Sephardic Jews were some of the first Jewish immigrants to the Pacific Northwestern United States with the arrival of Turkish and Greek Sephardim in the 20th century.[1]
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History
editThe first Sephardic Jews in Seattle, Solomon Calvo (1879-1964) and Jacob (Jack) Policar (d. 1961), came from Marmara, Turkey and Rhodes, Greece. They brought with them their culinary heritage, Ladino language, and distinct Sephardic religious and legal tradition.[2]
Sephardim helped greatly develop the famous Pike Place Market in Seattle, WA, as they dominated the fishing industry of the city.[3]
Synagogues
editWashington
edit- Sephardic Bikur Holim (Seattle)
- Congregation Ezra Bessaroth (Seattle)
Oregon
edit- Congregation Ahavath Achim (Portland)
- Congregation Beit Yosef (Portland)
Notable Sephardim from the Pacific Northwest
edit- Rabbi Marc D. Angel - Rabbi emeritus of Congregation Shearith Israel in New York.[4]
- Nissim Black - American-Israeli Hasidic rapper.[5]
Sources
edit- ^ "Seattle Sephardic Community : Businesses : Museum : Washington State Jewish Historical Society". www.wsjhs.org. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
- ^ "Sephardic Jews in Washington". www.historylink.org. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
- ^ "Sephardic Jews and Pike Place Market : Businesses : Museum : Washington State Jewish Historical Society". www.wsjhs.org. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
- ^ Israel, Zera (2019-06-16). "Rabbi Marc D. Angel". Zera Israel. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
- ^ Rubin, Debra (2013-06-20). "Double wedding in Seattle caps rapper's transformation". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 2024-12-01.