Asefa Music – The musical life and work of Dr. Samuel Torjman Thomas

Asefa (ah-sé-fah): (noun, אספה) A collective, assembly or gathering, with purpose.

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19 June 2025

Omni-American Juneteenth: Blues, Jazz, and Sephardi Piyyut

As part of Festival Sefarad‘s month-long celebration of Sephardic culture, ASEFA will be featured this Juneteenth, in an event honoring the Black American experience by...

08 May 2025

U.S. Library of Congress

By AsefaMusic Staff

Live at the Library! – Echoes of Andalus We are honored to perform at the U.S. Library of Congress – Thomas Jefferson Building Great Hall....

15 May 2025

The Kitchen – Return to Eden

By AsefaMusic Staff

Our prayerbook represents our community’s shabbat tefillah, and is the first in North America to integrate Sepharadi and Ashkenazi prayers into a single nusach. We’re...

21 May 2025

Spring 2025 Concert – La Nacional

By AsefaMusic Staff

The New York Andalus Ensemble, in conjunction with the Foundation of Iberian Music and La Nacional, presents: Ya’alat Ḥen (Graceful Beloved) An evening of music...

21 April 2025

CooperFellow_TurkishJewry

By AsefaMusic Staff

Attend Cooper Fellow Alumni Shounak Reza’s event: The Turkish Jewish Community: Before & After the Establishment of the Republic. Featuring one of our professors, Dr....

Asefa (ah-sé-fah): (noun, אספה) A collective, assembly or gathering, with purpose.

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