Sephardic Jewish Consulting

Sephardic Consulting by Mr. Shelomo Alfassá

Shelomo Alfassá is a well known international advocate for the Sephardic Jews. He is a member of the largest Sephardic Community in the Western Hemisphere and the largest religiously-observant Sephardic community outside of Israel, that of Brooklyn, New York.

To the media and those seeking statements, analysis, history or statistics on matters related to the Sephardic Jews, please feel free to contact Mr. Alfassá at the following email address. All emails will be responded to immediately. In the past, Mr. Alfassá has been contacted and has provided information to CNN, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, the Jerusalem Post World Net Daily, the Forward and several other news agencies. He has appeared on Fox News Live with Shepard Smith and live on MSNBC Dayside. Mr. Alfassá is available to comment on breaking news stories related to the Jewish community, Israel, terrorism, the history of Jews from Arab countries, and other topics.


Mr. Alfassá speaking for the American Sephardi Federation at the Center for Jewish History upon the opening of his exhibition 'Jerusalem and the Jews of Spain'		Speaking at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. in regard to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

Bio

Shelomo Alfassá is the founder and former Executive Director of the International Sephardic Leadership Council and the editor of the award winning International Sephardic Journal. Well known as an international advocate for Sephardic Jewry, Mr. Alfassá served as former Director of Research and Development for Sephardic House at the Center for Jewish History and as a consultant to the American Sephardi Federation. For four years he served as a vice-president of the New York based Foundation for the Advancement of Sephardic Studies and Culture. He was a staff consultant to both the Sephardic Educational Center (Los Angeles and Jerusalem) and the Shehebar Sephardic Center (Midrash Sefaradi) in Jerusalem.

In 2003, Mr. Alfassá traveled to Poland representing Sephardic Jews in the United States as part of Judéo-Espagnol A Auschwitz, a successful multi-national campaign that sought recognition for Sephardic Holocaust victims that perished at Auschwitz. In 2005, he successfully worked with the U.S. Congress to bring about greater representation for Sephardic victims of the Holocaust in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Mr. Alfassá's articles and papers on Jewish history and politics have appeared in numerous media outlets; his books include Ethnic Sephardic Jews in the Medical Literature, Reference Guide to the Nazis and Arabs During the Holocaust and A Window Into Old Jerusalem and History, Politics & Loss. He currently is involved full-time in Track-II diplomacy in regard to rights and redress for Jews displaced from Arab countries.

Mr. Alfassá's family is from the Ottoman island of Rhodes and Ottoman Edirne, Turkey. His articles and essays are here.