By Maria Esteves – March 23, 2014 The 17th New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival 2014 (NYSJFF 2014) Opening Night Gala commenced Thursday, March 13, 6:30pm at the Center for Jewish History, New York. Presented by the American Sephardi Federation (ASF) in association with Yeshiva University Museum (YUM), this year’s ASF Pomegranate Lifetime Achievement Award went to world-renowned musical artist ENRICO MACIAS. His extraordinary live performance in a packed theater with encores and...

By Maria Esteves – March 23, 2014 World-renowned musical artist and humanist ENRICO MACIAS received the ASF Pomegranate Award for Lifetime Achievement during the 17th New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival 2014 (NYSJFF 2014) Opening Night Gala held at the Center for Jewish History, New York, Thursday, March 13, 7:45 PM. Presented by the American Sephardi Federation (ASF) in association with Yeshiva University Museum (YUM), the annual Pomegranate Award acknowledge achievements in the his...

By Maria Esteves – March 25, 2012 The 16th New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival 2012 (NYSJFF 2012) was held at the Center for Jewish History, March 15-22, 2012. Presented by the American Sephardi Federation in collaboration with Yeshiva University Museum, this year’s festival showcased films that illuminated the scope of the Sephardic Jewish experience from filmmakers throughout the world. ASF Chair Cultural Programs Florence Tatistcheff presented writer/director Izza Genini the Lifeti...

By Maria Esteves - February 24, 2010 The 14th New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival (NYSJFF) 2010, Opening Night Gala Reception, presented by the American Sephardi Federation (ASF)/Sephardic House (SH), and Yeshiva University Museum (YUM) immediately followed the Opening Night New York Premiere of COCO, directed by Gad Elmaleh at the Center for Jewish History, Thursday, February 4, 7:30 PM. The 14th NYSJFF marked the festivals 20th anniversary from its founding in 1990 (International ...