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The Anette Bat Mitzvah Club´s 2022-2023 Collective Bat Mitzvah Ceremony was celebrated in the Neve Shalom Synagogue on Sunday, May 21st.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Netanyahu congratulated Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for his success in the runoff of the Presidential Elections.

Translation by Janet MITRANIWorld-renowned Turkish artist Fazil Say gave six concerts in Israel together with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (...

Imam Murat Gündoğdu, who was discovered to have made a ´call to arms´ to the congregation in the Cebeci Mosque in Sultangazi, Istanbul, has been suspended.

Alberto Modiano´s long-term exhibition ´100 Jewish Faces´ was opened on Thursday, May 11th at the Schneidertempel Culture and Arts Center with a large number of participants.

On the evening of Thursday, May 11, the Historical Italian Synagogue was echoed with Sephardic Songs, almost sunk into oblivion, however melodies so familiar that we can easily remember them the instant we listen.

The nine synagogues in the Kemeralti district of Izmir that are in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Tentative List, were at the 7. Heritage Istanbul Conservation, Restoration, Archeology, Museum, Librarianship Technologies Fair and Conference.

Turkey will be going to the polls on Sunday, May 14th, both to elect the new term parliament members and its president for the 13th time.

Orhan Veli´s inspiration, a close friend of Sabahattin Ali, a family friend of Aşık Veysel whom she had met while teaching at the Hasanoğlan Village Institute, sister-in-law of the journalist-writer Erol Güney, as old as the Republic, Bella Eskenazi, passed away at the age of 100.

'Jews of Izmir from Downfall to Rise - Rabbi Hayim Palaçi and His Era', the last book of Siren Bora, the most knowledgeable researcher on the h...

550 young men and women from Russia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Latvia, and Belarus educated on Judaism for one year, were the guests of the Neve Shalom Synagogue in Istanbul on April 24th.

The ´April 23rd Children´s Painting Exhibition´ hosted by the Ulus Jewish Schools met the art lovers in Istinye Park between April 10th and 24th.

Translation by Janet MITRANIOn Sunday, April 16th, the Quincentennial Foundation Museum of Turkish Jews hosted the opening night of 'The Sephardic Fla...

The most effective and emotional Yom HaShoah ceremony I´ve attended in recent years was held in the Ashkenazi Synagogue of Istanbul on Monday night. Jilda Abravay and Igal Mevorah´s presentations, Sarah Chitrik´s music, and the speech made by Dr. Mehmet Ali Tuğtan of Bilgi University left their marks on this significant ceremony.

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Culture and National Heritage Prof. Piotr Gliński commemorated those who had lost their lives during the great resistance of the Jews, on the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

The Quincentennial Foundation Museum of Turkish Jews is hosting ´The Sephardic Flavors and Aromas´ exhibition organized within the scope of researching, preserving, spreading, and promoting the Sephardic culture in cooperation with the Spanish Embassy in Turkey, Red de Juderias de Espana and Istanbul Cervantes Institute.

Yiğit Özalp, a senior student at Social Sciences High School in the Tire district of Izmir, turned his curiosity about the Jews of Tire into a unique oral history project. Thanks to 19-year-old Özalp, a section on Jewish heritage has been opened at the Tire Town Museum.

President Erdoğan congratulated the Jewish citizens on the Passover Holiday, sharing a message on the presidency website.

El Al Israeli Airlines has announced the beginning of their commercial flights to Turkey once again, after a break of 16 years. The flights operated by Sun d´Or, a subsidiary of El Al, restarted with 3 round trips per week, between Tel Aviv and Istanbul, as of March 30.

Suzan Sevgi, who had worked as the Turkish Deputy Director at the Istanbul Notre Dame de Sion French High School for many years, has been awarded the ...