Sephardic Jewish Heritage. Living Tradition.

A 2,500-year story, still being written.

What does it mean to be sephardic?

2,500 years of Jewish history, culture, and tradition—from the Mediterranean and Middle East to communities around the world today.

Discover Sephardic Life

A Tradition You Can Experience

Hear its melodies. Pray its nusach. Study its Torah. Celebrate its holidays.

Live The Tradition

Prayer

Prayer, melodies, siddurim and Selichot.

Torah

Torah through Sephardic perspectives.

Discover the Sephardic World

Something new to explore, every time you visit.

On This Day

A moment from Sephardic history that happened on this date.

1340

Sefer Abudarham: Making the Liturgy Intelligible

Sephardic Figure

Meet a scholar, leader, artist, rabbi or writer who shaped the Sephardic world.

Isaac Orobio de Castro

Physician, philosopher, professor, and Jewish apologist
17th Century

Explore the Sephardic U Library

History, Torah, prayer, culture, food, music, genealogy and more.

Find Your Community

Sephardic communities are thriving around the world. Find a synagogue, minyan or congregation near you.

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Pray Together. Wherever You Are.

Daily Sephardic prayer and Torah learning with a global community.

1771-1817

Emanuel Nunes Carvalho and America’s First Printed Jewish Sermon

Worth Exploring

Honor a Loved One:
Kaddish in the Sephardic Tradition

Bring comfort and honor to your loved one. If you cannot attend daily services, we ensure Kaddish is faithfully recited in the authentic Sephardic tradition with devotion, accuracy, and continuity.

Sephardic U preserves, teaches, and shares the living heritage of Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews through education, culture, prayer, and community.