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4.6K views · 211 reactions | Amid rising antisemitism in Spain, Madrid’s Reform community marked Rosh Hashanah with a Sephardic seder. Their rabbi, Yael Cobano, is one of just three rabbis recently ordained in Spain- the first since the expulsion of Jews during the Inquisition- and the only woman among them. She spoke to Eliana Silver about how the vitality of the Jewish community is what allows it to endure and keep living. | The Jewish Chronicle | Facebook

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What makes a surname Sephardic? Despite popular belief, it doesn’t have to do with fruit trees! For Hispanic Heritage Month, Michael, a JewishGen genealogist at the Museum’s Peter and Mary Kalikow Jewish Genealogy Research Center, explains the true history behind Sephardic surnames. Surnames were used in the Iberian peninsula starting in the 10th Century CE, and reached popular usage by the 15th century. Of course, during the time of the Inquisition & Expulsion of Jews from Spain and Portugal, n