Yehuda Azoulay

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Jul 3, 2019, 8:14 PM

The Almanac of Sephardic World History: Resuming a Historical Alliance

After nearly 15 years of research on Sephardic Jewry I felt that I never wanted to stop writing on what I felt most passionate after all these years. Yet I felt all the books that I have written or...

Jun 6, 2018, 10:14 AM

Reliving the 6 million souls! My heart-wrenching experience of my trip to Poland

Dear Six Million Jews, It has been nearly 75 years that you left us behind. It has been decades since you left the streets of Europe empty. It has been years that children don’t play anymore in the Krakow Jewish...

Jan 29, 2018, 6:09 AM

The Lonely Man of Faith: Part Two – The role of solitude in Rabbi Soloveitchik’s life and philosophy

As a self-proclaimed student of Rabbi Soloveitchik, I have spent years studying the intricacies of his life and philosophy. A penetrating examination of the rabbi’s life narrative highlights multiple areas in which the rabbi’s solitude – with all its...

Jan 3, 2018, 7:15 PM

The Lonely Man of Faith: My Perspective on the Role of Loneliness in Human Creativity

It was the summer of 2014, and I was pursuing my Masters’ degree in Jewish Education and Administration at the Azrieli Graduate School of Yeshiva University. The institution’s hybrid nature intrigued me, and I developed a keen desire to...

Nov 8, 2017, 9:07 AM

They called their leader from Morocco: Upholding the legacy of Rabbi Rephael Ohayon

It has been one month since you left us. One month of longing, one month of sorely feeling the void... From Morocco to Toronto Rabbi Rephael Ohayon was born on July 18, 1926 to Rabbi David and Gida Ohayon, in the small...

Sep 12, 2017, 8:21 AM

My race against time & My untold journey to preserve Sephardic Judaism

The Makings of a Mission I grew up the son of Moroccan immigrants in Toronto’s small, tight-knit Moroccan Jewish community, in a traditional Sephardic home. My childhood was steeped in the sights, sounds and smells integral to Sephardic cultural life:...

Feb 17, 2017, 4:31 PM

Wake Up: Israel’s Children Need Us!

Nearly two years ago I received a random phone call from someone at Emunah, an organization I had vaguely heard about. I was called to meet the director. I wanted to hear more about the organization, yet I was...

Oct 23, 2016, 10:42 PM

Maran: The Life & Scholarship of Hacham Ovadia Yosef – Three Years later and deeply missed…

Encyclopedic Torah knowledge, fearless conviction, compassion and concern for each and every Jew, tireless energy, clarity of thought and expression – it is this combination of outstanding qualities that has made Hacham Ovadia Yosef A”H the most influential rabbinic...

Jun 23, 2016, 8:44 PM

My Moroccan Experience… “North American Conference of Moroccan Jewry”

60 delegates…8 cities…1 mission. In May 2016, an unprecedented delegation with constituents from across North America gathered together in Morocco under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohamed VI. During this delegation, government officials were met, including Prime Minister Abdelilah...

Dec 1, 2015, 5:52 PM

The Forgotten Refugees: The Untold Story of the Other Jews!

Although the story of Palestinian refugees after 1948 is well known and documented, much less is said about the untold narrative of Sephardi and Mizrahi Jewry. In the years leading up to the declaration of the State of Israel,...

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About Me

Yehuda (Allen) Azoulay is the founder of the Sephardic Legacy Series – “Institute for Preserving Sephardic Heritage." Yehuda is Co-founder to Ezrat Achim (Sephardic Resource of Toronto). He is a young and passionate noted scholar, educator, columnist, speaker, author, political activist, and entrepreneur. He is the Vice President of Concrete Mortgage Capital Inc. and as well head of Investor Relations for Queen Funding LLC.