Records of Central Sephardic Jewish Community of America undated, 1935-2000
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Central Sephardic Jewish Community of America
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Founded 1942 as Federation of Sephardic Organizations. From the description of Records, 1942-1971, 1942-1962 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155470971 The Sephardi immigrants coming to the United States during the early part of the twentieth century developed a strong yearning for a central body along the lines of the communities they knew in their old hometowns. It took the arrival in 1941 of Dr. Nissim J. Ovadia, former Chief Rabbi of Paris, to unite all...