Is There a Need for a World Sephardi Federation? A Debate by Jewish Delegates in Vienna

World Sephardi Federation

1925

Rabbi Uziel:

My brothers and teachers: for some years, since I was enlightened by the luminous erudition of our pious forefathers, the rabbis in Babylon and the wise writers from Spain, my attention has turned to the present state of spiritual decline in the lands of our exile in the East. Turning my sights to our glorious past, and comparing it to…

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World Sephardi Federation

Established in 1925

The World Sephardi Federation was founded in Vienna at an international gathering of Sephardim prior to the 14th Zionist Congress. The initiative for its establishment came from the leaders of the Sephardi and Mizrahi communities in Mandatory Palestine, who wished to give the Sephardi communities a larger voice in the Zionist movement and in the New Yishuv.

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