Info
36 Amalias Street
10558 Athens, Greece
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Noticias del Museo Sefardi
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Contact Info
c/. Samuel Levi s/n 45002
Toledo, Spain
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Raices, Revista Judia de Cultura
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Contact Info
Apartado 16110
28080 Madrid, Spain
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El Vocero
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Contact Info
Av. Ricardo Lyon 812
Santiago, Chile
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Gerações
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Contact Info
Rua Jardim Ivon, 17 # 23,
04105-020 São Paulo, Brazil
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