Rabbi Albert Gabbi was born in Cairo along with his nine siblings. They had a very full Jewish life there with thriving synagogues, schools, and community. Things changed in 1948, then again in 1967 when he was imprisoned along with his brothers for three years. But this was only the beginning of his story. Here he shares his road to becoming a rabbi in Philadelphia and the pride in his Jewish Sephardi heritage.

Thank you Rabbi Gabbai for participating.

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Music for this episode:

• AVRAM AVINU- Vanessa Paloma Canta Ladino https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqizmoj9n74&list=PLGhpKVCbiejTOe6Y1QYxiPWwg2mZt2R4w&index=2
• VANESSA PALOMA – MOSES SALIO DE MISRAYIM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM1qeR-NV30&list=PLGhpKVCbiejTOe6Y1QYxiPWwg2mZt2R4w&index=1

• JuliusH – Southern Gospel Piano Blues (Pixabay)
• Samuel Torjman Thomas – Judeo-Muslim soundscapes in Morocco – a Tradition of Musical Dialogue
• Umm Khultum – Seret El Hob
• Umm Khulum – You are my lifetime
• Daniel Halfon – Ki Eshemera Shabbat – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaJGKjtTfTA
• Dar Golan – Royalty Free French Music – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpdk091aNns&t=55s (Please see license agreement as attached.)
• Nesrality – Alexander’s Ragtime Band, 1911, by Irving Berlin, live recorded piano music (Pixabay)
• Julius H – Big Apple – Jazzy Piano and bass music. (Pixabay)
• Julius H – Hava Nagila orchestra clarinet. (Pixabay)
• Daniel Halfon – Nakdishakh (Amsterdam) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrPu5dF-ZoI