Before the demise of the Jewish communities of the Middle East and Mediterranean regions in the middle of the twentieth century, their migration away from their countries of origin, and their resettlement in the West and Israel, the Sephardic ḥakhamim and intellectuals produced an immense literature that spanned the whole range of traditional Jewish learning:…
Henry Aharon Wudl
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Henry Aharon Wudl
Henry is a native of Los Angeles, where he attended a Moroccan synagogue from a young age. He studied at yeshivot in Israel and received a BA in Middle East Studies from McGill University, where he was first introduced to the world of Judeo-Arabic texts. He is passionate about learning and Jewish texts, especially the works of Sephardic scholars. He now works as a librarian at the Los Angeles branch of Hebrew Union College and writes essays, short fiction and poetry in his spare time.
