SRC 2025 · NEW YORK CITY

The Future of Sephardic Education

August 10–11, 2025

OVERVIEW

The Future of Sephardic Education

The inaugural conference addressed the transmission of the Sephardic heritage and approach to future generations. Sessions focused on youth and community engagement, what has worked and what has not, and how best to navigate today’s challenges.

Dates: August 10–11, 2025
Venues: Orthodox Union · Tribeca Synagogue
City: New York City

Explore the 2025 & 2026 map ↗Full 2025 program (PDF)

PROGRAM

Program

Sunday, August 10

Foundations of Sephardic Education

11:30 AM

Registration & Lunch

Orthodox Union headquarters

1:00 PM

Welcome Remarks & Opening Plenary

Avi Garson · Ethan Marcus · Hakham Ratzon Arussi

1:30 PM

Sephardic Education Today: Where Are We & Where Are We Going?

Rabbi Yamin Levy · Rabbi Dr. Elie Abadie · Rabbi Yosef Bitton · Rabbi Ruben Suiza

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3:30 PM

University & Young Professionals Education

Sina Kahen · Baruch Lev-Kelman · Ruben Shimonov · Zac Zavulunov

5:00 PM

The Power of Musical Learning

Dr. Aryeh Tepper

7:30 PM

Sephardic Musical Community Evening

Rabbi Joseph Dweck

Dinner and keynote address at Tribeca Synagogue · 49 White Street, New York

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Monday, August 11

Schools, Pedagogy & Leadership

7:30 AM

Shaharit, Limud & Breakfast

Rabbi Yossi Azose

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9:30 AM

Early Childhood & Primary Education

Rabbi Joseph Dweck · Rabbi Benjy Owen · Rabbi Nathan Zaboulani · Rabbi Tobal Bassu

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11:00 AM

High School — Cultivating Scholarship, Character and Confidence

Rabbi Jack Varon · Rabbi Joseph Beyda · Rabbi Richard Tobias · Rabbi Mitch Rocklin

12:15 PM

Lunch & Guest Speakers

Rabbi Moshe Hauer · Rabbi Etan Tokayer

1:30 PM

From Scroll to Screen — Torah in the Age of AI and Social Media

Daniel Bonner · Rabbi Gil Student · Dr. Dodie Katz · Jack Gindi

3:00 PM

The Yeshiba — Preparing Future Sephardic Leaders

Rabbi Joseph Dweck · Rabbi Ricky Hidary · Rabbi Ofer Livnat · Rabbi Harold Sutton · Eli Shaubi

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5:00 PM

Closing Session: Takeaways & Next Steps

Avi Garson · Ethan Marcus

SRC 2025 JOURNAL

From Generation to Generation

Insights from the past, present, and future of Jewish education and leadership. Explore the journal published alongside the 2025 conference.

Explore the journal at Daat Press

Rabbinic jobs & roles

GLOBAL NETWORK · 2025 & 2026

Communities in conversation

Each marker sits at a booklet city. Select a city or country to meet its rabbis and community leaders.

64 cities · 15 countries · 2025 & 2026

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15 countries · 2025 & 2026

Locations reflect affiliations printed in the 2025 and 2026 booklets or supplied by SRC, not a verified attendance record. Nearby cities may overlap at world scale; choose Americas for a closer view or select a country from the list.

2025

Rabbis & Community Leaders

People profiled in the official 2025 program and bio booklet; a listing is not proof of attendance.

Rabbi Joseph Dweck

Former Senior Rabbi of the S&P Sephardi Community of the UK

London, UK

Rabbi Abraham Tobal

Chief Rabbi, Monte Sinai Community

Mexico City, Mexico

Rabbi Yosef Bitton

Rabbi of Congregation Shaare Rachamim

Great Neck, NY

Rabbi Yamin Levy

Rabbi of Iranian Jewish Center

Great Neck, NY

Rabbi Elie Abadie

Senior Rabbi Emeritus, Jewish Council of the Emirates

Aventura, FL

Rabbi Ratzon Arussi

President, Machon Mishnat Ha-Rambam

Qiryat Ono, Israel

Rabbi Shelo Sacca

Rabbinic leader

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Rabbi Eliyahu Shefer (Asseraf)

Rabbi of the community in Belmonte, Portugal

Belmonte, Portugal

Rabbi Albert Gabbai

Rabbi Albert Gabbai is the Rabbi Emeritus and Hazzan at Congregation Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

Rabbi Ariel Cohen

Rabbinic leader

Passaic, NJ

Dr. Aryeh Tepper

Director of Publications, American Sephardi Federation

Ofaqim, Israel

Rabbi Benjy Owen

Rabbi and educator

Seattle, WA

Daniel Bonner

Executive Director, Paul E. Singer Foundation

Manhattan, NY

Rabbi Daniel Askenazi

Rabbi Daniel Askenazi is the spiritual leader of Etz Chaim Sephardic Congregation in Indianapolis

