A TOUCH OF IBERIA; FESTIVAL CELEBRATES SEPHARDIC JEWRY.Byline: Sharline Chiang Daily News Staff Writer They're minorities within a minority. Little-known cultures within one of the world's oldest religions. Hundreds of Sephardic Jews The following is a list of Sephardic Jews. See also List of Iberian Jews. A list of Jews of Sephardic ancestry:
Arts festivals in the visual arts are exhibitions. at the Skirball Cultural Center  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . . Today's Sephardim descend from Jews of Spain and Portugal. Fleeing persecution in 1492, their ancestors spread to such Mediterranean places as Turkey, North Africa, the Middle East and the Balkans. On Sunday, traditional music, food and crafts offered understanding of Sephardic Jews who have been long overlooked by mainstream America, as well as by non-Sephardic, or Ashkenazic, Jews from Eastern Europe Eastern Europe The countries of eastern Europe, especially those that were allied with the USSR in the Warsaw Pact, which was established in 1955 and dissolved in 1991. . ``It does bring a richness. For a long time Sephardics felt not understood,'' said Penina Solomon, 49, a Libyan-born Jew now living in Valley Village. ``But now there's a renaissance that brings out the pride.'' Visitors relaxed in the courtyard cupped by the Santa Monica Mountains The Santa Monica Mountains are a low transverse range in southern California in the United States. Geography They run for approximately 40 mi (64 km) east-west from the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles to Point Mugu in Ventura County. , listening to dreamy music from countries like Spain, Yemen and Morocco. Grandmothers in flowing dresses twirled, dancing to the sounds of homelands. Young women flicked their hands, showing off henna designs. Modern artwork designed by Sephardic artists lined the walls. Most Jews in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and the U.S. are Ashkenazim, natives or descendants of Eastern European countries such as Germany and Russia. ``Ashkenazic'' connotes German in Hebrew. Many Ashkenazim speak Yiddish, a blend of German and Hebrew, with elements of French and Italian. The word ``Sephardic'' refers to the Iberian peninsula Iberian Peninsula, c.230,400 sq mi (596,740 sq km), SW Europe, separated from the rest of Europe by the Pyrenees. Comprising Spain and Portugal, it is washed on the N and W by the Atlantic Ocean and on the S and E by the Mediterranean Sea; the Strait of Gibraltar - Spain and Portugal - in Hebrew. Originally, the Sephardim spoke a mix of Spanish and Hebrew called Ladino. Arthur Benveniste, whose Sephardic parents immigrated to America from the Greek isle of Isle of For names of actual isles, see the specific element of the name; for example, Wight, Isle of. Rhodes, grew up in Los Angeles speaking Ladino. ``Until I went to public school I thought all Jews spoke Spanish,'' said Benveniste, 64, of Venice. ``Then I discovered we were minorities. Everyone thought I was Mexican. Then when I went to college (most Jewish students) spoke Yiddish, which I didn't understand.'' Sunday's festival was the brainchild of writer Jordan Elgrably, 40, a Sephardic Jew who grew up in Echo Park. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1) Fern Aroesty of Encino dances with her friend Gary Sklar of Beverly Hills at the Sephardic Arts Festival at the Skirball Cultural Center. (2) Kevin Horwitz digs for ``artifacts'' at an educational archeological display for children at the Sephardic Arts Festival on Sunday. Hans Gutknecht/Daily News |
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