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Born in a Mizrahi-Sephardic Family, Carlos has lived in several countries throughout his life (Mexico, USA, Morocco, India, Israel, Canada, and Brazil). He holds Masters' Degrees in Comparative Religious Studies, Sephardic Advanced Studies, Marranism Studies (Crypto Judaism), Peripheral Jewish Communities, Culture and Customs of Oriental (Mizrahi) Jewries, Western and Eastern Sephardic Customs.
Syrian Jews
A Milenar Tradition, Many Voices, Many Countries
Global History & Culture,
Identity & Responsibility
The history of the Jews of Syria (the oldest in the Diaspora... or not?) includes such communities as: Damascus, Allepo, and Qashmily, in Syria; Beirut, Sidon, and Tripoli, in Lebanon; Safed (the Safdiyes) and Jerusalem (the Yerushalmis); and Egypt.
Plenty of traditions, strong cohesion, secrets, and insularism: they represent one of the most pure Jewish traditions all over the world today. Let's discover some of their treasures, like the Allepo Codex, and some of their mysteries.
Coming to America
Stories of Immigration
Michael Bar,
Gabriel Katz,
Carlos Zarur,
Gregg Drinkwater
The word “diaspora” means dispersion and has defined the Jewish experience for 2500 years. Today, the American Jewish community is among the most diverse in the world. In this fascinating and personal session, we will hear three stories of diaspora and migration from widely different places. Whether from an upper class Iraqi merchant family from Indonesia, a Syrian family from Mexico, or an urban acculturated milieu in the Soviet Union, all of these stories make up the American Jewish experience.
About Sugarcane and Homecoming
A Documentary Film
Arts & Performance,
Global History & Culture
"About Sugarcane and Homecoming" is a documentary that tells the story of a growing number of people in the northeastern part of Brazil, on a quest of identity and faith. Descendants of Jews forced to convert to Catholicism after the expulsion from Spain in 1492 and the forced conversion in Portugal in 1497, with a conviction based on family customs, inquisition documents, historical facts and biblical prophecies, they take on a process called "return to Judaism, facing conflicts, cynicism, and frustration."
