Sephardi
noun
Se·phar·di
sə-ˈfär-dē 
plural Sephardim
sə-ˈfär-dəm
: a member of the occidental branch of European Jews settling in Spain and Portugal and later in the Balkans, the Levant, England, the Netherlands, and the Americas
also
: one of their descendants compare ashkenazi
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The designer was born in London in 1932 to Iraqi Sephardi Jewish parents and co-led Belville Sassoon for over five decades alongside his creative partner Belinda Bellville.
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Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2025
Two Jewish names inscribed in Arabic on the device—Ishaq and Yunus, or Isaac and Jonah—suggest the astrolabe once circulated within a Sephardi community in Spain.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2024
The names could be the Jewish names Isaac and Jonah written in Arabic, which Gigante said suggests the tool was used in a Sephardi Jewish community in Spain, where Arabic was spoken.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2024
Rabbi Yehuda Glick, a former member of Israel's Knesset, wrote a letter addressed to Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, and Rabbi David Lau, the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel, calling for unified prayer for the sake of the country, reported the website Israel365.
—Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 4 Nov. 2023
Isabelle Lira, a Sephardi heiress and businesswoman, is on a quest for a husband.
—Olivia Waite, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2023
Ashkenazi and many Sephardi families eschew roasted lamb in deference to the destruction of the Second Temple in ancient Jerusalem, where lambs were traditionally sacrificed on the eve of Passover.
—Leah Koenig, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
Aryeh Deri, leader of the ultra-Orthodox Sephardi party Shas, will serve as interior minister and minister of health.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 29 Dec. 2022
An Ashkenazi + Sephardi cluster, a Mizrachi cluster, and finally, a, Yemeni cluster.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 17 Jan. 2011
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Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2025
Two Jewish names inscribed in Arabic on the device—Ishaq and Yunus, or Isaac and Jonah—suggest the astrolabe once circulated within a Sephardi community in Spain.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2024
The names could be the Jewish names Isaac and Jonah written in Arabic, which Gigante said suggests the tool was used in a Sephardi Jewish community in Spain, where Arabic was spoken.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2024
Rabbi Yehuda Glick, a former member of Israel's Knesset, wrote a letter addressed to Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, and Rabbi David Lau, the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel, calling for unified prayer for the sake of the country, reported the website Israel365.
—Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 4 Nov. 2023
Isabelle Lira, a Sephardi heiress and businesswoman, is on a quest for a husband.
—Olivia Waite, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2023
Ashkenazi and many Sephardi families eschew roasted lamb in deference to the destruction of the Second Temple in ancient Jerusalem, where lambs were traditionally sacrificed on the eve of Passover.
—Leah Koenig, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
Aryeh Deri, leader of the ultra-Orthodox Sephardi party Shas, will serve as interior minister and minister of health.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 29 Dec. 2022
An Ashkenazi + Sephardi cluster, a Mizrachi cluster, and finally, a, Yemeni cluster.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 17 Jan. 2011
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“Sephardi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Sephardi. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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