Английская Википедия:Doreen Alhadeff
Doreen Alhadeff (born c. 1950) is an American real estate agent.[1] In 2016, she became the first American Jew to be granted Spanish citizenship under the 2015 Spanish law that created a time window for Sephardic Jews, to reclaim Spanish citizenship.[1][2] In 2022 Spain granted her the Order of Isabella the Catholic for her work helping other Sephardic Jews through the citizenship restoration process,[1][2][3] "in honor of her “demonstrated loyalty in furthering Spain's relations with the Americas."[2]
Early life and education
Alhadeff lives in Seattle, Washington, where she was born.[4] She was a Spanish major at the University of Washington;[4] she also studied at the University of Madrid and at New York University's program in Madrid.[4]
Activism
Alhedeff's work in helping people acquire Spanish citizenship consisted not only of helping people with the application process, but of lobbying successfully for a waiver for people under 18 or over 70 of the requirement to pass an exam in modern Spanish.[2] While this requirement was trivial for Latin Americans, most North American Sephardim spoke English and Ladino (Judaeo-Spanish), more akin to Old Spanish.[2]
Alhadeff founded the Seattle Sephardic Network in 2013. Besides giving assistance to Sephardic Jews in reclaiming Spanish or Portuguese citizenship, the organization also organizes cultural programs and events.[1] The U.S. named Alhadeff as ambassador to the Red de Juderías de España (literally "Network of Jewish Quarters of Spain").[2][4][3]
Personal life
Alhadeff's paternal grandmother Dora Levy arrived in Seattle in 1906[4] and was the first known Sephardic Jewish woman in Seattle's now 5000-strong Sephardic community,[1] the third-largest Sephardic population of any U.S. city.[1][2] Dora spoke about half a dozen languages and was able to communicate and help newcomers to settle in the community.[4]
Alhadeff is a member of Congregation Ezra Bessaroth,[1] a Sephardic congregation that maintains the liturgy and customs of the Mediterranean Island of Rhodes.[1][5][6] By Alhadeff's own description, although she grew up in, and attends, this Orthodox Jewish congregation, she and her family "were never Orthodox."[4] They observed the Jewish holidays, but their connection to Judaism was "much more cultural."[4]
Alhadeff and her husband Joseph Alhadeff are married in 1973 and have two sons.[4]
References
External links
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 1,6 1,7 Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 2,4 2,5 2,6 Шаблон:Cite web Also published as Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 4,3 4,4 4,5 4,6 4,7 4,8 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Ezra Bessaroth home page. Accessed 2018-03-20.
- ↑ Ezra Bessaroth - Our History. Accessed 2018-03-20.
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