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September 4, 2015

Seattle’s Rapping Rabbi Revives Ladino Folksongs

With some help from a congregant.

Simon Benzaquen, an Orthodox rabbi of Moroccan-Sephardi ancestry, has recently teamed up with his congregant Alex Hernandez, a Mexican-born convert to Judaism, to perform Ladino folksongs in rap form. Jerry Large writes:

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September 4, 2015

  1. Was Netanyahu Wrong to Fight the Iran Deal?

    No, and neither was AIPAC.

  2. How Israel Can Walk the Syrian Tightrope

    There are few good options, and they’re likely to get worse.

  3. An Impressive but Deficient New Attempt to Explain the Holocaust

    Forgetting the long history of anti-Semitism.

  4. Seattle’s Rapping Rabbi Revives Ladino Folksongs

    With some help from a congregant.

  5. A Rare Sarcophagus Discovered in Ashkelon

    Construction workers tried to hide it.