Indianapolis, IN

Rabbi Daniel Hadar

Rabbi Daniel Hadar is the Rabbi of Temple Moses in Miami, Florida

Miami Beach, FL

Rabbi Daniel Kahana

Rabbi Daniel Kahana was born in Jerusalem, Israel

Brooklyn, NY

Rabbi Daniel Sherman

Rabbi of West Side Sephardic Synagogue and West Side Institutional Synagogue

Manhattan, NY

Rabbi David Gingold-Altchek

Rabbinic leader

Berlin, Germany

Rabbi David Pardo

Rabbinic leader

Boca Raton, FL

Dr. Dodie Katz

Jewish education leader

Baltimore, MD

Rabbi Eliyahu Tal

Rabbinic leader

Highland Park, NJ

Rabbi Etan Tokayer

Fourth Rabbi of Kingsway Jewish Center in its almost 100 year history

Brooklyn, NY

Ohad Fedida

SRC Team

Highland Park, NJ

Rabbi Frank Varon

Rabbinic leader

Seattle, WA

Avi Garson

SRC Co-Organizer

Manhattan, NY

Rabbi Gil Student

Rabbi Gil Student is the Publisher and Editor-inChief of TorahMusings.com

Brooklyn, NY

Jack Gindi

Machine learning engineer

Manhattan, NY

Rabbi Harold Sutton

Founder and Rosh Yeshiva of Moreshet Yerushalayim

Jerusalem, Israel

Rabbi Hayyim Kassorla

Rabbinic leader

Atlanta, GA

Rabbi Isaac Choua

Rabbinic leader

West Hempstead, NY

Rabbi Joey Faur

Rabbinic leader

Manhattan, NY

Rabbi Joey Soffer

Rabbinic leader

Brooklyn, NY

Rabbi Joseph Beyda

Rabbinic leader

Brooklyn, NY

Sina Kahen

Founder, Da’at Press

London, UK

Ethan Marcus

SRC Co-Organizer

Manhattan, NY

Rabbi Meyer Laniado

Rabbinic leader

Manhattan, NY

Rabbi Mitchell Rocklin

Rabbi and educator

Jerusalem, Israel

Rabbi Moshe Hauer Z”L

Former Executive Vice President, Orthodox Union

Brooklyn, NY

Rabbi Ofer Livnat

Rabbinic leader

Maale Adumim, Israel

Rabbi Richard Tobias

Rabbinic leader

Brooklyn, NY

Rabbi Ricky Hidary

Rabbi Dr

Brooklyn, NY

Rabbi Ruben Suiza

Chief Rabbi of Lisbon

Lisbon, Portugal

Rabbi Sam Kassin

Rabbinic leader

Jerusalem, Israel

Dr. Samuel Torjman Thomas

Ethnomusicologist, City University of New York

Brooklyn, NY

Eli Shaubi

Scholar

Jerusalem, Israel

Ruben Shimonov

Community leader

Detroit, MI

Rabbi Sion Setton

Serves as the Principal of Yeshivah Prep High School in Brooklyn and as a Based-in Rabbi in Lower Manhattan

Brooklyn, NY

Rabbi Yitzhak Berdugo

Rabbi at the Young Israel of Hollywood in Ft

Hollywood, FL

Rabbi Yoni Cohen

Rabbinic leader

Queens, NY

Rabbi Yosef Kassorla

Rabbinic leader

Boca Raton, FL

Rabbi Yosef Sharbat

Rabbi of the Sephardic community of West Orange and is member of the Vaad Harabanim of MetroWest

West Orange, NJ

Rabbi Yosef Zarnighian

Rabbi Yosef Zarnighian is the Rabbi of the Spanish & Portuguese Kahal Kadosh Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia, USA

Philadelphia, PA

Rabbi Yossi Azose

Rabbinic leader

West Hempstead, NY

Miriam Zami

Scholar, Talmud and Ancient Jewish History

Riverdale, NY

Zack Zav

Philadelphia Regional Director, SAMi

Philadelphia, PA

Also on the program

Baruch Lev-Kelman
Zac Zavulunov
Rabbi Tobal Bassu
Rabbi Mitch Rocklin

2025

Watch & Listen

SRC 2025 · Highlights

Gallery

2025

Conference Partners

The 2025 program thanks Yaakov Mesa-Freydell, the Renee & Joseph Tawil Family Foundation, Marc Moyal in memory of his mother Alice bat Freha, and Rabbi Sam Kassin.

View the 2025 partners in the booklet

2025

Press

Bukharian Times · August 2025

Sephardic rabbis unite at a perhaps historic conference to reclaim a classical tradition

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