Fascinating Sephardim: A Film Series
Wednesdays at The Sandler
“Fascinating Sephardim: A Film Series” at 1:00pm In-Person with Rose Pappo Allen
$10 per film/Prepaid $40 for all 5 films. FREE to PAID Members of our Sephardi Federation!!
This season the film selection will feature Sephardim in Surprising Places; Jews of many sorts. Hidden in North Africa, Uzbekistan, China, India, Cairo and Italy we find largely unknown ancient communities that thrived for centuries and were forced to transform. These stories reveal our shared experiences of survival. Each film viewing will be followed by in-depth discussion providing historic and cultural context to the subject as well as Q&R.
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Wednesday, November 5, 2025 — A Double Bill
“Bukharians: The Jews Who Survived 2,500 Years in Isolation”
For over 2,000 years, Jews lived in the heart of Central Asia—then vanished from view. Cut off from the wider Jewish world, Bukharian Jews built their own customs, survived forced Muslim conversions, and kept their identity alive through food, folklore, and quiet resistance. Today, few remain in the area which is now Uzbekistan, but their descendants have carried Bukharian traditions to Israel, Canada, New York, and beyond.
2025, 19 mins. English, Unpacked Media
“The Forgotten Refugees“
In 1945, up to one million Jews lived in the Middle East outside of the Palestine Mandate and in North Africa. Within a few years, only a few thousand remained. The Forgotten Refugees explores the history and destruction of Middle Eastern Jewish communities, some of which had existed for over 2,500 years. Featuring testimony from Jews who fled Egypt, Libya, Iraq and Yemen, interspersed with footage, including rescue missions from Yemen and Iraqi.
2005, 49 min., English, Michael Grynszpan
