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&A.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2026 — A Double Bill
“Haym Solomon – Financier of the American Revolution”
In honor of our 250th Anniversary, we share these films of significant American Sephardim. The story of our revolution would be very different if it had not been for the efforts of Haym Solomon. His family came from Poland but descended from expelled Jews of Spain. He was a founder of Congregation Mikveh Israel in Philidelphia.
2026, 12 mins. English, Unpacked Media
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“Moses Ezekiel: Portrait of a Lost Artist”
From award-winning filmmaker Steven Pressman, a provocative documentary about the internationally famous Jewish sculptor who fought for the Confederacy and created some of the most prominent Confederate monuments torn down
amid contemporary protests against slavery. Yes, we are represented on both sides of every movement!
2024, 56 min., English, Steven Pressman
Wednesday, December 18, 2026 — “The Key From Spain:The Songs and Stories of Flory Jagoda”
One of the most endearing songs of Hanukah is Ocho Kandelikas shared around the globe by young It is part of the legacy of Flory Jagoda, who helped revive Sephardic music; rekindling interest and awareness of Sephardic Jewish culture. An uplifting account of survival and continuation from the renowned Ladino singer and her Bosnian heritage.
2000, 40 minutes, English, Ladino, Yugoslav, Ankica Petrovic and Mischa Livingstone
Wednesday, January 13, 2027 — “The Splendors and Miseries of the Camondo Family
Known as the Rothschilds of the East, the Camondo family were prominent Jewish financiers, philanthropists and art patrons active in Europe and the Ottoman Empire. After leaving Spain with the Edict of Expulsion, the family settled in Venice. Future generations spread their influence to Vienna, Istanbul and Paris. Yet, despite their wealth they could not all escape the Holocaust’s grip.
2025, 86 minutes, English and French, Ruth Zylberman
Wednesday, March 17, 2027— “Modigliani and His Secrets”
He is among the world’s most recognizable artists and art history’s most enigmatic figures. Born in Livorno, Italy to one of Europe’s oldest Sephardic families, Amedeo Modigliani carried a rich Jewish heritage throughout his life. Known as one of the great innovators of modern art, his story is also one of Jewish culture, resilience and creativity at the dawn of the twentieth century.
2020, 55 minutes, French, German, English subtitles, Jacques Loeuille
Wednesday, March 18, 2027 —”The Shealtiels: A Family Saga”
This film shares an iconic story about the history of a Jewish family whose origin might be in the Bible (The Hebrew “Shealtiel” is translated as “asked of God.” ) The name is first recorded in the Bible as the son’s name for the last king of Judea. Then the family reappears in the 11th century in Northern Spain in Barcelona and Gerona. From there the film traces the family’s spread throughout Europe, the United States and Israel and to a 1998 family reunion in Thessaloniki, Greece. Presently the family numbers about 2,500 within 600 households across 30 nations.
1999, 94 minutes, English, English subtitles, Ilan Zvi
Wednesday, May 15, 2027 — “The Emma Lazarus Project” A Double Bill (Second Film TBD)
Emma Lazarus was a poet, translator, and Best known for her 1883 sonnet The New Colossus, whose lines are inscribed on the Statue of Liberty, she was one of the first prominent Jewish American authors. She championed Jewish refugees fleeing pogroms, advocated for a Jewish homeland, and founded institutions aiding immigrants. Emma was born in New York City to Moses Lazarus whose ancestors were among the first 23 Portuguese Jews arriving in New Amsterdam after fleeing to Recife, Brazil to escape from the Portuguese.
2019, 12 minutes , English, American Jewish Historical Society
Second Film TBD
