Reyna Simnegar is the author of Persian Food From The Non-Persian Bride. Her popular Sephardic recipes can also be found on several popular internet sites. She’s also a model and actress. She says she’s raised her children to appreciate how she embraced Judaism 500 years after her family was...

One of the greatest leaders of the Moroccan Jewish community in the 19th century was Rav Yitzchak Ibn Walid (1777-1870). The Jewish community of Tetuan was founded by Spanish exiles and saw commercial success over the coming centuries.  Despite his reluctance to assume a rabbinical position, Rav Ibn Walid was...