Bosnian-born scholar who served as Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of the British Commonwealth from 1949. At Yeshiva University he founded its Sephardic Studies Program, training a generation of Sephardi leaders.
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Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of the British Commonwealth · 1912–1994
Bosnian-born scholar who served as Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of the British Commonwealth from 1949. At Yeshiva University he founded its Sephardic Studies Program, training a generation of Sephardi leaders.
